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may be caught in the said district during the present season only :

Now, therefore, His Excellency Sir James Prendergast, Knight, the Administrator of the Government of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred by the said Act, and of all other powers enabling him in this behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby order and declare that, notwithstanding anything contained in the said recited regulations, any holder of a license issued thereunder and now in force may fish with one rod and line for perch and trout within the Wellington Acclimatisation District until the twenty-second day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, subject in all other respects to the conditions prescribed by the said regulations.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Amending Regulations for Trout- and Perch-fishing, Hawke’s Bay Acclimatisation District.

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twelfth day of April, 1897.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE GOVERNMENT IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Order in Council dated the eighth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, published in the New Zealand Gazette of the eighteenth day of April then instant, certain regulations were made under “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), providing for trout- and perch-fishing within the Hawke’s Bay Acclimatisation District as therein defined :

And whereas it is expedient to extend the time within which trout and perch may be caught in the said district during the present season only :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Administrator of the Government of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred by the said Act, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby order and declare that, notwithstanding anything contained in the said regulations, any holder of a license issued thereunder and now in force may fish with one rod and line for trout and perch within the Hawke’s Bay Acclimatisation District until the twenty-second day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, subject in all other respects to the conditions prescribed by the said regulations.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Amending Regulations for Trout-, Perch-, and Tench-fishing, Southern Acclimatisation District.

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twelfth day of April, 1897.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE GOVERNMENT IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Order in Council dated the seventh day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the eighth day of September then instant, certain regulations were made under “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), providing for trout-, perch-, and tench-fishing within the Southern Acclimatisation District as therein defined : And whereas it is expedient to extend the time within which trout, perch, and tench may be caught in the said district during the present season only :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Administrator of the Government of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred by the said Act, and of all other powers enabling him in this behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby order and declare that, notwithstanding anything contained in the said recited regulations, any holder of a license issued thereunder and now in force may fish with one rod and line for trout, perch, and tench within the Southern Acclimatisation District until the twenty-second day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, subject in all other respects to the conditions prescribed by the said regulations.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Extending the Close Season for Seals.

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twelfth day of April, 1897.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE GOVERNMENT IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by “The Sea-fisheries Act, 1894” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is, among other things, enacted that the Governor in Council may from time to time make regulations (which shall have general force and effect throughout the colony, or particular force and effect only in any waters or places specified therein) for prescribing, among other things, a close season for seals, and for extending any close season so prescribed :

And whereas it is further provided by the said Act that every person who, during any close season for seals, takes any seals is liable for every such offence to a penalty not exceeding five hundred pounds, and in addition thereto is liable to a further penalty, not exceeding twenty pounds, in respect of every seal so taken :

And whereas by Order in Council dated the twenty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, the months of January, February, March, April, May, and June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, were prescribed a close season for seals :

And whereas by Order in Council dated the twenty-fifth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, the said close season for seals was extended up to the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six :

And whereas by Order in Council dated the second day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, the said close season for seals was further extended up to the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven :

And whereas it is desirable to further extend such close season for seals :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Administrator of the Government of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by the said Act, 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 close season for seals prescribed by regulations made by Order in Council dated the 21st day of December, 1894, and published in the New Zealand Gazette, No. 1, of the 4th day of January, 1895, and which was by Order in Council dated the 2nd day of June, 1896, extended up to the 30th day of June, 1897, is hereby further extended up to the 30th day of June, 1898.

2. Every person who, during the close season prescribed as aforesaid, takes any seal is liable to a penalty of not less than £25 nor more than £500, and in addition thereto is liable to a further penalty of not less than £1 nor more than £20 in respect of every seal so taken. The taking of seals means and includes the killing, catching, dredging for, raising, or hunting of any seal, or any attempt so to do.

3. No person shall buy, sell, expose for sale, consign for sale, buy for sale, or have in possession any seal, or any skins, oil, or blubber from any seal, in any manner in contravention of the said Act or of these regulations ; and every person so doing is liable for every such offence to a penalty of not less than £1 nor more than £20.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

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, James Prendergast, the Administrator of the Government 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 rural lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on and after the eleventh day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven ; and that the said lands may be selected on lease in perpetuity, subject to the provisions of “The Land