Mar. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 983

to these regulations, they, together with any packages con-
taining the same, shall either be reshipped at once to a port
or place beyond New Zealand by the person introducing
or attempting to introduce them, or be destroyed, as pro-
vided in section nine of the said Act, at the port in New
Zealand at which they arrived : Provided that no such trees,
or portions thereof, or packages shall be reshipped without
the consent of an Inspector under the said Act first had and
obtained.

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SCHEDULE.

CERTIFICATE.

I, [State name and title] hereby certify that the consign-
ment of [Here state number of trees, buds, or cuttings, and
whether pear, apple, or quince] addressed to [Name and
address of consignee], and consigned by [Name and address of
consignor], came from a district in [Name of country and
place], which is free from pear-blight or fire-blight of the
pear.

Dated at , this day of , 190 .

Signature : .

Official designation : .

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Regulations for Deer-shooting, South Canterbury.

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PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this nineteenth
day of March, 1907.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

IN exercise of the powers vested in him by “The Animals
Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same
(hereinafter called “the said Acts”), 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 make the following regulations respect-
ing the deer-shooting season within the South Canterbury
District, as defined in the New Zealand Gazette of the six-
teenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and
ninety - seven, comprising the Counties of Geraldine and
Levels and part of the County of Mackenzie, and hereinafter
called “the said district.”

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REGULATIONS.

1. FALLOW deer bucks and red deer stags may be taken or
   killed within the said district from the 25th day of March,
   1907, to the 30th day of April, 1907, both days inclusive.

2. Licenses to kill such bucks and stags may be issued by
   the Postmaster at Temuka, upon the recommendation of the
   secretary of the South Canterbury Acclimatisation Society,
   on payment of a license fee of two pounds, in the form pre-
   scribed in the Schedule hereto, and subject to the said Acts
   and these regulations.

3. The number of such licenses to be issued by the said
   Postmaster shall not exceed twenty.

4. No licensee shall be allowed to take or kill more than
   two bucks or stags, and the said Postmaster shall not issue
   more than one license to take or kill deer to the same
   person.

5. No doe, hind, or fawn shall be killed on any pretext
   whatever, and no dogs will be allowed to accompany either
   the licensee or any attendant he may have with him.

6. Nothing herein contained shall extend to authorising
   any person to sell any deer, or portion thereof.

SCHEDULE.

No. .

License to take or kill Game (Deer).

, of , having this day paid the sum of
£ , is hereby authorised to take or kill deer
(bucks or stags) within the District of ,
from the day of , 1907, to the
day of , 1907 (both days inclusive), subject to the pro-
visions of “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the
amendments thereof and the regulations made thereunder.

…………………

Dated at , this day of , 1907.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Approving a Company under Section 22 of “The Administration Act, 1879.”

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PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this nineteenth
day of March, 1907.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it is provided by section twenty-two of
“The Administration Act, 1879,” that the security
of any incorporated company or guarantee society approved
by the Governor in Council may be accepted by the Court
as the security required to be given by any administrator or
other person appointed to administer an estate under the
above-mentioned Act :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the
Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the
before-recited power and authority, and acting by and with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the
colony, doth hereby approve for the purpose above men-
tioned of the following incorporated company, namely :—

The New Zealand Insurance Company (Limited).

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Extending the Close Season for Seals.

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PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this nineteenth
day of March, 1907.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by “The Sea-fisheries Act, 1894” (herein-
after 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 prescrib-
ing, 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 twelfth day
of May, one thousand nine hundred and six, the said close
season for seals was extended to the thirtieth day of June,
one thousand nine hundred and seven :

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.

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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, 1908.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.