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And whereas it is desired to revoke the said Order in
Council, and to resume the rights, powers, and privileges
conferred under or by virtue of it; and the said Charles Effey
has consented to the said Order in Council being revoked,
and the rights, powers, and privileges conferred under or by
virtue of it being resumed by the Governor without giving
the said Charles Effey three calendar months' notice in
writing as provided by clause six of the conditions of the
said Order in Council of the twenty-third day of August, one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven:

Now, therefore, 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, and in
exercise of all the powers enabling him in that behalf, doth
hereby revoke and determine the said recited Order in Council,
and every right, power, and privilege conferred thereby
upon the said Charles Effey, or intended so to be.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations as to Dab under "The Fisheries Conservation
Act, 1884."

ONSLOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this sixth
day of March, 1891.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by "The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884"
(hereinafter termed "the said Act"), it is, amongst
other things, enacted that the Governor in Council may from
time to time make, alter, and revoke regulations for the
purposes therein mentioned, which said regulations shall
have force and effect only in any waters or places specified
therein:

And whereas it is expedient to make regulations herein-
after set forth with respect to fish inhabiting the waters of
the colony herein mentioned:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the
colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the
powers conferred upon him by the said Act, and by and with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said
colony, doth hereby make the following regulations, and with
the like advice and consent doth order that these regulations
shall take effect on and after the date of the publication
thereof in the New Zealand Gazette:—

REGULATIONS.

1. No person shall take, buy, sell, expose for sale, or have
   in possession any dab (Rhombosolea monopus, Günther) of a
   less size than eight inches in length from the tip of the nose
   to the end of the tail; and this regulation shall have force
   and effect within the waters of that portion of the Hauraki
   Gulf lying to the southward of a line drawn from Cape Col-
   ville to Wanga Point, Wangaparaoa Peninsula, and on the
   shores of such waters and any part thereof, or that may be
   contiguous or adjacent to such waters.

2. Any person committing a breach of the above regulation
   shall be liable to a penalty of not less than one pound
   and not exceeding fifty pounds.

3. Every penalty imposed by these regulations may be
   recovered in a summary manner before any two or more
   Justices of the Peace.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations for Netting Trout in the Lakes in the Mac-
kenzie County.

ONSLOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this sixth
day of March, 1891.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred by
"The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884," His Excell-
lency 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 Mackenzie 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, super-
sede all regulations at variance therewith.

REGULATIONS.

1. UNTIL otherwise ordered by His Excellency the Governor,
   the Geraldine County 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 Mackenzie County, 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 county 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 county, or within one
   mile of the mouth of any river, stream, or creek within the
   said county.

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 the twenty-fourth day
   of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety, 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 said 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 said 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 salmonidae between the third day of
    April in any year and the first day of November following,
    whether the same have been caught, or frozen, or procured
    before the thirty-first day of March previous in the district to
    which these regulations relate, or in any other district subject
    to the provisions of the Act with respect to the taking of
    salmonidae for acclimatisation purposes or for pisciculture.

12. The said society, through their officers, rangers, inspectors,
    constables, or any other person duly authorised, shall have full
    power at any time to inspect, examine, and search for any nets,
    spears, tackle, engines, boats, or any utensils or instruments
    used and employed for the taking of fish within the area of the
    said district, or for conveying same and carrying same, and to
    seize on behalf of the Commissioner all and every such nets,
    spears, tackle, engines, boats, or any utensils or instruments so
    used and employed in contravention of these regulations; and
    also to seize as aforesaid all and every fish caught and in
    possession of any person during the close season, or in possession
    of any person who cannot or does not produce on demand a
    license under the hand of the Secretary of the said society.

13. The moneys realised by the leasing of the lakes for the
    purpose of taking lake trout shall be placed by the Chairman
    of the said society to the credit of a separate fund, called
    "The Geraldine District Acclimatisation Fund,"

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