Trout Fishing Regulations




Ост. 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1377

linkages more or less, and intersected by a road-line
100 links wide. For a bridge reserve.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Administrator of the Government, this
twentieth day of September, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-two.
WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.

Conditions for Trout Fishing in Wellington.

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities vested
in him by "The Salmon and Trout Act, 1867,"
His Excellency the Administrator of the Government
of the Colony of New Zealand doth hereby make the
following regulations for the Provincial District of
Wellington:-

  1. These regulations shall come into force as from
    the first day of October, one thousand eight hundred
    and eighty-two.

  2. Any holder of a license, as hereinafter mentioned,
    may fish with rod and line, but with artificial flies
    only as bait, for trout in the River Hutt and its
    tributaries, except the Pakuratahi, and in the River
    Wainuiomata, in the Provincial District of Welling-
    ton, from the first day of October, one thousand eight
    hundred and eighty-two, until the thirty-first day of
    March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three.

  3. Licenses to fish with rod and line as aforesaid
    in the said rivers and streams will be issued under
    the hand of the Secretary of the Acclimatisation
    Society at Wellington; and for every license a fee of
    twenty shillings will be charged.

  4. No license shall authorize any person other than
    the person named therein to fish, and that only with
    rod and line, and such bait as aforesaid.

  5. Any person fishing without a license or other-
    wise than as above, or any person who shall, on
    demand of any person holding and showing a license,
    or on the demand of any police officer or constable,
    fail to produce and show to such person, police officer,
    or constable his license, shall be liable to a penalty
    not exceeding twenty pounds.

  6. All trout not exceeding eight inches in length
    taken by any person fishing as aforesaid shall be im-
    mediately returned alive to the river or stream; and
    any person convicted of infringing this regulation
    shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty
    pounds, and his license shall thereupon become void.

  7. No person shall use any live bait, ground-bait,
    net, or other engine, instrument, or device for taking
    fish in any of the aforesaid rivers or streams; and all
    persons offending against this regulation shall be
    liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds.

  8. Any. person who puts, throws, or places, or
    allows to be put, thrown, or placed, into any river or
    stream in the said Provincial District of Wellington,
    any dynamite or other explosive substance, or any
    matter or liquid deleterious to fish, shall be liable
    to a penalty not exceeding one hundred pounds.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Administrator of the Government, this
fifth day of October, one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-two.
H. A. ATKINSON,
(in absence of the Colonial Secretary.)

of the Colony of New Zealand doth hereby make the
following regulations for the Provincial District of
Nelson:-

  1. These regulations shall come into force on the
    second day of October, one thousand eight hundred
    and eighty-two.

  2. Any holder of a license, as hereinafter mentioned,
    may fish with rod and line for trout in the Matai
    and Waimea Rivers, and their affluents, from the
    second day of October, one thousand eight hundred
    and eighty-two, until the thirty-first day of March,
    one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, but
    only between the hours of five o'clock in the morning
    and ten o'clock in the evening.

  3. Licenses to fish with rod and line in the said
    waters will be issued under the hand of the Secretary
    of the Nelson Acclimatisation Society, and for every
    license a fee of ten shillings will be charged.

  4. No license shall authorize any person other than
    the person named therein to fish, and that only with
    rod and line.

  5. Any person fishing without a license, or any
    person who shall on demand of any person holding
    and showing a license, or on the demand of any police
    officer or constable, fail to produce and show to such
    person, police officer, or constable his license, shall
    be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds.

  6. All trout not exceeding seven inches in length
    taken by any person fishing as aforesaid shall be im-
    mediately returned alive to the water; and any person
    convicted of infringing this regulation shall be liable
    to a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds sterling,
    and his license shall thereupon become void.

  7. Except as aforesaid, no person shall fish or use
    any net or other engine, instrument, or device for
    taking fish in any river or stream within the Provin-
    cial District of Nelson; and all persons offending
    against this regulation shall be liable to a penalty
    not exceeding fifty pounds.

  8. Any person who puts, throws, or places, or
    allows to be put, thrown, or placed, into any river or
    stream in the said Provincial District of Nelson, any
    dynamite or other explosive substance, or any matter
    or liquid deleterious to fish, shall be liable to a
    penalty not exceeding one hundred pounds.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Administrator of the Government, this
twenty-eighth day of September, one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-two.
H. A. ATKINSON,
(in absence of the Colonial Secretary.)

Conditions for Trout Fishing in Maitai and Waimea
Rivers, Nelson.

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities vested
in him by "The Salmon and Trout Act, 1867,"
His Excellency the Administrator of the Government
of the Colony of New Zealand doth hereby make
the following regulations for the District of Otago :-

  1. Any holder of a license may fish with rod and
    line for trout in all the rivers and streams within and
    forming the boundaries of the following district
    (except the Water of Leith), from the first day of
    October, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-
    two, to the thirty-first day of March, one thousand
    eight hundred and eighty-three, both inclusive, viz. :-
    All that area in the Provincial District of Otago,
    bounded on the East and South by the ocean, from
    Shag Point to the mouth of the Mataura River; on
    the West, South-west, and South by the Mataura
    River and the Counties of Southland and Wallace;


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VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 1882, No 83





✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🗺️ Temporary reservation of Crown lands in Auckland, Taranaki, Hawke's Bay, Nelson, and Otago for various public purposes (continued from previous page)

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
20 September 1882
Land reserve, Bridge reserve, Road-line
  • WM. ROLLESTON, Minister of Lands

🌾 Conditions for Trout Fishing in Wellington

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
5 October 1882
Trout fishing, Regulations, Wellington, Rod and line, License, Hutt River, Wainuiomata River
  • JAMES PRENDERGAST, Administrator of the Government
  • H. A. ATKINSON, (in absence of the Colonial Secretary.)

🌾 Conditions for Trout Fishing in Maitai and Waimea Rivers, Nelson

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
28 September 1882
Trout fishing, Regulations, Nelson, Matai River, Waimea Rivers, License
  • JAMES PRENDERGAST, Administrator of the Government
  • H. A. ATKINSON, (in absence of the Colonial Secretary.)

🌾 Regulations for Trout Fishing in the District of Otago

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Trout fishing, Regulations, Otago, License, Water of Leith, Mataura River
  • JAMES PRENDERGAST, Administrator of the Government