Sept. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1217

Additional Land taken near Little River for the Purposes
of the Little River–Akaroa Branch of the Hurunui–
Waitaki Railway.

(L.S.) Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS it has been found desirable, for the use,
convenience, and enjoyment of the Little River–
Akaroa Branch of the Hurunui–Waitaki Railway, to take
further land near Little River, in addition to land previously
acquired for the purposes of the said railway:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of
the powers and authorities conferred on me by “The Public
Works Act, 1882,” and of every other power and authority in
anywise enabling me in that behalf, do hereby proclaim and
declare that the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is
taken for the purposes above mentioned.

SCHEDULE.

The parcel of land mentioned hereunder:—

| Approximate Area | Being | Situated | Situated in |
| of the Parcel of | Portion of | in | the Survey District |
| Land required to | Reserve No. | Block No. | of |
| be taken. | | | |
| A. R. P. | | | |
| 0 1 20 | 385 | I. | Akaroa. |

In the Provincial District of Canterbury; as the said
parcel of land is more particularly delineated on the plan
marked P.W.D. 14506, deposited in the office of the Minister
for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District
of Wellington, and thereon coloured green.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir William
Francis Drummond Jervois, Lieutenant-General
in Her Majesty's Army, Knight Grand Cross of the
Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and
Saint George, Companion of the Most Honourable
Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-
Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral
of the same; and issued under the Seal of the
said Colony, at the Government House, at Wel-
lington, this twentieth day of September, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-seven.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Amending Regulations under “The Fisheries Conservation
Act, 1884.”

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

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

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884”
(hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is, among
other things, enacted that the Governor in Council may from
time to time make, alter, and revoke regulations for the
purposes therein mentioned, which said regulations shall
have force and effect only in any waters or places specified
therein: And whereas certain regulations were made under
the said Act by Order in Council dated the twenty-seventh
day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five:
And whereas it is expedient to amend the said regulations
in manner hereinafter set forth:

Now, therefore, His Excellency Sir William Francis Drum-
mond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand,
in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the said
Act, and by and with the advice and consent of the Ex-
ecutive Council of the said colony, doth hereby make the
following regulation; and with the like advice and consent
doth order that such regulation shall have force and effect
throughout the said colony.

REGULATION.

Notwithstanding the provisions of regulation number seven
made by Order in Council dated the twenty-seventh day of
March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, it shall
be lawful for any person to buy, sell, expose for sale, or have

in possession any rock, mud, or shore oyster for the space of
fourteen days after the commencement of the respective close
seasons for such oysters: Provided, however, that nothing
contained in this regulation shall be deemed to authorise the
taking or dredging for any kind of oyster during the said
period of fourteen days.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations for Fishing and Netting in Lake County, Pro-
vincial District of Otago.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twentieth
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 Execu-
tive 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
of the said county.

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 Secre-
   tary 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 un-
   sportsmanlike 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 im-
   mediately be returned alive into the water from which the
   same is taken.

9. 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.

10. Until otherwise ordered by His Excellency the Gover-
    nor the Lake 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 suit-
    able areas. The right of fishing such areas to be let by the
    said society, from year to year, by public auction or public
    tender.

11. The season for netting shall extend from the first day
    of November in any year to the thirtieth day of April in
    the year following inclusive.

12. No nets of a smaller mesh than three and a half
    inches in diameter for the taking of fish shall be used in any