JULY 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2193

Declaring the Kumara–Otira Road, in the Westland County, to be a Government Road.

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.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by 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 order and declare that the portion of road described in the Schedule hereto shall, on and after the date of this Order in Council, become a Government road.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that portion of road in the Westland Land District, Westland County, known as Kumara–Otira main road, commencing at its junction with the south-eastern boundary of the Kumara Borough, and proceeding thence in a south-easterly direction generally through part of Block XII and Block XVI, Waimea Survey District, south-western corner of Block XIII, Hohonu Survey District, Blocks I, II, and VI, Turiwhate Survey District; thence in a north-easterly direction generally through Block VII, north-western corner of Block VIII, through Block IV, Turiwhate Survey District; thence in a south-easterly direction generally through Blocks I and VI, the south-western corner of Block II, and part of Block VII, Otira Survey District; thence in a south-westerly direction generally through part of Block VII, south-eastern corner of Block VI, and part of Block X, Otira Survey District, and terminating at a point in the said Block X, Otira Survey District, opposite to the Otira Railway-station; being a distance of about forty miles: as the said portion of road is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 37778, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District, and thereon coloured red.

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

Regulations for Trout-fishing in certain Lakes in the Canterbury Acclimatization District.

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 Order in Council dated the fifth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 24, of the fourteenth day of the same month, regulations were made for trout-fishing in certain lakes in the Canterbury Acclimatization District: And whereas it is desirable to revoke the said regulations 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 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 hereinbefore-recited regulations, and doth hereby make the following regulations in lieu thereof.

REGULATIONS.

1. THE season for fishing for trout in Lakes Rubicon, Grassmere, Lyndon, Miramar, Sarah, and Pearson shall commence on the 1st day of November in each year, and shall end on the 30th day of April in the following year.

2. It shall be unlawful to take trout by angling from boats of any description whatever on the lakes hereinbefore mentioned:

Provided that during the period from the 1st day of November, 1915, to the 30th day of April, 1916, it shall be lawful for duly licensed anglers to take trout by angling from boats on Lakes Pearson and Lyndon only.

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

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

Reciprocal Application of Workers’ Compensation Act, 1908, to Victoria.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-first day of June, 1915.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by section fifty-three of the Workers’ Compensation Act, 1908, it is enacted that where the Governor is satisfied that by the laws of any other country within the dominion of the Crown compensation for accidents is payable to the relatives of a deceased worker, although they are resident in New Zealand, he may by Order in Council declare that relatives resident in that country shall have the same rights and remedies under the said Act as if resident in New Zealand: And whereas the Governor is satisfied that by the laws of the State of Victoria compensation for accidents is payable to the relatives of a deceased worker although they are resident in New Zealand:

Now, therefore, 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, and in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by section fifty-three of the Workers’ Compensation Act, 1908, doth hereby declare that relatives of a deceased worker resident in the State of Victoria shall have the same rights and remedies under the Workers’ Compensation Act, 1908, as if resident in New Zealand.

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

Validating the Public Notifications in connection with Proceedings taken to raise a Loan of £2,000 to construct Bridges and Approaches over the Hodder and Awatere Rivers.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this fourteenth day of June, 1915.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS the Awatere County Council proposed to raise a loan of two thousand pounds, under the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, for the purpose of constructing bridges and approaches over the Hodder and Awatere Rivers: And whereas the public notifications of the special order authorizing the raising of the above loan, although published four times, were not published one in each of the four weeks immediately preceding the day on which the subsequent meeting was to be held, inasmuch as no public notice was given in the week immediately preceding the date of confirmation of the special order, as required by the provisions of section ninety-seven of the Counties Act, 1908: And whereas it appears that the ratepayers have not been misled by such irregularity, and it is expedient to validate the said proceedings:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by section one hundred and eleven of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby validate the said proceedings; and doth hereby order and declare that the said public notifications of the special order authorizing the loan shall be valid to all intents and purposes as though the same had been published in the proper manner, and that the proceedings in connection with the said loan shall not be called into question by reason only of the irregularity aforesaid.

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

Vesting the Control of Portion of a Pound Reserve in the South Rakaia Road Board.

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 the land described in the Schedule hereto forms portion of a reserve heretofore duly set apart for a public pound; And whereas it is expedient that the