Sept. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1029

Regulations for Trout- and Perch-fishing, Wellington Acclimatisation District.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of September, 1888.

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 the Wellington Acclimatisation District, 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 and perch in all waters within that district or part of the North Island known as “the Wellington Acclimatisation District” which lies to the southward of the following boundary-line—commencing from the mouth of the Manawatu River and following the course of that river to the Manawatu Gorge; thence in a direct line from such gorge to the mouth of the Waimata River, on the East Coast—may be issued under the hand of the Secretary of the Wellington Acclimatisation Society (hereinafter termed “the said society”), or any one authorised by the said Secretary in that behalf.

2. For every such license a fee of twenty shillings will be charged. Licenses may also be issued to boys of the age of fifteen years or under at a reduced fee of ten shillings for each license so issued: Provided it shall not be obligatory upon the said Secretary or his deputy to issue a license.

3. The Secretary of the said society may issue day licenses to bona fide travellers and strangers not resident within the district aforesaid, on their introduction to him by any two members of the said society, and on payment of a fee of two shillings and sixpence for each day's fishing: Provided that this payment may be remitted if the applicant be a member of or hold a valid license from any other society in New Zealand which grants the like privilege.

4. Any holder of a license may fish with one rod and line for trout and perch, and may use a landing-net or gaff to secure any trout or perch caught with such rod and line, in the above-named waters, from the first day of October in any one year to the thirty-first day of March in the year following, both inclusive.

5. No license shall authorise any person other than the person named therein to fish, and that with natural or artificial fly, insect, or fish only.

6. No person shall have in his possession any of the salmonidæ or trout between the third day of April and the thirtieth day of September, which period is hereby appointed a close season for all such fish: Provided always that this regulation shall not apply to fish caught by the officers of the said society for purposes of acclimatisation.

7. No person shall put, throw, or place, or allow to be put, thrown, or placed, into any river or stream, or at the mouth or entrance of any such river or stream, any dynamite or other explosive substance, or any sawdust or sawmill refuse, or anything of any kind or description whatever poisonous, deleterious, or noxious to fish.

8. 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 to the water from whence it was taken.

9. No person shall fish for trout or perch 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 such trout or perch.

10. Every trout not exceeding nine 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.

11. No person shall take, catch, or kill any perch under six inches in length, nor shall perch be taken, caught, or killed at all, or had in possession of any person, between the fourth day of April and the thirtieth day of November in any year.

12. No cross-line fishing, stroke-hauling, or any other unsportsmanlike device shall be used for for the purpose of taking, catching, or killing trout or perch; nor shall any of the above-mentioned baits be used with any medicated or chemical preparation whatever.

13. Except as aforesaid, no person shall fish with or use any net or other engine, instrument, or device for taking fish in any river or stream within the district aforesaid, or at the mouth or entrance of any such river or stream.

14. For the purposes of these regulations the mouth of every such river or stream shall be deemed to include every outlet of the same and the sea-shore between such outlets, and shall extend over a radius of one-quarter of a mile from the point or line where the waters of such river or stream meet those of the sea or of any harbour at low-water.

15. No person shall buy, sell, or expose or offer for sale, or shall fish for the purpose of obtaining for sale, any salmon, trout, or perch, or any part thereof.

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

17. If any person shall be convicted of any offence against these regulations the license (if any) held by the offender shall thereupon become void.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations for Trout- and Perch-fishing, Ashburton County.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fifth 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 the Ashburton County, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, 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 and perch in all the waters in the County of Ashburton, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, will be issued under the hand of the Secretary of the Ashburton Acclimatisation Society, at Ashburton, and for every such license the following scale of fees will be charged: For adults, for the season, twenty shillings; for adults, from the twentieth day of December, ten shillings; for youths under sixteen years of age, for the season, ten shillings; for youths under sixteen years of age, from the twentieth day of December, five shillings: 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 for trout in any of the said waters from the first day of October in any one year to the fifteenth day of April in the year following, inclusive, and for perch from the fifteenth day of December in any one year to the thirtieth day of June 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. 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, or perch, except during the above-mentioned periods.

4. Every such license shall entitle the person named therein to fish with one rod and line only, and with the following baits, namely: 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, or member of the Acclimatisation Society, or person producing a license, produce and show to such ranger, member, constable,