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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 56

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

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-ninth 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 the Counties of Mackenzie and Waimate, and that part of the County of Geraldine lying to the south of the Opihi River:

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 the aforesaid Counties of Mackenzie and Waimate, and that part of the County of Geraldine lying to the south of the Opihi River, 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 in the Counties of Mackenzie and Waimate, and that part of the County of Geraldine lying to the south of the Opihi River, shall be issued under the hand of the Secretary of the South Canterbury Acclimatisation Society (hereinafter termed "the said Acclimatisation Society"), at Timaru, 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 gobioïdes), grasshoppers, spiders, beetles, 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 is 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.

Changing the Purpose of Reserve at Foxton.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

WHEREAS the provisions and the requirements of the fifth section of "The Public Reserves Act, 1881," have been duly complied with in respect of the lands described in the first column of the Schedule hereto: And whereas notices in the Gazette have been duly published for four consecutive weeks, and laid before both Houses of the Assembly, as provided by the ninth section of the said Act: And whereas no resolution of either House of Assembly has been passed that such House does not concur in the intention declared in any such notices:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the fifth section of the Act aforesaid, do hereby define the change of purpose of the land described in the first column of the Schedule hereto to be that named in the second column of the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

Description and Purpose of Reserve.

All that parcel of land in the Provincial District of Wellington, containing by admeasurement 3 roods 6 perches, more or less, being Section No. 44 on the plan of the Township of Foxton. Bounded towards the North by Section No. 57, 319 links; towards the East by a public road, 250 links; towards the South by a public road, 304 links; and towards the West by Section No. 45, 250 links: reserved for public purposes.

Purpose.

Site for a town hall.

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

J. BALLANCE,
Minister of Lands.

Trustee appointed for the Hampden (Nelson) Cemetery.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the sixth section of "The Cemeteries Act, 1882," I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint CHARLES DOWNIE to be a Trustee, in the place of George Moonlight, deceased, to provide for the maintenance and care of the Hampden (Nelson) Cemetery, in conjunction with the other persons appointed by warrant under the hand of His Excellency the Governor on the thirteenth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three.

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

J. BALLANCE,
Minister of Lands.