Dec. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2883

Native Land proposed to be taken for a Road through Rangiuru 2d Block, Maketu Survey District, Tauranga County.

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PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of November, 1904.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. HALL-JONES PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken for a public work, to wit, for the purpose of a road in Rangiuru 2d Block No. 872d, Block X., Maketu Survey District:

And whereas the said land is held or occupied by Native owners under a title which is not derived from the Crown: And whereas a map in duplicate has been prepared of the said land, as required by the eighty-eighth section of “The Public Works Act, 1894”:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by the eighty-eighth section of the said Act, 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 declare that the land shown upon such map, and described in the Schedule hereto, shall be deemed to be taken for the purposes of the said road, and the said land vest in His Majesty the King, as from the twenty-third day of January, one thousand nine hundred and five.

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SCHEDULE.

In the Auckland Land District; as the same is 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.

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Prescribing Size of Mesh of Fishing-nets.

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PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of November, 1904.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. HALL-JONES PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it is enacted by the fifth section 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, amongst other things, limiting the size when wet of the mesh in the square, or in extension from knot to knot, of nets and seines to be used in fishing, and may impose a penalty for breach of any regulation:

And whereas it is desirable to make regulations for the purposes above referred to:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers 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, and with the like advice and consent doth order that they shall have force and effect throughout the colony on and after the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and six; and doth further order that these regulations shall supersede clauses eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, and fifteen of the regulations which were made under the said Act on the twenty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the seventh day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

REGULATIONS.

1. The mesh of every net or seine used for the purpose of taking fish in tidal waters shall measure, when prepared for use, not less than 2¼ in., unless such net is a bonâ fide flounder set-net, mullet-net, garfish-net, or herring-net, and used for taking flounders, mullet, garfish, or herrings only.

2. The mesh of every set-net used for taking flounders in all waters in the colony shall measure, when prepared for use, not less than 4 in.

3. The mesh of every net used for taking mullet in tidal waters in the North Island of the colony shall measure, when prepared for use, not less than 3¼ in.

4. The mesh of every garfish-net shall measure, when prepared for use, not less than 1 in.

5. The mesh of every herring-net shall measure, when prepared for use, not less than 1¼ in.

6. The size of mesh, in every case, shall be ascertained by measuring the length between knot and knot of opposite corners, with the mesh closed, the net being first wetted and stretched, and being tanned, barked, or otherwise prepared for use. In case of dispute or doubt, a ½ lb. weight shall be slung or attached to one knot of a mesh, in order to produce a fair strain or extension, and the space between the top and bottom knot shall be measured forthwith while the mesh remains extended. If the net to be measured is dry, the part to be measured shall be soaked either in fresh or salt water for not less than ten minutes, and the mesh so soaked shall then be measured.

7. The foregoing regulations in regard to the size of the mesh of nets shall not apply to Lake Ellesmere, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, but the mesh of every net used for taking fish in such lake shall measure, when prepared for use, not less than 4 in.: Provided that it shall be lawful to use in the said lake herring-nets the mesh of which shall measure, when prepared for use, not less than 1½ in.

8. Any person committing a breach of the above regulations shall be liable to a penalty of not less than £1 and not exceeding £20.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Removing Restrictions against Alienation of Native Land.

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PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by section fourteen of “The Maori Land Laws Amendment Act, 1903,” it is enacted that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act, or in any Crown grant or other instrument of title, the Governor may, on the recommendation of the Council, remove any restriction on the alienation of land owned by Maoris: Provided that the decision of the Governor on any recommendation of the Council shall be given within six months from the date of the receipt of such recommendation:

And whereas the Maniapoto-Tuwharetoa District Maori Land Council has recommended His Excellency the Governor to vary the restrictions against alienation contained in the instrument of title of the block of land known as Karuotewhenua B No. 2b No. 5, particulars of which land are set out in the Schedule hereunder written, so far as to permit the interests of Tohengaroa te Rauroha, Whakairi Wananga, Wiki Tohengaroa alias Wiki Whakairi, Kino Tohengaroa alias Kino Whakairi, and Peehihua Tohengaroa alias Peehihua Whakairi in the said land to be leased:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon and vested in me by the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities me thereunto enabling, and in accordance with the recommendation of the Maniapoto-Tuwharetoa District Maori Land Council aforesaid, do hereby remove and vary the restrictions now existing against the alienation of the block of land particularised and set out in the Schedule hereto, so far as to permit the interests of Tohengaroa te Rauroha, Whakairi Wananga, Wiki Tohengaroa alias Wiki Whakairi, Kino Tohengaroa alias Kino Whakairi, and Peehihua Tohengaroa alias Peehihua Whakairi in the said land to be leased.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Provincial District of Auckland, known as Karuotewhenua B No. 2b No. 5, and being the land comprised in partition order of the Native Land Court dated the 28th day of January, 1901, in favour of Arapata te Rangituataka and others, and containing the following restriction: “Inalienable.”

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-eighth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and four.

J. CARROLL.