THE GAZETTE. Wellington, September 26.

Otago Witness, Issue 2171, 3 October 1895, Page 19

THE GAZETTE. Wellington, September 26.

An Order- ia-Counc'l rotiflea that the following regulations shall have effect in tha br&ckuh waters of Canterbury aud in the whole of the Tf&tBTB of the W»«b»ki river, and shall supersede all rognUtion? respecting tbe nets to be used for taking whitsbait heretofore in force so far »s that provincial district is concerned :— (1) No fcriin or wbitcb&it net th&\\ be üb«<J, Bet, or be set or placed in cpenh'gs made in the b&nka of the rivers or streams or in dams oonstrutted therein within tbe provincial district of Canterbury or of any or the waters o£ Waitaki river, »nd no scrim hand-not having au opening of more than nine pqnare feet chall be used for the pu'pose of catching wbitebait ; (2) any person coa>mittiug a breaoh of the regulations is liable to a penally of not less than £1 and not exceeding £20 ; (3) nothing m these regulations is to bo deemed to affect the eperalbn of any regulations for the time being in force under " The Fi^heriea Conservation Act 1884 " in relation to the taking or fishing for salmon or trout in the stid rivers. The Gazette notiße3 tbe extension of the period for the election of baarda of onciSation in the respective industrial districts until the Ist Novcmbor next. Mr Forbes Burn is appointed inspector under •'The Dairy Industry Act 189*." A despatch under " The (Imperial) Colonial Boundaries Act 1894 " is gnzetted. Au Imperial volunteer officer's decoration has been issued to Lieutenant-colonel Alexander Crowe. The Gazette draws attention to the sub« section of section 11 of "The Dairy Industries Act 1894 " which is now in force. The subsection in question deals with the export of bubter and cheese and its grading. Mr R 8. Bush, S.M , is gazetted warden for the Hauraki mining disfcriofc. The arrivals in the colony for August number 1420 peraons, while there were 1415 departures. Twenty Chinese arrived and Qve departed.