SEPT. 29] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 2383

SCHEDULE
CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT

RESERVE 4540 (formerly part of Lot 10, D.P. 2150 and part of Lot 1 D.P. 12455, being parts of Rural Sections 1101 and 2200), situated in the City of Christchurch: Area, 35·1 perches, more or less. (S.O. plan 7861.)

T. J. SHERRARD,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

(L. and S. H.O. 6/6/896 ; D.O. 28/64.)

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

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington, this 28th day of September, 1949

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-fourth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five, 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,—

Kenneth Gray Tennent,
Edgar Norman Priest,
George Oscar Gaskell,
Oswald Marsh,
Francis Roy Manson,
Daniel Hart, and
David Francis Van Houtte

who are hereby constituted for that purpose a special Board by the name of the Matira 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 at the Matira Public Hall or at such other place and at such time as may from time to time be fixed by the Board. The first meeting shall be held on Thursday, the twenty-seventh day of October, one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine, at eight o’clock p.m., in the Matira Public Hall.

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 the building erected thereon for the purposes of a public hall, and shall also afford settlers and residents of Matira 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.

SCHEDULE
SOUTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT

SECTION 9, Block XIV, Awaroa Survey District: Area, 1 rood 25 perches, more or less. (South Auckland plan S.O. 27526.)

T. J. SHERRARD,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

(L. and S. H.O. 22/3630/44 ; D.O. 8/822.)

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Changing the Purpose of Part of a Reserve in Town of Ophir, Otago Land District

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington, this 28th day of September, 1949

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto forms part of a reserve duly set apart as a site for an Athenæum at Ophir:

And whereas it is expedient that the purpose of the reservation over such land shall be changed to a reserve for an addition to a public-school site (Ophir):

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 subsection one (a) of section seven of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928, doth hereby declare that the purpose of the reservation over the land described in the Schedule hereto is hereby changed from a reserve as a site for an Athenæum at Ophir to a reserve for an addition to a public-school site (Ophir).

SCHEDULE
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT

SECTION 3, Block III, Town of Ophir: Area, 27·9 perches, more or less. (Otago S.O. plan 704 Tn.)

T. J. SHERRARD,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

(L. and S. H.O. 6/1/381 ; D.O. 8/60.)

Revoking the Reservation Over Part of a Reserve in the Town of Ophir, Otago Land District

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington, this 28th day of September, 1949

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by subsection one (b) of section seven of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928, 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, doth hereby revoke the reservation as a site for an Athenæum at Ophir over the land described in the Schedule hereto; and doth hereby declare that the said land, being vested in the Crown, is Crown land available for disposal under the Land Act, 1948.

SCHEDULE
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT

ALL that area containing by admeasurement 1 rood, more or less, being Section 2, Block I, Town of Ophir, and being the balance of the land comprised and described in Certificate of Title, Volume 57, folio 278 (Otago Registry).

T. J. SHERRARD,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

(L. and S. H.O. 6/1/381 ; D.O. 8/60.)

Recreation Reserves in Hawkes Bay Land District Brought Under Part II of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington, this 28th day of September, 1949

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL

BY virtue of the powers and authorities vested in me by the thirty-fourth section of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928, I, Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg, 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, do hereby order and declare that the reserves for recreation in the Hawkes Bay Land District described in the Schedule hereto shall be and the same are hereby brought under the operation of and declared to be subject to the provisions of Part II of the said Act, and such reserves shall hereafter form parts of the Clive Grange Domain, and be managed, administered, and dealt with as a public domain by the Clive Grange Domain Board.