Dec. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1605

said Act "), it is provided that His Excellency the Governor
may, by Order in Council, from time to time declare that any
leasing authority shall be subject to the provisions of the
said Act, but that no such order shall be issued except at the
request or on the recommendation of the leasing authority
on whose behalf such order is to be issued :

And whereas it has been made to appear that the Council
of the Borough of Port Chalmers is a leasing authority
within the meaning of the said Act, and has recommended
to His Excellency the Governor that the Council of the said
borough may be brought under the provisions of section
eleven of the said Act :

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 conferred on him by
the said Act, doth hereby order and declare that, from and
after the date hereof, the Council of the Borough of Port
Chalmers shall be subject to the provisions of section eleven
of " The Public Bodies' Leaseholds Act, 1886."

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Close Season for Mullet.

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this fourteenth
day of December, 1886.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by " The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884 "
(hereinafter termed " the said Act "), it is, among
other things, enacted that the Governor in Council may from
time to time make, alter, and revoke regulations for the
purposes therein mentioned, which said regulations shall
have force and effect only in any waters or places specified
therein :

And whereas by Order in Council dated the twenty-sixth
day of October, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six,
a regulation was made, in exercise of the powers conferred by
the said Act, prescribing a close season for the fish of the
species of mugil known as mullet or kanae :

And whereas it is expedient to revoke the said regulation
and to make other regulations in lieu thereof :

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of
the powers conferred upon me by the said Act, and by and
with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the
said colony, do hereby revoke the regulation so made by
Order in Council of the twenty-sixth day of October, one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, as aforesaid, and in
exercise of the said powers, and with the like and advice and
consent, I do hereby make the following regulations, and do
order that such regulations shall have force and effect within
the area specified in the said regulations.

REGULATIONS.

1. THE months of December, January, and February in
   each year are hereby prescribed a close season for the fish of
   the species of the mugil known as mullet or kanae. During
   such close season it shall be unlawful for any person to take,
   catch, or have in possession any mullet.

2. Any person committing a breach of the above regula-
   tion shall be liable to a penalty of not less than one pound
   and not exceeding fifty pounds.

3. These regulations shall have effect in all salt, fresh, or
   brackish waters in that part of Kaipara Harbour inside a
   straight line drawn from the trigonometrical station on
   Oewa Mound to the trigonometrical station on Komiti
   Bluff.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Native Land taken at Arahura for Portion of Greymouth
to Hokitika Railway.

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this nineteenth
day of October, 1886.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in him
by " The Public Works Act, 1882," and of all other
powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency
Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the
Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent
of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby
order that the Government work known as the Greymouth to
Hokitika Railway shall and may be constructed on or through
the parcel of land mentioned in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

THE parcel of land mentioned hereunder :

| Approximate Area of | Being | Block. | Situated in |
| the Parcel of | | | the Survey |
| Land required to be | | | District of |
| taken. | | | |
| A. R. P. | | | |
| 17 3 30 | Native Re- | XIII. | Waimea. |
| | serve No. 30 | | |

In the Provincial District of Westland ; as the same is
more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D.
14243, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works,
at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and
thereon coloured pink.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Native Land at Petone taken for Portion of Wellington-
Napier Railway.

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this fifth day of
October, 1886.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in him
by " The Public Works Act, 1882," and of all other
powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency
Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the
Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent
of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby order
that the Government work known as the Wellington-Napier
Railway shall and may be constructed on or through the
parcel of land mentioned in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

THE parcel of land mentioned hereunder :

| Approximate | Being Section | Situated in | Situated in |
| Area of the | or Portion of | Block No. | |
| Parcel of Land | Section No. | | |
| required to be | | | |
| taken. | | | |
| A. R. P. | | | |
| 0 2 38·5 | 3 | XIII. | Hutt District, Bel-
| | | | mont Survey Dis-
| | | | trict, Town District
| | | | of Petone. |

In the Provincial District of Wellington; as the same is
more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D.
14257, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public
Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Welling-
ton, and thereon coloured neutral tint.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.