APRIL 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 953
Authorising the Exchange of a Reserve in Canterbury for other Lands.
RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this third day of April, 1903.
Present:
THE HONOURABLE J. CARROLL PRESIDING IN COUNCIL,
WHEREAS the land mentioned in the first column of the Schedule hereto was permanently set apart as a gravel reserve: And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient to exchange the said land for the lands described in the second column of the Schedule hereto:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, and in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the fourth section of "The Public Reserves Act, 1881," and the third section of "The Public Reserves Act Amendment Act, 1889," doth hereby declare that the said reserve described in the first column of the Schedule hereto may be exchanged for the lands described in the second column of the Schedule hereto.
SCHEDULE.
Description of Reserve intended to be exchanged Description of Lands to be obtained in Exchange therefor.
All that parcel of land in the Canterbury Land District, containing 5 acres, more or less, being Reserve No. 1003, situated in Block VIII., Shepherd's Bush Survey District; as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 49616, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red.
All that parcel of land in the Canterbury Land District, containing 3 acres, more or less, being portion of Section 28737, situated in Block VII., Shepherd's Bush Survey District, commencing at the south-west corner, the same being distant 704.1 links from the south-west corner of said Section 28737; thence easterly along the South Hinds Road a distance of 600 links in a rectangular block, the depth being 500 links.
Also, all that parcel of land, containing 3 acres, more or less, being portion of Section 28737, commencing at the south-west corner, the same being distant 3999 links from the south-west corner of said Section 28737; thence north-easterly, by a line bearing 19° 52', a distance of 554.5 links; thence south-easterly, by a line bearing 132° 44', a distance of 708.1 links, and a line bearing 164° 40', a distance of 342.3 links; thence north-westerly along the South Hinds Road a distance of 849.8 links to the commencing-point.
As the same are delineated on the plan marked S.G. 49616, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red.
ALEX. WILLIS, Clerk of the Executive Council.
Native Land proposed to be taken for a Road in Ngaurukehu A No. 6, Maungakaretu Survey District.
RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this second day of April, 1903.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken for a public work, to wit, the purpose of a road, in Maungakaretu Survey District:
And whereas the said land is held or occupied by Native owners under a title which is not derived from the Crown: And whereas a map in duplicate has been prepared of the said land, as required by the eighty-eighth section of 'The Public Works Act, 1894':
Now, therefore, in pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in him by the eighty-eighth section of the said Act, and of all other powers in anyway enabling him in this behalf, 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 declare that the land shown upon such map, and described in the Schedule hereto, shall be deemed to be taken for the purpose of the said road, and shall vest in His Majesty the King, as from the fifteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and three.
SCHEDULE.
Approximate Area Being Situated in Survey District of of the Part of Parish vey District of Parcel Block shown on Plan Coloured on Plan A. R. P. 0 3 24 Ngaurukehu A Maungakaretu No. R. 4160 Yellow. In the Wellington Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on plan marked and coloured as above mentioned, deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District.
ALEX. WILLIS. Clerk of the Executive Council.
Extending the Close Season for Seals.
RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this second day of April, 1903.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR 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 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 eighth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and two, the said close season for seals was extended up to the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and three:
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.
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 8th day of March, 1902, extended up to the 30th day of June, 1903, is hereby further extended up to the 30th day of June, 1904.
2. Every person who, during the close season prescribed as aforesaid, takes any seal is liable to a penalty of not less