Nov. 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1897

Revoking Close Season for Mullet in Kaipara Harbour, and prescribing Close Season for Part of Harbour.

GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-sixth

day of November, 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 certain regulations prescribing a close season
for mullet in Kaipara Harbour were made under the said
Act by the Governor in Council on the ninth day of Septem-
ber, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, and pub-
lished in the New Zealand Gazette of the twelfth day of the
same month:

And whereas it is expedient to revoke the said regulations,
and to prescribe a close season for mullet for the portion of
Kaipara Harbour described in the following regulations:

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 of all other powers
enabling him in that behalf, and by and with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth
hereby revoke the said regulations made by the said Order
in Council of the ninth day of September, one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-five, and in pursuance and exercise
of the said powers, and with the like advice and consent,
His Excellency the Governor of the colony doth hereby make
the following regulations, to have force and effect within the
waters hereafter specified in the said regulations:—

REGULATIONS.

1. The period from the first day of December in one year
   to the last day of February in the next succeeding year,
   both days inclusive, is hereby prescribed a close season in
   respect of the fish of the species of the Mugi known as
   mullet or kanaw, during which close season it shall be un-
   lawful for any person to take any such fish contrary to the
   provisions of the said Act.

2. These regulations shall have force and effect in all
   waters, as defined by the said Act, of Kaipara Harbour
   inside a straight line drawn from the trigonometrical station
   on Oewa Mound to the trigonometrical station on Komiti
   Bluff.

3. Any person committing a breach of these regulations
   shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds nor
   less than twenty shillings, to be recovered as is by the said
   Act provided.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations for Examination of Able Seamen.

GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-sixth
day of November, 1895.

Present:
His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS it is enacted by section eight of “The Ship-
ping and Seamen's Act Amendment Act, 1894,” that
a seaman shall not be entitled to the rating of “A.B.,” that
is to say of an able-bodied seaman, unless he has served at sea
for four years before the mast, or has received a certificate
from an examiner appointed by an Order in Council to
examine seamen in accordance with regulations to be made
by the Governor in Council:

And whereas it is desirable to make regulations for the
examination of candidates for certificates as able-bodied sea-
men:

Now, therefore, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor
of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of
the hereinbefore-recited power and authority, and by and
with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the
said colony, do hereby make the following regulations for
the examination of candidates for certificates as able-bodied
seamen:—

REGULATIONS.

1. A candidate for a certificate as “A.B.,” that is to say,
   as an able-bodied seaman, must pass an examination in the
   following subjects:—

(a.) Ability to distinguish colours.
(b.) Knowledge of the duties of the look-out, the helms-
man, and the nightwatchman.
(c.) Knowledge of boat-drill and fire-drill on board ship.
(d.) Knowledge of steering a vessel and the use of the
compass in steering. (The deviascope will be
used to test the candidate's knowledge of steering
and of the compass.)
(e.) Knowledge of the regulation lights to be carried by
vessels when under way and at anchor, and of the
regulation fog-signals.
(f.) Knowledge of the difference between the various
kinds of vessels—such as ships, barques, brigs,
schooners, and cutters—and their masts, spars,
rigging, and sails; and the names and positions of
the various parts of a vessel, such as the wheel,
wheel-chains, quadrant, tiller, rudder, rudder-
chains, anchors, and chains, and their use on
board ship, forecastle-head, main-deck, poop,
bridge, forehold, pumps, windlass, engine-room,
boilers, bunkers, and such other parts as the
examiner may question on.
(g.) Knowledge of what lifeboats are for and their
management at sea, where they are generally
placed on a vessel, and how they are secured; also
knowledge of a raft, life-belt, and life-buoy, and
where they are usually kept on a vessel.
(h.) Knowledge of the hand and deep-sea lead-line, and
the name of the marks, &c., thereon.
(i.) Knowledge of splicing and knotting ropes in different
ways.

2. Candidates for examination must make their appli-
   cation upon the appropriate form, which must be filled up
   at a Mercantile Marine Office (Customhouse). The form,
   properly filled in, together with the candidate's testimonials,
   must be lodged with Superintendent of the Mercantile
   Marine Office not later than the day before the day of
   examination, and the candidate must conform to any regu-
   lations in this respect which may be laid down and notified
   by the Marine Department.

3. Testimonials of service, character, sobriety, ability, and
   good conduct, for at least twelve months immediately pre-
   ceeding the date of application to be examined, will be
   required of all candidates, and without producing them no
   person will be examined.

4. A candidate must be over eighteen years of age.

5. A candidate must have served two years at sea before
   the mast in a vessel engaged in the foreign or home trade,
   one year of which must have been as ordinary seaman, or he
   must have served as an apprentice two years in a foreign-
   going ship or three years in a home-trade ship.

6. A fee of five shillings will be charged for each exami-
   nation, half of which will be returned in case of failure to
   pass.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Fixing Port Charges for Nelson.

GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-
sixth day of November, 1895.

Present:
His Excellency the Governor in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
vested in him by “The Harbours Act, 1878,” as
amended by “The Harbours Act 1878 Amendment Act,
1886,” and there being no Harbour Board for the Harbour of
Nelson, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New
Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Execu-
tive Council of the said colony, doth hereby make the follow-
ing by-law in respect of the Harbour of Nelson:—

BY-LAW.

For every vessel over 150 tons register which does not em-
ploy a pilot, whether coming from seaward or not, whether
decked or undecked, whether propelled by steam or not,
navigating or plying within the Port of Nelson, there shall
be levied as a port charge in respect of such vessel one shil-
ling per ton register half-yearly. For every vessel of and
under 150 tons register which does not employ a pilot,
whether coming from seaward or not, whether decked or
undecked, whether propelled by steam or not, navigating or
plying within the Port of Nelson, there shall be levied as
a port charge in respect of such vessel sixpence per ton
register half-yearly.

The by-law fixing port charges for the Harbour of Nelson,
made by Order in Council dated the 14th day of October,
1895, is hereby repealed.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.