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All in the Provincial District of Auckland; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 13599, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Order to take Land for a Road from Aotea, via Kawhia and Hikurangi, to Alexandra, Auckland Provincial District.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-second day of January, 1886.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in me by “The Public Works Act, 1882,” and of all other powers enabling me in that behalf, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, order that a road, having an average width of one hundred links, and extending from the Wharauroa Block, near Aotea Harbour, to and along the shore of the said harbour and over the land adjacent thereto, across the Peninsula to Kawhia Harbour, along the shore of Kawhia Harbour and the land adjacent thereto, easterly across the Oparau Stream past Hikurangi, and northerly down the left bank of the Makurara Stream and the Waipa River past Whatiwhatihoe to Alexandra, shall be constructed on or through land held or occupied by Native owners.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Native Land taken for Roads in Waikohu Survey District, Cook County, Provincial District of Auckland.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of December, 1885.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE THE COLONIAL TREASURER PRESIDING 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 that 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 a road, in Waikohu Survey District, Cook County, Provincial District of Auckland, shall and may be constructed on or through the parcels of land mentioned in the Schedule hereto, and delineated in the plan marked P.W.D. 13520, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, in the said colony, and thereon coloured red.

SCHEDULE.

THE several parcels of land mentioned in list hereunder:—

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations prescribing the Terms upon which Leases will be issued for the Encouragement of Seal Fisheries.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by “The Land Act, 1885,” and all other authorities in that behalf enabling him, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand doth hereby declare that the conditions set forth in the Schedule hereto shall be the conditions upon which leases of the foreshore of the sea on the coast-line of the colony, or of any islands therein, or of any bay, estuary, or other inlet of the sea, or of any lands adjacent to any foreshore, may be granted for the encouragement of seal fisheries.

SCHEDULE.

1. EVERY lease shall be disposed of by auction or public tender, at such upset rental for the first period of twenty-one years as shall be fixed by the Minister of Lands, of which not less than thirty days’ public notice shall be given.

2. Every lease shall be, after the expiry of the first period of twenty-one years, renewed for a like term, subject to a new valuation of the premises leased as provided in the case of leases of land with right of renewal under “The Land Act, 1885,” but without the right to acquire the freehold of the land; such valuation to be the basis on which to fix, at any renewal of a lease, a dead-rent, as well as a royalty, on seal-skins, at the rate of 3d. for each hair-skin and 1s. for each fur-skin; and the value of royalty or any sums paid in lieu of royalty for any one year shall be deducted from the dead-rent for such year, and, when the amount of royalty for one year shall equal or exceed the dead-rent for such year, no dead-rent shall be paid for such year.

3. Every lease shall set forth the limits and boundaries of the area to which such lease extends.

4. Every lease shall be subject to a condition that any part of the area affected thereby may, at any time after not less than three months’ notice, be resumed, if needed for the purpose of constructing any public works on such area, without the lessee being entitled to claim any compensation in respect of such resumption, except for any buildings which may have been erected, or for any substantial improvements of a permanent character which may have been made by the lessee, and may be then in existence on the lands the possession of which has been resumed.

5. No lease shall include within the area described to be affected thereby any part of a public reserve, or any land reserved for public purposes.

6. No lease shall be deemed to give the exclusive right or title to the occupation of the foreshore except for the purpose of seal fishery, or prevent the full and free exercise and enjoyment of any right whatsoever in or along the said shore.

7. Every lease shall be void unless the lessee shall expend the sum of not less than one thousand pounds sterling within three years of the commencement of the lease in providing boats, gear, and such plant as may be necessary, to the satisfaction of the Minister of Lands, and also conform to such other regulations as the Governor may prescribe from time to time in relation to such lease or occupation.

8. Every lease shall be subject to any regulations made from time to time under “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,” and by the breach of any such regulation any lessee shall be deemed to have forfeited his lease.

9. The months of November, December, January, February, March, April, May, and June in each year are hereby prescribed a close season for seals.

10. Every lessee will be required to enter into a bond, himself in the sum of five hundred pounds, and two approved sureties of five hundred pounds each, that he will well and faithfully carry out the provisions of the lease.

11. If any lessee shall be guilty of a breach of any Act for the time being in force relating to the preservation of seals, and shall hunt, take, or kill any seals during any season when it is prohibited, or at any time kill a seal under two years of age, such lessee shall, ipso facto, on conviction thereof, forfeit his lease, over and above any penalty he may have become liable to in respect of such offence.

12. The foregoing regulations numbered 9 and 11 shall not apply to hair seals.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this ninth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six.

J. BALLANCE.

Vesting Reserves in the Town of Danevirke.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

WHEREAS by section seventeen of “The Land Act, 1885,” it is provided that the reserves to be made for any borough or town district under such section shall be made only in cases where no such reserves for the purpose of sections three, five, and six of “The Plans of Towns Regulation Act, 1875,” exist therein, or, if existing, do not equal or exceed the amount of reserves authorized to be made under such last-mentioned Act:

And whereas the existing reserves for the Town of Danevirke do not equal the amount of reserves authorized to be made