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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 27

the Taylor River; again along the western bank of the Taylor River to the south-western corner of Section 2 of 28, Block III, Taylor Pass Survey District; thence along the western boundary of the said Section 2 of 28 to the New Renwick Road; thence in an easterly direction along the southern side of the New Renwick Road to the north-eastern corner of Section 2, Block III, Taylor Pass Survey District; thence in a southerly direction along the eastern boundary of the said Section 2 to the Wither Road, and in an easterly direction along the southern side of the Wither Road to the north-western corner of Section 3, Wither Settlement; thence in a southerly direction along the western boundary of the said Section 3 and easterly along the southern boundaries of Sections 3, 4, 5, 6, and 30, Wither Settlement; thence in a northerly direction along the eastern boundary of the said Section 30 to the north-western corner of Section 8, Wither Settlement, and in an easterly direction along the northern boundary of the said Section 8 to the road known as Redwood Street; thence in a northerly direction along the eastern side of Redwood Street to the Wither Road, and easterly along the southern side of Wither Road to Section 42, Block IV, Taylor Pass Survey District; thence in a southerly direction to the south-western corner of the said Section 42; thence along the southern boundaries of Sections 42, 40, 38, 36, 34, Block IV, and 32, Block V, Taylor Pass Survey District, to the Picton-Waipara Railway line, and along the said railway-line to the north-western corner of Section 17, Block II, Clifford Bay Survey District; thence along the northern boundaries of Sections 17 and 16 and the southern side of the road reserve passing through Sections 15, 14, and part of 13, Block II, Clifford Bay Survey District, and along the northern boundaries of Sections 7 of Block 1, 9 of Block 2, 8 of Block 1, and 10 of Block 2, all in Block III, Clifford Bay Survey District, to the sea; thence in a southerly direction along the sea-coast to the Awatere River, and in a south-westerly direction along the northern bank of the Awatere River to the point of commencement.

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

Amending Regulations under the Stock Act, 1908, for the Prevention of Blackleg amongst Cattle.—(Notice No. Ag. 3371.)

GALWAY, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 1st day of April, 1936.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

PURSUANT to the Stock Act, 1908, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, doth hereby make the following regulations in amendment of the regulations for the prevention of blackleg amongst cattle made under the said Act on the twentieth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, and published in the Gazette on the twenty-third day of the same month, at page 4111 (hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”).

REGULATIONS.

1. These regulations shall come into force on the date of the publications hereof in the Gazette.

2. Clause 5 of the principal regulations is hereby amended as follows:—

(a) By deleting following the words “on a date more than” in subclause (1) thereof the words “twenty-one days,” and substituting therefor the words “ninety days.”

(b) By deleting following the words “not later than” in subclause (3) thereof the words “twenty-one days,” and substituting therefor the words “ninety days.”

3. Clause 6 of the principal regulations is hereby amended by deleting therefrom the words “twenty-one days” wherever those words occur in the said clause, and substituting therefor the words “ninety days.”

4. The Third Schedule to the principal regulations is hereby amended by deleting therefrom, following the words “not more than,” the words “twenty-one days,” and substituting therefor the words “ninety days.”

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

Extending the Second Schedule to the Noxious Weeds Act, 1928, by including the Plant Silver Poplar (Populus nivea) therein.—(Notice No. Ag. 3372.)

GALWAY, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 1st day of April, 1936.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

PURSUANT to the Noxious Weeds Act, 1928, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, doth hereby extend the Second Schedule to the said Act by including therein the plant Silver poplar (Populus nivea), and doth hereby declare that this Order in Council shall come into force on the date of the publication thereof in the Gazette.

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

Regulations under the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928, relating to the Destruction of Rabbits in the Wharepuhanga-Korakonui Rabbit District.—(Notice No. Ag. 3373.)

GALWAY, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 1st day of April, 1936.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

PURSUANT to the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, doth hereby make the following regulations for the destruction of rabbits in the Wharepuhanga-Korakonui Rabbit District, and doth hereby declare that the regulations hereby made shall come into force on the date of the publication of this Order in Council in the Gazette.

REGULATIONS.

1. In these regulations, unless inconsistent with the context,—

“Board” means the Wharepuhanga-Korakonui Rabbit Board established under the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928:

“Owner” shall have the meaning ascribed to the word “owner” in section 2 of the said Act:

“Notice” means a notice to destroy rabbits on private land issued by the Inspector pursuant to section 6 of the said Act.

2. Every owner on whom a notice is served shall carry out or cause to be carried out an effective poisoning over all infested portions of the land to which such notice refers, and shall, immediately after such poisoning, take or cause to be taken all reasonable steps to fill in all burrows on such land, and forthwith, after the filling in of such burrows, shall fumigate or cause to be fumigated all fresh burrows and reopened burrows.

3. The Board may in the months of October or November in any year publicly notify, by notice published twice in some one or more newspapers circulating in the Wharepuhanga-Korakonui Rabbit District, that all trapping, shooting, hunting, or dogging of rabbits within the said district is prohibited for a period of six months from a date to be specified in such notice (being a date not earlier than seven days after the first publication of such notice), and while such prohibition remains in force no owner shall (except with the permission of the Board granted pursuant to a resolution of the Board and evidenced by writing under the hand of the secretary or clerk to the Board, and subject to the conditions specified therein), trap, shoot, or hunt, or permit or suffer to be trapped, shot, or hunted (whether with dogs or otherwise), any rabbits upon his property.

4. Every person committing a breach of these regulations shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £10.

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