Dec. 23] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1521

the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by
and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said
Dominion, doth hereby revoke the reservation for a resting-place
for travellers and stock over the lands described in the Schedule
hereto ; and doth hereby declare that the said lands, being vested
in the Crown, are Crown lands available for disposal under the Land
Act, 1924.

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SCHEDULE

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT

ALL that area containing by admeasurement 48 acres 3 roods
6 perches, more or less, being the portions of Reserve A (Waipapa),
more particularly described as follows :—

Firstly, all that part of Section 22, Block XI, Puhipuhi Survey
District, containing by admeasurement 20 acres, more or less,
bounded towards the north-west generally by the South Island
Main Trunk Railway ; towards the east by part Section 20, Block XI
aforesaid, and towards the south generally by a public road.

Secondly, all that part of Section 23, Block XI, Puhipuhi Survey
District, containing by admeasurement 28 acres 3 roods
6 perches, more or less, bounded towards the north-east generally
by part Section 17, Block XI, Puhipuhi Survey District ; towards
the south-east and south by the South Island Main Trunk Railway
and towards the west generally by a public road : save and excepting
an intersecting public road, one chain wide.

As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked
L. and S. 22/2727A, deposited in the Head Office, Department
of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.
(S.O. plan 3721 (Blenheim).)

C. A. JEFFERY, Clerk of the Executive Council.
(L. and S. 22/2727.)

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Vesting the Control of a Reserve in the Waikokowai Public Hall Board

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C. L. N. NEWALL, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington, this 22nd day of
December, 1943

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto was by
Warrant published in Gazette of the twenty-third day of
June, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight, permanently
reserved for a site for a public hall : And whereas it is expedient that
the control of the said reserve should be vested in a special Board as
hereinafter provided :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the
Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent
of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, and in exercise of the
powers and authorities conferred upon him by section seventeen of
the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928, doth
hereby vest the control of the reserve described in the Schedule hereto,
for the period of five years from the date hereof (unless previously
amended or revoked under the said Act), in the undermentioned
persons, namely,—

Ronald Joseph Dunn,
James Lamb,
James Sutherland Whitelaw,
John Wood,
Oliver Mason,
Harrie Mason, and
Herbert Michael Broomhall,

who are hereby constituted for that purpose a special Board by the
name of the Waikokowai Public Hall Board (hereinafter referred to
as “the Board”), with the powers and subject to the conditions
hereinafter contained, that is to say :—

1. The Board shall meet for the transaction of business on the
   first Monday in each month at eight o’clock p.m., at the Waikokowai
   School, or at such other time or place as may from time to time be
   fixed by the Board. The first meeting shall be held on Monday, the
   third day of January, one thousand nine hundred and forty-four.

2. The members of the Board shall at their first meeting, and
   thereafter at the annual meeting hereinafter mentioned, elect one
   of themselves to be Chairman, who may join in the discussion and
   shall have an original as well as a casting vote. The Chairman
   shall hold office until the election of his successor.

3. Special meetings may be convened by the Chairman, provided
   that two days’ notice of any such meeting is given to each member,
   specifying the business to be transacted at such special meeting ; and
   no other business than that so specified shall be transacted at such
   meeting.

4. Any four members of the Board shall form a quorum. Any
   meeting may be adjourned from time to time.

5. If at any meeting the Chairman is not present at the time
   appointed for holding the same, the members present shall choose
   one of their number to be Chairman of such meeting.

6. If by resignation, death, incapacity, or otherwise the seat of
   any member shall be or become vacant, or if any member absents
   himself without reasonable cause from three consecutive meetings
   of the Board, the Governor-General shall have power to appoint any
   other person to be a member of the Board in his stead.

7. All questions shall be determined by the majority of votes
   of the members of the Board present at a meeting.

8. The Board shall have prepared and submitted at an annual
   meeting to be held in the month of April in each year a report of the
   proceedings of the Board for the previous year ending on the thirty-
   first day of March, together with a statement of the receipts and
   expenditure of the Board for such year. A copy of every such report
   and statement, certified by the Chairman to be correct, shall be sent
   to the Minister of Lands as soon as possible after each annual meeting.

9. The Board shall control the said reserve and any building
   that may be erected thereon for the purposes of a public hall, and
   shall also afford settlers and residents of Waikokowai and the
   surrounding district such facilities for meeting within the said hall
   as may from time to time be determined by the Board : Provided
   that the Board shall have power to fix reasonable charges for the use
   of the said hall.

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SCHEDULE

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT

SECTION 5, Village of Waikokowai, Block XIII, Rangiriri Survey
District : Area, 1 rood, more or less.

C. A. JEFFERY, Clerk of the Executive Council.
(L. and S. 22/3630/81.)

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Vesting the Control of a Reserve in the Lake County Council

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C. L. N. NEWALL, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington, this 22nd day of
December, 1943

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto has been
duly set apart as a reserve for gravel purposes : And whereas
it is expedient that the control of the said reserve should be vested
in the Lake County Council :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the
Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, and in
exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by section
seventeen of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act,
1928, doth hereby vest the control of the said reserve in the Lake
County Council.

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SCHEDULE

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT

SECTION 82, Block IV, Shotover Survey District : Area, 3 roods 12
perches, more or less.

C. A. JEFFERY, Clerk of the Executive Council.
(L. and S. 6/5/309.)

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Vesting Reserves in the St. Kilda Borough Council

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C. L. N. NEWALL, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington, this 22nd day of
December, 1943

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL

WHEREAS the lands described in the Schedule hereto have been
duly set apart for the purpose of granting the same to the
Corporation of the Borough of St. Kilda : And whereas, in the
opinion of the Governor-General, it is expedient to vest the said
reserves in the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the said borough :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the
Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent
of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, and in exercise of
the powers and authorities conferred upon him by section nine of
the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928, doth
hereby declare that, from and after the day of the date hereof, the
reserves described in the Schedule hereto shall become vested in the
Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of St. Kilda, in
trust, as an endowment in aid of the borough funds.

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SCHEDULE

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT

ALL that area containing by admeasurement 494 acres 1 rood
4 perches, more or less, being Section 4, Block II, and Section 3,
Block V, Waipori Survey District : Bounded towards the north-
east by a public road, 552·0 links, 1913·3 links, 1541·2 links, 806·5
links, 504·0 links, and 635·6 links ; towards the east by Section 5,
Block II, and Section 4, Block V, 8725·3 links ; towards the south
by Crown land 5870·0 links ; towards the west by Section 22,
Block V, and Section 3, Block II, 10675·6 links : be all the aforesaid
linkages more or less. As the same is more particularly shown on
the plan marked L. and S. 6/1/678, deposited in the Head Office,
Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon
edged red.

C. A. JEFFERY, Clerk of the Executive Council.
(L. and S. 6/1/678.)