SEPT. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1079

Regulations under "The Salmon and Trout Act, 1867," and "The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884," Geraldine District.

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-third day of September, 1885.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Salmon and Trout Act, 1867" (hereinafter termed "the said Act"), it is, among other things, enacted that the Governor may from time to time make, rescind, or vary regulations for the purposes therein mentioned:

And whereas by "The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884," it is, among other things, enacted that the Governor in Council may from time to time make, alter, and revoke regulations for the purposes therein mentioned, which said regulations shall have force and effect only in any waters or places specified therein:

And whereas it is expedient to make the regulations hereinafter set forth with respect to salmonidæ, trout, perch, and tench inhabiting the waters in that part of the County of Geraldine lying between and including the Rangitata River on the North, the Opihi River on the South, the sea-coast on the East, and the Mackenzie County on the West:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by the said Act and "The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884," and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby make the following regulations; and, with the like advice and consent, I do order that these regulations shall have force and effect within that part of the County of Geraldine lying within the boundaries aforesaid, and in the waters thereof, as interpreted by "The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884."

REGULATIONS.

1. LICENSES to fish for trout, perch, and tench in all the waters of that part of the County of Geraldine lying between and including the Rangitata River on the North, the Opihi River on the South, the sea-coast on the East, and the Mackenzie County on the West, shall be issued under the hand of the Secretary of the Geraldine County Acclimatisation Society (hereinafter termed "the said Acclimatisation Society"), at Temuka, 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.

2. Every such license shall entitle the person named therein to fish in any of the said waters from the first day of October in any year to the thirty-first day of March in the year following inclusive, 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.

3. No person shall fish for, take, catch, or kill, or attempt to fish for, take, catch, or kill, in any manner whatever, or have in his possession, any trout, perch, or tench, except during the above-mentioned period.

4. Every such license shall entitle the person named therein to fish with one rod and line only, and with the following baits, namely, natural and artificial fly, natural and artificial minnow, silveries, bullies (Eleotris gobioides), grasshoppers, spiders, caterpillars, creepers, and worms.

5. No person shall use any other bait, or any method, device, or contrivance of any sort or kind (except a rod and line and landing-net or gaff) whatever for the purpose of fishing for, catching, killing, or taking trout, perch, or tench.

6. No cross-line fishing, stroke-hauling, or any other unsportsmanlike device shall be used for the purpose of catching, killing, or taking trout, nor shall any of the baits above mentioned be used with any medicated or chemical preparation whatever.

7. No person shall fish without a license, and every person fishing shall, on the demand of any ranger, constable, member of the said Acclimatisation Society, or person producing a license from such society, produce and show to such ranger, constable, member, or person his license, or the contents of his creel or bag, and the bait used by him for catching, killing, or taking trout, perch, or tench, as the case may be.

8. Every trout not exceeding eight inches in length taken or caught by any person shall be immediately returned alive into the water from which the same is taken.

9. No person shall put, throw, or place, or allow to be put, thrown, or placed, into any of the waters hereinbefore mentioned, any sawdust or sawmill refuse, or anything of any kind or description whatever poisonous, deleterious, or noxious to fish.

10. No person shall buy, sell, or expose or offer for sale any of the salmonidæ, trout, perch, or tench, or take, fish for, catch, or kill any of the salmonidæ, trout, perch, or tench, in order to make sale of the same, for a period of one year from the first day of October, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

11. No person shall take, fish for, catch, or kill in any manner whatever, or have in his possession any salmon, salmon-parr, or smolt, or the young of any salmon; and any of the above-named taken by accident or otherwise shall immediately be returned to the water from whence it was taken.

12. No person shall have in his possession any of the salmonidæ, trout, perch, or tench during the period appointed for a close season for any of such fish.

13. Any person committing a breach of any of these regulations shall be liable to a penalty of not less than one pound and not exceeding fifty pounds.

14. Nothing in the foregoing regulations shall be deemed to prevent any person authorized in writing under the hand of the Secretary of the said Acclimatisation Society from taking salmon or trout, or the spawn thereof, for acclimatisation purposes.

15. These regulations shall come into force as from the date of the publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations for Fishing in North Canterbury.

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-third day of September, 1885.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

UNDER and by virtue of the provisions of "The Salmon and Trout Act, 1867," and "The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884," His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby make the following regulations, and doth declare that the same shall have force and effect in all the salt, fresh, and brackish waters in the Provincial District of Canterbury north of the Rangitata River, and on the coasts and bays thereof, including artificial waters, and that such regulations shall come into force from the date of the publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette:—

1. Licenses to fish for trout, perch, and tench in all the waters in the Provincial District of Canterbury north of the Rangitata River will be issued under the hand of the Secretary of the Canterbury Acclimatisation Society, at Christchurch, 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.

2. Every such license shall entitle the person named therein to fish in any of the said waters, from the first day of October in any year to the thirty-first day of March in the year following inclusive, 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.

3. No person shall fish for, take, catch, or kill, or have in his possession, or attempt to fish for, take, catch, or kill, in any manner whatever, any of the salmonidæ or trout, except during the above-mentioned period.

4. Every such license shall entitle the person named therein to fish with one rod and line only, and with the following baits: natural or artificial fly, natural or artificial minnow, silveries, bullies (Eleotris gobioides), grasshoppers, spiders, caterpillars, creepers, and worms.

5. No person shall use any other bait, or any method, device, or contrivance of any sort or kind whatever, for the purpose of fishing for, taking, catching, or killing trout, perch, or tench, except a rod and line, and a landing-net for fish taken with rod and line.

6. No cross-line fishing, stroke-hauling, or any other unsportsmanlike device shall be used for the purpose of taking, catching, or killing trout or perch, nor shall any of the baits above mentioned be used with any medicated or chemical preparation whatever.

7. No person shall fish without a license, and every person fishing shall, on demand of any ranger, constable, member of the Acclimatisation Society, or person producing a license, produce and show to such ranger, member, constable, or person his license and the contents of his creel or bag, and the bait used by him for taking, catching, or killing trout, perch, or tench.

8. Every trout not exceeding ten inches in length from nose to tip of tail, taken or caught by any person, shall immediately be returned alive into the water from which the same is taken.

9. No person shall put, throw, or place, or allow to be put, thrown, or placed, into any of the said waters, any sawdust or sawmill refuse, or anything of any kind or description whatever poisonous, deleterious, or noxious to fish.