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10. No lessee shall hold more than one allotment, and such allotment shall be held for his or her sole use and benefit, and not for the use or benefit of any other person whomsoever. No married woman shall be eligible as a selector; but this provision shall not apply to any married woman who may become a transferee under a will or by virtue of an intestacy.

11. All the provisions of the said Act, so far as applicable, shall extend and apply to the lands affected by these regulations, and to the applications and leases to be made and issued thereunder, and generally to the interests created, and the persons whose rights, liabilities, or interests are thereby affected; and the mention of any particular provision of the said Act shall not be deemed to exclude any other provision of the said Act applicable to the particular case.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Riverton Borough Council subject to “The Public Bodies’ Powers Act, 1887.”

GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fourth day of July, 1894.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS the Riverton Borough Council, being a leasing authority within the meaning of “The Public Bodies’ Powers Act, 1887” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), has requested that these presents should issue, and it appears expedient to make the order hereinafter contained: Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers conferred upon him by the said Act, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby order and declare that the Riverton Borough Council shall, as from the date of publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette, be subject to the provisions of the said Act.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations as to Overcrowding of Sailing-vessels with Passengers.

GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirty-first day of July, 1894.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by the two hundred and twenty-eighth section of “The Shipping and Seamen’s Act, 1877” (hereinafter called “the said Act”), it is enacted that the Governor in Council may from time to time make, and, when made, revoke, alter, and add to, by-laws and regulations for the prevention of overloading of either steam- or sailing-ships, and of overcrowding of sailing-ships with passengers; for securing the safety of passengers and proper accommodation for passengers on board of sailing-ships; and generally for regulating all other matters relating to the protection of life and property of passengers and others, as the case may be: and by such by-laws or regulations may provide for a penalty for every breach thereof of an amount which shall be in the discretion of the Court inflicting the same, not exceeding fifty pounds: And whereas it is expedient to make the regulations hereinafter set forth: Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, and in pursuance and exercise of the hereinbefore-recited power and authority, doth hereby make the following regulations, and doth hereby declare that such regulations shall come into force on the first day of September next.

REGULATIONS.

1. No sailing-vessel trading on the coast of the colony shall be permitted to carry passengers unless she be, in the judgment of the Collector or principal officer of Customs for the port from which she is to sail, or a surveyor appointed by him for the purpose, in good order, properly laden or ballasted, and fit for the intended voyage, commanded by a sober and experienced master who holds a certificate of competency or service as required by the said Act, manned by an efficient crew, and properly equipped, and fitted all round with sufficient bulwarks, rails, or stanchions with rope or chain, and provided with efficient boats, rafts, or other appliances for saving life, in accordance with the rules made and in force for the time being under “The Shipping and Seamen’s Act, 1877” (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), or any Act in substitution of or amending the same.

2. It shall be the duty of the Harbourmaster or other port officer of any port, when called upon so to do by the Collector or principal officer of Customs, to survey any sailing-vessel for the purpose of ascertaining whether these regulations have been complied with, and to notify in writing to such Collector or officer of customs the result of such survey.

3. No sailing-vessel the duration of whose voyage does not exceed one day (reckoned as per Schedule hereto) shall be permitted to carry a greater number of passengers than one to each ton register, or one to every 5ft. of clear deck-space, free from all encumbrances; and all such vessels shall be provided with at least two gallons of water for each adult on board.

4. No decked sailing-vessel the duration of whose voyage exceeds one day (reckoned as per Schedule hereto) shall be permitted to carry passengers unless, in addition to the equipments and fittings specified in the first of these regulations, she is fitted with substantial and firmly-secured booby-hatches over the passenger hatchway, so fixed as to be capable of being kept open in all weathers, and of affording the greatest possible amount of light, air, and protection from wet, or unless she has on board sufficient water for the intended voyage, to the satisfaction of the Collector or principal officer of Customs, or the surveyor, and not less than two gallons for each adult passenger for each day of the average duration of the voyage; and no such vessel shall be permitted to carry more passengers than at the rate of one adult to every 72 cubic feet of clear space allotted to passenger-accommodation below hatches, or a greater number of passengers than one for every registered ton of her burden, or a greater number than one for every 7 superficial feet of deck-space clear for exercise, and properly protected by bulwark or rails as aforesaid. The number of passengers allowed to be carried shall in no case exceed the smallest number ascertained by any one of the three alternative methods of measuring mentioned herein.

5. No sailing-vessel carrying passengers shall be permitted to carry deck cargo unless it be efficiently secured to the satisfaction of the Collector, or principal officer of Customs, or the surveyor.

6. The master or owner of any sailing-vessel committing a breach of any or either of these regulations shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £50.

Schedule.

Voyages which shall be reckoned as of one day’s duration:—

(1.) From port to port within Cook and Foveaux Straits, when the distance does not exceed 50 miles.

(2.) From port to port on the west coast of the South Island, when the distance does not exceed 25 miles.

(3.) From port to port on the west coast of the North Island, or on the east coast of either Island, or of Stewart Island, when the distance does not exceed 50 miles.

All voyages not included in the above limits shall, for the purposes of these regulations, be held to be of more than one day’s duration.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Fixing the Date for Payment of Tax under “The Land-tax Act, 1894.”

GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirty-first day of July, 1894.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him under “The Land-tax Act, 1894,” 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 and determine that the respective duties leviable under the said Act by way of land-tax and of further graduated land-tax shall be paid in one sum on Friday, the seventeenth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.

And in further pursuance and exercise of the power and authority aforesaid, and with the advice and consent as aforesaid, His Excellency doth also determine that the place where the said duties of land-tax shall be paid shall be the office of the Commissioner of Taxes, at the Government Buildings, Wellington, and that notice to the foregoing effect shall be given by the said Commissioner accordingly.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.