July 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1889

Kukutauaki 2d Block ; thence again towards the south-east by a right line running through Allotments Nos. 6, 5, and 4, parallel to the Wellington-Manawatu Railway line, to the north-eastern boundary of the Township of Shannon; thence again towards the south-west by the Township of Shannon to the Manawatu River; and thence towards the west generally by the Manawatu River to the place of commencement.

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

Making a Regulation under “The Government Advances to Settlers Act, 1908.”

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twelfth day of July, 1909.

Present :

THE HONOURABLE JAMES CARROLL PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by section eighteen (1) (n) of “The Government Advances to Settlers Act, 1908” (hereinafter termed “the principal Act”), His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby notify and declare that land held as hereinafter specified shall be sufficient security for a loan under the principal Act, namely,—

Maori lands which have been transferred in trust for leasing to and are held under leases from a Maori Land Board under the powers contained in “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900,” and its amendments, and which leases have been granted for terms of not less than twenty-one years, with right of renewal for another term of twenty-one years, or for further terms of twenty-one years, and which leases contain the provisions set out in the regulations under the last-mentioned Act for valuation for improvements, and the provisions of section forty of the principal Act shall apply accordingly.

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

Regulations under “The Land Transfer Act, 1908.”

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twelfth day of July, 1909.

Present :

THE HONOURABLE JAMES CARROLL PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by section two hundred and twenty-two of “The Land Transfer Act, 1908,” His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby make the following regulations under and for the purposes of the said Act, that is to say :—

1. Every District Land Registry Office shall be open to the public for the purpose of searching the Register in such office from 9.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. during every working-day, except on Saturday, when the hours shall be from 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.

2. No instrument shall be received for registration or deposit except between the hours 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on every working-day, except Saturday, when the hours shall be from 10 a.m. to 12 noon.

And it is hereby declared that these regulations shall come into force on the twenty-second day of July, one thousand nine hundred and nine.

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

Regulations for Licenses to take Seals.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twelfth day of July, 1909.

Present :

THE HONOURABLE JAMES CARROLL PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it is provided by section forty-two of “The Fisheries Act, 1908” (hereinafter called “the said Act”), that the Governor in Council may from time to time make regulations for the purposes set forth in such sections :

And whereas it is desirable for the purposes of the said section to make the regulations hereinafter set forth :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby make the following regulations, namely :—

REGULATIONS.

1. Licenses to take seals may be issued in respect of the lands belonging to the Crown (including any lands below high-water mark) on the Snares, Auckland, Campbell, Antipodes, and Bounty Islands respectively; and one license may be issued for the Snares, Auckland, Antipodes, and Bounty Islands, and a separate license for Campbell Island.

2. The licenses shall be disposed of by public tender, and the licensees shall have the sole right, during the open season, to take seals on the islands included in their licenses. Licenses shall be for a period of ten years, without any right of renewal, and shall be in the form set forth in the Schedule hereto.

3. No female seals shall be killed or taken.

4. No bull seals under twelve months old shall be killed or taken, and a sufficient number of full-grown bulls shall be left for breeding purposes.

5. The licensee and his employees shall travel to and from the islands included in the license by a Government steamer, and all skins shall be brought away from the islands by such a steamer. The licensee shall pay seven shillings and sixpence a day for each passenger for saloon passages, and five shillings a day for each passenger for forecabin passages, and two pounds a ton for freight on stores taken to the islands and on skins brought therefrom.

6. The licensee shall pay a royalty of ten shillings on each fur-seal, and a royalty of one shilling on each hair-seal taken.

7. Tenderers shall state the sum per annum they will pay, in addition to the royalty, for the right to take seals.

8. Not more than 4,500 fur-seals and 4,500 hair-seals shall be taken by the licensee during the first year of his license on the Snares, Auckland, Antipodes, and Bounty Islands; and not more than 500 fur-seals and 500 hair-seals shall be taken during the first year by the licensee on Campbell Island. In succeeding years the numbers that may be taken shall be fixed by the Minister, who shall have the right at any time to reduce the number that may be taken, and he, or any officer appointed by him, shall have power to regulate the number that may be taken on each island and from each rookery. Before the skins are shipped from the island on which they are taken any officer appointed by the Minister shall have the right to inspect them.

9. All skins taken in contravention of “The Fisheries Act, 1908,” or of the license shall be forfeited to the Crown, and the Minister may declare the license forfeited if the licensee commits a breach of the law or of the conditions of his license.

10. Skins which have been forfeited shall be sold by public auction, and the proceeds shall be paid into and form part of the Consolidated Fund.

11. The licensee and two sureties approved by the Minister shall enter into a bond for two thousand pounds in the case of the license for the Snares, Auckland, Antipodes, and Bounty Islands, and for three hundred pounds in the case of the license for Campbell Island, for the due performance of the terms and conditions of the license and the several regulations affecting the same.

In these regulations the term “Minister” means the Minister of Marine appointed under the provisions of “The Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908.”

SCHEDULE.

FORM OF LICENSE.

License to take Seals.

, of , is hereby licensed to take seals on the Islands during the prescribed open season for a period of years from the day of , 19 , subject to the provisions of “The Fisheries Act, 1908,” and the regulations made thereunder as regards seals, and subject also to the following conditions, namely :—

(1.) The licensee shall pay to the Minister the sum of pounds per annum for the right to take seals, and a royalty of ten shillings for each fur-seal and one shilling for each hair-seal taken.

(2.) The licensee shall not take more than fur-seals, nor more than hair-seals, during the first year of the license, and not a greater number during the succeeding years of the license than may be approved by the Minister or by an officer appointed by him for the purpose.

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