Extracts from New Zealand Gazette.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XVIII, Issue 1, 10 January 1894, Page 5

Extracts from New Zealand Gazette.

(From Gazette, 1893, pages 1902 and 1903; 1894, pages 3 and 4.) Inspectors of Clubs appointed. Colonial Secretary’s Office, Wellington, 21st December, 1893. THE following persons have been appointed, under “ The Alcoholic Liquors Sale Control Act, 1893,” to be Inspectors of Clubs to which charters have been or may bo granted under “ The Licensing Act, 1881 ” : Thomas Broham, Inspector of Police. Peter Pender, „ John Bell Thomson, „ William Stone Pardy, „ John Emerson, „ James Hickson, „ Francis McGovern, „ P. A. BUCKLEY.

Police Gaoler appointed. Department of Justice, Prisons Branch, Wellington, Ist November, 1893. HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Constable Douglass Gordon to be Police Gaoler at Russell, vice Constable McGilp, transferred. R. J. SEDDON.

Prescribing a Close Season for Seals. GLASGOW, Governor. ORDER IN COUNCIL. At the Government House, at Christchurch, this thirtieth day of December, 1893.

Present: His Excellency the Governor in Council. WHEREAS by 11 The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884 ” (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 (which shall have force and effect only in any waters or places specified therein) for prescribing, among other things, a close season or close seasons for seals:

And whereas it is provided by the third section of “ The Fisheries Conservation Act 1884 Amendment Act, 1887,” that a penalty not exceeding five hundred pounds may be imposed in respect of the breach of any regulations respecting seals, and a further penalty of not exceeding twenty pounds for every seal illegally taken : And whereas it is expedient to make the regulations hereinafter set forth with respect to seals inhabiting or found within the waters of the colony hereinafter mentioned: Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by the said Act and “ The Fisheries Conservation Act 1884 Amendment Act, 1887,” and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby make the regulations set forth in the Schedule hereto; and with the like advice and consent doth order that such regulations shall have force and effect throughout the Colony of New Zealand, and in all salt, fresh, and brackish waters of the colony, and on all shores of such waters or any part thereof.

SCHEDULE. Regulations. 1. The months of January, February, March, April, May, and June, 1894, are hereby prescribed as the close season for seals. 2. No person shall buy, sell, or expose for sale, or have in possession any seal, or the skins, oil, or blubber of any seal, taken during the close season hereby prescribed for the same. 3. Any person committing a breach of any of theso regulations shall he liable to a penalty of not less than £5 and not exceeding £SOO, and a further penalty of not exceeding £2O for every seal illegally taken. 4. Every penalty imposed by these regulations shall ho recovered in a summary manner before any two or more Justices of the Peace. PAT BOYLE, Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Clerk of Courts appointed. Department of Justice, Wellington, 3rd January, 1894. HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Constable Patrick Jeremiah Herliiiy to bo Clerk of tho Resident Magistrate’s and Warden’s Courts, and Receiver of Gold Revenue and Mining Registrar, at Waikaia; also to be Clerk of tho Licensing Committee for the District of Waikaia; from tho 23rd December, 1893; vice Constable T. Mayno, transferred. P. A. BUCKLEY, For the Minister of Justice.