Sept. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1031

Regulations for Trout-fishing, &c., Waitaki and Waimate 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 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 Waitaki and Waimate Acclimatisation District, which comprises the Counties of Waitaki and Waimate, and the Boroughs of Hampden, Oamaru, and Waimate, and the waters thereof; and also the waters of the sea inside a line commencing from a point in the southern boundary-line of the County of Waitaki extended a quarter of a mile to the eastward from low-water mark ordinary spring-tides; thence following the coast-line northerly at the same distance from low-water mark ordinary spring-tides until it meets with the line of the northern boundary of the County of Waimate extended a quarter of a mile to the eastward beyond low-water mark ordinary spring-tides: 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 the Waitaki and Waimate Acclimatisation District shall be issued under the hand of the Secretary of the United Council of the Counties of Waitaki and Waimate Acclimatisation Society (hereinafter termed “the said Acclimatisation Society”), at Oamaru, 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 gobioïdes), 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, or any of the salmonidæ, perch, or tench; 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 salmonidæ, 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 salmonidæ, 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, 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 or tench under six inches in length, nor shall perch or tench be taken, caught, or killed at all, or had in possession of any person, between the thirty-first day of August in any year and the thirty-first day of January in the following 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 other explosive substance, 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 Waitaki and Waimate Acclimatisation District, or in the sea in the vicinity of any river, stream, or creek which is within the said district, except for scientific or piscicultural purposes, and then only by direction or permission of the Secretary to the said Acclimatisation Society.

15. No person shall use any net for the purpose of taking fish in the Waitaki River or its tributaries, or within a radius of one mile from the middle of such river, at the place where it flows into the sea at low-water ordinary spring-tides, or in the Waihoa River: Provided that this regulation shall not prohibit the use of a landing-net by a person duly licensed to take trout, perch, or tench with rod and line.

16. 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 acclimatisation district, shall immediately return into the water alive any salmon, salmonidæ, or trout which may be caught in their nets. This regulation shall not authorise the use of any net where prohibited by the foregoing regulation number fifteen.

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

18. 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.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Appointing Dates and Places for Payment of Property-tax.

ONSLOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-third day of September, 1890.

Present:
THE HONOURABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance of the power and authority vested in him under “The Property-tax Act, 1890,” His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby order and direct that the several duties leviable under the said Act shall be paid on the days and in the manner hereinafter particularly mentioned, that is to say,—

1. In respect of the duty of one penny, where the amount of such duty shall be under fifteen pounds, the same shall be paid on the twenty-sixth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety; and where such duty amounts to fifteen pounds, or exceeds that sum, the same shall be paid in two equal instalments, the first of such instalments being payable on the said twenty-sixth day of November, and the second of such instalments on the fourth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.

2. In respect of the duty on fire, marine, accident, fidelity, live-stock, plate-glass, or guarantee policies issued by any insurance company, the same shall be paid on the fifth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.

And doth also direct that the places where the said tax shall be paid shall be any post office which is also a money-order office, and at the office of the Property-tax Commissioner, at the Government Buildings, Wellington; and that notice to the foregoing effect shall be given by the said Commissioner accordingly.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.