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vary it by excluding the Hauraki Gulf and Whangarei Harbour from its operation:

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 Sea Fisheries Act, 1894, doth hereby make the following regulation by way of further amendment of the hereinbefore-recited Order in Council of the twenty-ninth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and seven, and of the regulations made thereby.

REGULATION.

THE close season for the species of mugil known as mullet or kanae in the North Island of New Zealand, which was prescribed by regulations made by Order in Council dated the 29th day of July, 1907, shall not operate or have effect in the waters of the Dominion as defined by the said Act in the Hauraki Gulf and Whangarei Harbour.

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

Regulations prohibiting Netting in Portions of Catlins Lake and River and Owaka River.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this seventeenth day of January, 1916.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by the Fisheries Act, 1908, 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 make the following regulations, and doth hereby declare that such regulations shall have effect on and in those portions of the Catlins Lake and River and the Owaka River, in the Provincial District of Otago, as hereinafter prescribed.

REGULATIONS.

1. No person shall use a net for taking fish in the waters of the Catlins Lake and River above a straight line drawn from White’s Point on the northern shore of the Catlins Lake to Glass Point on the southern shore of such lake, the northern end of such line being marked by a post having painted thereon the words “Netting limit,” as shown on plan marked M.D. 4562 No. 1, deposited in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington.

2. No person shall use a net for taking fish in the waters of the Owaka River above a straight line drawn across the river from the dividing-line between Sections 3 and 11, Block VIII, of Glenomaru Survey District, such limit being marked on the eastern shore of the river by a post painted white bearing the words “Netting limit,” as shown on plan marked M.D. 4562 No. 1, deposited in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington.

3. Any person committing a breach of the foregoing regulations is liable to a fine of not less than £1 and not exceeding £20.

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

Notifying Land in Nelson Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one-hundred-and-twenty-sixth section of the Land Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint Friday, the tenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, as the time at which the land described in the Schedule hereto shall be sold by public auction; and I do hereby fix the price at which the said land shall be sold as that mentioned in the said Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—BULLER COUNTY.—VILLAGE OF OMAU.

Village Land.

SECTION 17: Area, 1 acre 0 roods 29 perches; upset price, £20.

Weighted with £108, valuation for improvements consisting of dwellinghouse of three rooms, fencing, and cultivation.

Situated near main road and close to Cape Foulwind Railway-station, about seven miles from Westport.

Section 23: Area, 13 perches; upset price, £5.

Weighted with £20, valuation for improvements consisting of small whare of four rooms, fencing, &c.

Situated on main road, and close to Cape Foulwind Railway-station, about seven miles from Westport.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen.

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Opening Lands in Westland Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Monday, the thirteenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, at the rentals mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that the said lands shall be leased under and subject to section one hundred and thirty-five of the said Act, as they contain, or are supposed to contain, metal, mineral, or valuable stone.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.—RUNANGA BOROUGH.—COBDEN SURVEY DISTRICT.

Town of Runanga.—First-class Land.

SECTION 42, Block XXXVIII: Area, 1 rood; capital value, £20; half-yearly rent, 10s.

Weighted with £90 for improvements.

Section 40, Block XXXVIII: Area, 38·2 perches; capital value, £20; half-yearly rent, 10s.

Weighted with £120 for improvements.

Section 39, Block XXXVIII: Area, 38·2 perches; capital value, £20; half-yearly rent, 10s.

Weighted with £80 for improvements.

Section 37, Block XXXVIII: Area, 1 rood 2 perches; capital value, £20; half-yearly rent, 10s.

Weighted with £295 for improvements.

Section 1, Block XXXVIII: Area, 28·3 perches; capital value, £20; half-yearly rent, 10s.

Weighted with £100 for improvements.

Section 2, Block XXXVIII: Area, 27·4 perches; capital value, £20; half-yearly rent, 10s.

Weighted with £30 for improvements.

Section 3, Block XXXVIII: Area, 26·5 perches; capital value, £20; half-yearly rent, 10s.

Weighted with £86 for improvements.

Section 4, Block XXXVIII: Area, 25·6 perches; capital value, £20; half-yearly rent, 10s.

Weighted with £80 for improvements.

Section 6, Block XXXVIII: Area, 23·8 perches; capital value, £20; half-yearly rent, 10s.

Weighted with £80 for improvements.

Section 7, Block XXXVIII: Area, 22·8 perches; capital value, £20; half-yearly rent, 10s.

Weighted with £60 for improvements.

Section 8, Block XXXVIII: Area, 21·9 perches; capital value, £20; half-yearly rent, 10s.

Section 9, Block XXXVIII: Area, 21 perches; capital value, £20; half-yearly rent, 10s.

Weighted with £101 for improvements.

Section 10, Block XXXVIII: Area, 23 perches; capital value, £20; half-yearly rent, 10s.

Weighted with £140 for improvements.

Section 11, Block XXXVIII: Area, 31·7 perches; capital value, £20; half-yearly rent, 10s.

Weighted with £100 for improvements.

Situated in Runanga Township, close to the State Coal-mine, and about three miles from Greymouth by road or rail.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen.

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.