2178
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 79

SCHEDULE.
OPAHEKE DOMAIN.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, containing 9 acres 2 roods, more or less, being Lot 132 of Section 2, Parish of Opaheke. Bounded towards the north-east and east by a public road, 945 and 860 links respectively; towards the south-east by Lot 182 of Section 2, Parish of Opaheke, 544·5 links; towards the south-west by Lot 131 of Section 2 aforesaid, 1582·5 links; and towards the north-west by a public road, 61 and 438 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 1/461, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged red. (Auckland Plan 2328, blue.)

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

Private Mail-bags.—Fees.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-sixth day of June, 1915.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Orders in Council dated the seventeenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ten, and the seventh day of September, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the eighteenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ten, and the tenth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, respectively, regulations were made under the authority of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908 (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), inter alia, prescribing the fees to be paid and the conditions to be observed in connection with the hire of private mail-bags: And whereas it is desirable to amend such regulations in the manner 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 all other powers and authorities in that behalf enabling him, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby revoke the regulations numbered fourteen and fifteen under the heading “Private Boxes and Call-boxes and Private Bags” in the Schedule to the above-recited Order in Council of the seventeenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ten, and the regulations included under the heading “Private Mail-bags” in the Schedule to the above-recited Order in Council of the seventh day of September, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, and in lieu thereof doth hereby prescribe the fees and make the regulations set forth in the Schedule hereto; and doth hereby order that the said fees and regulations shall form part of and be read together with the above-recited regulations first herein mentioned, of the seventeenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ten, and shall come into force on the date of the publication of this Order in Council in the New Zealand Gazette.

SCHEDULE.
PRIVATE MAIL-BAGS.

14. ANY person or persons requiring the accommodation of a private mail-bag may obtain the privilege upon payment in advance of the undermentioned fees to the Chief Postmaster of the district, and subject to the following regulations. The carriage of such bags will only be arranged by the Post Office along the routes of established mail-services.

(1.) The fees for a private mail-bag shall be as follows:—
(a.) For a private mail-bag carried by a mail contractor for a year ended 31st December, £2; for a second bag, if the quantity of correspondence requires it, £1.
(b.) For a private mail-bag carried by a mail contractor for a half-year ended 30th June or 31st December, £1; for a second bag, if the quantity of correspondence requires it, 10s.
(c.) For a private mail-bag, if delivery is taken at the post-office where it is made up, for a year ended 31st December, £1.
(d.) For a private mail-bag, if delivery is taken at the post-office where it is made up, for a half-year ended 30th June or 31st December, 10s.

A duly proportionate part of such fees for any period before the year or half-year as aforesaid begins shall be payable as follows: If the period does not exceed three months, the fee therefor is to be added to that due for the succeeding year or half-year, and the total collected; if the period is greater than three months, the fee to the end of the half-year next ensuing after the date of the application may be accepted.

(2.) The bag, together with a lock and key, shall be supplied by the Department at the cost of the person requiring it. A key will also be held by the Post Office. The bag shall be kept in repair by the person requiring it.

(3.) The Postmaster shall securely lock the bag before despatching it, and it shall be returned to the Postmaster in the same manner.

(4.) No charge shall be made to any person or persons, after the first holder, sharing in the use of a private mail-bag. The persons using a bag after the hirer shall give to the Postmaster at the place at which the bag is made up written orders for the disposal of their correspondence, and shall forward the written consent of the hirer to the enclosing of the correspondence in his bag. Such hirer shall be responsible for the postage of all unpaid letters, and for returning receipts for all those which may be registered.

15. Mail contractors are bound to convey and deliver, free of charge to the holders, all private bags given to them by Postmasters or under their instructions, but are not required to deviate from the prescribed mail-route, and are on no account to be delayed. Should a return bag not be ready at the appointed time and place, the contractor is not required to wait for it.

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

Declaring Oyster-fishery wherein Maoris only may 'take Oysters for their own Food.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-sixth day of June, 1915.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it is enacted by section seventeen of the Fisheries Act, 1908 (hereinafter called “the said Act”), that the Governor may from time to time, by Order in Council gazetted, declare any bay or portion of a bay, estuary, or tidal waters in New Zealand in the neighbourhood of any Maori pa or village to be an oyster-fishery wherein Maoris only may take oysters for their own food at all times, irrespective of any of the provisions of the said Act; and may prescribe regulations for preventing the sale by Maoris of any oysters from such beds, and for protecting any such bay, estuary, or tidal waters from trespassers, and the oysters therein from destruction:

And whereas it is desired to declare a portion of the foreshore of the Mongunui Inlet of the Bay of Islands fronting the Toatoa and Te Mamaku Blocks to be an oyster-fishery where Maoris only may take oysters for their own food, and to prescribe regulations as aforesaid:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the hereinbefore-recited power and authority, 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 declare that part of the foreshore of the Mongunui Inlet of the Bay of Islands fronting the Toatoa and Te Mamaku Blocks, as shown outlined in red on plan marked M.D. 4465, and deposited in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington, the boundaries of such area being marked by posts painted red and marked “Maori oyster boundary,” to be an oyster-fishery where Maoris only may take oysters for their own food at all times, and doth hereby make the following regulations.

REGULATIONS.

1. No Maori shall sell any oysters taken from the oyster-fishery hereinbefore defined.

2. All oysters taken in pursuance of the provisions of this Order in Council shall be taken whole—i.e., they shall not be opened on the rocks, and the shells shall not be left on the rocks.

3. Any Maori committing a breach of the aforesaid regulations is liable to a fine not exceeding £20.

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