Oct. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1063

Regulations for Trout-fishing in the Geraldine Acclimatisation District.

ONSLLOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-sixth day of September, 1890.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING 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 Geraldine Acclimatisation District—which is bounded on the north-west by the Southern Alps; on the north-east by the County of Ashburton; on the south-east by the sea to the Opihi River; on the south-west by the Opihi River to the Tengawai River, thence by the Tengawai River to the Mackenzie County; towards the north-east by the Geraldine County; towards the south by the Waimate County; and towards the west by the Waitaki County—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, perch, and tench in all the waters of the Geraldine Acclimatisation District shall be issued under the hand of the Secretary of the Geraldine County Acclimatisation Society (hereinafter termed "the said Acclimatisation Society"), at Temuka, and for every such license a fee of twenty shillings will be charged: Provided 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 thirty-first day of March 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 minnows, siliveries, bullies (Eleotris gobioides), 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 or kind (except a rod and line and landing-net or gaff) 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; 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 the demand of any ranger, constable, member of the said Acclimatisation Society, or 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 trout, perch, or tench, as the case may be.

7. Every trout not exceeding eight inches in length, 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 trout, perch, or tench, except during the above-mentioned period.

9. No person shall buy, sell, or expose or offer for sale any of the salmonidæ, trout, perch, or tench, or take, fish for, catch, or kill any of the salmonidæ, trout, perch, or tench in order to make sale of the same.

10. No person shall take, fish for, catch, or kill in any manner whatever, or have in his possession, any salmon, salmon-parr, or smolt, or the young of any salmon; and any of the above-named taken by accident or otherwise shall immediately be returned to the water from whence it was taken.

11. No person shall have in his possession any of the salmonidæ, trout, perch, or tench during the period appointed for a close season for any such fish.

12. 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, or anything of any kind or description whatever poisonous, deleterious, or noxious to fish.

13. No person shall put, throw, drag, draw, or place, or allow to be put, thrown, dragged, drawn, or placed, for any purpose whatever, any net of any description (except a landing-net) in any of the waters hereinbefore mentioned, or at the mouth or entrance of any such waters.

14. Any person committing a breach of any of these regulations shall be liable to a penalty of not less than one pound and not exceeding fifty pounds.

15. These regulations shall come into force as from the date of the publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Rural Lands in the Wellington Land District open for Sale or Selection.

ONSLLOW, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the third section of "The Land Act Amendment Act, 1887" (hereinafter termed "the said Act"), I, William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, having received the report of the Surveyor-General in this behalf, as in the said section is provided, do hereby declare that the rural lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection, after the lapse of a period of not less than forty-five days from the date of the first public notification hereof, in the manner and upon the conditions mentioned in the said Act, and at the price per acre stated in the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.
Tararua District.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. s. d.

3 | XIV. | 330 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 1 0

Description of Land: This section is situated on the Makakahi River, and fronts the Mount Bruce Road, about nine miles south of Eketahuna; it comprises flat and undulating land of fair to good quality, but is stony in places, and is covered with mixed bush, including birch and tawhero. The section is well watered. The access from the Main Forty-mile Bush Road is via Hefty's branch line, which is passable for horses.

Mangaone District.

4 | XV. | 84 1 24 | 1 5 0 | 1 11 3 | 1 3

Description of Land: This section is situated at the junction of the Mangamahoe and Ihurana Roads, and comprises flat and hilly bush land of good quality, subject to occasional floods in the eastern portion. The Mangamahoe Railway-station, which is about six miles distant, is connected with the land by a horse-road.

Mangaone District.

215 | XII. | 412 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 1 0

Description of Land: This section is situated north of Alfredton, on the Ihurana River, and comprises hilly and flat land of fair to good quality. A portion of the area is covered with light bush, the remainder being a manuka, toitoi, and grass clearing; the section is well watered. Weighted with £13 for improvements.

Kopuaranga District.

17 | II. | 500 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 1 0

Description of Land: This section is situated on the Dreyer's Rock Road, about three miles from the Mauriceville Railway-station, and comprises hilly forest land of good quality, resting on limestone and papa formation.

Ongo Survey District.

7 | XII. | 640 0 0 | 1 2 6 | 1 8 1½ | 1 1½

Description of Land: This section is situated in the West Otamakapua Block, fronting on the Mangapipi road-line, south of the Sandon Special-settlement Block, about eight miles distant from Hunterville Railway-station, and comprises undulating and hilly land of good quality, covered with mixed bush.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.
Kopuaranga District.

114 | VII. | 1,339 1 0 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 6
115 | | | | |
210 | | | | |

Description of Land: This block of land comprises a portion of the Rangitumau Block, and has been withdrawn from the small-run system to be thrown open as above; the area consists of hilly forest lands of fair quality.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-second day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Lands.