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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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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.

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

11. No person shall buy, sell, or expose or offer for sale, within the district to which these regulations relate, 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 sixteenth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six.

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 such fish.

13. No person shall take, catch, or kill any perch under eight inches in length, nor shall perch be taken, caught, or killed at all, or had in possession of any person, between the first day of April and the thirtieth day of November in any year.

14. The penalty for the breach of any of these regulations shall not be less than twenty shillings or more than fifty pounds.

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

W. J. M. LARNACH.

Regulations for Trout-fishing, under “The Salmon and Trout Act, 1867,” South Canterbury District.

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 County of Geraldine lying to the south of the Opihi River, and the Counties of Waimate and Mackenzie, and in the waters thereof.

REGULATIONS.

1. LICENSES to fish for trout, perch, and tench in all the waters of that part of the County of Geraldine lying to the south of the Opihi River and the Counties of Waimate and Mackenzie shall be issued under the hand of the Secretary of the South Canterbury Acclimatisation Society (hereinafter termed “the said Acclimatisation Society”), at Timaru, in the Provincial District of Canterbury; and for every such license a fee of £1 will be charged: Provided that it shall not be obligatory upon the said society to issue a license.

2. Every such license shall entitle the person named therein to fish in any of the said waters from the 1st day of October in the year in which the license is issued to the 31st day of March in the year following, inclusive; but no such license shall confer any right of entry upon the land of any person without his consent.

3. 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 (Electris gobioides), grasshoppers, beetles, spiders, caterpillars, creepers, grubs, and worms.

4. 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.

5. No cross-line fishing, stroke-hauling, or any other unsportsman-like 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.

6. No person shall fish without a license, and every person fishing shall, on 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 baits used by him for catching, killing, or taking trout, perch, or tench, as the case may be.

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

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

9. 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.

10. 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 alive to the water from whence it was taken.

11. No person shall have in his possession any of the salmonidæ, trout, perch, or tench between the 1st April and 30th September in each year, which period is hereby appointed a close season for any such fish.

12. No person shall put, throw, or place, or allow to be put, thrown, or placed, in any of the waters hereinbefore mentioned any sawdust or saw-mill refuse, or anything of any kind or description whatever poisonous, deleterious, or noxious to fish.

13. Any person committing a breach of any of these regulations shall be liable to a penalty of not less than £1 and not exceeding £50.

14. 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 twenty-second day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six.

W. J. M. LARNACH.

Regulations for Trout-fishing, under “The Salmon and Trout Act, 1867,” Waitaki District.

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 County of Waitaki, and in the waters thereof:—

1. Any holder of a license may fish with rod and line for trout in all the streams and lakes within and forming the boundaries of the County of Waitaki, from the first day of October, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, to the thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, both inclusive.

2. Licenses to fish with rod and line in the above district will be issued under the hand of the Secretary of the Waitaki County Acclimatisation Society, at Oamaru, and for every license a fee of twenty shillings will be charged: Provided, however, that licenses will be issued to youths under fifteen years of age on payment of a fee of ten shillings.

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

4. 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 ranger, police officer, or constable, fail to produce and show to such person, ranger, police officer, or constable his license, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds.

5. All trout not exceeding seven inches in length, taken by any person fishing as aforesaid, shall be immediately returned alive into 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.

6. Except as aforesaid, no person shall fish or use any net or other engine, instrument, or device for taking fish in any lake, river, or stream within the above district; and all persons offending against this regulation shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds.

7. Any person who puts, throws, or places, or allows to be put, thrown, or placed, into any lake, river, or stream in the said district, any dynamite or other explosive substance, or any matter or liquid deleterious to fish, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds.

8. These regulations shall come into force as from the date hereof.

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

W. J. M. LARNACH.

Regulations under “The Salmon and Trout Act, 1867.”

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 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, and in the waters thereof.