EXTRACTS FROM NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XXXIII, Issue 16, 22 April 1908, Page 181

EXTRACTS FROM NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

(From Gazette, 1908, pages 1172, 1178, 1179, 1180, and 1181.) Regulations for Trout and Perch Fishing, Taranaki Acclimatisation District. PLUNKET, Governor. ORDER IN COUNCIL. At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this fourth day of April, 1908. Present : The Honourable W. Hall-Jones presiding in Council. WHEREAS by an Order in Council dated the twenty third day of September, one thousand nine hundred and seven, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 85, of the twenty-seventh day of the same month, certain regulations were made under “ The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884 ” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), providing for trout and perch fishing within the Taranaki Acclimatisation District, as in the Schedule to the said Order in Council of the twenty-third day of September, one thousand nine hundred and seven, defined : And whereas it is expedient to amend regulation number thirteen of the said regulations in the manner hi reinafter described : Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the said Act. and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order as follows : Regulation number thirteen of the regulations made under “ The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,” dated the twentythird day of September, one thousand niue hundred and seven, is hereby amended by adding thereto the following words “Provided that nothing herein contained shall prevent the placing of any net, other than a stake-net, in or across the mouth or entrance of the Waitara and Mokau Rivers, or at any place in any such rivers not being above the Waitara Bridge in the case of the Waitara River, and not being above the Mokau Wharf in the case of the Mokau River, nor render any person liable to any penalty for fishing by such means.” ALEX. WILLIS, Clerk of the Executive Council

Unlawful to take Oysters in Kaipara Oyster-fishery. PLUNKET, Governor. WHEREAS by Warrant dated the fifth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the fourteenth day of the same month, the Kaipara Oyster-fishery was constituted, and it was declared lawful to take oysters therein : And whereas it is desirable that it should be declared unlawful to take oysters in the said oyster-fishery: Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by “ The Sea-fisheries Act, 1894,” doth hereby declare that it shall be unlawful to take oysters in the Kaipara Oyster-fishery. As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eleventh day of April, one thousand nine hundred and eight. J. A. MILLAR.

Unlawful to take Oysters in Tauranga Oyster-fishery. PLUNKET, Governor. WHEREAS it is, amongst other things, enacted by secion fifteen of “ lhe Sea-fisheries Act, 1894,” that the Governor may from time to time declare any bay, estuary, or tidal waters to be an oyster-fishery, and prescribe the subdivisions thereof wherein it shall be lawful and unlawful to take oysters : And whereas by Warrant under the hand of the Governor dated the third day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the eighth day of the same month, the Tauranga Oysterfishery was constituted : And whereas by Warrant under the hand of the Governor dated the sixteenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the nineteenth day of the same month, it was declared lawful to take oysters in the said oyster-fishery : And whereas it is desirable that it should be declared unlawful to take oysters in the said oyster fishery : Nov, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the hereinbefore-recited power and authority, doth hereby declare and prescribe that it shall be unlawful to take oysters in the Tauranga Oyster-fishery As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eleventh day of April, one thousand nine hundred and eight. J. A. MILLAR.

Subdivisions of Oyster-fisheries set apart for picking Oysters

under the Sea-fisheries Act, 1907

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by the third section of the Seafisheries Act, 1907, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the subdivisions of the Auckland and the Northern Oyster-fisheries set forth in the Schedule hereto are hereby set apart for the picking of oysters under the said Act.

SCHEDULE. Auckland Oyster-fishery. —The Waiheke Subdivision, which includes ail bays, estuaries, and tidal waters of Waiheke and Pakehi Islands. The Great Barrier Subdivision, which includes all bays, estuaries, and tidal waters of Great Barrier Island. Northern Oyster-fishery. —The Middle Subdivision, which includes all bays, estuaries, and tidal waters between Ti Point on the south side of the entrance to the River Waitangi, in the Bay of Islands, and a point on high-water mark of the sea due east of Trig. Station No. 3, Mataka, near Cape Wiwiki. As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eleventh day of April, one thousand nine hundred and eight. J. A. MILLAR.

Special Regulations for Deer shooting, Otago, PLUNKET, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection Act, 1907, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby make the following regulations prescribing the conditions under which certain red deer may be destroyed in the Otago Acclimatisation District: — Regulations. 1. Notwithstanding anything contained in the regulations made under the Animals Protection Act, 1907, the secretary of the Otago Acclimatisation Society at Dunedin, or any person or persons duly authorised in writing by such secretary, may, during the period hereinafter mentioned, kill red deer of either sex and of any age which in the opinion of the said secretary or of the said authorised persons should be destroyed either by reason of age, deformity, or other physical imperfection. 2. Such deer may be destroyed as aforesaid during the period commencing from the date hereof until the 31st August, 1908. 3. A return shall be furnished to the Minister of Internal Affairs by the said secretary within one calendar month after the expiry of the aforesaid period, and such return shall state the number and sexes of all red deer so destroyed

as aforesaid, the dates, and name of the person by whom, and the locality in which, the deer were destroyed. 4. Nothing herein contained shall extend to authorising any person to sell any deer or any portion thereof. 5. Any person who commits a breach of any of the provisions of these regulations shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £2O. As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this thirteenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and eight. JOHN G. FINDLAY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

Paradise Duck 'protected. PLUNKET, Governor. IN pursuance of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection Act, 1907, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do by this notification prohibit for one year from the twenty-fifth day of April, one thousand nine hundred aud eight, the destruction of the paradise duck (Casarca varieguta), a bird indigenous to the said Dominion of New Zealand. As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eleventh day of April, one thousand nine hundred and eight. JOHN G. FINDLAY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

Fixing Form of License to kill Imported Game (other than Deer). PLUNKET, Governor. IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection Act, 1907, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket,

the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby make the following regulation:— Regulation. The form of license to kill imported game shall be as follows: License to kill Imported Game (other than Deer). , of , having this day paid the sum of £l, is hereby authorised to kill within the Acclimatisation District of , from the day of , 1908, to the day of , 1908, both days inclusive, subject to the provisions of the. Animals Protection Act, 1907. All lands notified or set apart under any Act as sanctuaries or reserves for the preservation of imported or native game within the said district are exempted from the operation of this license. Dated at , this day of , 1908. As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eleventh day of April, one thousand nine hundred and eight. JOHN G. FINDLAY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

Clerk of Court appointed. Department of Justice, Wellington, 13th April, 1908. HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable William Robert Lowry to be Clerk of the Magistrates’ Courts at Morrinsville and Matamata, from the Ist day of April, 1908. JAMES McGOWAN.