May 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1285

Extending the Close Season for Seals.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twelfth day of May, 1906.

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 eighteenth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and five, the said close season for seals was extended to the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and six:

And whereas it is desirable to further extend such close season:

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 of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby make the regulation set forth in the Schedule hereto; and, with the like advice and consent, doth order that such regulation 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.

REGULATION.

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 extended as hereinbefore recited, is hereby further extended up to the 30th day of June, 1907.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Native Land proposed to be taken for a Road in Te Rape Block No. 1648, Block V, Alexandra Survey District.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twelfth day of May, 1906.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor 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 Te Rape Block No. 1648, Block V, Alexandra 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-ninth section of “The Public Works Act, 1905”:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by the eighty-ninth 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 purpose of the said road, and the said land shall vest in His Majesty the King, as from the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and six.

SCHEDULE.

In the Auckland Land District; as the same is 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.

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 twelfth day of May, 1906.

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 bona 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 Aotea District Maori Land Board, by a recommendation made on the seventh day of November, one thousand nine hundred and five, and received on the fifteenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and five, has recommended the Governor to 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 sale, all that parcel of land, containing one thousand one hundred and fifty acres three roods seven perches, more or less, being the land known as Raketapauma No. 1B:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by section four of “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1895,” and acting 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 sale, the block or parcel of land, situate in the Wellington Land District, containing one thousand one hundred and fifty acres three roods seven perches, more or less, being the land known as Raketapauma No. 1B, and being the land comprised in partition order of the Native Land Court dated the twenty-seventh day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, in favour of Eruera Whakaahu.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.