✨ Land Reservations and Fishing Regulations
Oct. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1115
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.
Land temporarily reserved in the Land Districts of Auckland, Canterbury, Otago, and Southland.
Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.
WHEREAS by the one hundred and forty-fourth section
of “The Land Act, 1877,” it is enacted that the
Governor may from time to time, either by general or parti-
cular description, and whether the same has been surveyed
or not, reserve from sale temporarily, notwithstanding that
the same may be then held under pastoral license, any Crown
lands which in his opinion are required for any of the pur-
poses in the said section mentioned:
Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and
pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by the
said Act, do hereby temporarily reserve from sale the land in
the Land Districts of Auckland, Canterbury, Otago, and
Southland, described in the Schedule hereunder written, for
the purposes in the said Schedule specified.
SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND.
All that piece or parcel of land in the Provincial District
of Auckland, containing by admeasurement 1 acre and 27
perches, more or less, being part of Allotment No. 25A of
Section No. 10 of the Suburbs of Auckland. Bounded
towards the North by a road, 50 links wide, 270 links;
towards the East by a water reserve 100 and 200 links, by
Allotment No. 25 285 links; towards the South and West by
a road, 740 links: as the same is delineated on the plan de-
posited in the Survey Office at Auckland. For a school site.
All that piece or parcel of land containing by admeasure-
ment 5 acres 1 rood 17 perches, more or less, being called or
known as Allotments Nos. 359, 360, 361, 361A, 367, and 581
of the Town of Cambridge East, Cambridge Survey District,
Provincial District of Auckland. Bounded towards the
North by Allotment No. 362, 500 links; towards the West
by the aforesaid Allotment No. 362, 200 links; again towards
the North by Fox Street, 150 links; towards the East by a
line 650 links, and by Oliver Street 116 links; towards the
South-east by Whitaker Terrace, 800 links; towards the
West generally by Albert Street, 50, 119, 99, and 600 links
respectively: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less. For
a recreation-ground.
CANTERBURY.
All that piece or parcel of land in the Provincial District
of Canterbury, containing by admeasurement 124 acres 1
rood 20 perches, more or less, being Section No. 2678 (in
red), situate in the Selwyn and Hawkins Survey Districts.
Bounded towards the North-west by a road-line, 5434
links; towards the South-west by Section No. 28931, 4547
links; and towards the South-east by Section No. 34601
324 links, also by a road-line 7379 links: be all the afore-
said linkages more or less; as the same is delineated on the
plan deposited in the District Survey Office, Christchurch.
For a plantation.
OTAGO.
All that piece or parcel of land in the Provincial District
of Otago, containing by admeasurement 1 acre and 12 perches,
more or less, situate in the Township of Herriot, and being
Section No. 8 of Block II. of said township. Bounded
towards the North by Sections Nos. 15 and 16 of same block,
393·6 links; towards the South-east by Sections Nos. 7, 6, 5,
and part of 4 of same block, 389·5 links; towards the South
by Esk Street, 222 links; and towards the West by Section
No. 9 of same block, 349·7 links; be all the aforesaid
linkages more or less. For a site for an athenæum.
SOUTHLAND.
All that piece or parcel of land in the Southland Land
District, containing 3 acres 3 roods 8 perches, more or less,
being Section No. 190, Wairio District. Bounded towards
the North-east by Section No. 123 of said district, 1010 links;
towards the South-west by a public road, 802·8 links; and
towards the North-west by a public road, 1050 links: as the
same is delineated on the record maps in the Survey Office,
Invercargill. For road purposes.
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.
Conditions for Trout-fishing in Wellington and Wairarapa.
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 Wellington and
Wairarapa Acclimatisation District:—
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Licenses to fish for trout in the rivers in the Wellington and Wairarapa Acclimatisation District will be issued
under the hand of the Secretary of the Wellington and
Wairarapa District Acclimatisation Society, hereinafter
termed “the said society,” or any one authorized by the
said Secretary in that behalf, and for every such license
a fee of twenty shillings will be charged: Provided it shall
not be obligatory upon the said Secretary or his Deputy to
issue a license. -
The Secretary of the said society may issue day license
to bonâ fide travellers and strangers not resident within the
District aforesaid, on their introduction to him by any two
members of the said society, and on payment of a fee of two
shillings and sixpence for each day’s fishing: Provided that
this payment may be remitted if the applicant be a member
of or hold a valid license from any other society in New
Zealand which grants the like privilege. -
Any holder of a license may fish with one rod and line
for trout, and may use a landing-net or gaff to secure any
trout caught with such rod and line, in the above-named
rivers, between the hours of five a.m. and ten p.m., from the
first day of October, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-
five, to the thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-six, both inclusive. -
No license shall authorize any person other than the
person named therein to fish, and that with natural or arti-
ficial fly or minnow only. -
Any person fishing either without a license, or with any
other bait than as aforesaid, or who shall, on demand of any
person holding and showing a license, or on the demand of
any ranger, police officer, or constable, fail to produce and
show to such person, ranger, police officer, or constable his
license, or the contents of his creel, basket, or bag, or the
bait used by him for taking fish, shall be liable to a penalty
not exceeding twenty pounds. -
No cross-line fishing, stroke hauling, or any other
unsportsmanlike device shall be used for the purpose of
taking, catching, or killing trout, nor shall any of the above-
mentioned baits be used with any medicated or chemical
preparation whatever. -
All trout not exceeding ten inches in length taken by
any person shall be immediately returned alive to the water;
and any person convicted of infringing this regulation shall
be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds. -
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 District aforesaid, or at the mouth
or entrance of any such river or stream; and all persons
offending against this regulation shall be liable to a penalty
not exceeding fifty pounds. -
For the purposes of these regulations the mouth of
every such river or stream shall be deemed to include every
outlet of the same and the sea-shore between such outlets,
and shall extend over a radius of one-quarter of a mile
from the point or line where the waters of such river or
stream meet those of the sea or of any harbour at low water. -
Any person who puts, throws, or places, or allows to be
put, thrown, or placed, into any river or stream in the said
district, or at the mouth or entrance of any such river or
stream, 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. -
No person shall buy, sell, or expose or offer for sale, or
shall fish for the purpose of obtaining for sale, any salmon or
trout, or any part thereof; and any person infringing this
regulation shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty
pounds. -
If any person shall be convicted of any offence against
these regulations the license (if any) held by the offender
shall thereupon become void. -
Nothing in these regulations shall be deemed to pre-
vent any person or persons authorized in writing under the
hand of the Secretary of the Society from taking salmon
or trout, or the spawn thereof, for acclimatisation purposes. -
These regulations shall come into force as from the
date of the publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this thirtieth day of September, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-five.
P. A. BUCKLEY.
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- Wm. F. Drummond Jervois, Governor
- J. Ballance, Minister of Lands
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- Wm. F. Drummond Jervois, Governor
- P. A. Buckley
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