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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 87

Native Lands taken for the More Effective Carrying-out of Drainage-works in Blocks I, VI, and X, Waihou Survey District, Block X, Thames Survey District, and Block IV, Piako Survey District, Thames and Ohinemuri Counties.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of September, 1909.

Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it is provided by subsection one of section nine of “The Hauraki Plains Act, 1908,” that “the Governor may from time to time take under ‘The Public Works Act, 1908,’ as for a public work, or purchase, whether under the provisions of section twenty of ‘The Maori Land Settlement Act, 1905,’ or otherwise, any area or areas of land adjacent to the land set apart under this Act as aforesaid, the acquisition of which is in the opinion of the Governor necessary for the more effective carrying-out of the drainage or other works authorised by this Act or for the better disposal of the land so set apart”:

And whereas the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto are adjacent to the land set apart under “The Hauraki Plains Act, 1908,” and the Governor has, in terms of subsection one of section nine of the said Act, expressed the opinion that the acquisition of the lands described in the Schedule hereto is necessary for the more effective carrying-out of the drainage authorised by such Act:

And whereas the said lands are held or occupied by Native owners under a title which is not derived from the Crown:

And whereas maps in duplicate have been prepared of the said lands, as required by the ninetieth section of “The Public Works Act, 1908”:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in him by the ninth section of “The Hauraki Plains Act, 1908,” and the ninetieth section of “The Public Works Act, 1908,” and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, 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 declare that the lands shown upon such maps, and described in the Schedule hereto, shall be deemed to be taken for the more effective carrying-out of the drainage-works authorised by “The Hauraki Plains Act, 1908,” and shall vest in His Majesty the King as from the fifth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and nine.

SCHEDULE.

All in the Auckland Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked and coloured as above mentioned, and deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District.

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

Prohibiting Trawling in a Portion of Wellington Harbour.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twelfth day of October, 1909.

Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the thirteenth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 98, of the twenty-fifth day of the same month, regulations were made prohibiting trawling for fish in a portion of Wellington Harbour:

And whereas it is desirable to revoke the said Order in Council and the regulations made thereby, and to make others 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 upon him by the fifth section of “The Fisheries Act, 1908,” and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby revoke the said Order in Council of the thirteenth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, and the regulations made thereby, and doth hereby make the following regulations in lieu thereof:—

REGULATIONS.

1. No person shall use a trawl-net for the purpose of taking fish in that part of Wellington Harbour lying to the northward and eastward of a right line drawn from the seaward end of the Railway Wharf to the south-eastern end of Somes Island, thence to the northernmost point of Ward Island, and thence to Arthur Point, on the mainland.

2. Any person committing a breach of the above regulation shall be liable to a fine of not less than one pound and not exceeding twenty pounds.

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

Amending Dues fixed for the Use of the Tokomaru Farmers’ Co-operative Company’s (Limited) Wharf at Tokomaru Bay.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twelfth day of October, 1909.

Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Order in Council dated the fifth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and seven, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 80, of the twelfth day of the following month, certain dues and rates were prescribed for the use of the Tokomaru Farmers’ Co-operative Company’s (Limited) Wharf at Tokomaru Bay:

And whereas it is desirable to amend certain of the said dues and rates:

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 Harbours Act, 1908,” and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby revoke the said Order in Council of the fifth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and seven, in so far as it relates to the dues and rates prescribed for receiving and storing general merchandise and for shipping skins and hides, but not further or otherwise; and doth hereby order