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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 21

Extending the Close Season for Seals.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this fifth day of March, 1910.

Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by “The Fisheries Act, 1908” (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 Dominion, 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 tenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and nine, the said close season for seals was extended to the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and ten:

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 and consent 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.

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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, 1911.

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

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Foxton Harbour Board declared a Leasing Authority under “The Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.”

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this fifth day of March, 1910.

Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Foxton Harbour Board is a body of persons having power to lease land held in trust reserved or set apart for public purposes, and has requested the Governor in Council to declare it to be a leasing authority within the meaning of “The Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908”:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in compliance with such request, and in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred by the above-mentioned Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that the Foxton Harbour Board is a leasing authority within the meaning of “The Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.”

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

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Increasing the Holding-area of Land to Village-settlement Settlers in Wellington Land District.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this fifth day of March, 1910.

Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Order in Council issued on the thirteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and one, under the authority of section one hundred and sixty-nine of “The Land Act, 1892,” fixing the terms and conditions upon which the village-settlement lands enumerated therein should be disposed of, it was provided that no lessee should hold more than one allotment:

And whereas it is expedient to allow one person to hold more than one allotment:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in pursuance of all powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Dominion of New Zealand, doth hereby amend the Order in Council aforesaid so far as it affects the number of allotments that may be held, and doth by this present Order declare that on and after the date hereof any settler may apply for and acquire more than one allotment, provided the total area acquired does not exceed fifty acres; and it is hereby further declared that all the provisions of the Order in Council of the thirteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and one, aforesaid, shall be applicable, except as regards the number of allotments that may be held.

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

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Land taken for a Native School at Te Huruhi.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this fifth day of March, 1910.

Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is required for a certain public work, to wit, a Native school:

And whereas the Native owners have agreed to make a free gift of the said land to His Majesty the King, and it has been made to appear that such agreement is sufficient for the purposes intended to be effected thereby:

And whereas by partition order of the Native Land Court, bearing date the fourteenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and eight, certain aboriginal Natives are declared to be the owners of the Te Huruhi No. 5E Block, within which the said land is situated:

And whereas, as required by “The Public Works Act, 1908,” a map has been prepared showing accurately the position and extent of the said land:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred by “The Public Works Act, 1908,” and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that the land shown upon the said map, and described in the Schedule hereto, is hereby taken for the purposes of the said Native school, and shall vest in His Majesty the King, as from the twenty-second day of April, one thousand nine hundred and ten.

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SCHEDULE.

TE HURUHI NATIVE SCHOOL.

In the Auckland Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan as described above, deposited in the Education Department, at Wellington, and thereon coloured pink.

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