Sept. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1029

and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby make the following regulations for the Tauranga Acclimatisation District, which consists of the Counties of Tauranga and Rotorua, and so much of the Counties of East Taupo and Whakatane as lies to the north of the Rangitaiki River, together with all town districts and boroughs situate within the boundaries of such 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 in all the waters of the Tauranga Acclimatisation District may be issued under the hand of the Secretary of the Tauranga Acclimatisation Society (hereinafter termed “the said society”), or any one authorised by the said Secretary in that behalf.

2. For every such license issued a fee of two shillings and sixpence will be charged.

3. Any holder of a license may fish with one rod and line for trout, and may use a landing-net or gaff to secure any trout 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 January in the following year.

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

5. No person shall have in his possession any of the salmonidæ or trout between the third day of February and the thirtieth day of September in any year, 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.

6. No person shall put, throw, or place, or allow to be put, thrown, or placed, into any of these rivers or streams, 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.

7. 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.

8. No person shall fish for trout 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.

9. Every trout not exceeding seven 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.

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

11. Except as aforesaid, no person shall fish with or use any net or other engine, instrument, or device for taking fish in any of the rivers or streams in the said district, or at the mouth or entrance of any such rivers or streams.

12. 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.

13. 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 any part thereof.

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

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

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations for Netting Trout in the Lakes in the Canterbury Acclimatisation District.

ONSLow, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this nineteenth day of September, 1890.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred 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 that part of the Provincial District of Canterbury to the north of the Rakaia River, and the waters thereof, including all waters of the Rakaia River which are not included in the County of Ashburton; 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. UNTIL otherwise ordered by His Excellency the Governor, the North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society (hereinafter termed “the said society”) shall have the control and management of all salmon and trout now or hereafter to be placed in the lakes in the district to which these regulations relate, and for this purpose may divide the lakes in the said district into suitable areas. The right of fishing such areas to be let by the said society from year to year by public auction or public tender.

2. The season for netting or taking trout in any manner approved of by the society shall extend from the first day of November in any year to the thirty-first day of March in the year following.

3. No nets of a smaller mesh than four inches in diameter (when the net is wetted) shall be used in any portion of the said district for the taking of trout, and all trout taken weighing less than three pounds shall be forthwith returned to the water.

4. No nets for the taking of fish of any kind or description whatever shall be used or set or placed in any of the rivers or streams or creeks within the said district, or within one mile of the mouth of any river, stream, or creek within the said district.

5. No person shall be permitted to take trout in any of the lakes aforesaid unless he holds a valid license so to do from the Secretary of the said society. A fee of one pound will be charged for every such license.

6. Notwithstanding anything whatever contained in the regulations for fishing for trout, perch, and tench with rod and line, made by Order in Council of even date herewith, it shall be lawful for the Secretary of the said society to issue licenses to persons to sell lake trout, and it shall also be lawful for persons to purchase such trout; and the right of such sale shall be let by the said society from year to year by public auction or tender: Provided always that it shall not be obligatory on the Secretary to issue a license to any person.

7. Every person licensed by the society to take lake trout shall have a brand or other distinguishing mark, approved of by the Secretary of the said society, and shall brand or mark as directed every trout caught by him as soon as caught, and before selling or in any way disposing of the same.

8. Licenses will also be issued only on the express condition that the society, by its officers, rangers, inspectors, constables, members of the council, or any other person duly authorised, shall have full power at all reasonable times to enter the shop or shops or premises of any person holding a license, and to request the licensee to produce his books, showing all the particulars required by these regulations to be kept and entered; and it shall be a breach of these regulations for the licensee to withhold from any of such persons as aforesaid any material information relative to such particulars which he is able to give, or which such persons may reasonably require, relating to the taking, procuring, or selling of trout.

9. Every holder of a license to take or sell lake trout shall keep a book wherein shall be entered the name of every person from whom such license-holder shall purchase or procure any lake trout, specifying the number and weight of trout purchased from each such person, the date when purchased, and the district and exact locality in which such trout was or were taken; and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these regulations a penalty of not less than five pounds shall be incurred for any breach of this section.

10. No person shall use any dynamite or other explosive substance whatever, or any lime or other noxious material of any kind or description whatever, for the purpose of taking or procuring lake trout.

11. No person shall expose or offer for sale, or have in his possession, any of the salmonidæ between the third day of April in any year and the first day of November following,