Oct. 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1399

Regulations for Fishing and Netting in Lake County, Provincial District of Otago.

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.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by “The Salmon and Trout Act, 1867,” “The Salmon and Trout Act 1867 Amendment Act, 1884,” 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 the Lake County, in the Provincial District of Otago, and for fishing and netting in the waters thereof.

REGULATIONS.

1. LICENSES to fish for trout and perch in all the waters in the Lake County, in the Provincial District of Otago, will be issued under the hand of the Secretary of the Lakes District Acclimatisation Society, at Queenstown, and for every such license a fee of ten shillings and sixpence 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 November in any year to the thirtieth day of April 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 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 (Eleotris gobioides), 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 or perch, 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 or perch, 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 or perch.

8. Every trout not exceeding ten 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 have in his possession any of the salmonidæ, trout, or perch during the period appointed for a close season for any of such fish.

10. 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 the possession of any person, between the first day of May and the thirty-first day of December in any year.

Netting.

11. Until otherwise ordered by His Excellency the Governor the Lakes District Acclimatisation Society shall have the control and management of all salmon and trout now or hereafter to be placed in the lakes in the said Lake County, and for this purpose may divide the lakes into suitable areas. The right of fishing such areas to be let by the said society, from year to year, by public auction or public tender.

12. The season for netting shall extend from the first day of November, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, to the thirtieth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, both days inclusive.

13. No nets of a smaller mesh than three and a half inches in diameter for the taking of fish shall be used in any portion of the Lakes District, and all fish caught by net not larger than twelve inches in length shall be forthwith returned to the water.

14. No nets for the taking of fish shall be used in any of the rivers, or streams, or creeks within Lake County.

15. No person shall be permitted to use a net for the purpose of fishing unless he holds a valid license so to fish from the Lakes District Acclimatisation Society.

16. Any person holding a fishing license under the provisions of the regulations for fishing in Lake County, published in the New Zealand Gazette, may fish with rod and line in any lake, river, or stream within the said district, anything contained in these regulations notwithstanding.

17. The Lakes District Acclimatisation Society, through their officers, rangers, inspectors, constables, or any other person duly authorized, shall have full power at any time to inspect, examine, and search for any nets, tackle, engines, boats, or any utensils or instruments used and employed for the taking of fish within the area of the said Lake County, and to seize and appropriate, in the interests of the said Lakes District Acclimatisation Society, all and every such nets, tackle, engines, boats, or any utensils or instruments so used and employed in contravention to these regulations, and also to seize and appropriate as aforesaid all and every fish caught and in possession of any person during the close season, or in possession of any person who cannot or does not produce, at the time of catching or disposing of such fish, a license under the hand of the Secretary of the Lakes District Acclimatisation Society empowering him in that behalf.

18. Any person who puts, throws, or places, or allows to be put, thrown, or placed, into any river, lake, or stream in the said district of Lake County any dynamite or other explosive substance, or any sawdust or any sawmill refuse, or any matter or liquid deleterious to fish, shall, on conviction, be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred pounds.

19. Licenses to net salmon and trout in any part of the aforesaid district of Lake County not included in any of the areas aforesaid, for which a fee of one pound each shall be charged, will be issued under the hand of the Secretary of the Lakes District Acclimatisation Society, Queenstown.

20. The moneys realized by the leasing of the lakes for the purpose of fishing therein with nets shall be placed by the Chairman of the society to the credit of a separate fund, called “The Lakes District Acclimatisation Fund,” and such moneys shall be devoted to the propagation, culture, and conservation of the fish in Lake County; and the surplus, if any, to the credit of the society from such source on the first day of November in each year shall be disposed of as the Governor in Council may deem fit.

21. It shall be the duty of the Chairman of the said society to forward to the Marine Department, on or before the tenth day of November in each year, a statement certified by the said Chairman, showing in detail the number and particulars of all licenses to net and leases granted by the society, the several amounts received and paid to the credit of the said fund, and the amounts disbursed therefrom during the year ending the thirty-first day of October previous.

22. Any person offending against any of these regulations shall be liable to a penalty of not less than twenty shillings and not exceeding fifty pounds.

23. These regulations shall come into force from the date of the publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations for Trout-fishing, Southland 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.

IN 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 that portion of the Provincial District of Otago formerly known as the Province of Southland, 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, supersede all regulations at variance therewith.

REGULATIONS.

1. LICENSES to fish for trout in all the waters within and forming the District of Southland, including Mataura River, southern side, will be issued under the hand of the Secretary of the Southland Acclimatisation Society, at Invercargill, and for every such license a fee of ten shillings will be charged: Provided that it shall not be obligatory upon the society to issue a license,