Mar. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 499

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly; Knight Commander 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-seventh day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.

JOHN MCKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Auckland College and Grammar School to be subject to certain Provisions of the Public Bodies’ Powers Acts.

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RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-eighth day of February, 1899.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of all powers and authorities thereto him enabling under the provisions of “The Public Bodies’ Powers Act, 1887,” 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 declare that from and after the date of the publication of this Order in Council in the New Zealand Government Gazette the Auckland College and Grammar School, a leasing authority within the meaning of “The Public Bodies’ Powers Act, 1887,” shall be subject to the provisions of the sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, and eleventh sections of the said Act, and also to the provisions of “The Public Bodies’ Powers Act 1887 Amendment Act, 1891.”

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Extending the Close Season for Seals.

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RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-eighth day of February, 1899.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by “The Seal-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 and 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 by Order in Council dated the twelfth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, the said close season for seals was further extended up to the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight:

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

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

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor 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.

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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 16th day of May, 1898, extended up to the 30th day of June, 1899, is hereby further extended up to the 30th day of June, 1900.

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.

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Powers delegated to the Mackenzie Domain Board under “The Public Domains Act, 1881.”

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RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-eighth day of February, 1899.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the twelfth section of “The Public Domains Act, 1881,” it is, inter alia, enacted that the Governor, by Order in Council, may from time to time delegate all or any of the powers by the said Act conferred, save as is therein mentioned, to any person or persons, for any period, and subject to such stipulations as may be specified in such Order, and that every such delegation may from time to time in like manner be altered or revoked: And whereas, pursuant to “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” by an Order in Council of the ninth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, the land described in the Schedule hereto is declared to be brought under the operation of and to be subject to the provisions of the said “Public Domains Act, 1881”:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony of New Zealand, doth by this present Order delegate, with respect to the parcels of land described in the Schedule hereto, all the powers conferred by the Act first above mentioned, except the powers under or conferred by sections five and twelve thereof, to the Mackenzie Domain Board, constituted by an Order in Council issued on the eleventh day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven (hereinafter referred to as “the Board”), subject to the stipulation that the Board shall have power to lop, trim, and thin the trees and plantations upon the land at their discretion, and have power to sell the wood so cut.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 36 acres 1 rood, more or less, being Reserve No. 3174, Block XII., Lowry Peaks Survey District. Bounded as follows: Towards the north by Elizabeth Road; towards the north-east by Section No. 21, Block XII., Lowry Peaks, and the continuation of Stewart Road (south) to the crossing of Spring Stream; and towards the south-west by Sections Nos. 27 and 20 of said block, and road, to the northward of Section No. 19 of said block: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Christchurch.

All that parcel of land in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 9 acres 2 roods 2 perches, more or less, being Reserve No. 3175, Block XII., Lowry Peaks Survey District. Bounded towards the north by Sec-