28 FEB.]

Changing the Purpose of a Reserve in Block VI, Rangitaiki Upper Survey District, South Auckland Land District

FREYBERG, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 18th day of February 1952
Present:
THE HON. K. J. HOLYOAKE PRESIDING IN COUNCIL
WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto is a reserve duly set apart as a site for a public hall:
And whereas it is expedient that the purpose of the reservation over such land shall be changed to a reserve for plantation purposes:
Now, therefore, pursuant to subsection (1)(a) of section 7 of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act 1928, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby declares that the purpose of the reserve described in the Schedule hereto is hereby changed from a reserve for a site for a public hall to a reserve for plantation purposes.
SCHEDULE
SOUTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT
SECTION 16, Block VI, Rangitaiki Upper Survey District: Area, 2 roods 16 perches, more or less.
T. J. SHERRARD,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
(L. and S. H.O. 22/3630/115; D.O. 8/954)

Amending the Description of a Reserve Vested in the Dunedin Metropolitan Fire Board
FREYBERG, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 18th day of February 1952
Present:
THE HON. K. J. HOLYOAKE PRESIDING IN COUNCIL
WHEREAS by an Order in Council dated the 5th day of September 1951, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 6th day of that month, Section 92, Block VI, Town Survey District, Otago Land District, was vested in the Dunedin Metropolitan Fire Board, in trust, for a site for a fire-station, in terms of section 9 of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act 1928:
And whereas an error was made in the description of the said reserve in the Schedule to the said Order in Council, and it is expedient that the error should be rectified:
Now, therefore, pursuant to the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the said Act, and of every other power and authority enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby amends the Schedule to the said Order in Council dated the 5th day of September 1951, hereinbefore referred to, by substituting the description of the reserve set forth in the Schedule hereto for the description of the reserve set forth in the Schedule to the said Order in Council.
SCHEDULE
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT
SECTION 101, Block VI, Town Survey District: Area, 2 roods 27 perches, more or less. Subject to the reservations and conditions imposed by section 59 of the Land Act 1948, and subject also to the reservations imposed by section 8 of the Coal Mines Amendment Act 1950. (S.O. plan 11403.)
T. J. SHERRARD,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
(L. and S. H.O. 6/6/473; D.O. 3/325)

Vesting the Control of a Reserve in the Owaka Valley Public Hall Board
FREYBERG, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 18th day of February 1952
Present:
THE HON. K. J. HOLYOAKE PRESIDING IN COUNCIL
WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto is a reserve duly set apart for a public hall site:
And whereas it is expedient that the control of the said reserve should be vested in a special Board as hereinafter provided:
Now, therefore, pursuant to section 17 of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act 1928, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby vests 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,--
Robert John Bradfield,
Fredrick Cubitt,
James Holland Duley,
Frederick Leadman Ibbotson, and
Edgar Frederick Morris
who are hereby constituted for that purpose a special Board by the name of the Owaka Valley 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 first meeting of the Board shall be held on Monday, the 25th day of February 1952, at 8 o'clock p.m., at the Owaka Valley Public Hall, and thereafter the Board shall meet for the transaction of business at such time and place as may from time to time be fixed by the Board.
2. The members of the Board shall at the 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 three 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 31st 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 Owaka Valley 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
   OTAGO LAND DISTRICT
   SECTION 69, Block I, Catlins Survey District: Area, 2 acres, more or less. Subject to the reservations and conditions imposed by section 59 of the Land Act 1948, and subject also to the reservations imposed by section 8 of the Coal Mines Amendment Act 1950. (S.O. plan 11422.)
   T. J. SHERRARD,
   Clerk of the Executive Council.
   (L. and S. H.O. 6/6/834 and 22/3630/126; D.O. 8/1/96)

Revoking the Reservation for Recreation Purposes Over a Reserve in Block II, Otahuhu Survey District, North Auckland Land District
FREYBERG, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 18th day of February 1952
Present:
THE HON. K. J. HOLYOAKE PRESIDING IN COUNCIL
WHEREAS a notice of intention to issue an Order in Council declaring that the reservation for recreation purposes over the land described in the Schedule hereto shall be revoked was published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 13th day of December 1951:
And whereas such notice of intention was duly laid before the House of Representatives in accordance with the provisions of subsection (2) of section 7 of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act 1928:
And whereas the House of Representatives, by a resolution dated the 5th day of December 1951, approved the proposed revocation as aforesaid:
Now, therefore, pursuant to subsection (1)(b) of section 7 of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act 1928, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby revokes the reservation for recreation purposes over the land described in the Schedule hereto, and hereby declares that the said land, being vested in the Crown, is Crown land available for disposal under the Land Act 1948.
SCHEDULE
NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT
ALL that area situated in Block II, Otahuhu Survey District, containing by admeasurement 3 acres 2 roods 0·5 perch, more or less, being Lot 28 as shown on a plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at Auckland under No. 19825, and being part Allotment 53 of Section 12, Suburbs of Auckland.
T. J. SHERRARD,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
(L. and S. H.O. 1/1282; D.O. 8/1313)