SEPT. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1357

Regulation under "The Property Assessment Act, 1879,"
and its Amendments.

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fifth
day of September, 1883.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

IN exercise and pursuance of all powers vested in him by
"The Property Assessment Act, 1879," and its amend-
ments, and all other authorities in that behalf enabling him,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand doth hereby
make the following regulation for the purpose of the said
Acts; that is to say,-

REGULATION.

The notice of assessment shall be in the form in the
Schedule attached hereto.

SCHEDULE.
Property-Tax Department,
Wellington, ,188

Mr.
TAKE notice that you are liable to property-tax in respect of
the following property :-

, Commissioner.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Changing the Purpose of a Reserve in the West Coast (North
Island) Land District.

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon me by "The Special Powers and Con-
tracts Act, 1883," I, William Francis Drummond Jervois,
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby change
the purpose of sections eight and nineteen, Block Two,
Town of Manaia, from municipal purposes to a school site.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this twenty-fifth day of September, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-three.

WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.

Declaring that the Blocks of Land known as Paengaroa,
Rau-o-te-Huia, Pukehina, Puketauhinu, Whakapaupa-
kihi No. 1, Matahina, Pokohu, and Hauturu shall here-
after be deemed and taken to be Native Lands, &c.

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

WHEREAS by the second section of "The Special
Powers and Contracts Act, 1883," it is enacted that
the Governor may do, execute, and perform the several acts
deeds, matters, and things specified in the second column of
the Schedule thereto:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and
exercise of the power and authority vested in me by the
above-named Act, do hereby declare that the several parcels
of land known as Paengaroa, Rau-o-te-Huia, Pukehina,
Puketauhinu, Whakapaupakihi No. 1, Matahina, Pokohu,
and Hauturu shall be hereafter deemed and taken to be
lands held by the Native owners according to Native customs
or usages in the manner they were severally held before any
action in relation thereto was taken in any Native Land
Court, and that it shall be a duty of the Native Land Court
of New Zealand to investigate, according and subject to its
ordinary practice, the titles to such lands, and to ascertain
who may be the owners thereof according to Native customs
or usages: And, in further exercise of the powers vested in me
as aforesaid, I further declare applications for investigation
of title heretofore made by any Natives claiming to be owners
to be good and valid applications under "The Native Land
Court Act, 1880."

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this twenty-fifth day of September, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-three.

JOHN BRYCE.

Conditions for Trout-fishing in North Canterbury.

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him
by "The Salmon and Trout Act, 1867," His Excellency
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand doth hereby
make the following regulations for that part of the Provincial
District of Canterbury lying to the north of the Rangitata
River :-

1. These regulations shall come into force on the date
   hereof.

2. Licenses to fish for trout in all the rivers, streams, and
   lakes in the Provincial District of Canterbury north of the
   Rangitata River will be issued under the hand of the Secre-
   tary of the Canterbury Acclimatisation Society at Christ-
   church, and for every such license a fee of twenty shillings
   will be charged: Provided that it shall not be obligatory
   upon the said Secretary to issue a license in case he shall
   have sufficient good reason for refusing the same.

3. Every such license shall entitle the person named
   therein to fish in any of the said rivers, streams, and lakes
   from the first day of October, one thousand eight hundred
   and eighty-three, until the thirty-first day of March, one
   thousand eight hundred and eighty-four, between the hours
   of five a.m. and ten p.m. only, but no such license shall
   confer any right of entry upon the land of any person without
   his consent.

4. Every such license shall entitle the person named
   therein to fish with rod and line only, and any person who
   shall use any ground-bait, or any net (except a landing-net),
   or other engine, instrument, or device, or shall use or
   employ either of the methods known as "cross-line fishing,"
   or "stroke-hauling," or any other unsportsmanlike device, or
   shall use as bait salmon-roe or any bait prepared with any
   chemical or medicated dressing whatever, for taking fish in
   any of the said rivers, streams, or lakes, shall be liable to a
   penalty not exceeding fifty pounds; and every such net or
   other engine, instrument, or device used contrary to these
   regulations shall be forfeited.

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

6. Every trout not exceeding eight inches in length taken
   by any person shall be immediately returned alive into the
   water from which the same is taken, and any person infring-
   ing this regulation shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding
   twenty pounds.

7. Any person who shall put, throw, or place, or allow to
   be put, thrown, or placed, into any river, stream, or lake in
   the said Provincial District of Canterbury any poisonous,
   deleterious, or noxious material, with intent to destroy any
   fish therein, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one
   hundred pounds.

8. If any person shall be convicted of any offence against
   these regulations, the convicting Magistrate or Justices may,
   over and above any penalty inflicted, also declare the license
   of the offender to be forfeited, and thereupon his license
   shall become void.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this twenty-seventh day of September, one thou-
sand eight hundred and eighty-three.

THOMAS DICK,
Colonial Secretary.

Conditions for Trout-fishing in the Counties of Waimate
and Geraldine.

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him
by "The Salmon and Trout Act, 1867," His Excellency
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand doth hereby make
the following regulations for the Counties of Waimate and
Geraldine :-

1. These regulations shall come into force on the date
   hereof: -

2. Any holder of a license, as hereinafter mentioned, may
   fish with rod and line for trout in all rivers, streams, and lakes
   within the Counties of Waimate and Geraldine, from the first