1740
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 102

Prescribing a Close Season for Seals.

GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of December, 1892.
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 (which shall have force and effect only in any waters or places specified therein) for prescribing, among other things, a close season or close seasons for seals;

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 hereinafter mentioned:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred 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 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.

SCHEDULE.
REGULATIONS.

1. THE months of January, February, March, April, and May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, are hereby prescribed as a close season 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 season hereby prescribed for the same.

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.

Land Classification Commissioners appointed.

GLASGOW, Governor.

IN exercise and pursuance of the power and authorities vested in me by the one hundred and eighty-ninth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

HENRY G. CLARK, Esquire, Chief Surveyor and Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Land District of Marlborough,

CHARLES HOUGHTON MILLS, Esquire, and

ARTHUR PENROSE SEYMOUR, Esquire,

Commissioners to classify and report to me upon the rural land in the Land District of Marlborough known as runs numbers seventy-three, seventy-four, seventy-five, seventy-six, seventy-seven, seventy-eight, eighty, eighty-one, eighty-three, and eighty-four, as provided by section one hundred and eighty-nine of “The Land Act, 1892,” aforesaid.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-sixth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Lands in the Otago Land District open for Sale or Selection.

GLASGOW, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one hundred and thirty-sixth section of “The Land Act, 1892” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, having received the report of the Surveyor-General in this behalf, as in the said section is provided, do hereby declare that the rural lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection, after the lapse of a period of not less than thirty days from the date of the first public notification hereof in the New Zealand Gazette, in the manner and upon the conditions mentioned in the said Act, and at the price per acre stated in the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

| Clutha | Catlin’s | 14 | II. | 100 3 11 | £ s. d. 1 0 0 | £ s. d. 101 0 0 | s. d. 1 0 | £ s. d. 2 10 6 | s. d. 0 9·6 | £ s. d. 2 0 5 |
| " | " | 17 | " | 94 3 30 | 1 0 0 | 95 0 0 | 1 0 | 2 7 6 | 0 9·6 | 1 18 0 |

Good bush land. Section 14, undulating. Section 17, steep. Altitude from 500ft. upwards; about six or seven miles from Owaka Township, and fourteen miles from Romahapa Railway-station.

| Tuapeka | Glenkenich | 14 | IV. | 34 1 33 | 2 0 0 | 68 0 0 | 2 0 | 1 14 0 | 1 7·2 | 1 7 3 |
| " | " | 15 | " | 34 0 6 | 2 0 0 | 68 0 0 | 2 0 | 1 14 0 | 1 7·2 | 1 7 3 |

Mixed bush and open land, fairly level, soil good and watered; altitude about 600ft. above sea-level; distance from Tapanui about two miles.

| Clutha | Glenoamaru | 46 | VII. | 26 3 6 | 1 0 0 | 27 0 0 | 1 0 | 0 13 6 | 0 9·6 | 0 10 10 |

Fair land, all bush, well watered; about one and a half miles from Owaka.

| Tuapeka | Tuapeka West | 20 | VIII. | 199 2 13 | 1 0 0 | 200 0 0 | 1 0 | 5 0 0 | 0 9·6 | 4 0 0 |

Three-fifths agricultural, soil good sandy loam, undulating; about thirteen miles from Lawrence; altitude, 400ft. to 600ft. above sea-level.

| Clutha | Tautuku | 13 | IV. | 30 2 0 | 1 0 0 | 31 0 0 | 1 0 | 0 15 6 | 0 9·6 | 0 12 5 |
| " | " | 14 | " | 32 2 16 | 1 0 0 | 33 0 0 | 1 0 | 0 16 6 | 0 9·6 | 0 13 3 |
| " | " | 19 | " | 134 2 0 | 1 5 0 | 168 15 0 | 1 3 | 4 4 5 | 1 0 | 3 7 6 |
| " | " | 20 | " | 73 1 28 | 1 2 6 | 82 2 6 | 1 1·5 | 2 1 1 | 0 10·8 | 1 12 11 |
| " | " | 23 | " | 209 1 28 | 1 0 0 | 209 0 0 | 1 0 | 5 4 6 | 0 9·6 | 4 3 8 |
| " | " | 27 | " | 35 1 24 | 1 0 0 | 35 0 0 | 1 0 | 0 17 6 | 0 9·6 | 0 14 0 |
| " | " | 28 | " | 24 3 0 | 1 0 0 | 25 0 0 | 1 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 9·6 | 0 10 0 |
| " | " | 29 | " | 11 2 16 | 1 0 0 | 12 0 0 | 1 0 | 0 6 0 | 0 9·6 | 0 4 10 |

Sections 13 and 14, mostly open, remainder bush land, soil fair to good. Sections 19 and 20 front Taukupu River. These areas are situated about twelve miles from Ratanui.