MAY 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1727

the Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation having been previously obtained.

OFFENCES.

9. Every person is liable to a penalty of one hundred pounds who, without the written consent of the Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation first obtained,—
   (a.) Lights a fire within the limits of the reserve; or
   (b.) Discharges any firearm thereon, or kills or takes any birds or any native or imported game thereon; or
   (c.) Cuts or removes any timber or bush thereon; or
   (d.) In any way interferes with or damages the scenic or historic features thereof.

10. No person shall, within the limits of the reserve, without the written consent of the Board first obtained,—
    (a.) Take, carry, or use any fireworks, or any explosive, or any axe, tomahawk, weapon, or instrument of a dangerous nature:
    (b.) Take or destroy the nests or eggs of any birds:
    (c.) Injure any animal, or remove any animal therefrom:
    (d.) Damage any fence, gate, or barrier, or other property belonging to or in the custody of the Board:
    (e.) Destroy, deface, or injure any inscription, or any label attached to or connected with any article, or tree, or shrub, or other plant, or copy of these conditions hung up or affixed at any entrance to or in any part of the reserve:
    (f.) Interfere with or damage any water-pipes or water-supply connected with the reserve.

11. No donkeys, sheep, or goats shall be allowed within the limits of the reserve without the written consent of the Board thereto being first obtained by the owners of such animals.

12. Any Inspector or person authorized for that purpose by the Board may drive any animal or animals trespassing in the reserve to the nearest public pound and there impound the same, and any such animal or animals shall not be released therefrom except upon payment of the usual driving fees and poundage charges. Nothing in this regulation contained shall be deemed to limit or prevent the taking of any proceedings for the recovery of any penalty or otherwise in respect of the trespass of such animal.

13. Wild cattle or horses trespassing within the limits of the reserve shall only be destroyed by persons authorized by the Board to do so, and such persons may be authorized to use firearms for that purpose.

14. No person shall, within the limits of the reserve, use any obscene or profane language, or commit any breach of the peace, act of indecency, or other impropriety, or insult or annoy any person.

15. No persons of bad repute, disorderly persons, or vagrants shall be allowed within the limits of the reserve.

16. Every person who commits any breach of regulations Nos. 10 to 15 is liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Otago Land District, containing by admeasurement 156 acres 3 roods, more or less, being Sections Nos. 132 to 152 and 154 to 156, inclusive, together with the closed streets, Town of Papatoawai. Bounded towards the north generally by Lily Street and by the Esplanade, 2438 and 646 links respectively; towards the east generally by the said Esplanade, 3558 and 1400 links; towards the south-west by Section No. 153 and Laura Street, 608 links; towards the south-east by the said Laura Street, 922 links; towards the north-east by the said Laura Street and by Juliet Street, 510 links; again towards the south-east by the Esplanade, 2435 links; again towards the south-west by the south-western boundaries of Sections Nos. 155 and 156, and by a line across Laura Street to the southern corner of Section No. 143, 2128 links; and towards the west generally by Caroline Street, 5484 links: exclusive of that part of Laura Street which intersects the above-described area: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is described in a Proclamation dated the 15th December, 1906, published on page 3220 of Gazette No. 109, of the 20th December, 1906.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this seventeenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twelve.

THOS. MACKENZIE,
Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation.

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Postmasters appointed to take and receive Statutory Declarations.

PURSUANT to the authority conferred upon me by the two-hundred-and-eighty-eighth section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby notify and declare that the persons set out in the Schedule hereto, being persons holding the office of Postmaster under the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, at the places set opposite their names in the said Schedule, are authorized to take and receive statutory declarations under the two-hundred-and-eighty-eighth section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.

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SCHEDULE.

HORACE DIXON .. .. .. .. Manaiia.
ANNIE YOUNG .. .. .. .. Matakohe.
WALTER BATTISON .. .. .. Te Pohue.
JAMES HENRY LLOYD .. .. .. Woodend.

As witness my hand, this fifteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twelve.

ISLINGTON, Governor

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Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 16th May, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

DANIEL HENRY FOX

to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Hunterville.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

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Consul of France at Auckland appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 23rd May, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that he has been informed by His Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Colonies that

Monsieur J. RIGOREAU

has been appointed Consul of France at Auckland.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

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Member of Tauranga Domain Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 15th May, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of section 41 of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM THOMAS TEASEY

to be a member of the Tauranga Domain Board, in the place of Edward Thomas Price, resigned.

G. W. RUSSELL,
For Minister of Lands.

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Members of Waikakahi Domain Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 15th May, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of section 41 of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, been pleased to appoint

THOMAS LAWSON HART and
ROBERT HENRY WAITES

to be members of the Waikakahi Domain Board, in the place of Thomas Huston and George Blair, resigned.

G. W. RUSSELL,
For Minister of Lands.

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Member of Wangapeka Domain Board resigned.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 15th May, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of

WILLIAM HENRY PHILLIPS

as a member of the Wangapeka Domain Board.

G. W. RUSSELL,
For Minister of Lands.