1044
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 68

Regulations for Trout- and Perch-fishing, Wellington Acclimatisation District.

ONSLOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-third day of September, 1891.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR 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 Wellington Acclimatisation 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 and perch in all waters within that district or part of the North Island comprised within the Counties of Hutt, Horowhenua, Wairarapa North, Wairarapa South, Pahiatua, Oroua, and Manawatu, together with all town districts and boroughs therein, may be issued under the hand of the Secretary of the Wellington Acclimatisation Society (hereinafter termed “the said society”), or any one authorised by the said Secretary in that behalf.

2. For every license to fish for trout and perch issued under the hand of the Secretary of the said society or his deputy a fee of twenty shillings will be charged. Licenses may also be issued to boys of the age of sixteen years or under, or to ladies, at a reduced fee of five shillings for every license so issued: Provided it shall not be obligatory on the said Secretary or his deputy to issue a license.

3. The Secretary of the said society may issue day licenses to bonâ fide travellers and strangers not resident within the district aforesaid, on their introduction to him by any two members of the said society, and on payment of a fee of two shillings and sixpence for each day’s fishing: Provided that this payment may be remitted if the applicant be a member of any other society in New Zealand which grants the like privilege.

4. Any holder of a license may fish with one rod and line for trout and perch, and may use a landing-net or gaff to secure any trout or perch caught with such rod and line, in the above-named waters, from the fifteenth day of September in any one year to the fifteenth day of April in the year following, both inclusive.

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

6. No person shall have in his possession any of the salmonidæ or trout between the sixteenth day of April and the fourteenth day of September, which period is hereby appointed a close season for all such fish: Provided always that this regulation shall not apply to fish caught by any person duly authorised by the Commissioner of Trade and Customs for purposes of acclimatisation.

7. No person shall put, throw, or place, or allow to be put, thrown or placed, into any river, stream, lake, or lagoon, or at the mouth or entrance of any such river, stream, lake, or lagoon, 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.

8. 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.

9. No person shall fish for trout or perch 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 or perch.

10. Every trout not exceeding nine 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.

11. No person shall take, catch, or kill any perch under six inches in length, nor shall perch be taken, caught, or killed at all, or had in possession of any person, between the sixteenth day of April and the fourteenth day of September in any year.

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

13. Except as aforesaid, no person shall fish with or use any net or other engine, instrument, or device for taking fish in any river or stream within the district aforesaid, or at the mouth or entrance of any such river or stream.

14. 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-third 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.

15. 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 perch, or any part thereof.

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

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

R. WALROND,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations for Trout-fishing in the Greymouth Acclimatisation District.

ONSLOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-third day of September, 1891.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR 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 Greymouth Acclimatisation District—which includes the Boroughs of Brunner and Greymouth, and the County of Grey—and the waters thereof; and doth hereby declare that these regulations shall, as from the day of the date hereof, supersede all regulations at variance therewith.

REGULATIONS.

1. LICENSES to fish for trout in all the waters of the Greymouth Acclimatisation District shall be issued under the hand of the Secretary of the Greymouth Acclimatisation Society (hereinafter termed “the said society”), at Greymouth, and for every such license a fee of twenty shillings will be charged: Provided that it shall not be obligatory upon the said 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 twenty-second day of September in any one year to the last day of February 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, silveries, bullies (Electris 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.

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 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.

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, except during the above-mentioned period.

9. No person shall buy, sell, or expose or offer for sale 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,