July 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1623

Setting apart Reserve under “The Kauri-gum Industry Act, 1898.”

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twentieth day of July, 1903.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by “The Kauri-gum Industry Act, 1898” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is enacted that the Governor in Council is authorised under the said Act to set apart any specified area of Crown lands within a kauri-gum district to be a kauri-gum reserve under the said Act:

And whereas it is expedient to create and set apart the kauri-gum reserve hereinafter mentioned:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby set apart the area of Crown land described in the Schedule hereto as a kauri-gum reserve, with the name set over the description of such reserve in the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

BAY OF ISLANDS COUNTY.

OMAPERE Kauri-gum Reserve: 1,092 acres. For Okaihau and Omapere Settlements.

All that area in the Auckland Land District, situated in Blocks VI., VII., X., XI., Omapere Survey District, containing by admeasurement 1,092 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the north by a public road; towards the east by Sections Nos. 14 and 13 of the Parish of Omapere; towards the south-east generally by Omapere Lake; towards the south-west by the Papakauri B Block; and towards the north-west generally by a public road bounding Sections Nos. 29, 16, and 15, Parish of Omapere, by Sections Nos. 15 and 22 of the said parish, by the Waiharakeke Stream, and by a public road: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 50400, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon bordered red.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations as to Dabs.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twentieth day of July, 1903.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by “The Sea-fisheries Act, 1894” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is, amongst other things, enacted that the Governor in Council may from time to time make regulations prescribing, amongst other things, the minimum size of any fish that may be taken, which regulations shall have general force and effect throughout the colony, or particular force and effect only in any waters or places specified therein:

And whereas it is desirable to make the regulations hereinafter set forth with respect to the minimum size the indigenous fish known as “dab” (Rhombosolea monopus), inhabiting the waters of the colony herein mentioned, may be taken:

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. No person shall take, sell, or expose for sale, or have in possession (a) during the months of June, July, August, and September in each year any dab (Rhombosolea monopus, Günther) of a less size than eight inches in length from the tip of the nose to the end of the tail, (b) and during the months of October, November, December, January, February, March, April, and May, any dab of a less size than nine inches, measured as hereinbefore described. These regulations shall have force and effect within the Provincial District of Auckland, and the waters thereof.

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

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations under Fisheries Conservation Acts: Fees and Fines.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twentieth day of July, 1903.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,” and “The Fisheries Conservation Act Amendment Act, 1902,” 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, doth hereby make the following regulations for the purposes of the said Acts, and doth hereby declare that these regulations shall have force and effect in each acclimatisation district throughout the colony:—

REGULATIONS.

1. The “said Acts” mean “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,” and its amendments.

2. All fines imposed and recovered for breach of any regulations made under the said Acts, and all license fees payable under such regulations respectively, shall be paid to the secretary of the acclimatisation society in whose district such fees or fines were collected, and shall be appropriated when received by each acclimatisation society to the expenses of distribution, rearing, cultivation, and protection of fish in the district of such society.

3. Where there is more than one registered society in a district, then such fees and fines shall be apportioned in such manner as the Colonial Secretary shall in writing direct.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Revoking Delegation of Powers under “The Public Domains Act, 1881,” to the Rotokare Domain Board.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-second day of July, 1903.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by “The Public Domains Act, 1881,” His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council thereof, doth hereby revoke a certain Order in Council made and issued on the eighteenth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, under the said Act, and delegating all the powers conferred by the said Act (except the powers conferred by sections five and twelve thereof) in respect of the parcel of Crown land described in the Schedule hereto to the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of Hawera, who are known as the Rotokare Domain Board.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Land District of Taranaki, containing by admeasurement 530 acres, more or less, being Section No. 1, Block XII., Ngaire Survey District. Bounded on the north by Sections Nos. 10, 2, and 3, 9609 links; on the east by the Tutaeariari No. 1 Block, 7490·2 links; on the south by Section No. 32, Block XV., 8394·9 links; and on the west by Sections Nos. 5, 6, and 7, Block XI., 10146·5 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth.

J. H. McALISTER,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Land temporarily reserved in the Southland Land District.

RANFURLY, Governor.

WHEREAS by the two-hundred-and-thirty-fifth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time, either by general or particular description, and whether the same has been surveyed or not, reserve from sale temporarily, notwithstanding that the same may be then held under pastoral license, any Crown lands which in his opinion are required for any of the purposes in the said section mentioned:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by the said Act, do hereby temporarily reserve from sale the