Sept. 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1527

Declaring State Forests in the Land Districts of Auckland
and Taranaki.

(L.S.) GLASGOW, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

BY virtue and in exercise of the powers and authorities
vested in me by "The New Zealand State Forests
Act, 1885," and of every other power and authority enabling
me in that behalf, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor
of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do
hereby set apart the forest lands described in the Schedule
hereto, forming part of the Crown lands in New Zealand, as
and for State forests within the provisions of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

All that parcel of land in the Auckland Land District,
being called or known as Section No. 74, Block VIII., Kati-
kati Survey District, containing by admeasurement 270 acres,
more or less. Bounded towards the north-east by a public
road-line, 260 links; towards the east by a line, 4138 links;
towards the south-east by Section No. 37, the abutment of a
road, by Section No. 63 (all of Block VIII. aforesaid), and a
line, 7446 links; towards the west by a line, 3855 links; and
towards the north-west by Section No. 73 of Block VIII.
aforesaid, 2848 and 4689 links: be all the aforesaid linkages
more or less.

All that parcel of land in the Auckland Land District,
being called or known as Section No. 2, Block I., Aongatete
Survey District, containing by admeasurement 81 acres
1 rood, more or less. Bounded towards the north-east by
Section No. 70, Block VIII., Katikati Survey District, 7503
links; towards the south by a public road-line, 14, 170, 370,
363, 267, and 83 links; and towards the south-west and north
by lines, 7902 and 1238 links respectively: be all the aforesaid
linkages more or less.

All that parcel of land in the Auckland Land District,
being called or known as Section No. 1, Block IV., Aonga-
tete Survey District, containing by admeasurement 144 acres,
more or less. Bounded towards the north-west generally by
a public road-line, 457, 874, 1180, 206, 41, 198, 170, 379, 124,
221, 771, 129, 247, 209, 260, 216, 343, 304, 844, 863, 823, and
84 links; towards the east by Section No. 66 of the Parish
of Te Mania, 4965 links; towards the south-east by Sections
Nos. 49 and 50, 3665 links; towards the north-east by Section
No. 50 aforesaid, all of the Parish of Te Mania aforesaid,
3488 links; again towards the south-east by a public road,
477 links; and towards the south-west by a line, 4816 links:
be all the aforesaid linkages more or less.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

All that parcel of land in the Taranaki Land District,
containing by admeasurement 615 acres, more or less, being
Section No. 3, Block X., Upper Waitara Survey District.
Bounded on the north and east by the Okoke Road, on the
south-east by Section No. 2, Block X., Upper Waitara; and
on the west by Section No. 2, Block IX., and Section No. 4,
Block X., Upper Waitara: as the same is delineated on the
plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, New
Plymouth.

All that parcel of land in the Taranaki Land District,
containing by admeasurement 575 acres, more or less, being
Section No. 8, Block II., Omona Survey District. Bounded
on the north by Mangaehu Road; on the east and north-east
by Section No. 10, Block II., Omona, and Mangaotuku Block,
60315 links, and Kaitieke Block, 14992 links; and on the
south by Matemateonga Block, 13858*6 links: be all the
aforesaid linkages more or less; as the same is delineated on
the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, New
Plymouth.

All that parcel of land in the Taranaki Land District,
containing by admeasurement 56 acres, more or less, being
Section No. 63, Tikorangi District, Block X., Waitara Survey
District. Bounded on the north-east by the Ngatimaru
Road; on the south by the Waitara River and a public road;
on the west by Section No. 77, Tikorangi District, 638 links:
as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office
of the Chief Surveyor, New Plymouth.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right
Honourable David, Earl of Glasgow; Knight
Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of
Saint Michael and Saint George; Governor and
Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's
Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies;
and issued under the Seal of the said Colony,
at the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-third day of September, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-five.
JOHN McKENZIE,
Commissioner of State Forests.

Approved in Council.
ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Regulations under "The Sea-fisheries Act, 1894."

GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-third
day of September, 1895.

Present:
His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by "The Sea-fisheries Act, 1894" (herein-
after termed "the said Act"), it is, among other
things, enacted that the Governor in Council may from time
to time make regulations for the purposes therein mentioned,
which shall have general force and effect throughout the
colony, or particular force and effect only in any waters or
places specified therein:

And whereas it is expedient to make the regulations here-
inafter set forth with respect to the indigenous fish known as
whitebait inhabiting the waters of the colony herein men-
tioned:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise 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 make the following regulations; and
with the like advice and consent doth order that these regu-
lations shall have force and effect in the brackish waters of
the Provincial District of Canterbury, and in the whole of
the waters of the Waitaki River, and shall supersede all
regulations respecting the nets to be used for taking
whitebait heretofore in force so far as that provincial dis-
trict is concerned.

REGULATIONS.

1. No scrim or whitebait-net shall be used as a set-net or
   be set or placed in openings made in the banks of rivers or
   streams, or in dams constructed therein, within the Pro-
   vincial District of Canterbury, or in any of the waters of
   the Waitaki River, and no scrim hand-net having an open-
   ing of more than 9 square feet shall be used for the purpose
   of catching whitebait.

2. Any person committing a breach of the above regula-
   tion shall be liable to a penalty of not less than £1 and not
   exceeding £20.

3. Nothing in these regulations contained shall be deemed
   or be construed to affect or interfere with the operation of
   any regulations for the time being in force under "The
   Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884," in relation to the taking
   or fishing for salmon or trout in the said rivers.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Licensing A. E. Harding to use and occupy a Part of the
Foreshore of Kaipara Harbour.

GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-
third day of September, 1895.

Present:
His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS, there being no Harbour Board empowered
to grant the license hereinafter mentioned under
"The Harbours Act Amendment Act, 1883" (hereinafter
called "the said Act"), Alfred E. Harding, of Mangawhare,
runholder (and hereinafter called "the licensee"), has ap-
plied to the Governor in Council for a license under the said
Act to occupy a part of the foreshore and of the land below
low-water mark of Wairoa River, in Kaipara Harbour, in order
to erect a wharf thereon, and in accordance with the one hun-
dred and fifty-sixth section of "The Harbours Act, 1878," has
deposited plans in the office of the Marine Department at
Wellington (marked M.D. 2008), showing the position in
which it is intended to erect such wharf, the area of fore-
shore and land below low-water mark intended to be occupied,
and the manner in which it is proposed to erect the wharf:
And whereas the Governor in Council has approved of the
purpose for which the said license is required: And whereas
it is expedient that a license should be granted and issued to
the licensee under the said Act, for the purpose aforesaid, on
the terms and conditions hereinafter expressed:

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 said Act, 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 object for
which the said license is required by the licensee as afore-
said, 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 licensee to use
and occupy that part of the foreshore and land below low-
water mark on which the wharf is to be erected, as shown