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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 26

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 con-
travention 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.

Drawback of Excise Duty on New-Zealand-brewed Beer
exported for Ship's Stores.

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 ninth section of “The Customs and
Excise Duties Act, 1888,” provides that a drawback
of duty paid on New-Zealand-brewed beer may be allowed
on the exportation thereof in bottle, and such drawback
shall be subject to the same regulations and conditions as
are applicable to drawback allowed under the ninth section
of “The Customs Duties Consolidation Act, 1882”:

Now, therefore, 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, and in exercise
and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him
by the hereinbefore-in-part-recited Act, doth order that
there shall be allowed on New-Zealand-brewed beer in
bottle, when exported from the colony as ships’ stores
shipped wholly for ships’ use outside the colony, a drawback
of the Excise duty paid thereon; provided the Collector is
satisfied that the claim for drawback is genuine.

ALEX. WILLIS.
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Consenting to closing Road in Waipara Survey District.

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 by section twelve, subsection one, of “The
Public Works Acts Amendment Act, 1900,” it is
enacted that a local authority shall not declare any county
or district road to be stopped, and such road shall not be
deemed to be stopped, until the consent thereto of the
Governor by Order in Council gazetted is obtained: And
whereas the Waipara Road Board has applied for such
consent in respect to the road described in the Schedule
hereto:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and in exercise of the above-
in-part-recited Act, and of all other powers in anywise
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 consent to the Waipara Road Board closing the
road mentioned in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

In the Canterbury Land District; as the same is more
particularly delineated on the plan marked and coloured
as above noted, deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer
of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Consenting to closing Roads in Waikari Survey District.

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 by section twelve, subsection one, of “The
Public Works Acts Amendment Act, 1900,” it is
enacted that a local authority shall not declare any county
or district road to be stopped, and such road shall not be
deemed to be stopped, until the consent thereto of the
Governor by Order in Council gazetted is obtained:

And whereas the Waipara Road Board has applied for
such consent in respect to the roads described in the Sche-
dule hereto:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and in exercise of the above-
in-part-recited Act, and of all other powers in anywise
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 consent to the Waipara Road Board closing the
roads mentioned in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

All in the Land District of Canterbury; as the same are
more particularly delineated on the 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.

Rules under “The Supreme Court Act, 1882.”

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.

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities
conferred by the thirty-first section of “The Supreme
Court Act, 1882,” His Excellency the Governor of the
Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent
of the Executive Council thereof, and with the concurrence
of His Honour the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of
New Zealand, and His Honour Mr. Justice Williams, a
Judge of the said Court, doth hereby revoke, as from the
thirtieth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and three,
the rule number five hundred and forty-five in the Order
in Council made the thirteenth day of May, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-four, and doth hereby make the
following rule in lieu thereof, and doth declare that such rule
shall take effect on and after the first day of May next:—

545. The proper officer shall receive and take such fees as
     are specified in the Table D in the Schedule to this Order
     in Council, and wherever in the Code of Civil Procedure
     printed as the Second Schedule to “The Supreme Court
     Act, 1882,” the Table D thereto is referred to, the Table D
     in the Schedule hereto shall be deemed to be referred to in
     lieu thereof.