Mar. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 727

Declaring Part of Whangamomona Road, through the Township of Whangamomona, a Government Road.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of February, 1904.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in him by “The Public Works Act, 1894,” and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, 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 order and declare that the portion of the road known as the Whangamomona Road, in the Township of Whangamomona, described in the Schedule hereto shall, on and after the date of this Order in Council, be a Government road.

SCHEDULE.

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

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Revoking Regulations under “The Sea-fisheries Act, 1894.”

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of February, 1904.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the twenty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 1, of the seventh day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, certain regulations were made under the provisions of “The Sea-fisheries Act, 1894,” excluding the North Island, the South Island, and Stewart Island, and the islands adjacent thereto, from the operation of the eighth, ninth, and tenth sections of the said Act:

And whereas it is desirable to revoke the provision so excluding such islands:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby revoke and determine so much of the said regulations of the twenty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, as excluded the North Island, the South Island, Stewart Island, and the islands adjacent thereto from the operation of the eighth, ninth, and tenth sections of the said Act, but not further or otherwise; and doth order that such revocation shall take effect on the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and four.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations as to Sea-fishing Boats.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of February, 1904.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS it is enacted by section five of “The Sea-fisheries Act, 1894,” as amended by section two of “The Sea-fisheries Amendment Act, 1903,” 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, providing for carrying out, enforcing, and giving effect to the registry of boats employed in fishing, and prescribing a system of registry, or lettering and numbering of boats, or distinguishing flags to be carried by boats, and the sails, nets, or other gear belonging to them and used in fishing, and defining the boats or classes of boats to which any regulations are to apply: And whereas it is desirable to make such regulations:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by the hereinbefore recited Acts, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby make the following regulations, and doth order that they shall come into force on the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and four.

REGULATIONS.

1. In these regulations the term “boat” or “boats” means and includes all boats or vessels used or intended to be used for taking fish or oysters for sale.

2. The ports or places set forth in the first column of the First Schedule hereto shall be ports or places of registry for boats, and the letter or letters set forth in the second column of that Schedule shall be the distinguishing letter or letters for those ports or places respectively.

3. A register of boats in the form set forth in the Second Schedule hereto, or in such other form as may be prescribed from time to time by the Governor in Council, with a consecutive series of numbers, shall be kept by the Collector at the port of the place to which such boats belong, or at the port nearest to such place.

4. The owner of any boat shall make application to the Collector to have such boat entered on the register, and shall obtain for every boat belonging to him a certificate of registry in accordance with these regulations.

5. The application shall be made in the form set forth in the Third Schedule hereto, and with the particulars therein indicated, to the Collector of the port or place of registry to which the boat belongs, or from which she hails, or is for the time being employed or nearest thereto.

6. The Collector, on the receipt of the application, and having no reason to doubt the correctness of the particulars contained therein, shall register the boat, shall appoint a number for it, and shall issue the certificate of registry to the applicant. The certificate shall be in the form set forth in the Fourth Schedule hereto, and the letter or letters to be inserted in the certificate shall be the distinguishing letter or letters of the port or place of registry.

7. At least once in every year the owner of any boat shall submit the certificate of registry of his boat for examination to a Collector, and shall report any alteration respecting the boat or her employment.

8. The Collector to whom the certificate is submitted shall indorse thereon his name and the date of examination. If he is not the Collector of the port of registry, he shall report the examination to the Collector of the port of registry, and, in the case of any change being reported respecting the boat, he shall forward the certificate of registry to the Collector at the port of registry for correction, and the Collector shall forthwith make such alterations as may be necessary in the register and certificate of registry.

9. The Collector shall forward annually to the Marine Department a list of all boats on the register of his port on the 31st December.

10. After registration no change shall be made in the name of any boat unless the Marine Department is satisfied that the application for such change of name is made on reasonable and sufficient grounds and direct that the name may be changed. In the event of such direction being given, the name of the boat may be changed, and the register and certificate altered accordingly. In all cases of change of name the former name shall appear on the register and on the certificate: Provided that if any boat is registered under Part IV. of the Imperial Act known as “The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894,” or any Act in force in the colony in place thereof, her name shall not be altered except in accordance with the provisions of that Act.