Humb. 57. 1021

SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1889.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1889.

Regulations for Trout- and Perch-fishing, Otago District.

ONSLOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-
fourth day of September, 1889.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING 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 publication of the date 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
   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 for trout in any of the waters within the
   above-mentioned area from the first day of October in any
   one year to the fifteenth day of April in the year following,
   inclusive, between the hours of four a.m. and ten p.m. only,
   and to fish for perch from the fifteenth day of December in
   any one year to the fifteenth day of April in the year follow-
   ing, 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, trout, or perch,
   except during the above-mentioned periods for such fish
   respectively.

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 or
   perch, except a rod and line, and a landing-net or gaff for
   taken with rod and line, except as hereinafter provided.

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 chemi-
   cal 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 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 eight inches in length, and
   every perch not exceeding six inches in length, from nose
   to tip of tail, taken or caught by any person, shall imme-
   diately 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 and perch 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.