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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 19

east by a line parallel to road-line on the west boundary
of section, 570 links; towards the south by a road-line,
527 links, to the point of commencement: be all the afore-
said linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on
the plan marked S.G. 55281/17, deposited in the Head Office,
Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon bordered
red.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Domain Board appointed to have Control of the Brydone Domain.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this third
day of March, 1908.

Present:
THE HONOURABLE W. HALL-JONES PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section two of "The Domain Boards
Act, 1904" (hereinafter termed "the said Act"), it
is enacted that the Governor may from time to time, with
respect to any public domain, appoint such persons (not
exceeding nine) as he thinks fit to be a Domain Board
having, subject to "The Public Domains Act, 1881," control
of such domain:

And whereas by an Order in Council made under the
provisions of "The Public Reserves Act, 1881," on the
twenty-ninth day of January, one thousand nine hundred
and eight, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the
sixth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and
eight, the land described in the Schedule hereto was
brought under the operation of and declared to be subject
to the provisions of "The Public Domains Act, 1881":

And whereas it appears expedient to appoint a Domain
Board to control the said domain:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the
Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers con-
ferred by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice
of the Executive Council of the said Dominion of New
Zealand, doth hereby appoint

JAMES DRYSDALE,
JAMES NICHOLSON,
THOMAS COONEY,
ROBERT ALLISON, and
THOMAS KELLY

to be the Brydone Domain Board, having the control of
the land described in the said Schedule hereto for the
purposes of and subject to the provisions of the said Act;
and doth hereby appoint Monday, the sixth day of April,
one thousand nine hundred and eight, at eight o'clock p.m.,
as the time when, and the Schoolhouse, Brydone, as the
place where, the first meeting of the Board shall be held.

SCHEDULE.

BRYDONE DOMAIN.

ALL that area in the Southland Land District, containing by
admeasurement 4 acres 3 roods, more or less, being Section
No. 152R, Block II, Brydone Village (Edendale Settlement),
Southland County. Bounded towards the north-east and
south-east by Allotment No. 124R, Edendale Settlement,
510·8 and 728·9 links respectively; towards the south-west
by Section No. 151R in the said village, 100 links; again
towards the south-east by said Section No. 151R, 250 links;
again towards the south-west by the Old Dunedin Road,
410·8 links; and towards the north-west by Allotment
No. 22R in the said settlement, 978·9 links: be all the
aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated
on the plan marked S.G. 57761/1, deposited in the Head
Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon
bordered red.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Extending the Close Season for Seals.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this third
day of March, 1908.

Present:
THE HONOURABLE W. HALL-JONES PRESIDING 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 Dominion, 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 nineteenth
day of March, one thousand nine hundred and seven, the
said close season for seals was extended to the thirtieth day
of June, one thousand nine hundred and eight :

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

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the
Dominion 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 Dominion, 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
Dominion of New Zealand, and in all salt, fresh, and brackish
waters of the Dominion, 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, 1909.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations under "The Scaffolding Inspection Act, 1906."

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this third
day of March, 1908.

Present:
THE HONOURABLE W. HALL-JONES PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section five of "The Scaffolding Inspec-
tion Act, 1906" (hereinafter termed "the said Act"),
it is provided that the Governor may from time to time, by
Order in Council gazetted, make regulations relating to
scaffolding and gear used in connection therewith: And
whereas regulations were made under the said Act on the
seventeenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred
and six, and on the sixteenth day of February, one thousand
nine hundred and seven, and such regulations were published
in the New Zealand Gazette of the twentieth day of December,
one thousand nine hundred and six, and the twenty-first day
of February, one thousand nine hundred and seven, respec-
tively: And whereas it is expedient to revoke the said
recited regulations and make other provision in lieu thereof :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the
Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the
power and authority conferred by the said Act and the
Scaffolding Inspection Act Amendment Act, 1907, and
acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby revoke the re-
cited regulations of the seventeenth day of December, one
thousand nine hundred and six, and the sixteenth day of
February, one thousand nine hundred and seven, respec-
tively, and in lieu thereof doth hereby make the following
regulations for the purposes of the said Act, namely :—

REGULATIONS.

1. In these regulations,—
   "Gear" includes ladder, plank, rope, fastening, hoist,
   block, pulley, hanger, sling, brace, and other movable
   contrivance of a like kind :