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tories, Islands, and Countries lying between the Oneliuudred and sixty- 

 second Degree of East Longitude and the One liundred and seventy-third 

 Degree of West Longitude, and between the Thirty-thii'd and Fifty-third 

 Parallels of South Latitude. 



NEW ZEALAND ACT, 1878. 



[42 Vict., No 43. 2ud November, 1878.] 



AN ACT for the Protection and Preservation of Seala. 



Be it enacted by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Farliament 

 assembled, and by authority of the same, as follows: 



1. Tlie Short Title of This Act shall be "The Seals 

 Fisheries Protection Act, 1878." ^^°'^ ^'"''• 



2. Section two of "The Protection of Animals Act ^^^ ^^^ 

 Amendment Act, 1875," is hereby repealed. "^'^''^ ' 



3. jSTo x>^i"Son shall hunt, catch, or attempt to catch or kill seals 

 between the days hereinafter mentioned (which inter- 

 val is herein referred to as "the close season"), that is geais".^** ^^^^*"' ^""^ 

 to say, between the first day of October and the first 



day of June following, both inclusive; and any person acting in con- 

 travention of this section shall forfeit any seal caught by him, and shall 

 in addition thereto incur a jjenalty not exceeding fifty pounds, and a 

 further penalty not exceeding ten pounds in respect of each seal so 

 caught. 



4. The Governor may, by Order in Council, from time to time extend 

 or vary the time during which it is prohibited to hunt, 



catch, or kill seals, and may from time to time vary the ^^ciose season may be 

 close season so extended, and may prescribe tlmt any 

 such order shall take effect in the whole colony or only in parti(nilar 

 parts thereof, to be defined in such order. 



5. If he shall think it necessary for the preservation of seals to do so, 

 the Governor may, in a similar maiuier, extend the 



time during which it is prohibited to hunt, catch, or kill ^0^^,^'"'''^ ""^^ I*® 

 seals over any term not exceeding three years, and 

 may at any time before the expiration of any such term further extend 

 the same. 



6. Any penalties imposed by this Act for the purpose of prohibiting 

 the catching or killing of seals during the close season ^ ,,. , 



in , ". 1*^ , ^. , , Penalties to apply 



shall apply to such season, however the same may be to extended seasons. 

 varied or extended. 



7. The Governor may, by Order in Council, from time to time ex- 

 clude any part of the colony from the operation of this t^. , . ^ 



.,*'•'■ "^ •*■ Districts may bo cx- 



ACt. eluded from Act. 



NEW ZEALAND ACT, 1884. 



[48 Vict., No. 48. 10th November, 1884.] 

 AN ACT to Provide for the Conservation of Fisheries. 



Be it enacted by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament 

 assembled., and by the authority of the same, as follows : 



1. The Short Title of this Act is " The Fisheries Con- short tiu©- 

 servation Act, 1884." 



