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season or close seasons for seals, and for prescribing the minimum size of any seal that may be taken:

And whereas it is provided by the third section of “The Fisheries Conservation Act 1884 Amendment Act, 1887,” that a penalty not exceeding five hundred pounds may be imposed in respect of the breach of any regulations respecting seals, and a further penalty of not exceeding twenty pounds for every seal illegally taken:

And whereas it is expedient to make the regulations hereinafter set forth with respect to seals inhabiting or found within the waters of the colony herein mentioned:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Right Honourable William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the said Act and “The Fisheries Conservation Act 1884 Amendment Act, 1887,” and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby make the regulations set forth in the Schedule hereto; and with the like advice and consent doth order that such regulations shall take effect on and after the day of the date hereof, and shall have force and effect throughout the Colony of New Zealand, and in all salt, fresh, and brackish waters of the colony, and on all shores of such waters or any part thereof, or that may be contiguous or adjacent to such waters.

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SCHEDULE.

REGULATIONS.

1. THE months of June, September, October, November, and December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, are hereby prescribed close seasons for seals.

2. No person shall buy, sell, expose for sale, or have in possession any seal, or the skins, oil, or blubber of any seal, taken during the close seasons hereby prescribed for the same; and no person shall at any time take, buy, sell, expose for sale, or have in possession any seal, or the skin or other product of any seal, of a less size than thirty-six inches from point of nose to tip of the tail; nor shall any person at any time take, buy, sell, expose for sale, or have in possession any female or cow-seal, or the skin, oil, or blubber thereof.

3. Any person committing a breach of any of these regulations 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.

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

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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North Amuri Rabbit District abolished.—Notice No. 320.

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ONSL0W, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this first day of June, 1891.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the members of the Board of Trustees elected for the North Amuri Rabbit District, a district constituted under the provisions of “The Rabbit Nuisance Act 1882 Amendment Act, 1886” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), have severally tendered their resignations as such members, and the said Board has practically ceased to exist: And whereas it appears expedient to abolish the said district:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Right Honourable William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby abolish the North Amuri Rabbit District, as the same is defined by Order in Council bearing date the fourteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the sixteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, and doth hereby declare that this Order in Council shall take effect on the day of the publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Authorising the Kauri Timber Company (Limited) to extend Wharf at Mercury Bay.

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ONSL0W, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this first day of June, 1891.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the third day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 61, of the sixth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two, page nine hundred and twenty-five, the Mercury Bay Timber Company (Limited) was authorised to build in Whitianga Harbour, Mercury Bay, a wharf in accordance with plans marked M.D. 646 and 647, and to use and occupy a portion of the foreshore and tidal land or tidal water necessary for the construction and use of such wharf:

And whereas the Mercury Bay Timber Company (Limited) has, with the consent in writing of the Minister having charge of the Marine Department, as provided by clause ten of the conditions of the said Order in Council of the third day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two, parted with its rights in the said wharf to the Kauri Timber Company (Limited), (hereinafter termed “the said company”):

And whereas the said company has applied to the Governor in Council for a license to use and occupy additional land below low-water mark for the purpose of extending the said wharf, and has deposited a plan marked M.D. 1649 showing the manner in which it is proposed to make such extension to the said wharf, and the area of land below low-water mark intended to be occupied for such purpose: And whereas it has been made to appear to the Governor in Council that the proposed work will not be or tend to the injury of navigation; and the said plan has, prior to the making of this Order in Council, been approved by the Governor in Council without modification or addition: And whereas it is expedient that a license as desired should be issued to the said company, and there being no Harbour Board empowered to grant such a license:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him by “The Harbours Act Amendment Act, 1883,” and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby approve of the purpose or object for which the said license is required by the said company as aforesaid; and in further pursuance and exercise of the said power and authority, and with the like advice and consent as aforesaid, doth hereby license and permit the said company to use and occupy that part of the land below low-water mark which is particularly shown and delineated on the plan marked M.D. 1649, so deposited as aforesaid, for the purpose of extending the said wharf; such license, and the rights, powers, and privileges conferred under or by virtue of this Order in Council, to be and remain in force until the third day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, and to be subject to the conditions contained in the said Order in Council of the third day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Inspector of Weights and Measures appointed, Tauranga.

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Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 26th May, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Sergeant NICHOLAS KIELY

to be Inspector of Weights and Measures under “The Weights and Measures Act, 1868,” for the Counties of Tauranga and Rotorua and for the Borough of Tauranga, vice Constable Stanton.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

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Rangers under Animals Protection Acts appointed, Wellington.

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Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 29th May, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ARTHUR ROSS,
THOMAS EVANS,
SAMUEL BOLTON,
GEORGE WHITCOMBE,
CHARLES EDWARD TYLEE and
CHARLES M. CAMPBELL