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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 16

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, and in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred upon me by section ten of the said Act, do hereby appoint Tuesday to be the day on which shops shall be closed in the said Town District of Papakura, in accordance with the said Act.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Appointing Day for closing under “The Shops and Shop-assistants Act, 1894.”

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this nineteenth day of February, 1900.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the local authorities of the Town Districts of Havelock (Marlborough), Southbridge, and Opotiki, being duly authorised by “The Shops and Shop-assistants Act, 1894,” to appoint by special resolution, in the month of January, one thousand nine hundred, the day on which shops in the said town districts are to be closed in accordance with the said Act, have failed so to appoint a day:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, and in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred upon me by section ten of the said Act, do hereby appoint Wednesday to be the day on which shops shall be closed in the said Town Districts of Havelock (Marlborough), Southbridge, and Opotiki, in accordance with the said Act.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Prohibiting Use of Net-fishing in Part of Wanganui River.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this nineteenth day of February, 1900.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by “The Sea-fisheries Act, 1894,” it is 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, amongst other things, altogether prohibiting the use of nets of any sort:

And whereas it is desirable to altogether prohibit the use of nets of any sort in the portion of the Wanganui River above the Aramoho Railway-bridge:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power 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:—

REGULATIONS.

1. The use of nets of any sort for taking fish in the portion of the Wanganui River above the Aramoho Railway-bridge during the period from the 1st day of March, 1900, to the 28th day of February, 1901, is hereby prohibited.

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

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations for the Conservation and Use of the Rotorua Thermal Springs and Grounds.

RANFURLY, Governor.

By his Deputy,

ROBERT STOUT.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the two-hundred-and-forty-second section of “The Land Act, 1892,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do by this notification make the following regulations for the use by the public of the reserve, and grounds pertaining thereto, which contain the thermal springs, situate at Rotorua, described in the Schedule hereto, that is to say:—

1. These regulations apply to the planted, enclosed, and other Crown lands at Rotorua, in the Auckland Land District, which are within the area described in the Schedule hereto, and in which are situated the thermal springs which supply the bathing-places known as the Rotorua Baths and Whakarewarewa Baths, and to the reserves made for recreation or other purposes in connection therewith.

2. The grounds are open to visitors to the baths and to the public from 8 a.m. until sunset every day free of charge, but subject to these regulations and the powers of any authority having charge or control of such grounds or any part thereof.

3. Admission to the baths shall be by ticket only, and tickets for such admission can only be obtained at the Rotorua Sanatorium. Such ticket shall be presented to the bath-attendant, who shall clip and retain the same.

4. The charge for one ticket for a private bath, douche-bath, or sulphur-vapour bath shall be one shilling for each person for each time it is used, or three tickets may be purchased for two shillings.

5. The charge for an open or public bath shall be sixpence for each person; but in the case of any person who shall at the time of applying to purchase admission to such bath satisfy the Medical Officer that he has immediately before such application resided for a period of at least six months within a radius of five miles from the Rotorua Post-office the charge shall be threepence for each public bath.

6. Children under the age of fifteen years may be admitted to any of the baths at half-price, but they must provide their own towels.

7. Patients residing in the Government Sanatorium at Rotorua may, while so residing, and on production of a ticket from the Medical Officer, be admitted free to such baths as he may direct.

8. No person will be allowed to wash or place in any thermal spring subject to these regulations, or in any bath or swimming-pool supplied therefrom, or in any spring, geyser, or pool, or in any water-race, channel, or reservoir within the grounds, any clothes, soap, substance, article, or thing which would pollute or affect the water therein. Any person committing a breach of this regulation shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

9. No person shall pick any flower, or break, or destroy, or injure any plant, shrub, or tree growing on ground subject to these regulations; and if any person shall commit a breach of this regulation he shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds, in addition to paying for the damage done.

10. No person shall place, deposit, or leave any bottle, or glassware (whether broken or whole), paper, straw, litter, dirt, rubbish, or any offensive or noxious matter of any kind within the grounds or any part thereof, or in any bathing-house, bath, or pool connected with or supplied from any spring subject to these regulations. Any person so offending shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds for every such offence.

11. No horses, dogs, or other animals will be allowed inside the grounds or any part thereof which are or is subject to these regulations; and the owner of such horse, dog, or other animal will be liable to a penalty of one pound for each time such horse, dog, or other animal trespasses or is allowed to trespass on the grounds. But this regulation does not apply to horses drawing any carriage, nor to saddled horses, passing into or through the grounds, nor to dogs which are led by a cord or chain.

12. No person shall trespass upon any portion of the reserve within any enclosure which may be set apart for planting, or where the soil is loose, or upon grass kept out for lawns or ornamental purposes; and any person infringing this regulation shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one pound.

13. For the purpose hereof the District Road Surveyor shall have charge of gardens, grounds, enclosures, paths, and the premises pertaining thereto; and, as regards any part of the grounds subject to these regulations, the gardener or other person in charge thereof at the time shall have authority to carry out these regulations.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 2,610 acres, more or less, situated in Taranwera Survey District. Bounded towards the north generally by Lake Rotorua; towards the east generally by that lake, the Puarenga Stream, the Rotorua-Maketu Road, and the north-eastern boundary of Whakarewarewa State Forest; towards the south generally by the Moerangi and Tihiotonga Blocks; and towards the west generally by Sections Nos. 65, 64, 63, Suburbs of Rotorua, the road forming the eastern boundary of Section No. 62, and by Sections Nos. 33 and 31 to Fenton Street, and thence by that street, the railway-line, and the Utuhina Stream to Lake Rotorua.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this second day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.

T. THOMPSON,
For Minister of Lands.