Sept. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1081

Validating New Plymouth Borough Elections.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-third day of September, 1885.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Returning Officer of the Borough of New Plymouth failed to appoint a day for an election to fill extraordinary vacancies caused by the resignation of the Mayor and of two Councillors for the Central Ward of the said borough within twenty-five days from the occurrence of such vacancies: And whereas the said elections have since been held, to wit, on the fifteenth day of August last, and it is expedient to validate the same:

Now, therefore, His Excellency 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 pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by "The Municipal Corporations Act, 1876," doth hereby order and declare that the election of the Mayor of the Borough of New Plymouth, and of two Councillors for the Central Ward of the said borough, so held as aforesaid, shall be deemed to be valid and effectual notwithstanding the failure to notify the occurrence of the extraordinary vacancies within the time required by law.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Increasing Number of Councillors for Ridings of County of Waipawa.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

WHEREAS by a Proclamation dated the eighth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the tenth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, certain ridings of the County of Waipawa were severed from the said county and constituted a new county, called the County of Patangata: And whereas it is expedient to increase the number of the Councillors to represent the remaining ridings of the said County of Waipawa, so as to make up the full number of Councillors required by "The Counties Act, 1876:"

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers conferred upon me by "The Counties Acts Amendment Act, 1883," do hereby declare that, from and after the first day of October, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, the number of Councillors for the ridings of the County of Waipawa shall be as follows: For the Ridings of Waipukurau and Waipawa, one member each; and for the Ridings of Woodville, Norsewood, and Ruataniwha, two members each.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eighteenth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Hares to be deemed Game in Rakaia Road District, County of Selwyn.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by "The Animals Protection Act, 1880," I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby declare that from and after the first day of October, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, hares shall come within the operation of the said "Animals Protection Act, 1880," within the Rakaia Road District, County of Selwyn.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-second day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Vaccination Districts constituted.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in the Governor by "The Public Health Act, 1876," I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby abolish the existing vaccination districts known as the Porangahau, Castlepoint, and Woodville Districts; and do declare that the territory heretofore comprised within the said districts is hereby divided anew into five vaccination districts, the names whereof shall be the Wainui, Porangahau, Castlepoint, Danevirk, and Woodville Districts, and the boundaries whereof shall be coterminous with the boundaries of the marriage districts bearing the same names as are set forth in a Proclamation of even date herewith, made under the provisions of "The Marriage Act, 1880."

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-third day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Conditions for Trout-fishing in Waitaki.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by "The Salmon and Trout Act, 1867," His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, doth hereby make the following regulations for the County of Waitaki:—

1. Any holder of a license may fish with rod and line for trout in all the streams and lakes within and forming the boundaries of the County of Waitaki from the first day of October, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, to the thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, both inclusive.

2. Licenses to fish with rod and line in the above district will be issued under the hand of the Secretary of the Waitaki County Acclimatisation Society, at Oamaru, and for every license a fee of twenty shillings will be charged.

3. No license shall authorize any person other than the person named therein to fish, and that only with rod and line.

4. Any person fishing without a license, or any person who shall, on demand of any person holding and showing a license, or on the demand of any ranger, police officer, or constable, fail to produce and show to such person, ranger, police officer, or constable his license, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds.

5. All trout not exceeding seven inches in length taken by any person fishing as aforesaid shall be immediately returned alive into the water, and any person convicted of infringing this regulation shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds sterling, and his license shall thereupon become void.

6. Except as aforesaid, no person shall fish or use any net or other engine, instrument, or device for taking fish in any lake, river, or stream within the above district; and all persons offending against this regulation shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds.

7. Any person who puts, throws, or places, or allows to be put, thrown, or placed, into any lake, river, or stream in the said district, any dynamite or other explosive substance, or any matter or liquid deleterious to fish, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred pounds.

8. These regulations shall come into force as from the date hereof.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-third day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Officer appointed to grant Licenses under Section 15 of "The Licensing Act Amendment Act, 1882."

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me in that behalf by "The Licensing Act Amendment Act, 1882," I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint Caleb Whitefoord, Esquire, Resident Magistrate, to exercise, in terms of section fifteen of the said Act, a special authority in the granting of publicans' licenses within the district the limits of which are defined in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE,

All that area in the County of Selwyn bounded towards the North-west by the summit of the Southern Alps from the source of the Rakaia River to Mount Harman; thence towards the East by the summit of the watershed between the north branch of the Wilberforce River and the Waimakariri River to Black Range; thence towards the North-east by the summit of that range to a point due north of the main source of the Harper River; thence again towards the East by a line to the said source; thence towards the South-east and again towards the North-east by the said Harper River and the Wilberforce River to the Rakaia