Extracts from New Zealand Gazette.
(From Gazette , 1893, pages 1558, 1587, 1588, 1599, and 1602.) Inspector of Weights and Measures, Borough of Palmerston South, appointed.
Colonial Secretary’s Office, Wellington, 23rd October, 1893. HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased, under “ The Weights and Measures Act, 1868,” and the Acts amending the same, to appoint Constable William Hilliard to be an Inspector of Weights and Measures for the Borough of Palmerston South. P. A. BUCKLEY.
Prescribing a Close Season for Mullet.
GLASGOW, Governor. By his Deputy, JAMES PRENDERGAST. ORDER IN COUNCIL. At the Government House, at Wellington, this seventh day of November, 1893. Present: His Excellency the Deputy-Governor in Council. "V'YTHEREAS by “ The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884 ” V V (hereinafter termed “ the said Act ”), it is among other things enacted that the Governor in Council may from time to time make, alter, and revoke regulations for the purposes therein mentioned, which said regulations shall have force and effect only in any waters and places specified therein : And whereas it is expedient to make the regulations hereinafter set forth, prescribing a close season for the fish of the species of Mugil known as mullet or kanae, inhabiting the waters of the colony hereinafter described: Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by the said Act, and by his dulyappointed Deputy, Sir James Prendergast, Knight, and with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby make the following regulations, to have force and effect within the waters hereafter specified in the said regulations:— Regulations. 1. The period from the twentieth day of December in one year to the twentieth day of March in the next succeeding year, both days inclusive, is hereby prescribed a close season in respect of the fish of the species of Mugil known as mullet or kanae, during which close season it shall be unlawful for any person to take any such fish contrary to the provisions of the said Act. 2. These regulations shall have force and effect in all waters as defined by the said Act in the North Island of New Zealand, bounded by a line commencing at Cape Wiwiki and proceeding seawards on a bearing of N. 45° for a distance of three miles; thence running generally parallel to and three miles distant from the coast-line to a point bearing N. 45° E. from Trig. Station No. 29 on the South Head of Whangaruru Bay; thence along a right line in the direction of that trig, station to the high-water mark of the sea ; and thence along a line following the high-water mark of the sea round Whangaruru Bay, Whangaruru Harbour, Wangamumu Harbour, and Bay of Islands, and following the said high-water mark up the tidal rivers and crossing such rivers at the points where the tidal effect terminates. 3. Any person committing a breach of these regulations shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds, to be recovered as by the said Act is provided. ALEX. WILLIS, Clerk of the Executive Council.
Registrar under Sale of Poisons Act, Auckland, appointed. Colonial Secretary’s Office, Wellington, 4th November, 1893. HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to appoint James Butler Stoney, Esq., to bo a Registrar under “ The Sale of Poisons Act, 1871,” for the Provincial District of Auckland, vice J. Giles, Esq., resigned. P. A. BUCKLEY.
Award of the Royal Humane Society of Australasia granted in Neio Zealand. 1177. — Edward Mackay, of Napier Street, Auckland, New Zealand, Water Police constable, aged thirty-five years, who rescued Joseph Barber, of Victoria Street, aged six years, from drowning at Queen’s Street Wharf, Auckland Harbour, on the 18th April, 1892. The boy fell off the wharf, and Constable Mackay, fully clothed, jumped in and supported him until a boat came and picked them up. Certificate of merit.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/NZPG18931115.2.12
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XVII, Issue 23, 15 November 1893, Page 178
Word Count
659Extracts from New Zealand Gazette. New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XVII, Issue 23, 15 November 1893, Page 178
Using This Item
NOTE this publication contains descriptions of crimes and photographs of deceased people.
The New Zealand Police Gazette from 1877-1944 is out of copyright.
The New Zealand Police Gazette for 1945 is still in copyright. You can reproduce in-copyright material from these issues for non-commercial use only under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) licence. If you wish to use material from the Police Gazette for commercial purposes please contact Archives New Zealand.
For further advice on copyright please refer to the Copyright guide.