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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1876.

Closing Oyster-beds, Stewart Island.
(L.S.) NORMANBY, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by "The Oyster Fisheries Act, 1866,"
it is, amongst other things, enacted that the
Governor may from time to time, by Proclamation in
the New Zealand Gazette, declare any natural oyster-
bed to be closed against dredging for any period to
be stated in such Proclamation:

And whereas it is expedient that the natural
oyster-beds at Port Adventure, in Stewart Island,
should be temporarily closed:

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, Governor of the Colony of
New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the
power and authority in me vested by the said Act,
do hereby proclaim and declare that the natural
oyster-beds at Port Adventure, in Stewart Island,
shall be closed against dredging for a period of three
years from the twenty-second of July, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
six.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Most Honorable George Augustus Con-
stantine, Marquis of Normanby, Earl of
Mulgrave, Viscount Normanby, and Baron
Mulgrave of Mulgrave, all in the County
of York, in the Peerage of the United
Kingdom; and Baron Mulgrave of New
Ross, in the County of Wexford, in the
Peerage of Ireland; a Member of Her
Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Coun-
cil; Knight Commander of the Most
Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and
Saint George; Governor and Commander-
in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's
Colony of New Zealand and its Depend-
encies, and Vice-Admiral of the same;
and issued under the Seal of the said
Colony, at the Government House at
Wellington, this tenth day of February,
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-six.

H. A. ATKINSON.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Defining Closed Season for Rock Oysters in Stewart
Island.
(L.S.) NORMANBY, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by "The Oyster Fisheries Act Amend-
ment Act, 1874," it is enacted that the
Governor may from time to time, by Proclamation in
the New Zealand Gazette, declare that within such
district of the colony as shall therein be described,
and during such consecutive months as shall therein
be named, not exceeding four, it shall not be lawful
to take or catch for sale any rock oysters, whether
between high and low water-marks or not; and if
any person shall within such district, and during
such months as shall be named in any such Procla-
mation, take or catch for sale, or sell or expose for
sale, or buy, any such rock oysters, he shall be liable
to a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds for any
one offence, to be recovered in a summary way before
any one or more Justice or Justices of the Peace:

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare
that during the consecutive months commencing on
the first day of December in each year, and ending
on the thirty-first day of March in each year, it
shall not be lawful to take or catch for sale any rock
oysters within the boundaries of the district defined
in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.
PROVINCE OF OTAGO, STEWART ISLAND DISTRICT.
COMPRISING the whole of Stewart Island, together
with its adjacent islands, including the water front-
age around the said islands for a distance of two
miles from the shores thereof.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Most Honorable George Augustus Con-
stantine, Marquis of Normanby, Earl of
Mulgrave, Viscount Normanby, and
Baron Mulgrave of Mulgrave, all in the
County of York, in the Peerage of the
United Kingdom; and Baron Mulgrave
of New Ross, in the County of Wexford,
in the Peerage of Ireland; a Member of

ERRATA.-In Gazette No. 2, of the 13th January, 1876, folio 15, the Christian names of Captain Macklin, Queenstown Rifle
Volunteers, should be "Hubert Patrick," instead of "Herbert Patrick."
In Gazette No. 41, of the 15th July, 1875, folio 180, the date of Sub-Lieutenant Parker's commission should be "24th July,
1874," instead of "24th July, 1875."