FEB. 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 629

“The Hamilton Borough Council, being the local authority having control of the portion of street? hereinafter mentioned, hereby declares that the provisions of section one hundred and seventeen of the Public Works Act, 1908, shall not apply to the portion of that street known as the Hamilton Parade, adjoining Allotments 3 and 4, Town of Hamilton West, as shown on deposited plans 17781 and 17782”; such portion of street being described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that portion of street in the Auckland Land District, Borough of Hamilton, known as the Hamilton Parade, adjoining Allotments 3 and 4, Town of Hamilton West. As the said portion of street is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 61222 (two sheets), deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council

The South-western Side of Portion of Boston Terrace, in the City of Wellington, exempted from the Provisions of Section 117 of the Public Works Act, 1908, subject to a Condition as to the Building-line.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 23rd day of February, 1925.
Present:

His Excellency The Governor-General in Council.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by the Public Works Act, 1908, and of all other powers in anyway enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby approve of the following resolution passed by the Wellington City Council on the twenty-seventh day of November, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, viz:—

“The Wellington City Council, being the local authority having control of the streets in the City of Wellington, hereby declares that the provisions of section one hundred and seventeen of the Public Works Act; 1908, shall not apply to the south-western side of all that portion of Boston Terrace beginning at a point 252-9 links and 10 links from its junction with Aro Street and extending for a distance of 101·26 links, being portion of road fronting part Lot 1, part of Town Section 39, Polhill Gully Native Reserve, on plan W.D. 958, in Lands and Survey Office, and as more particularly described in certificate of title, Volume 106, folio 149, in office of District Land Registrar, City of Wellington”; subject to the condition that no building or part of a building shall at any time be erected on the south-western side of the portion of Boston Terrace (described in the Schedule hereto), within a distance of twenty feet from the centre-line of the said portion of street.

SCHEDULE.

THE south-western side of all that portion of street situated in the Wellington Land District, City of Wellington, known as Boston Terrace, fronting part Lot 1, being Part Town Section 39, City of Wellington. As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 61579, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured pink.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations under the Land Act, 1924, for providing for the Care, Management, and Protection of Kapiti Island.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 23rd day of February, 1925.
Present:
His Excellency The Governor-General in Council.
WHEREAS by section three of the Land Act, 1924 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), it is enacted that the Governor-General may from time to time,

by Order in Council, make regulations for the purposes of the said Act as therein provided:
And whereas it is expedient that regulations should be made for the administration, control, and protection of that part of Kapiti Island which has been purchased for the purposes of conserving the natural scenery of the said island and providing a preserve for the fauna and flora of New Zealand:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby make the following regulations for the purposes of the said Act; and doth declare that such regulations shall come into force on the day of the publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

REGULATIONS.

1. In these regulations, unless inconsistent with the context,—
   “Caretaker” means the officer appointed to protect the reserve and to do such other things as may be deemed to be required:
   “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Wellington Land District:
   “Reserve” means that part of Kapiti Island which has been acquired for the purposes of conserving the natural scenery of the said island, and providing a preserve of the fauna and flora of New Zealand:
   “Stock” means and includes all animals included within that term in the Stock Act, 1908.

KAPITI ISLAND RESERVE AND VISITORS.

2. No person shall enter on the reserve unless he has first obtained a written permit from the Commissioner, and, except where the permit specifies otherwise, the holder shall land at Rangitira and report to the Caretaker.

PRESERVATION OF THE FAUNA AND FLORA OF THE RESERVE.

3. (a.) The destruction of or interference in any way with the birds, or eggs and nests thereof, in the reserve is prohibited.
   (b.) The destruction, injury, defacement, and disturbance in any way of the buildings, boats, fences, signs, notices, native vegetation, equipment, or other property on the reserve are prohibited.
   (c.) Except as provided in clause (d) hereof, no person shall plant or sow on the reserve any exotic plant or seed except such as are required for the use of the Caretaker; nor shall any exotic bird, insect, or animal be landed or liberated on the reserve.
   (d.) For the purposes of destroying ground vermin or mustering stray stock, cats and dogs may be landed on the reserve; provided the written consent of the Commissioner is first had and obtained.
   (e.) Except with the written consent of the Commissioner, no firearms shall be landed on the reserve.

FIRES.

4. (a.) No fire shall be lighted except at a prepared site or on the beach without the permission of the Caretaker. Fires may be lighted only when necessary, and when no longer required shall be completely extinguished.
   (b.) No person shall smoke on the reserve except at camping-sites on the beach or at other situations where there is no vegetation or combustible material. Wax matches must not be used on the reserve.

CAMPING.

5. (a.) No person shall camp on the reserve without a written permit from the Commissioner.
   (b.) Any person camping on the reserve may camp only at a site approved by the Caretaker.
   (c.) Campers shall not cut down any green tree or shrub.
   (d.) No rubbish shall be left at any camp; it must be either burned or buried.

PENALTY.

6. Any person committing a breach of these regulations shall upon conviction be liable to a penalty not exceeding £25 for each offence and in the case of lighting fires without permission is also liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, but the infliction of such penalties shall not prevent the recovery from the offender of the value of the damage done.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council