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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

and to the Chief Surveyor of the County, a salary
of £450 per annum.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twentieth day of November, 1868.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by "The Militia Act, 1858," it is
enacted that it shall be lawful for the
Governor in Council from time to time to consti-
tute throughout the Colony, or in any part thereof,
Militia Districts, and the boundaries of such districts
from time to time to vary: And whereas, by an
Order in Council bearing date the 21st day of
October, 1863, His Excellency the Governor did
constitute a Militia District, to be called and known
by the name of

THE CASTLE POINT DISTRICT,
and did define the said district to be all the territory
comprised within the circumference of a circle
whereof the radius extends fifteen miles from Mr.
Thomas Guthrie's house at Castle Point: And
whereas it is expedient to alter the boundaries of
the said district:
Now, therefore, His Excellency Sir George Ferguson
Bowen, the Governor of New Zealand, by and with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council of
the said Colony, doth hereby, in pursuance and in
exercise of the power and authority for that purpose
vested in him, vary and alter boundaries of the
said district, and doth define the said district to be
all the territory comprised within the circumference
of a circle whereof the radius extends fifteen miles
from the junction of the Makirikiri Stream with the
Whareama River.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twentieth day of November, 1868.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by "The Diseased Cattle Act, 1861,"
power is given to the Governor to declare
districts to be infected, and to make regulations for
the destruction of diseased cattle, and for prohibiting
the removal of cattle from one part of the Colony to
another: And whereas by "The Diseased Cattle
Act Amendment Act, 1865," it is enacted that the
Governor may, by any Order in Council, annul, make
void, or alter or vary and make anew, any Orders in
Council, regulations, appointments, or prohibitory or
other declarations, made and published by the
Governor under the authority of "The Diseased
Cattle Act, 1861," or "The Diseased Cattle Act
Amendment Act, 1868," aforesaid: And whereas by
an Order in Council, bearing date the 25th day of
June, 1868, regulations were made and published by
the Governor, under the authority of "The Diseased
Cattle Act, 1861," for the destruction of diseased
Cattle, and for prohibiting the removal and transpor-
tation of cattle from the portion of the Province of
Canterbury in the said Order described and declared
to be an infected district: And whereas it is expe-
dient to annul and make void the said recited Order
in Council:
Now, therefore, His Excellency Sir George Fer-
guson Bowen, the Governor of the Colony of New

Zealand, with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council of the said Colony, doth hereby, in pursuance
and in exercise of the power and authority in that
behalf vested in him, annul, rescind, and make void,
the said Order in Council of the twenty-fifth day of
June, 1868, and doth hereby further order and declare
that this Order in Council shall take effect from and
after the first day of December next.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twentieth day of November, 1868.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by the tenth section of "The Marine
Act, 1867," it is enacted that the Governor in
Council may from time to time make bye-laws and
regulations for regulating the management of piers,
jetties, wharves, and docks, and the general regula-
tion of the traffic on the same, and for regulating
all other matters relating to the protection of life
and property of passengers and others, and by such
bye-laws or regulations to impose any penalty, not
exceeding fifty pounds, for the breach, or neglect, or
disobedience of the same, or any of them:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by
and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council of the Colony, and in pursuance and exercise
of all powers and authorities enabling him in this
behalf, doth thereby make the following regulations
and bye-laws for the purposes aforesaid.

REGULATIONS AND BYE-LAWS.

1. The Master, or if there be no Master the person
   in charge of every vessel, whether steamer or sailing
   vessel, being or lying alongside of any pier, jetty, or
   wharf in the Colony, and which vessel shall have
   passengers on board, or be engaged in carrying
   passengers, or in which, if a steamer, passengers may
   by law be carried, shall keep for the use of passengers
   or persons coming from or going on board such vessel
   a proper and secure gangway, with double side-rails,
   or stanchions with ropes rove taut through the same,
   the top rail or rope being not less than three feet
   three inches high, and shall cause such gangway to
   be securely fixed and to extend from one portion of
   the vessel's deck or side-rail to the pier, jetty, or
   wharf, with a good solid bearing at each end, and to
   be so kept fixed so long as such vessel shall be along-
   side such wharf, pier, or jetty.
2. In the event of the outer end of any such gang-
   way resting on the vessel's side-rail, the Master, or
   if there be no Master the person in charge of any
   such vessel, shall keep substantial steps fixed to lead
   from the end of the gangway to the vessel's deck.
3. In cases in which by the preceding regulations
   it is required that a vessel shall have a gangway
   fixed, the Master, or if there be no Master the
   person in charge of such vessel, shall keep a proper
   bright light fixed over such gangway from sunset to
   sunrise in such a manner as to light the whole length
   of it properly, and shall keep such light burning
   bright and clear from sunset till sunrise, so long as
   the vessel remains alongside any pier, wharf, or jetty.
4. Any Master, or the person in charge of any
   vessel when there is no Master thereof, who shall be
   convicted of any breach, neglect, or disobedience of
   any of the foregoing regulations or bye-laws, shall
   be liable to a penalty not exceeding Fifty Pounds.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk to the Executive Council.