Mar. 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1147

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 6 acres 1 rood 17 perches, more or less, being Reserve 1828 (in red), situated in Block VIII, Westerfield Survey District. Bounded towards the south-east by Reserve 1620, towards the south-west by a road-line, towards the north-west by Rural Section 23655, and towards the north-east by Reserve 3822 ; as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. 5403/5B, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

All that area in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 28 acres, more or less, being Reserve 1928 (in red), situated in Block VIII, Westerfield Survey District. Bounded towards the north-west by Reserve 1620 and Reserve 3822, towards the north-east and south-east by the high bank of the north branch of the River Ashburton, towards the south by Rural Section 32425, and towards the south-west by a road-line ; as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. 5403/5A, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

All that area in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 8 acres 2 roods, more or less, being Reserve No. 3822 (in red), situated in Block VIII, Westerfield Survey District. Bounded towards the south-east by Reserve No. 1928, towards the south-west by Reserves Nos. 1620 and 1828, towards the north by Rural Section No. 23655, and towards the north-east by the high bank of the north branch of the River Ashburton ; as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. 5403/5C, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

H. D. GROCOTT,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations for defining the Manner in which the Tonnage of Fishing-boats shall be ascertained.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-third day of March, 1911.

Present :

THE HONOURABLE JAMES CARROLL PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the sixth section of the Fisheries Act, 1908 (hereinafter called “the said Act”), it is amongst other things enacted that the Governor in Council may from time to time make regulations for defining the manner in which the tonnage of boats shall be ascertained for the purposes of that section :

And whereas certain regulations in regard to the measurement of fishing-boats were made by Order in Council dated the twenty-third day of May, one thousand nine hundred and six, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 41, of the thirty-first day of the same month :

And whereas it is desirable to make additional regulations :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the hereinbefore-recited power and authority, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby make the following additional regulations :—

REGULATIONS.

1. ALL fishing-boats which are employed in the home-trade or in river or extended-river limits, and which are not required by the Imperial Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, to be registered, shall, at the owners’ election, for the purpose of registry under section 6 of the said Act, be measured for gross tonnage either under clause 70 or 71 of the said regulations of the 23rd May, 1906, or as follows :—

(1.) Measure the length on the uppermost deck from the outside of the outer plank at the stem to the aft side of the stern-post, deducting therefrom the distance between the aft side of the stern-post and the rabbet of the stern-post at the point where the counter-plank crosses it ; measure also the greatest breadth of the ship to the outside of the outer planking or wales, and then, having first marked on the outside of the ship, on both sides thereof, the height of the upper deck at the ship’s sides, girt the ship at the greatest breadth in a direction perpendicular to the keel from the height so marked on the outside of the ship on the one side to the height so marked on the other side by passing a chain under the keel ; to half the girth thus taken add half the main breadth ; square the sum ; multiply the result by the length of ship taken as aforesaid ; then multiply this product by the factor ·0018 (eighteen ten-thousandths) in the case of ships built of wood and ·0021 (twenty-one ten-thousandths) in the case of ships built of iron, and the product shall be deemed the gross tonnage of the ship.

(2.) If there be a break, a poop, or other closed-in space on the upper deck, the tonnage of that space shall be ascertained by multiplying together the mean length, breadth, and depth of the space, and dividing the product by 100, and the quotient so obtained shall be deemed to be the tonnage of the space, and shall be added to the tonnage of the ship ascertained as aforesaid.

2. In the case of any such boats that are propelled by any mechanical power an allowance shall be made in respect of propelling-space of 25 per cent. of such gross tonnage.

3. An allowance shall also be made from such gross tonnage in respect of any space or spaces in such boats appropriated solely to the use of the master or crew thereof. The tonnage of such space or spaces shall be ascertained in accordance with the rules for measuring crew spaces made under the Imperial Merchant Shipping Act, 1894.

4. Every space deduction for which is claimed under the last preceding regulation shall be inspected by a Surveyor of Ships, and shall be constructed, lighted, and ventilated to his satisfaction, and be certified by such Surveyor accordingly, and also similarly as being sufficient in extent for the purpose of accommodating the said master or crew, taking into due consideration the class of boat and the limits within which she is employed. No deduction from tonnage shall be allowed in respect of any such crew space unless so approved and certified.

5. Every space for which deduction of tonnage is made shall be used solely for the specific purpose respectively hereinbefore mentioned, and shall at all times be kept free from goods, fish, or stores (except the personal property of the master or crew), and shall be marked over the doorway or entrance thereto in a permanent manner and to the satisfaction of the Surveyor of ships denoting the purpose for which the space is used and the number of men each space is certified to accommodate.

6. If any such crew space is not so kept clear of goods, fish, or stores, then the provisions of clause 4 of section 122 of the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908, shall apply to such case.

7. For the purpose of determining the register tonnage of fishing-boats referred to in regulation 1 hereof, the allowances aforesaid shall be deducted from the gross tonnage ascertained as aforesaid, and the balance then remaining shall be the register tonnage of such boats.

8. The owner of every boat measured under these regulations shall, before the issue of certificate of registry, pay a measurement fee of one pound to the Collector of Customs.

9. The owner of any such boat may appeal to the Minister of Marine as to the disallowance hereunder of any crew space, and the Minister’s decision as to allowance of such space or otherwise shall be final and conclusive. Any cost which may be incurred by the Minister in connection with such appeal shall be borne by the owner of the boat, and the Minister may require a deposit for such expense before dealing with the appeal.

10. No alteration in any space as aforesaid shall be made without the consent first obtained of a Collector of Customs, and if made without such consent the certificate of registry shall thereupon be deemed to be cancelled and void for any purpose whereby tonnage of fishing-boats is considered or used.

11. The register tonnage as determined under these regulations shall be cut in on the main beam or such other portion of the boat as the Collector may determine.

H. D. GROCOTT,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Amending Regulations for the Election of Members of Harbour Boards.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-third day of March, 1911.

Present :

THE HONOURABLE JAMES CARROLL PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the twenty-seventh day of February, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the second day of March, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, certain regulations were made under