Mar. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 729

THIRD SCHEDULE.

APPLICATION TO REGISTER A BOAT TO BE USED FOR TAKING FISH OR OYSTERS FOR SALE, UNDER THE SEA-FISHERIES ACTS, 1894 AND 1903.

Name of boat: “ .”

• Class: . Letters: . Number: .
  Port or place: . Place (town or village) to which boat belongs: .
  Description of boat—
  Sailing or steam: .
  How rigged: .
  What sails used, &c.: .
  When and where built: .
  Mode of fishing: .
  † Principal dimensions—
  Length :† . Length of keel :† .
  Breadth :† .
  Depth :† .
  Gross tonnage: . Net tonnage: .
  Owner: . Skipper: .
  Number of crew usually employed: Men, ; boys, .

• These particulars are to be filled in by the Collector.
  † These measurements are to be made and the tonnage ascertained by the officer to whom the application is made. If the boat is registered under Part I. of “The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894,” the particulars of principal dimensions and tonnage should be adopted from her certificate of registry.
  ‡ In feet and tenths.

FOURTH SCHEDULE.

CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRY OF A BOAT TO BE USED FOR TAKING FISH OR OYSTERS FOR SALE, UNDER THE SEA-FISHERIES ACTS, 1894 AND 1903.

Name of boat: “ .”
Class: . Letters: . Number: .
Port or place of registry: . Place (town or village) to which boat belongs: .
Description of boat—
Sailing or steam: .
How rigged: .
What sails used, &c.: .
Mode of fishing: .
Principal dimensions—
Length: . Length of keel: .
Breadth: .
Depth: .
Gross tonnage: . Net tonnage: .
Owner: . Skipper: .

• In feet and tenths.

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 twenty-ninth day of February, 1904.

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 second day of April, one thousand nine hundred and three, the said close season for seals was extended up to the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and four:

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 2nd day of April, 1903, extended up to the 30th day of June, 1904, is hereby further extended up to the 30th day of June, 1905.

2. Every person who, during the close season prescribed as aforesaid, takes any seal is liable to a penalty of not less 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 contravention 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.

Defining Manner in which Tonnage of Sea-fishing Boats to be ascertained for the Purpose of License Fees under Section 3 of “The Sea-fisheries Amendment Act, 1903.”

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 the third section of “The Sea-fisheries Amendment Act, 1903,” that the Governor in Council may from time to time make regulations for defining the manner in which the tonnage of boats shall be ascertained for the purposes of that section:

And whereas it is desirable to make regulations for that purpose:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the hereinbefore-recited power and authority, and 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 aforesaid.

REGULATIONS.

1. Fishing vessels or boats which are registered under Part IV. of the Imperial Act the short title whereof is “The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894,” shall, for the purposes of section 3 of “The Sea-fisheries Amendment Act, 1903,” be deemed to be of the register tonnage shown by their certificates of registry issued under the aforesaid Imperial Act.

2. The register tonnage of boats not registered under the aforesaid Imperial Act shall, for the purposes of that section, be determined as follows:—

L × B × D × ·45
——————— = approximate tonnage under deck.
100

L = Length. Measure the length from fore part of head of stem to after part of head of sternpost, or after part of transom or tuck in case of a transom or tuck stern without post on same at upper part.

B = Breadth. Measure extreme breadth of boat outside.

D = Depth. Measure depth amidships.

In the case of decked boats the measurement shall be from the under side of deck to the upper side of floor-timbers at side of keelson, deducting thickness of ceiling. If this depth cannot be taken owing to fixed ballast, measure