MAR 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 585

Authorizing the Takapuna Borough Council to reclaim Land in the Wairau Estuary, Takapuna, Auckland Harbour.

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BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 27th day of February, 1935.

Present:

THE RIGHT HON. G. W. FORBES PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it is provided by the one hundred and sixty-eighth section of the Harbours Act, 1923 (hereinafter called “the said Act”), that the Governor-General may from time to time, by Order in Council, authorize any local authority or Harbour Board to reclaim from the sea areas, not exceeding five acres in extent, in any case where he considers that the reclamation will not affect navigation and is for the benefit of the public:

And whereas the Takapuna Borough Council (hereinafter called “the Council”) is desirous of reclaiming from the sea certain land in Wairau Estuary, Takapuna, Auckland Harbour, and the said reclamation is of such a nature as aforesaid, and the Board has applied to the Governor-General in Council for an order authorizing the execution of the said harbour-works:

And whereas it has been made to appear to the Governor-General in Council that the proposed work will not be or tend to the injury of navigation, and is for the benefit of the public:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby authorize and empower the Council to reclaim from the sea in the Wairau Estuary the land shown coloured green on plan marked M.D. 7318, and deposited in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington, such reclamation to be carried out and constructed in accordance with plan marked M.D. 7318 subject to the provisions of the said Act.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Amending General Fisheries Regulations prescribing the Size at which Hapuka may be taken, and regulating Danish Seine-netting and Trawling in Pelorus Sound, Queen Charlotte Sound, and Admiralty Bay.

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BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 27th day of February, 1935.

Present:

THE RIGHT HON. G. W. FORBES PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it is provided by section five of the Fisheries Act, 1908 (hereinafter called “the said Act”), that the Governor-General may, from time to time, by Order in Council gazetted, make regulations imposing conditions and restrictions on the taking of fish, and prohibiting any specified method of taking fish, or the use of any specified engines, tackle, or apparatus for taking the same:

And whereas it is expedient to make regulations prescribing the size at which hapuka may be taken, and regulating Danish seine-netting and trawling within the waters hereinafter specified:

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.

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REGULATIONS.

1. Regulation 3 of the General Fisheries Regulations of the 29th June, 1932, is hereby amended by deleting in column 1 the word “hapuka,” and in column 2 the words “5 lb.,” and inserting in lieu thereof:—

“No person shall take any hapuka having a length of less than two feet measured from the snout to the tip of the tail, or having a length, without head, of less than fifteen inches measured from the back side of the base of the pectoral fin to the tip of the tail,”

2. Regulation 55 (m) of the General Fisheries Regulations of the 29th day of June, 1932, is hereby amended by adding the following proviso thereto:—

“Provided that from the 1st day of April to the 31st day of July in the year 1935 it shall be lawful to use a Danish seine-net in Pelorus Sound outside the straight line drawn from Tawera Point to Opani-Aputa Point, which forms the north-western and south-eastern heads of Popoure Reach, and in Queen Charlotte Sound outside a line drawn from Dieffenbach Point to Bull Point.”

3. No person shall, during the month of March, 1935, use a Danish seine-net for the purpose of taking fish in that portion of Admiralty Bay southward of a line from Half-way Point, D’Urville Island, to Harding Point, as shown on Admiralty Chart No. 2684.

4. Regulation 135 (14) of the General Fisheries Regulations of the 29th June, 1932, is hereby amended by adding the following proviso thereto:—

“Provided that from the 1st day of April to the 31st day of July in the year 1935 it shall be lawful to use a trawl having a ground-rope or foot-rope not exceeding a length of 90 ft. between each otter board and having the mesh of the cod end not less than 4½ in. and which is towed for not more than one hour between the shooting and hauling of the net in Pelorus Sound outside a straight line drawn from Tawera Point to Opani-Aputa Point, which forms the north-western and south-eastern heads of Popoure Reach, and in Queen Charlotte Sound outside the line drawn from Dieffenbach Point to Bull Point.”

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

C. A. JEFFERY,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Amending Regulations under the Orchard and Garden Diseases Act, 1928, governing the Removal of certain Plants and Bees from the North Island to the Rest of New Zealand.—(Notice No. Ag. 3261.)

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BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 27th day of February, 1935.

Present:

THE RIGHT HON. G. W. FORBES PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

PURSUANT to the Orchard and Garden Diseases Act, 1928 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, doth hereby make the following regulations in further amendment of the Regulations under the Orchard and Garden Diseases Act, 1908, enuring under the said Act, governing the removal of certain plants and bees from the North Island into any other portion of New Zealand, made on the sixth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, and published in the Gazette on the ninth day of the same month, at page 1987 (hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”).

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REGULATIONS.

1. These regulations shall come into force on the date of the publication thereof in the Gazette.

2. Clause 1 of the principal regulations as heretofore amended is hereby further amended by deleting therefrom the definition of “Fireblight area” and “Prohibited area,” and substituting therefor the following respective definitions:—

“Fireblight area” means the North Island and all that portion of the South Island commencing at a point on the west coast of the South Island being the mouth of the Punakaiki River; thence in an easterly direction generally following the northern boundary of the Grey County to its junction with the western boundary of the Amuri County; thence in a south-westerly direction by the eastern boundaries of the Grey and Westland Counties to a point where the eastern boundary of the last-mentioned county meets the southern boundary of the Ashburton County; thence in a south-easterly direction generally by the southern boundary of the Ashburton County to the sea; thence northerly, westerly, and southerly by the sea-coast to the point of commencement.

“Prohibited area” means all that portion of the South Island comprising the counties of Taieri, Tuapeka, and Vincent, and all boroughs and town districts enclosed by the said counties.

3. The amending Order in Council made under the said Act on the 21st day of March, 1932, and published in the Gazette on the 24th day of the same month, at page 572, is hereby consequentially revoked.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Clerk of the Executive Council,