1398
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 56

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 fol-
   lowing 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 fish-
   ing for, catching, killing, or taking trout, perch, or tench.

5. No cross-line fishing, stroke-hauling, or any other un-
   sportsmanlike device shall be used for the purpose of catch-
   ing, 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, mem-
   ber 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 con-
   tents 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 ap-
    pointed 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 regu-
    lations 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.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations for Trout-fishing, Otago District.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-sixth
day of October, 1886.

Present :

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

I
N pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him
by "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 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; and doth
hereby declare that these regulations shall, as from the date
of the publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette, super-
sede all regulations at variance therewith.

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 un-
   sportsmanlike 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 prepara-
   tion 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 imme-
   diately 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 re-
    turned 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 Secre-
    tary.

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 ap-
    pointed 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
    date of the publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.