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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 79

Vesting a Reserve in the Millerton Public Library (Incorporated).

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-sixth day of September, 1904.

Present:
His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto has been permanently reserved as a site for a public library:
And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient to vest the said land in the Millerton Public Library (Incorporated):
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,” doth hereby declare that from and after the day of the date hereof the reserve mentioned in the Schedule hereto shall become vested in the Millerton Public Library (Incorporated), in trust, as a site for a public library.

SCHEDULE.
All that area in the Nelson Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 rood 13·7 perches, more or less, being Section No. 194, Town of Millerton. Bounded towards the north-east by Napier Street, 184·2 links; towards the south-east by Tasman Street, 211·4 links; towards the south-west by the Westport Coal Company’s reserve, 199·5 links; and towards the north-west by a public road, 158·2 links: as the same is delineated upon the plan marked S.G. 43376, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Annulling the Protection of Stoats and Weasels in the Districts of the Hobson and the Whangarei Acclimatisation Societies.—Notice No. 904.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-sixth day of September, 1904.

Present:
His Excellency the Governor in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by section six of “The Animals Protection Amendment Act, 1903,” 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 declare that stoats and weasels may be killed within the districts set forth in the Schedule hereto; and His Excellency doth hereby further declare that this Order in Council shall come into force from the date of the gazetting hereof.

SCHEDULE.
THE HOBSON ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY’S DISTRICT.
All that area comprised within the County of Hobson and that portion of the County of Otamatea lying to the west of the Great North Road, together with the Waipoua Riding of the County of Hokianga.

THE WHANGAREI ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY’S DISTRICT.
All that area comprised within the County of Whangarei, together with that portion of the County of Otamatea lying to the east of the Great North Road.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Prohibiting Taking of Risso’s Dolphin in Cook Strait, &c.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-sixth day of September, 1904.

Present:
His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS it is enacted by section five of “The Sea-fisheries Act, 1894,” 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, among other things, prohibiting altogether for such period as he shall think fit the taking of any fish, and may by such regulations impose a penalty for breach of such regulations:
And whereas it is desirable to prohibit the taking of the fish or mammal known as Risso’s dolphin (Grampus griseus) in Cook Strait and the adjacent bays, sounds, and estuaries:
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:—

REGULATIONS.

1. During the period of five years from the date of the gazetting of these regulations it shall not be lawful for any person to take the fish or mammal of the species commonly known as Risso’s dolphin (Grampus griseus) in the waters of Cook Strait, or of the bays, sounds, and estuaries adjacent thereto.
2. Any person committing a breach of this regulation shall be liable to a penalty of not less than five pounds nor more than one hundred pounds.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Excepting Land from the Operation of Section 117 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894.”

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-sixth day of September, 1904.

Present:
His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by section four of “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1895,” it is enacted that the Governor may, by Order in Council, except from the operation of section one hundred and seventeen of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894” (hereinafter called “the said Act”), for a limited period or otherwise, and either generally or for such purposes and subject to such restrictions as shall be in such Order specified, any land, wheresoever situate, which is for the time being subject to the operation of the said section, or any interest therein or right over the same, or may in like manner make such exception in favour exclusively of any lessee or other person who has been bond fide in occupation of and has made improvements on such land, or has paid money to Native owners for lease or purchase thereof, prior to the passing of the said Act: Provided that no Order in Council under the provisions of this section shall take effect until after the expiration of two months from the date of the publication thereof in the Gazette: Provided also that every alienation under the provisions of this section shall be confirmed by the Court in terms of section fifty-three of the said Act:
And whereas the Waikato District Maori Land Council, by a recommendation made on the sixteenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and three, and received on the thirteenth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and four, has recommended His Excellency the Governor to exempt from the operation of section one hundred and seventeen of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” for the purpose of alienation by way of lease, all that block or parcel of land containing two acres two roods thirty-seven perches, more or less, being the block or parcel of land known as Kawhia P No. 3:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by section four of “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1895,” and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby except from the operation of section one hundred and seventeen of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” for the purpose of alienation by way of lease, all that block or parcel of land, situate in the Provincial District of Auckland, containing two acres two roods thirty-seven perches, more or less, known as Kawhia P No. 3, held under partition order of the Native Land Court dated the sixteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, in favour of Taui Wetere and Whakarau Taui.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.