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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 1

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 declare and determine as follows:—

1. There is hereby established in and for the Island of Pukapuka a Legislative Council to be called the Island Council of Pukapuka (hereinafter referred to as “the Council”).
2. The Council shall consist of three ex officio members and six nominated members.
3. The ex officio members of the Council shall be the following persons:—
   (i.) The Resident Commissioner of Rarotonga for the time being.
   (ii.) The Resident Agent of Pukapuka for the time being.
   (iii.) The Ariki of Pukapuka for the time being.
4. This Order in Council, so far as it establishes the Council and enables the Governor-General to appoint nominated members of the Council, shall come into force upon the making hereof and in other respects shall come into force on the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven.

J. W. BLACK,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Validating Proceedings in connection with a Loan of Four Thousand Two Hundred Pounds (£4,200) proposed to be raised by the Amuri County Council.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 10th day of January, 1927.
Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Amuri County Council, acting under and in pursuance of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, proposes to raise a loan of four thousand two hundred pounds (£4,200) authorized by a special order passed on the fifth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six, and confirmed on the third day of December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six, pursuant to a petition of the ratepayers in the Lyndon Special-rating Area of the County of Amuri, for the purpose of providing half the cost of erecting the Mason bridge and approaches across the Mason River, near Waiau Township:

And whereas the proceedings are irregular in that neither the place at which nor the exact time when the meeting to confirm the special order was to be held is stated in the advertisements as required by section ninety-nine, subsection (c), of the Counties Act, 1920, and published in the Press newspaper, at Christchurch, on the eleventh, eighteenth, and twenty-fifth days of November, and the second day of December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six respectively:

And whereas it appears that the ratepayers have not been misled by the irregularity or defect aforesaid, and it is expedient to validate the same.

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by section one hundred and twenty-two of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that the proceedings taken shall be valid to all intents and purposes as though the advertisements had stated the place at which and the exact time when the meeting to confirm the special order was to be held, and that the validity of the proceedings in connection with the said loan shall not be called into question by reason only of the irregularity or defect aforesaid.

J. W. BLACK,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Licenses to Fish for Atlantic Salmon (Salmo Salar) in the Southland Acclimatization District.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 10th day of January, 1927.
Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it is provided by sections eighty-three and ninety-four of the Fisheries Act, 1908 (hereinafter called “the said Act”) that the Governor-General may from time to time, by Order in Council, make regulations (to have force and effect throughout New Zealand or only in such waters or places as are specified in the regulations) for the purpose specified in the said sections:

And whereas it is considered desirable to make regulations with respect to the taking of Atlantic salmon (Salmo Salar) in the Southland Acclimatization District:

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 the following regulations, and doth hereby order and declare that they shall have force and effect within the Southland Acclimatization District.

REGULATIONS.

1. THE period from the 1st day of May to the 30th day of September, both days inclusive, in any year is hereby declared to be a close season for Atlantic salmon, during which period no person shall have in his possession any Atlantic salmon or the young or spawn thereof: Provided that this regulation shall not apply to Atlantic salmon taken by any officer of the Marine Department, for purposes of pisciculture: Provided further that, with the consent of the Minister of Marine, it shall be lawful for the Southland Acclimatization Society to take from such rivers or streams as may be defined by the Minister in such consent, salmon for purposes of pisciculture within the Southland Acclimatization district.

2. No person shall fish for or take Atlantic salmon without a license, and every person fishing shall, on the demand of any ranger, constable, or officer of the Marine Department or of the Southland Acclimatization Society, or of any person producing a license to fish for Atlantic salmon, produce and show to such ranger, constable, officer, or person, his license and the contents of his creel or bag, and the bait used by him for taking such salmon.

3. The holder of a valid license to take trout issued by any Acclimatization Society within the Dominion, with the exception of a license issued in respect of the Rotorua Acclimatization District, shall be deemed to be the holder of a license for the purposes of these regulations.

4. Any person who at any time within the two years immediately preceding his application for a license has been convicted of any breach of the provisions of Part 2 of the said Act or of any regulations made thereunder, shall be debarred from having issued to him any license to fish for Atlantic salmon during a period of two years from the date of such conviction, and if such person is at the time of such conviction the holder of such license, the said license shall, from the date of his conviction, be null and void.

5. It shall be unlawful for any person holding a license under these regulations to fish for Atlantic salmon with any bait other than natural or artificial fly, minnow, smelt, bully, insect, or spoon bait.

6. No cross-line fishing, stroke-hauling, or any other unsportmanlike device shall be used for the purpose of taking, catching, or killing Atlantic salmon.

7. No person shall buy, sell, or expose for sale any Atlantic salmon, or fish for the purpose of obtaining Atlantic salmon for sale.

8. No person being the holder of a license for the purpose of these regulations shall take or catch more than six Atlantic salmon in any one day.

9. Every Atlantic salmon not exceeding 15 in. in length from the nose to the tip of the tail taken or caught by any person shall immediately be returned alive into the water whence the same is taken.

10. Atlantic salmon shall not be fished for, taken, or killed otherwise than with one rod and line, but a landing net or gaff may be used to secure any Atlantic salmon caught with such rod and line.

11. Any person committing a breach of any of these regulations shall be liable to a fine of £50.

J. W. BLACK,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Licensing Messrs. McCallum Bros. to use and occupy a Part of the Foreshore at Panmure as a Site for a Wharf, and prescribing Dues for the Use of the same.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 20th day of December, 1926.
Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. DOWNIE STEWART, PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the thirty-first day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 79, of the third day of the following month, the management of