THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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And in further pursuance and exercise of the powers
aforesaid, His Excellency the Governor doth hereby,
by and with the advice and consent aforesaid, assign
the said "Westland District" and the said "Nelson
District" respectively unto

JAMES PRENDERGAST, Esquire,
the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and
CHRISTOPHER WILLIAM RICHMOND, Esquire,
one of the Judges of the said Court; and the said
"Westland District" unto

ALEXANDER JAMES JOHNSTON, Esquire,
one of the Judges of the said Court: and that
Circuit Courts shall be holden for the Westland and
Nelson Districts, as hereby constituted, at the times
and places heretofore appointed for the holding of
Circuit Courts in the Westland District and the
Nelson District respectively, as existing immediately
before the date of this Order in Council.

IRWIN C. MALING,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Validating Objections by the Christchurch City Council
to certain Valuations in the Valuation List.

NORMANBY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Auckland, this
first day of April, 1878.

Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Council of the Borough of Christ-
church have, under the provisions of "The
Rating Act, 1876," by writing under the hand of
their Town Clerk, addressed to and delivered at the
place of sitting of the Assessment Court for the
district of the Borough of Christchurch, objected to
particular valuations which appear on the valuation
list of the said borough: And whereas in some
instances objections by the said Council have been
delivered at the place of sitting of the Assessment
Court after office hours on the fifteenth day
of February last: And whereas objection may be
taken before the said Assessment Court to some
objections as being irregular in matter of form, and
to others as being delivered after such office hours as
aforesaid, and it is expedient to validate such irregu-
larity:

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony of
New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of
the Executive Council of the said colony, and in
exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities
vested in me by "The Rating Act, 1876," and "The
Municipal Corporations Act, 1876," do hereby order
that all objections made by or on behalf of the Coun-
cil of the Borough of Christchurch to any particular
valuation appearing on the valuation list of the said
borough, and whether addressed and delivered at the
place of sitting of the Assessment Court before or
after the fifteenth day of February last, and whether
the same are irregular in matter of form or not, shall
be and they are hereby validated.

IRWIN C. MALING,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations under "The Fish Protection Act, 1877."

NORMANBY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Auckland, this
first day of April, 1878.

Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Fish Protection Act, 1877,"
it is, amongst other things, enacted that the

Governor in Council may from time to time make
general regulations for the purposes of the said Act,
as and in the manner therein mentioned:

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the
power and authority conferred by the said Act, and
by and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council of the said colony, do hereby make the
following general regulations for the purposes of the
said Act, that is to say,-

1. In the interpretation of these regulations the
   following terms and expressions shall have the
   meanings hereby assigned to them, unless there be
   something in the context repugnant thereto or in-
   consistent therewith, that is to say,-
   "Maori" means any person of the aboriginal
   native race, and includes any half-caste of
   that race if living as a member of some Native
   tribe or community.
   "Tidal waters" mean all parts of the sea or of a
   river within the limits of a district constituted
   under these regulations, and within the ebb
   and flow of the sea at ordinary spring tides.
   "Seine nets" and "set nets" mean nets in which
   the size of the mesh is not less than one inch
   and three-fourths of an inch.
   "Garfish nets" mean nets in which the size of the
   mesh is not less than one inch.
   "Licensee" shall mean the holder of a license
   issued under these regulations, and shall in-
   clude any holder thereof by transfer, as herein
   provided.

2. The several tidal waters the limits of which are
   prescribed in the First Schedule hereto are hereby
   constituted districts in which the said Act shall
   come into operation, and shall be called by the name
   set over the definition of each district respectively.

3. All the tidal waters comprised within the said
   districts shall be fisheries for the purposes of the
   said Act and these regulations.

4. These regulations shall not extend or apply to
   any Maori, nor to any mode of catching or taking
   fish otherwise than by net.

5. No person shall catch or take fish in any fishery
   subject to these regulations, whether by means of a
   seine net, a set net, a garfish net, or by means of
   any other kind of net, unless he is a licensee under
   these regulations.

6. The Governor may from time to time direct
   that licenses shall be issued by the Collector of Cus-
   toms at any port within a district, to any person
   applying for the same, upon payment of a fee of
   twenty shillings; and every license shall be in force
   for one year from the date thereof.

7. Every such license shall be in the form set forth
   in the Second Schedule, or to the effect thereof, and
   the licensee by virtue thereof shall have the right of
   catching or taking fish in any fishery, subject to
   these regulations.

8. Every licensee shall, by virtue of one license, be
   entitled to employ not exceeding five persons as
   servants or assistants in taking or catching fish, and
   to take such persons or any of them with him in any
   vessel or boat engaged in taking or catching fish.
   If any such person desires to employ a greater num-
   ber of persons he shall take out another license.

9. No license shall be transferable without the
   consent of the Governor indorsed thereon, as he may
   direct.

10. Flounders and soles measuring less than
    nine inches from the snout to the root of the tail
    are excluded from being taken in any fishery, except
    during the month of July in any year; and if any
    flounders or soles of a size less than that herein men-
    tioned shall (except as aforesaid) be caught or taken
    by any person within any fishery affected by these