May 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 657

Native Land proposed to be taken for Construction of Beacons and Leading-lights near Gisborne.

GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this eighteenth day of April, 1893.

Present:
THE HONOURABLE W. P. REEVES PRESIDING 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 construction of beacons on which leading-lights for the Port of Gisborne are to be erected:

And whereas the said land is held or occupied by Native owners under a title which is not derived from the Crown:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by “The Public Works Act, 1882,” and the thirteenth section of “The Public Works Acts Amendment Act, 1887,” and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, 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, doth hereby order that the public work above mentioned shall be constructed on the land described in general terms in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

BEACON-SITE AT POVERTY BAY.

ALL that area in the Hawke’s Bay Land District, situated in Block VII., Turanganui Survey District, containing by admeasurement 3 roods 1 perch, more or less, being a strip of land 50 links wide, the centre-line of which commences at a point in Wai-o-hi-harore No. 1 Block distant 9691 links north and 5541 links west of Trig. Station No. 108 (Kaiti); and proceeds on a bearing of S. 19° 6' 35" E., over two beacon-pegs, to the high-water mark of Poverty Bay, the above strip of land being intersected by a public road 1 chain wide: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked S.G. 18212, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Land District of Wellington, and thereon coloured green.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Powers delegated to the Levin Domain Board under “The Public Domains Act, 1881.”

GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this tenth day of May, 1893.

Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by “The Public Domains Act, 1881,” His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council thereof, doth hereby revoke a certain Order in Council, dated the twenty-seventh day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety, making delegation of certain powers in manner as therein appears; and doth, with the like advice and consent, by this present order, delegate, but only with respect to the parcels of land described in the Schedule hereto, all the powers conferred by the Act aforesaid, except the powers under or conferred by sections five and twelve thereof, to the under-mentioned persons, who shall be known as the Levin Public Domain Board, namely,—

JOHN DAVIES,
FREDERICK JONATHAN STUCKEY,
JOHN RODERICK MCDONALD,
FREDERICK GRAHAM ANDREWS,
JOHN KEBBELL,
JAMES PROUSE,
PETER BARTHOLOMEW,
CHARLES ROBERT HEWETT, and
JOHN WRIGHT GOWER

(herein referred to as “the Board”), subject to the stipulations hereinafter contained, that is to say,—

1. The Board shall meet for the transaction of business on the third Thursday in each month, at eight o’clock p.m., at Levin, or at such other time or place as may from time to time be fixed by the Board. The first meeting shall be held on Thursday, the fifteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three.

2. Special meetings may be convened by the Chairman or by any two members of the Board, provided that two days’ notice of such meeting be given to each member, specifying the business to be transacted at such special meeting, and no other business than that so specified shall be transacted at such meeting.

3. Any three of the said Board shall form a quorum. Any meeting may be adjourned from time to time.

4. The members of the Board shall, at their first meeting, and thereafter at an annual meeting to be held on the third Thursday in March in every succeeding year thereafter, elect one of themselves to be Chairman, who may join in the discussion, and shall have an original as well as a casting vote. The Chairman shall hold office until the election of his successor.

5. If at any meeting the Chairman is not present at the time appointed for holding the same, the members present shall choose some one of their number to be Chairman of such meeting.

6. If, by resignation, death, or incapacity, or otherwise, the office of Chairman shall be or become vacant, the members may at any monthly or special meeting appoint a Chairman.

7. All questions shall be determined by the majority of votes of the members of the Board present at a meeting.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Land District of Wellington, containing by admeasurement 41 acres 1 rood 3 perches, more or less, being Rural Section No. 21, Block I., Waiopenu Survey District. Bounded on the north-east by the Horowhenua Road West; on the south-east by Section No. 22; on the south-west by Section No. 22; and on the north-west by Subdivision No. 11, Horowhenua Block.

All that parcel of land in the Land District of Wellington, containing by admeasurement 11 acres, more or less, being Suburban Section No. 24, Township of Levin. Bounded on the north-east by Horowhenua Road West; on the south-east by Salisbury Street; on the south-west by Bath Street; and on the north-west by Weraroa Road.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Prescribing a Close Season for Seals.

GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this sixteenth day of May, 1893.

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 June, July, August, September, October, November, and December, 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.