EXTRACTS FROM NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XXXII, Issue 25, 26 June 1907, Page 248

EXTRACTS FROM NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

(From Gazette, 1907, pages 1865, 1868, and 1869.)

Regulations under “ The Sea-fisheries Act, 1891.” PLUNKET, Governor. ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this seventeenth day of June, 1907. Present ; His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by “ The Sea-fisheries Act, 1894 ” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is, amongst other things, enacted that the Governor in Council may from time to time make regulations for the purposes therein mentioned, which shall have general force and effect throughout the colony, or particular force and effect only in any waters or places specified therein : And whereas it is expedient to make the regulations hereinafter set forth with respect to the taking of whitebait in the County of Westland: Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the said Act, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby make the following regulations, and with the like advice and consent doth order that these regulations shall take effect on and after the publication thereof in the Neic Zealand Gazette : Regulations. 1. No whitebait set-net used in the waters within the County of Westland shall be placed at a less distance from another set-net than 2 chains.

2. Any person committing a breach of the above regulations shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £lO. J. F. ANDREWS, Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Prohibiting Net-fishing in Portion of Otago Harbour, PLUNKET, Governor. ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this seventeenth day of June, 1907. Present : His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by the fifth section of “The Sea-fisheries Act, 1894” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is enacted that the Governor in Council may from time to time make regulations, which shall have general force and effect throughout the colony, or particular force and effect only in any waters or places specified therein, for, amongst other things, prescribing conditions and restrictions for the regulation of fishing and taking of fish, and for prohibiting the use of any particular tackle or apparatus for taking any fish :

And whereas it is desirable to prohibit the taking of fish by means of nets in the upper portion of the Otago Harbour hereinafter described :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the power and authority conferred by the said Act, 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 colony, doth hereby make the following regulations for the purposes of the said Act, and doth hereby further order that the same shall come into force from and after the date hereof: — Regulations. 1. No person shall haul or use a net for the purpose of taking fish in that portion of Otago Harbour on the upper side of a line drawn from the north-eastern end of the Ravensbourne Railway-station on the western side of the harbour to the north-eastern end of Macaudrew’s Wharf on the eastern side of the harbour.

2. Any person committing a breach of clause 1 of these regulations is liable to a penalty of not less than £1 and not exceeding £2O.

J. F. ANDREWS, Acting Clerk of the Executive Council

Inspector of Weights and Measures, County of Hawke's Bay, if-c., appointed. Colonial Secretary’s Office, Wellington, 6th June, 1907. HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Constable Chakles Alfred Edwin Snow to be an Inspector of Weights and Measures under “ The

Weights and Measures Act, 1903,” for the Counties of Hawke’s Bay, Patangata, and Wairoa, and for the Boroughs of Napier and Hastings, vice Constable John Robert Esson.

JOHN G. FINDLAY, Colonial Secretary.

Clerks of Courts, dx., appointed. Department of Justice, Wellington, 19th June, 1907. HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Constable Geurt Thomassen to be Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court at Brunnerton, from the 10th day of June. 1907, vice Constable J. V. Glass, transferred ; and Constable Clement Alexander Clarke

to be Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court at Raetihi, from the Ist day of June, 1907, vice Constable F. Pidgeon, transferred. JAMES McGOWAN.

Inspector of Factories appointed. Department of Labour, Wellington, 17th June, 1907. HIS Excellency the Governor lias been pleased to appoint Constable Geurt Thomassen to be an Inspector under “The Factories Act, 1901.” The appointment is dated 17th June, 1907. J. A. MILLAR, Minister of Labour.