Se Pt. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1209

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 Acclimatisation 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 first day of October in the year in which the license is issued to the thirty-first 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 minnows, silveries, bullies (Eleotris 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 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.

6. 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 baits used by him for catching, killing, or taking trout, perch, or tench, as the case may be.

7. 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.

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 to the water from whence it was taken.

11. 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.

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 sawmill refuse, or anything of any kind or description whatever poisonous, deleterious, or noxious to fish.

13. No person shall put, throw, drag, draw, or place, or allow to be put, thrown, dragged, drawn, or placed, for any purpose whatever, any net of any description (except a landing-net) in any of the waters hereinbefore mentioned, or at the mouth or entrance of any such waters.

14. 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.

15. 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.

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

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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 all that area in the Provincial District of Otago bounded on the East and South by the Ocean, from Shag Point to the mouth of the Mataura River; on the North-west by Lake County; on the West and South-west by the Mataura River; and on the North, North-west, and North-east by the Counties of Westland and Waitaki, and in the waters thereof.

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REGULATIONS.

1. LICENSES to fish for trout in all the waters within, and forming the boundaries of, the following district—viz., all that area in the Provincial District of Otago bounded on the East and South by the ocean, from Shag Point to the mouth of the Mataura River; on the West and South-west by the Mataura River; on the North-west by Lake County; and on the North, North-west, and North-east by the Counties of Westland and Waitaki—will be issued under the hand of the Secretary of the Otago Acclimatisation Society, at Dunedin, and for every such license a fee of twenty shillings will be charged: Provided that it shall not be obligatory upon the 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, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, to the eleventh day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, inclusive, between the hours of four 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, 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, except a rod and line, and a landing-net, or gaff, 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, 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.

8. Every trout not exceeding eight 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.

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 or trout, or take, fish for, catch, or kill any of the salmonidæ or trout, in order to make sale of the same, without permission in writing under the hand of the Secretary.

12. No person shall have in his possession any of the salmonidæ or trout between the twelfth day of April and the thirtieth day of September, which period is hereby appointed a close season for all such fish.

13. No person shall put, throw, drag, draw, or place, or allow to be put, thrown, dragged, drawn, or placed, for any purpose whatever, any net of any description (except a landing-net) in any of the waters hereinbefore mentioned, or at the mouth or entrance of any such waters.

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

15. These regulations shall come into force as from the day of 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.