Dec. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1683

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.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations for fishing for Trout, &c., Waitaki District.

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-first [day of December, 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 the County of 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, supersede all regulations at variance therewith.

REGULATIONS.

1. LICENSES to fish for trout, perch, and tench in all the waters of the County of Waitaki shall be issued under the hand of the Secretary of the Waitaki County Acclimatisation Society (hereinafter termed “the said Acclimatisation Society”), at Oamaru, in the Provincial District of Otago, and for every such license a fee of one pound will be charged: Provided, however, that licenses may be issued to youths under fifteen years of age on payment of a fee of ten shillings; provided also 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 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 minnow, 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 (except a rod and line, and landing-net or gaff for fish taken with rod and line) 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 demand of any ranger, constable, member of the said Acclimatisation Society, or other 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 from nose to tip of tail, 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, 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.

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 be immediately 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 between the first day of April and the thirtieth day of September in each year, which period is hereby appointed a close season for any such fish.

12. 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 July and the thirtieth day of November in any year.

13. 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, dynamite, or anything of any kind or description whatever poisonous, deleterious, or noxious to fish.

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.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Taranaki School Commissioners to be subject to Provisions of “The Public Bodies’ Leaseholds Act, 1886.”

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-first day of December, 1886.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section three of “The Public Bodies’ Leaseholds Act, 1886” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is provided that His Excellency the Governor may, by Order in Council, from time to time declare that any leasing authority shall be subject to the provisions of the said Act, but that no such order shall be issued except at the request or on the recommendation of the leasing authority on whose behalf such order is to be issued:

And whereas it has been made to appear that the School Commissioners for the Taranaki Provincial District are a leasing authority within the meaning of the said Act, and have recommended to His Excellency the Governor that the said Commissioners may be brought under the provisions of the said Act:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, and in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by the said Act, doth hereby order and declare that, from and after the date hereof, the School Commissioners for the Taranaki Provincial District shall be subject to the provisions of “The Public Bodies’ Leaseholds Act, 1886.”

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Protecting Cats as Natural Enemies of the Rabbit.—Notice No. 210.

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-first day of December, 1886.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by the twenty-eighth section of “The Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1882,” His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby declare that the cat (Felis domestica) is a natural enemy of the rabbit, and doth hereby prohibit the killing and capturing of any such animal outside the boundaries of any city, borough, or town district.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.