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(c.) With a sea-anchor, a baler, a rudder and tiller, or yoke and yoke-lines, a painter of sufficient length, and a boat-hook. The rudder and baler to be attached to the boat by sufficiently long lanyards, and kept ready for use. In boats where there may be a difficulty in fitting a rudder a steering-oar may be provided instead.

(d.) A vessel to be kept filled with fresh water shall be provided for each boat.

(e.) Life-rafts shall be fully provided with a suitable approved equipment.

6. ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENTS FOR BOATS OF SECTION A AND SECTION B.—In order to be properly equipped each boat of Sections A and B, in addition to being provided with all the requisites laid down in rule 5, shall be equipped as follows, but not more than four boats in any one ship require to have this outfit :—

(a.) With two hatchets or tomahawks, one to be kept in each end of the boat, and to be attached to the boat by a lanyard ;

(b.) With a mast or masts, and with at least one good sail, and proper gear for each ;

(c.) With a line becketed round the outside of the boat and securely made fast ;

(d.) With an efficient compass*;

(e.) With one gallon of vegetable or animal oil, and a vessel of an approved pattern, for distributing it in the water in rough weather ;

(f.) With a lantern trimmed, with oil in its receiver sufficient to burn eight hours.

7. NUMBER OF PERSONS FOR LIFE-RAFTS.—The number of persons that any approved life-raft for use at sea shall be deemed to be capable of carrying shall be determined with reference to each separate pattern approved by the Marine Department ; provided always that for every person so carried there shall be at least three cubic feet of strong and serviceable enclosed air-tight compartments, constructed so that water cannot find its way into them. Any approved life-raft of other construction may be used, provided that it has equivalent buoyancy to that hereinbefore described. Every such approved life-raft shall be marked in such a way as to plainly indicate the number of adult persons it can carry.

8. BUOYANT APPARATUS.—Approved buoyant apparatus shall be deemed sufficient, so far as buoyancy is concerned, for a number of persons, to be ascertained by dividing the number of pounds of iron which it is capable of supporting in fresh water by 32. Such buoyant apparatus shall not require to be inflated before use, shall be of approved construction, and marked in such a way as plainly to indicate the number of persons for whom it is sufficient.

9. LIFE-JACKETS.—An approved life-jacket shall mean a jacket which does not require to be inflated before use, and which is capable at least of floating in the water for twenty-four hours with 15lb. of iron suspended from it. Life-jackets are to be cut out 2in. under the arm-pits and fitted so as to remain securely in their place when put on.

10. LIFE-BUOYS.—An approved life-buoy shall mean either—

(a.) A life-buoy built of solid cork, capable of floating in water for at least twenty-four hours with 32lb. of iron suspended from it ; or

(b.) A strong life-buoy of any other approved pattern and material, provided that it is capable of floating in the water for at least twenty-four hours with 32lb. of iron suspended from it, and provided also that it is not stuffed with rushes, cork shavings, or other shavings, or loose granulated cork, or other loose material, and does not require inflation before use.

All life-buoys shall be fitted with becketts securely seized, and not less than two of them shall be fitted with life-lines 15 fathoms in length.

11. POSITION OF LIFE-BUOYS AND LIFE-JACKETS.—All life-buoys and life-jackets shall be so placed as to be readily accessible to all persons on board, and so that their position may be known to those for whom they are intended.

12. WATER-TIGHT COMPARTMENTS.—When ships of any class are divided into efficient water-tight compartments to the satisfaction of the Marine Department, they shall only be required to carry additional boats, rafts, and other life-saving appliances of one-half of the capacity required by these rules.

13. VESSELS NOT CARRYING MORE THAN TEN PASSENGERS.—So much of these rules relating to the carrying of a life-boat or life-boats shall not apply to vessels unless carrying more than ten passengers. Provided that in cases where a boat of Section A, B, or C is specified to be carried by such a vessel, a boat of Section E shall be carried in lieu thereof.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations for Trout,- Carp,- and Perch-fishing, Wanganui Acclimatisation District.

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ONSLow, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this sixteenth day of September, 1890.

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 Wanganui District, which consists of the Counties of Wanganui and Waitotara, and the Ridings of Okakapu, Porewa, Wangaehu, Makohau, and Paraekaretu, in the County of Rangitikei, 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.

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REGULATIONS.

1. LICENSES to fish for trout, carp, and perch in all the waters within the Counties of Wanganui and Waitotara, and the Ridings of Okakapu, Porewa, Wangaehu, Makohau, and Paraekaretu, in the County of Rangitikei, will be issued under the hand of the Secretary of the Wanganui Acclimatisation Society, and for every such license a fee of ten shillings will be charged : Provided that it shall not be obligatory upon the 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 following year 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, carp, or perch, 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 minnows, 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, carp, or perch, except with 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 unsportsmanlike device shall be used for the purpose of taking, catching, or killing trout, carp, 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 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, carp, or perch.

8. Every trout, carp, or perch 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, in 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 shall immediately be returned to the water from whence it was taken.

11. No person shall, buy, sell, or expose or offer for sale, within the district to which these regulations relate, any of the salmonidæ, trout, carp, or perch, or take, fish for, catch, or kill any of the salmonidæ, trout, carp, or perch in order to make sale of the same, without permission in writing under the hand of the Secretary of the said society.

12. No person shall have in his possession any of the salmonidæ, trout, carp, or perch between the twelfth day of April and the thirty-first day of October in each year, which period is appointed a close season for all such fish.

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