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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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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 they were 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 thirty-first day of August and the thirty-first day of December 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.

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 thirteenth day of September, 1887.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by “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 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 boundaries of the following districts—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 (hereafter termed “the said 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 waters within the above-mentioned area, from the first day of October, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, to the second day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight, 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, except as hereinafter provided.

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 said 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 alive to the water from whence they were taken.

11. Licenses to sell trout may be issued under the hand of the Secretary of the said society, and for every such license a fee of twenty shillings will be charged.

No person other than the holders of such licenses shall sell, or expose or offer for sale, within the district to which these regulations relate, any of the salmonidæ or trout.

12. 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, except as provided in clause 13 of these regulations,

13. Licenses to use a seine net for the taking of brown- and salmon-trout in the waters of Otago Harbour, Blueskin Bay, and Waihola Lake may be issued by the said society at a fee of three guineas for each net.

No net with a mesh of less than four and a half inches shall be used; and stake or fixed nets are hereby expressly prohibited.

Nothing in this regulation shall in any way affect the provisions of clause 10.

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

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations for Netting Trout in the Lakes in the Canterbury Acclimatisation District.

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirteenth day of September, 1887.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred by “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,” I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby make the following regulations for that part of the Provincial District of Canterbury to the north of the Rakaia River, and the waters thereof; and do 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. UNTIL otherwise ordered by His Excellency the Governor, the Canterbury Acclimatisation Society (hereinafter termed “the said society”), shall have the control and management of all salmon and trout now or hereafter to be placed in the lakes in the North Canterbury District, and for this purpose may divide the lakes in the said district into suitable areas. The right of fishing such areas to be let by the said society from year to year by public auction or tender.

2. The season for netting shall extend from the first day of November in any year to the fifteenth day of April in the year following.