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waters of the Clarence River which are within the County of Marlborough, will be issued under the hand of the Secretary of the Marlborough Acclimatisation Society, at Blenheim, and for every such license a fee of twenty shillings will be charged: Provided that it shall not be obligatory upon the said Secretary 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 any year to the thirty-first day of March in the year following inclusive, between the hours of five a.m. and ten p.m. only, but no such license shall confer any right of entry upon the land of any person without his consent.

3. No person shall fish for, take, catch, or kill, or have in his possession, or attempt to fish for, take, catch, or kill, in any manner whatever, any of the salmonidæ or trout, except during the above-named period.

4. Every such license shall entitle the person named therein to fish with one rod and line only, and with the following baits: Natural or artificial fly, natural or artificial minnow, silveries, bullies (Eleotris gobioides), grasshoppers, spiders, caterpillars, creepers, and worms.

5. No person shall use any other bait, or any method, device, or contrivance of any sort or kind whatever, for the purpose of fishing for, taking, catching, or killing trout, except a rod and line, and a landing-net or gaff for fish taken with rod and line.

6. 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 baits above mentioned be used with any medicated or chemical preparation whatever.

7. No person shall fish without a license, and every person fishing shall, on demand of any ranger, constable, member of the Acclimatisation 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 trout.

8. Every trout not exceeding eight 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.

9. 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.

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

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

R. WALROND,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations for Trout-fishing, Nelson District.

ONSLOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Christchurch, this thirty-first day of October, 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 Counties of Waimea and Collingwood, together with all town districts and boroughs therein, 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. Any holder of a license as hereinafter mentioned may fish for trout with one rod and line, and may use a landing-net to secure any trout caught with such rod and line, in the Counties of Waimea and Collingwood, together with all town districts and boroughs therein, and the waters thereof, from the fifteenth day of October in any one year to the last day of February in the following year, both inclusive. Such licenses will be issued under the hand of the Honorary Secretary of the Nelson Acclimatisation Society, and for every such license a fee of ten shillings will be charged.

2. The Secretary of the said society may issue day licenses to bonâ fide travellers and strangers not resident within the district aforesaid, on payment of a fee of two shillings and sixpence for each day’s fishing.

3. No license shall authorise any person other than the person named therein to fish.

4. Any person fishing either without a license, or who shall, on demand of any person holding and showing a license, or on demand of any ranger, police officer, or constable, fail to produce and show to such person, ranger, police officer, or constable his license, or the contents of his creel, basket, or bag, shall be liable to a penalty of not less than twenty shillings and not exceeding twenty pounds.

5. No cross-line fishing, stroke-hauling, or any other unsportsmanlike device shall be used for the purpose of taking, catching, or killing trout.

6. All trout not exceeding seven inches in length taken by any person shall be immediately returned alive to the water; and any person convicted of infringing this regulation shall be liable to a penalty of not less than twenty shillings and not exceeding twenty pounds.

7. Except as aforesaid, no person shall fish 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; and all persons offending against this regulation shall be liable to a penalty of not less than forty shillings and not exceeding fifty pounds.

8. 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.

9. Any person who puts, throws, or places, or allows to be put, thrown, or placed, into any river or stream in the said district, or at the mouth or entrance of any such river or stream, any dynamite or other explosive substance, or any matter or liquid deleterious to fish, shall be liable to a penalty of not less than forty shillings and not exceeding fifty pounds.

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

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

R. WALROND,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Classification Commissioners appointed, Otago.

ONSLOW, Governor.

IN exercise and pursuance of the power and authorities vested in me by the ninth section of “The Land Acts Amendment Act, 1888,” I, William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

CHARLES WILLIAM ADAMS, Esquire,
HENRY CLARKE, Esquire, and
ANDREW MCKERROW, Esquire,

Commissioners to classify and report to me upon the rural land in the Land District of Otago known as the under-mentioned runs, as provided by section nine of “The Land Acts Amendment Act, 1888,” aforesaid:—

Runs Nos. 17, 140A, 199A, 199B, 201, 203A, 203B, 206A, 206D, 211, 211A, 213B, 213C, 215, 219, 219A, 219B, 219C, 226D, 226E, 227, 228A, 237, 237A, 237D, 237E, 247A, 248A, 249, 249B, 262, 262A, 262C, 262D, 308B, 308C. No. 1, Tuapeka; 34 and 35, Wakatipu; and 129, Clutha River Trust Endowment.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this thirty-first day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.

A. J. CADMAN,
For the Minister of Lands.

Trustee appointed for the Okato Public Cemetery.

ONSLOW, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the sixth section of “The Cemeteries Act, 1882,” I, William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

WILLIAM ANDREWS

to be a Trustee, in the place of Archibald William Henderson, to provide for the maintenance and care of the Okato Public Cemetery, in conjunction with the other persons appointed by warrant under the hand of His Excellency the Governor on the eighteenth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two.

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

A. J. CADMEN,
For the Minister of Lands.