15 JAN.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 27

Vesting a Reserve in the Palmerston North City Council

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 17th day of December 1952

Present:

THE HON. K. J. HOLYOAKE PRESIDING IN COUNCIL

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto has been duly set apart as a reserve for a site for a public hall:
And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor-General, it is expedient to vest the said reserve in the Mayor, Councillors, and Citizens of the City of Palmerston North:

Now, therefore, pursuant to section 9 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, from and after the day of the date hereof, the reserve described in the Schedule hereto shall become vested in the Mayor, Councillors, and Citizens of the City of Palmerston North, in trust, for a site for a public hall.

SCHEDULE

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT

ALL that area situated in Block X, Kairanga Survey District, containing by admeasurement 2 roods 16·63 perches, more or less, being Lot 52 as shown on a plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at Wellington under No. 15409, and being part Suburban Sections 1025 and 1027, Township of Palmerston North. Subject to the reservations and conditions imposed by section 59 of the Land Act 1948.

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

(L. and S. H.O. 22/4812/2; D.O. 30/58 and 4/281)

Vesting a Reserve in the Waikohu County Council

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 17th day of December 1952

Present:

THE HON. K. J. HOLYOAKE PRESIDING IN COUNCIL

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto has been duly set apart as a reserve for a site for a roadman’s cottage:
And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor-General, it is expedient to vest the said reserve in the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Waikohu:

Now, therefore, pursuant to section 9 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, from and after the day of the date hereof, the reserve described in the Schedule hereto shall become vested in the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Waikohu, in trust, for a site for a roadman’s cottage.

SCHEDULE

GISBORNE LAND DISTRICT

ALL that area situated in Block II, Motu Survey District, containing by admeasurement 1 acre 2 roods 16·2 perches, more or less, being Sections 1 to 6 (inclusive), Town of Motu Extension No. 1. Subject to the reservations and conditions imposed by section 59 of the Land Act 1948. (S.O. plan 2049.)

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

(L. and S. H.O. 6/1/910; D.O. M.L. 794)

Vesting the Control of a Reserve in the Otago Electric-power Board

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington, this 13th day of January 1953

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 electric-power purposes:
And whereas it is expedient that the control of the said reserve should be vested in the Otago Electric-power Board:

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 said reserve in the Otago Electric-power Board.

SCHEDULE

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT

SECTION 53, Block I, Pomahaka Survey District: Area, 1 rood 30·1 perches, more or less. Subject to the reservations and conditions imposed by section 59 of the Land Act 1948. (S.O. plan 11577.)

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

(L. and S. H.O. 9/2547; D.O. M.L. 2221)

Vesting the Control of a Reserve in the Hurford Road Public Hall Board

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington, this 13th day of January 1953

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto is a reserve duly set apart 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, 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,—

Neil Ernest Andrews,
James Grant Hanover,
Albert Ernest Hewer,
Laurence George Mattock,
Eric Lionel Watkins,
Henry George White, and
Bertram Henry Wilson

who are hereby constituted for that purpose a special Board by the name of the Hurford Road 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 2nd day of February 1953, at 8 o’clock p.m., at the Hurford Road 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 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 such meeting be 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 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 Omata 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

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT

ALL that area situated in Block VIII, Paritutu Survey District, containing by admeasurement 1 acre, more or less, being Lots 2 and 3 as shown on a plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at New Plymouth under No. 5028, and being part Section 101, Omata District. Subject to the reservations and conditions imposed by section 59 of the Land Act 1948.

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

(L. and S. H.O. 22/3630/131; D.O. M. 128)

Vesting the Control of Reserves in the Hobson County Council

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington, this 13th day of January 1953

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL

WHEREAS the lands described in the First Schedule hereto have been duly set apart as reserves for recreation purposes:
And whereas the land described in the Second Schedule hereto has been duly set apart as a reserve for plantation purposes:
And whereas it is expedient that the control of the said reserves should be vested in the Hobson County Council: