EXTRACTS FROM NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XLIII, Issue 1, 9 January 1918, Page 13

EXTRACTS FROM NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

(Prom New Zealand Gazette, 1917, pages 4538, 4544, 455*2, and 4590.) Prohibiting Fishing for Trout in Portion of Lake Wakatipu. LIVERPOOL, Governor-General. ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this seventeenth day of December, 1917.

Present : The Honourable Sir James Allen, K.C.8., presiding in Council. WHEREAS by section eighty-three of the Fisheries Act, 1908 (hereinafter called “the said Act”), it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time by Order in Council make regulations to have force and effect throughout New Zealand, or only in such waters or places as are specified in sucli regulations, for, inter alia, imposing any conditions or restrictions upon the taking of fish : And whereas it is desirable to make regulations prohibiting the taking of trout in that portion of Lake Wakatipu hereinafter described:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him 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 Dominion, doth hereby make the following regulations for the purpose hereinbefore mentioned.

REGULATIONS. I. No person shall take trout with nets, or with rod and line, or by any other means, in Queenstown Bay, Lake Wakatipu, inside a straight line drawn from the outermost point of the Tourist Park to the outermost boundary of the Borough Immigration Barracks Reserve. 2. Any person committing a breach of the above regulation is liable to a fine of not less than £1 nor more than £2O. J. F. ANDREWS, Clerk of the Executive Council.

Fixing Open Season for' Godwits (Curlew). LIVERPOOL, Governor-General. ORDER IN COUNCIL. At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this seventeenth day of December, 1917.

Present : The Honourable Sir James Allen, K.C.8., presiding in Council. WHEREAS by an Order in Council dated the eleventh day of September, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, made under the Animals Protection Act, 1908, it was

ordered and declared that the season during which godwits may be killed shall be the first day of January to the thirtyfirst day of March, both days inclusive, in each year, except in the Opotiki, Southland, and Auckland Acclimatization Districts, and whereas it is expedient to amend the said Order in Council:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him by the said Animals Protection Act, 1908, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that the season during which godwits (Limosa Novae Zealandice —native name Kauka or Hakakao) may be killed shall, except in the Opotiki, Southland, and Auckland Acclimatization Districts, be the first day of January to the thirty-first day of March, both days inclusive, in each year, and that in the Auckland Acclimatization District the said season shall be the fifteenth day of January to the fourteenth day of April, both days inclusive, in each year, provided that mo such birds shall be trapped, netted, snared, or taken by any other means'prohi bited by the Animals Protection Act, 1908.

J. F. ANDREWS, Clerk of the Executive Council

Certain Species of Birds indigenous to New Zealand not to be deemed protected. LIVERPOOL, Governor-General. ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this seventeenth day of December, 1917.

Present : Ihe Honourable Sir James Allen, K.C.8., presiding in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the Animals Protection Act, 1908, as amended by the Animals Protection Amendment Act, 1910, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby suspend the operation of section ten of the said Animals Protection Amendment Act, 1910, for the period ending on the thirty-first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, with respect to the species of birds indigenous to New Zealand mentioned in the (Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE. Hawks of all species. Kea, or mountain parrot. Shags of the following species: Black shag (Phalocrocorax, sulcirostris ); white-throated shag (Phalocrocorax brevirostris); sea-shag (Phalocrocorax novoe-hollandiae, Phalocrocorax carbo). J. F. ANDREWS, Clerk of the Executive Council.

Halifax Relief Fund declared to be a War Fund.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington, 17th December, 1917. PURSUANT to section 2 of the War Funds Act, 1915, I, George Warren Russell, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby notify that I have declared funds established for the relief of sufferers by the recent disaster at Halifax, Nova Scotia, to be war funds within the meaning of the said War Funds Act, 1915. G. W. RUSSELL, Minister of Internal Affaire.

Passports. Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, 12th December, 1917. THE following notice issued by the Foreign Office respecting the passport requirements of different countries has been received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, and is published for general information, together with a note of the requirements of certain other countries notified to the Government of New Zealand by the Consuls of such countries. G. W. RUSSELL, Minister of Internal Affairs.

PASSPORTS. Visas and Special Regulations. Fisas. The Passport, if for use in any of the following countries, must bear the visa of a Consular Officer of that country. The addresses in London to which application should be made are as follows : France* .. 19, Bedford Square, W.C. 1 (charge Bs.). Belgium .. 37, Bedford Square, W.C. 1 ( charge 2s. (id.). RussiAf .. 30, Bedford Square, W.C. 1 ( charge 4s. 10J.). Roumanian .. 3, Mincing Lane, E.C. 3 (gratis). Persia§ .. 82, Victoria Street, S.W. 1 (charge 6s. id.). Colombia .. Sicilian House, Sicilian Avenue, Southampton Row, W.C. 1 (charge 12s. 5 d.). Hayti§ .. 32, Fenchurch Street, E.C. 3 (charge Bs. 4c/.). Italy,|| Tripoli, and Eritrea 44, Finsbury Square, E.C. 2 (charge 45.). Portugal .. 6, South Street, Finsbury, E.C. 2 (charge 4s. 6</.). Spain .. 40, Trinity Square, E.C. 3 (charge 4s. 10c/.). United States

oe America 18, Cavendish Square, W. 1 (charge 4s. 2d.). For other countries visas are not required, and are useful only as an additional precaution. * France. Three days’ notice must be given, and two additional photographs are required. Personal attendance is necessary, and the visa is valid only for departure within three days. To visit any place within the Zone of the Armies a Permit is required from the Military Permit Office, 19, Bedford Square. All visitors to France wishing to remain there for more than fifteen days must be furnished with a “ Carte d’ldentite.” Application for this document must be made within fortyeight hours of arrival in the first locality in which the traveller desires to remain to the Prefect of the Department concerned. Passengers from France must obtain the necessary visa for departure. In Paris the visa is obtained from the Permit Office, 18, Rue Chauveau Lagarde. f Russia. —ln applying for the visa the religion of the applicant must be stated. The visa must be within six months of the date of entering Russia. A Russian Passport has to be taken out by British subjects in addition to their national Passport after they have been six months in Russia. To leave Russia a Police visa has to be obtained. To re-enter Russia the visa of a Russian Consul abroad is necessary. X Roumania. —Within twenty-four hours of arrival in Roumania the Passport should be vised at His Majesty’s Legation or at a British Consulate, and application made to the Roumanian Authorities for a Permit to reside. For a stay of less than eight days this formality is not necessary, since the Permit will be issued by the Police on the frontier. § Persia and Hayti. Certain formalities are necessary before leaving these countries, concerning which a British Consul should be consulted. j| Italy.—Personal attendance necessary with extra photograph. Switzerland. —A Permit to reside must be obtained from the Authorities. Permits. In the case of passengers travelling to or through any of the undermentioned countries, the Passport must bear a Home Office Permit. Application should be made at the Permit

Office, Downing Street, London, S.W. 1, or at one of the Branch Offices : Denmark. Russia. Holland. South America. Iceland. Spain. Norway. Sweden. Portugal. Egypt. —A Permit to land in Egypt must be obtained from the Military Permit Office, 19, Bedford Square, W.C. 1.

Special Regulations

All British subjects leaving the United Kingdom must be in possession of Passports issued or endorsed at the Passport Office, London, S.W. I, after the Ist January, 1917. In the case of women and children the Passport must bear an endorsement since the Ist February, 1917. U.S.A. and Canada. —British subjects embarking for ports in the U.S.A. or Canada must be provided with passports issued or endorsed at the Passport Office, London, for the specific journey within thirty days of the date of departure. Passport Office, London, S. W. 1, June, 1917. Note. —Not less than fourteen days’ notice should be given for all applications for the endorsement or issue of new Passports.

Requirements of certain Countries notified to New Zealand Government by Consuls. United States. —All persons about to depart for the United States of America are required to fill in a form of declaration, obtainable at all permit offices, and deliver at an American Consular Agency, together with three photographs on thin photographic paper 2| in. by 2£ in., at least fourteen days prior to departure. Providing the information and references furnished on the declaration are sufficient, the passport will be vised by the American Consul-General at Auckland or the American Consular Agent at Wellington, to whom the passport must be presented at least three days prior to embarkation. Sweden. —Persons desiring to travel to Sweden from Australia and New Zealand must have their passports vised at the Head Swedish Consulate in Sydney. Denmark. —Passports of persons travelling to Denmark from Australia and New Zealand must be vised at the Danish Consulate-General, Sydney. Danish Consuls in New Zealand are not now empowered to vise such passports. China. —Persons proceeding to China will not be admitted to that country unless they have in their possession passports with 4 in. photographs of the holder attached thereto, signed by Chinese Ministers or Consuls, and stamped with seals of Legations or Consulates. The Consulate fee for vise and attachment of seal is os. The Consulate in New Zealand for the Republic of China is Mr. Yue H. Jackson, whose address is “ Brittain’s Buildings, 54 Manners Street, Wellington.”

Special Note for Persons travelling to Greece. —The Secretary of State has advised that an Order was issued at Athens on 19th August last forbidding entry into Greece to anyone whose passport has not been vise by competent consular authorities since 23rd July, 1917.