788

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 36

fixing the terms and conditions upon which certain village lands therein enumerated should be disposed of, it was provided that no person would be allowed to acquire more than one allotment in the Village Settlement of Arowhenua:

And whereas by an Order in Council issued on the twenty-ninth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, the first-mentioned Order in Council was amended in so far as it affected the areas of land that could be held, and provided that any settler residing in the Village Settlement of Arowhenua could apply for and acquire one additional allotment of land therein:

And whereas it is expedient to allow one person to hold and acquire not more than two acres of land in the village settlement:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in pursuance of all powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony of New Zealand, doth hereby amend the Orders in Council aforesaid so far as they affect the areas in which the land in the Village Settlement of Arowhenua shall be held, and doth by this present Order declare that any settler at present residing in the village settlement aforesaid may apply for and acquire not more than two acres of land therein. And it is hereby further declared that all the provisions of the Order in Council of the fourth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one, aforesaid, shall apply, except as regards the area in which the land may be held, to the Village Settlement of Arowhenua aforesaid.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations for Licenses for Exclusive Right of taking Oysters in Manukau Harbour.

GLASGOW, Governor.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred on me by section 21 of “The Sea-fisheries Act, 1894,” and subsection (1) of section 3 of “The Sea-fisheries Act Amendment Act, 1895,” I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby make the following regulations for granting licenses for the exclusive right of taking oysters from lands below high-water mark in Manukau Harbour, inside a straight line drawn from the summit of Paratutu, on the North Head, to the lighthouse on the South Head of that harbour :—

REGULATIONS.

1. The area to be included in a license shall have such frontage on the foreshore, or between the limits of high and low water, as may be approved by the Governor; provided that no area included in a license shall have a greater frontage on the foreshore, or between the limits of high and low water, than one thousand yards.

2. The period for which the licenses will be issued will be ten years.

3. The upset rental shall be a sum of ten shillings per annum for each one hundred yards or fraction of one hundred yards of frontage on the foreshore.

4. The sum of one pound shall be paid by the licensee on the issue of a license, as a fee for the survey of the area comprised in his license.

5. A licensee shall not assign, charge, or part with any right, power, or privilege conferred by or under his license without the written consent of the Minister having Charge of the Marine Department first obtained.

6. The limits of land included in any license shall be marked by the Inspector of Fisheries by posts, and the name of the licensee shall be marked on the front corner-post which is on the right hand when facing towards the harbour. Such marks shall be kept in repair by the licensee.

7. A license for one area may be granted to any number of persons not exceeding three, or to a joint-stock company; but the persons or company holding a license for one area shall not be qualified to receive a license for another area.

8. The working of the oyster-beds shall be under the control of the Inspector of Fisheries, who shall have power to regulate the quantity of oysters that may be taken from the beds on any holding, so as to prevent the beds being depleted or injuriously affected.

9. Should a licensee commit a breach of the Sea-fisheries Act or its amendments, or of these regulations, his license may be revoked and determined without any notice to him.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this fourteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.

J. G. WARD.

Lands in the Canterbury Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

GLASGOW, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894,” and the one hundred and thirty-sixth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” 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 one hundred and thirty-sixth section is provided, do hereby declare that the lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on and after the twenty-fourth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six; and that the said lands may be selected on lease in perpetuity, subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892”; and I do hereby declare that the rentals at which the said lands shall be leased shall be those mentioned in the said Schedule hereto opposite the description of such lands respectively.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—HIGHBANK ESTATE.