SEPT. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 989

REGULATIONS.

1. LICENSES to fish for trout, perch, and tench in all the waters of the County of Waitaki, and also in so much of the waters of the Waitaki River which are not in 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 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 Saturday after Easter Day 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 (Electris 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 under the authority of and during the currency of a license hereunder.

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 of the said Acclimatisation Society.

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 period from the Saturday after Easter Day 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. No person shall net for salmon, salmonidæ, or trout in any of the lakes, rivers, streams, or creeks in the County of Waitaki, or in the sea in the vicinity of any river, stream, or creek which is within the said county, or in any of the waters of the Waitaki River, except for scientific or piscicultural purposes, and then only by direction or permission of the Secretary to the said Acclimatisation Society.

Any person netting for indigenous fish in any bay or harbour, or near the mouth of any river, stream, or creek, which is within the said county, shall immediately return into the water alive any salmon, salmonidæ, or trout which may be caught in their nets.

15. No person shall use stake-nets in or near the mouth of any lake, river, stream, or creek in the said county.

16. Any person committing a breach of either or 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, South Canterbury.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this eighteenth day of September, 1888.

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 part of the County of Geraldine lying to the south of the Opihi River, and the Counties of Waimate and Mackenzie, and in the waters thereof, except so much of the waters of the Waitaki River which are within the Counties of Waimate and Mackenzie; 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 that part of the County of Geraldine lying to the south of the Opihi River, and the Counties of Waimate and Mackenzie, except so much of the Waitaki River as is within the Counties of Waimate and Mackenzie, shall be issued under the hand of the Secretary of the South Canterbury Acclimatisation Society (hereinafter termed “the said Acclimatisation Society”), at Timaru, and for every such license a fee of twenty shillings will be charged: Provided that it shall not 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 any one year 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 minnows, silveries, bullies (Electris 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 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 the demand of any ranger, constable, member 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 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, 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 par, 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 they were taken.

11. No person shall have in his possession any of the