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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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19. The size of mesh, in every case, shall be ascertained by measuring the length on the diagonal, or between knot and knot of opposite corners, the net being first wetted, and being tanned, barked, or otherwise prepared for use. In case of dispute or doubt, a half-pound weight shall be slung or attached to one knot of a mesh, in order to produce a fair strain or extension, and the space between the knots shall be measured forthwith while the mesh remains extended. If the net to be measured is dry, the part to be measured shall be soaked either in fresh or salt water for not less than ten minutes, and the mesh so soaked shall then be measured.

20. All nets containing fish shall be emptied in the water, and no such net shall be dragged or drawn on to the dry land.

21. No person shall cast sawdust or any sawmill refuse into any waters, rivers, or streams.

22. Any person committing a breach of any of these regulations in respect of any regulations not relating to seals shall be liable to a penalty of not less than one pound and not exceeding fifty pounds, and any person committing a breach of such of these regulations as relate to seals shall be liable to a penalty of not less than five pounds and not exceeding five hundred pounds, and a further penalty of not exceeding twenty pounds for every seal illegally taken.

23. Every penalty imposed by these regulations shall be recovered in a summary manner before any two or more Justices of the Peace.

SCHEDULE.

• Measured from the tip of the nose to the end of the tail.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Native Land proposed to be taken at Otorohanga Station for the North Island Main Trunk Railway, from a Point at or near Marton to Te Awamutu, via Murimotu, Taumarunui, and the Ongaruhe River Valley.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this seventh day of December, 1887.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken for a public work authorised to be constructed by the Government, to wit, the North Island Main Trunk Railway, from a point at or near Marton to Te Awamutu, via Murimotu, Taumaranui, and the Ongaruhe River Valley:

And whereas the said land is held or occupied by Native owners:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by “The Public Works, Act, 1882,” and the amendments thereof, 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 North Island Main Trunk Railway, from a point at or near Marton to Te Awamutu, via Murimotu, Taumaranui, and the Ongaruhe River Valley, shall and may be constructed on or through the parcels of land more particularly mentioned in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

THE parcel of land mentioned hereunder:—

In the Provincial District of Auckland; as the said parcel of land is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 15097, 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

Members of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 10th January, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM ARCHBOLD

to be a Member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Sydenham, vice J. Sherlock, resigned; and

GEORGE WILLIAM WRAYTT

to be a Member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Kingston, vice W. Scott, resigned.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
(In the absence of the Minister of Justice.)

Justices of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 10th January, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation by

FREDERICK SWINDLEY, Esq.,

of Whakatane, and

JOHN SMYLIE McDEWELL THOMPSON, Esq.,

of Wellington, of their appointments as Justices of the Peace for the colony.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
(In the absence of the Minister of Justice.)

Resignation of Visiting Justice accepted.

Department of Justice (Prisons Branch),
Wellington, 10th January, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of

JOHN SMYLIE McDEWELL THOMPSON, Esq.,

as a Visiting Justice of Her Majesty’s Prisons at the Terrace and Mount Cook, Wellington.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
(In the absence of the Minister of Justice.)

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 6th December, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by the under-mentioned officer:—

Wellington Guards Rifle Volunteers.

Captain Robert Chisenhall Hamerton. Date of resignation, 31st December, 1887.

Thos. FERGUS.

Officer of New Zealand Militia resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 9th January, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by the under-mentioned officer:—

New Zealand Militia.

Major Frederick Swindley. Date of resignation, 7th January, 1888.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
(For the Minister of Defence.)