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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 17

which shall have force and effect either throughout New Zealand or only in such waters or places as are specified in such regulations, for, amongst other things, fixing the minimum size, when wet, of the mesh in the square, or in extension from knot to knot, of nets and seines to be used in fishing; prescribing the mode of measuring the same; and prohibiting the use of nets or seines of all descriptions or of any specified description; prohibiting or restricting from time to time, for any period the Governor-General thinks necessary, fishing in any river, stream, or lake in which young salmon, salmon fry or spawn, or young trout, trout fry or spawn, are placed or deposited, or at the mouth or entrance of any such river, stream, or lake; defining what shall be deemed to be the mouth or entrance of any such river, stream, or lake; providing for the more effectual protection and improvement of fish, and the management of any waters in which fishing may be carried on:

And whereas it is desirable to make the following regulations:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General 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 make such regulations; and doth hereby declare that these regulations shall have force and effect within Lake Ellesmere, in the Provincial District of Canterbury.

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REGULATIONS.

1. No person shall put, throw, drag, draw, or place, or allow to be put, thrown, dragged, drawn, or placed, any net or seine of any description (except a landing net) for taking fish of any description whatsoever within a radius of three-quarters of a mile from the mouth of any river or stream flowing into Lake Ellesmere, as the same are defined in the Schedule hereto, and marked by posts erected at the mouths of the said rivers or streams.

2. The maximum depth of all set-nets used in Lake Ellesmere shall be as follows: In the case of nets of from 4 in. to 5 in. mesh the depth shall not exceed 3 ft. 3 in., and in the case of nets of a mesh measuring over 5 in. the depth shall not exceed 4 ft. 6 in., the measurement to be made with the net hanging up and the mesh closed.

3. The mesh of every net used for taking fish shall measure, when prepared for use, not less than 4 in.; provided that it shall be lawful to use in the said lake, for the purpose of taking herrings, nets the mesh of which shall measure, when prepared for use, not less than 1½ in. The size of the mesh in every case shall be ascertained by measuring the length between knot and knot of opposite corners, with the mesh closed, the net being first wetted and stretched, and being tanned or otherwise prepared for use.

4. All nets used for taking fish for market shall be marked with a distinguishing brand. In the case of set-nets one float cork at each end of each net shall have plainly branded on it in legible figures the registered number of the boat of the fisherman to whom it belongs; and in the case of seine or hauling nets the registered number of the boat of the fisherman to whom the net belongs shall be branded in plain figures on the first cork at each end of each net.

SCHEDULE.

Areas in Lake Ellesmere within which netting is prohibited:—

Hart’s Creek Area.—Bounded by a line commencing at a point 114282·8 links south and 147015·7 links west of Mount Pleasant Trig. Station, and thence bearing 24° 17′ 3″ for a distance of 4989 links; thence bearing 112° 54′ 15″, 3677·7 links; thence bearing 154° 20′ 6″, 2421·8 links; thence bearing 197° 50′ 57″, 1765·6 links; thence bearing 97° 9′ 49″, 5914·4 links, to point of commencement. Situated in Block III, Southbridge Survey District.

Irwell River Area.—Bounded by a line commencing at a point 89832·1 links south and 136465·4 links west of Mount Pleasant Trig. Station, and thence bearing 38° 39′ 40″ for a distance of 5770·2 links; thence bearing 139° 28′ 30″, 3497·3 links; thence bearing 189° 18′ 4″, 4659·1 links; thence bearing 228° 50′ 22″, 5082·8 links; thence bearing 290° 1′ 32″, 4255·5 links; thence bearing 30° 12′ 33″, 5367·5 links, to point of commencement. Situated in Block XV, Leeston Survey District.

Selwyn River Area.—Bounded by a line commencing at a point 88707·2 links south and 116926·9 links west of Mount Pleasant Trig. Station, and thence bearing 63° 19′ 37″ for a distance of 6310·7 links; thence bearing 181° 11′ 15″, 4855·5 links; thence bearing 236° 30′ 27″, 7657·1 links; thence bearing 311° 39′ 25″, 5954·1 links; thence bearing 8° 8′ 27″, 6469·7 links; thence bearing 67° 40′ 59″, 3999·8 links; thence bearing 173° 7′ 31″, 5674·6 links, to point of commencement. Situated in Block XVI, Leeston Survey District.

No. 2 River Area.—Bounded by a line commencing at a point 77412·5 links south and 107857 links west of Mount Pleasant Trig. Station, and thence bearing 122° 3′ 35″ for a distance of 5765·1 links; thence bearing 228° 37′ 26″, 2791·3 links; thence bearing 268° 21′ 51″, 2797·1 links; thence bearing 261° 9′, 5038·8 links; thence bearing 37° 43′ 16″, 6536·6 links, to point of commencement. Situated in Block XVI, Leeston Survey District.

Halswell River Area.—Bounded by a line commencing at a point 100724·8 links south and 61506·5 links west of Mount Pleasant Trig. Station, and thence bearing 106° 13′ 40″ for a distance of 5633·9 links; thence bearing 206° 0′ 15″, 2957·2 links; thence bearing 250° 19′ 7″, 4565·8 links; thence bearing 298° 56′ 36″, 5441·4 links; thence bearing 359° 30′ 52″, 3347·1 links; thence bearing 92° 24′ 19″, 4981·9 links, to point of commencement. Situated in Block II, Ellesmere Survey District.

Be all the aforesaid bearings and distances a little more or less.

All the said areas being situated in the Land District of Canterbury; as the same are delineated and coloured red on the plan marked M.D. 4856, deposited in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington, in the Dominion of New Zealand.

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

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Telephone Exchange.—Switching from One Exchange to Another at Night.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this thirtieth day of January, 1918.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the tenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the thirteenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, a regulation was made, under the authority of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908 (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), prescribing the fee to be levied for switching a subscriber from one telephone exchange to another at night: And whereas it is desirable to revoke such regulation, and to make another in lieu thereof:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by the said Act, and of 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 regulation hereinbefore mentioned, and in lieu thereof make the regulation set forth in the Schedule hereto; and doth order that such regulation shall have effect on and after the date of the publication of this Order in Council in the New Zealand Gazette.

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SCHEDULE.

On payment of the undermentioned annual fee, and provided that the Department can conveniently make the necessary arrangements, an individual subscriber to, or each person of a party on a party line connected with, a telephone exchange that is not open continuously may, after the exchange to which he is a subscriber is closed, be switched through to another exchange that is still open.

Annual fee.
£ s. d.
Individual line .. .. .. 2 0 0
Two-party line (fee to include all persons of a party) .. .. 2 0 0 (minimum charge).
Three-party line (ditto) .. .. 3 0 0
Four-party line .. .. 4 0 0
Five-party line .. .. 5 0 0
Six-party line .. .. 6 0 0

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