1604
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 46

waters, tidal lands, and tidal waters adjacent thereto, any oysters which can be passed through a metal ring having a clear inside diameter of 1¾ in.

89. The South Island and Stewart Island, and the islands adjacent thereto, are hereby excluded from sections 15, 16, 33, and 34 of the said Act, and section 10 of the Fisheries Amendment Act, 1923.

90. No person shall export from the Dominion oysters known as Ostrea purpurea, Ostrea glomerata, Ostrea mordax, or rock oysters, shore oysters, drift or mangrove oysters, or by whatever name they may be locally known respectively, taken or produced in the waters of the said Dominion, save with the consent of the Minister.

91. The following divisions and subdivision are hereby set aside for the picking and sale of oysters:—

(1) The bays, estuaries, and tidal waters of Ahipara Bay.

(2) The bays, estuaries, and tidal waters on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand lying between Albatross Point on the north and the mouth of the Urenui Stream on the south.

(3) The bays, estuaries, and tidal waters situated between a point on high-water mark of the sea due east of Trig. Station No. 29 on the south head of the Whangaruru Harbour and the northernmost point of the south head of Tairua Harbour, including the bays, estuaries, and tidal waters of any islands situated between the said points on the south head of Whangaruru Harbour and the south head of Tairua Harbour, to be an oyster-fishery under the name of the “Auckland Oyster-fishery,” and the same is divided into nine subdivisions, namely:—

(a) The Whangarei Subdivision, which shall include the bays, estuaries, and tidal waters situated between a point on high-water mark of the sea due east of Trig. Station No. 29 on the South head of Whangaruru Harbour and the section boundary-line of Section 91, Block I, Mangawai Survey District, on Bream Tail.

(b) The Auckland North Subdivision, which shall include the bays, estuaries, and tidal waters situated between the section boundary-line of Section 91, Block I, Mangawai Survey District, on Bream Tail, and the north-easternmost point of Mullet Point.

(c) The Mahurangi Subdivision, which shall include all bays, estuaries, and tidal waters situated between the north-easternmost point of Mullet Point and the north-easternmost point of Gull Point.

(d) The Rangitoto Subdivision, which shall include all bays, estuaries, and tidal waters situated between the north-easternmost point of Gull Point and the north-easternmost point of East Tamaki Head, and inside a line drawn from the last-mentioned point to a point two miles north-east of the David Rocks, and inside a line drawn from that point to the north-easternmost point of Gull Point.

(e) The South-eastern Subdivision, which shall include all bays, estuaries, and tidal waters situated between the north-easternmost point of East Tamaki Head and the south-western point of Hautoepu Point, Coromandel Peninsula, except the bays, estuaries, and tidal waters of Waiheke, Pakihi, and Ponui Islands.

(f) The Waiheke-Pakihi Subdivision, which shall include all the bays, estuaries, and tidal waters of Waiheke, Pakihi, and Ponui islands.

(g) The Cabbage Bay Subdivision, which shall include all bays, estuaries, and tidal waters situated between the south-western point of Hautapu Point and the northernmost point of Cape Colville.

(h) The Eastern Subdivision, which shall include all bays, estuaries, and tidal waters situated between the northernmost point of Cape Colville and the northernmost point of the south head of Tairua Harbour.

(i) The Great Barrier Subdivision, which shall include all bays, estuaries, and tidal waters of Great Barrier Island.

(j) The said oyster-fishery and the several subdivisions shall be marked out by distinguishing posts or marks, to be approved by the Superintendent at the Port of Auckland, in the manner provided by section 26 of the Fisheries Act, 1908, as nearly as may be.

(k) Provided that it shall not be unlawful for the Minister to cause oysters to be taken under the Fisheries Act, 1908, in subdivisions set apart under that Act for the purpose.

(4) The bays, estuaries, and tidal waters inside the heads of the Hokianga Harbour.

(5) The bays, estuaries, and tidal waters of Hokianga Harbour situated inside a straight line drawn from the signal-station on the south head to the southernmost point of the north head of that harbour to be an oyster-fishery under the name of the “Hokianga Oyster-fishery.”

(6) The bays, estuaries, and tidal waters of Kaipara Harbour situated inside a straight line drawn from the lighthouse on the North Head to Pukitu on the south side of such harbour to be a fishery under the name of the “Kaipara Oyster-fishery.”

(7) The bays, estuaries, and tidal waters of Manukau Harbour situated inside a straight line drawn from the summit of Paratutai on the north head to the lighthouse on the south head of that harbour to be a fishery under the name of the “Manukau Oyster-fishery.”

(8) All that area bounded by a line commencing at a point at high-water mark on the eastern shore of Tasman Bay at the north-west boundary of the Wakapuaka Native Reserve; thence by the northern and western boundaries of Section 36, Block VI, Wakapuaka Survey District (Suburban North), the northern boundary of Sections 1 and 4, Block V, and the western boundary of the latter section to the Wakapuaka Road; thence by the said road to the western boundary of Section 7; thence by the western boundary of Sections 7, 17, and 16, Block V, again to the Wakapuaka Road; thence by the said road to Section 11a, Block IX; thence by the western boundary of the said Section 11a to the Wakapuaka Road; thence by the said road to a road forming the western boundary of Section 1, Block IX, Wakapuaka Survey District (Suburban North); thence by the said road to the northern boundary of Section H 9, City of Nelson; thence by the said boundary for a distance of 626·2 links; thence by a line bearing 293° 40′ 20″ a distance of about 4600 links; thence by a line bearing 220° 18′ a distance of about 4400 links to a point 50 links outside the railway breastwork opposite the road lying between Sections 57 and 58, City of Nelson; thence by a line parallel to and 50 links outside the railway breastwork to the south-eastern boundary of Foreshore Lease No. 9; thence by the south-eastern boundary of No. 9 to the south-western corner of No. 9; thence by the south-western boundaries of Foreshore Leases Nos. 9, 8, 7, 6, and 5; thence 50 links along the north-western boundary of Lease No. 5; thence by lines parallel to and 50 links outside the railway breastwork and the north-eastern and north-western sides of the Railway Wharf; thence by a line in prolongation of the line parallel to and 50 links outside the north-western boundary of the Railway Wharf to a point at which it intersects the prolongation of boundary-line between Sections 18 and 17, City of Nelson; thence to Wakefield Quay opposite the boundary-line between Sections 18 and 17, City of Nelson; thence by a line to form the north-western side of Wakefield Quay distant 1 chain from the north-western boundaries of Sections 17, 16, 15, 14, and 13, City of Nelson, to the Rocks Road breastwork; thence by the said breastwork to a point 7 chains distant in a northerly direction from the western boundary of the main road to Stoke; thence by high-water mark of Tasman Bay and the Waimea Mud-flat to a public road forming the south-western boundary of Section 62, Block III, Waimea Survey District (Suburban South); thence by a public road forming the boundary of Sections 77, 78, and 79, Block VII (Waimea East), to the north-eastern boundary of Section 222 of the said Block VII; thence by the said boundary and by the north-eastern and north-western boundaries of Section 221 again to a public road forming the south-western boundary of the last-mentioned section; thence by the said public road forming the north-eastern boundaries of Sections 220, 219, 218, 217, Block VII, Sections 216, 215, 214, 213, 212, 160, Block VI, Sections 198, 212, 211, 209, 208, and 207, Block II, to the mouth of the River Waimea; thence by a line across the said river to the northern boundary of Section 10, Block II aforesaid (Waimea West); thence by high-water mark of the Waimea Mud-flat to the west side of the road forming the western boundary of Section 3, Block II aforesaid (Waimea West); thence by the said road to the northern boundary of Section 13, Block I, Waimea Survey District; thence by high-water mark of the Waimea Mud-flat, Tasman Bay, and the Moutere Mud-flat to a public road forming the north-western boundary of Section 203, Block VIII, Motueka Survey District (Moutere); thence by the said road and a continuation thereof forming the boundary of Section 202, Block VII, to the mouth of the River Moutere; thence by a line across the said river to the road forming the eastern boundary of Section 172, Block VII aforesaid, Moutere; thence by the said road to the southern boundary of Section 3 of 173; thence by the southern, eastern, and northern boundaries of the said section to a public road; thence by the said public road to the southern boundary of Sections 3 of 170, Block VII aforesaid (Motueka); thence by the southern and eastern boundaries of the said section to a public road; thence by a public road to Section 144, Block IV; thence by the southern boundary of the said Section 144 to a public road forming the eastern boundary of the said section; thence by the said road forming the eastern boundary of Sections 144, 145, 146, 147, 143, 142, 141, 140, 139, 138, 137, 136, 135, and 132, Block IV, Motueka Survey District (Motueka), to a point on high-water mark of Tasman Bay