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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 71

exception of, that part of the Avon River running through
the Domain, from the bridge near the Hospital to the water-
course above the bend in the river near the Riccarton Road,
in which fishing is prohibited, provided that this pro-
hibition shall not extend to or include the Otautau River,
a tributary of the Aparima), will be issued by either of
the Secretaries of the Nelson, Marlborough, North Can-
terbury, Ashburton, South Canterbury, Geraldine, Waitaki-
Waimate, Otago, Lakes District, and Southland Aclima-
tisation Societies, and for every such license a fee of
twenty shillings will be charged: Provided that it shall not
be obligatory upon any of the said Secretaries to issue a
license: Provided further that it shall be lawful for any of
the said Secretaries to issue licenses for the whole season to
ladies for the sum of five shillings each; and to boys under
the age of sixteen years for the sum of ten shillings each;
and to men, on and after the twentieth day of December in
any year, for the sum of twelve shillings and sixpence each.
2. Licenses when issued as aforesaid for the whole season
shall entitle the person named therein to fish in any of the
said waters from the first day of October in any one year to
the fifteenth day of April in the year following; 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-mentioned 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 arti-
ficial minnow, and any small indigenous fish, grasshoppers,
beetles, 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 un-
sportsmanlike 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 prepara-
tion whatever.
7. No person shall take or attempt to take trout without a
license; and every person taking or attempting to take
trout shall, on demand of any ranger, constable, or person
producing a license, produce, and show to such ranger, con-
stable, 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 nine inches in length from
nose to tip of tail, taken or caught by any person, shall im-
mediately be returned alive into the water from which the
same is taken.
9. No person shall put, throw, or place, or allow to be put,
thrown, or placed, in any of the said waters, any sawdust or
sawmill refuse, or anything of any kind or description what-
ever poisonous, deleterious, or noxious to fish. This shall
not apply to débris or tailings from mining claims.
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 immediately be returned
to the water from whence it was taken.
11. No person other than is provided by the regulations
for taking lake trout shall sell, or expose or offer for sale, or
have in his possession for purpose of sale, within the district
to which these regulations relate, 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 same.
12. Any fish-dealer having on his business premises any of
the salmonidæ, trout, perch, or tench shall be deemed to
have them in his possession for purpose of sale.
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 land-
ing-net) in any of the rivers or streams in the said district,
or within half a mile of the mouth or entrance of any such
waters, except as may be provided in regulations authorising
the taking of lake trout.
14. Licenses to fish for perch and tench only in all the
waters of the Southern Acclimatisation District will be issued
by any of the Secretaries of the Nelson, Marlborough, North
Canterbury, Ashburton, South Canterbury, Geraldine, Wai-
taki-Waimate, Otago, Lakes District, and Southland Aclima-
tisation Societies, and for any such license a fee of five
shillings shall be paid: Provided that it shall not be
obligatory upon any of the said Secretaries to issue a
license: Provided further that a license to fish for trout
shall be deemed to include permission, subject to these re-
gulations, to fish for perch or tench.

15. No person shall take, catch, or kill any perch or tench
    under six inches in length, nor shall any perch or tench be
    taken, caught, or killed at all, or had in possession of any
    person, between the sixteenth day of April and the first day
    of December in any year.
16. The penalty for the breach of any of these regulations
    shall be not more than five pounds nor less than five shillings.
    ALEX. WILLIS,
    Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations for Trout-fishing, Southland District.

GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this seventh day
of September, 1892.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
IN pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him
by "The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884," His Ex-
cellency 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 regula-
for that portion of the Provincial District of Otago formerly
known as the Province of Southland, and the waters thereof,
with the exception of the Aparima River and its tributary
streams or waters, provided that licenses may be issued for
the tributary known as the Otautau River; 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 in any one river within the
   above area, with the exception of the Aparima River and its
   tributary streams or waters, provided that this exception shall
   not apply to the Otautau River, will be issued under the hand
   of the Secretary of the Southland Acclimatisation Society
   (hereinafter termed "the said society") at Invercargill, and
   for every such license a fee of ten shillings will be charged:
   Provided that the name of the river for which a license is
   issued hereunder shall be specified in the license, and that it
   shall not be obligatory upon the Secretary of the said society
   to issue a license.
2. Licenses when issued as aforesaid shall entitle the person
   named therein to fish in the river specified therein from the
   1st day of October in any one year to the 15th day of April
   in the year following; but no such license shall confer any
   right of entry upon the land of any person without his con-
   sent.
3. Licenses issued under this Order in Council shall be
   subject to the conditions imposed by the regulations for
   trout-fishing in the Southern Acclimatisation District, made
   by Order in Council of even date herewith, in so far as the
   same shall be applicable.
4. Any person committing a breach of any of the regula-
   tions hereby made as aforesaid shall be liable on conviction
   to a penalty not exceeding five pounds and not less than
   five shillings in each case.
   ALEX. WILLIS,
   Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations under "The Oyster Fisheries Act, 1892," for
North Island.

GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this seventh day
of September, 1892.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by "The Oyster Fisheries Act, 1892" (here-
inafter termed "the said Act"), it is, among 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 general
force and effect throughout the colony, or particular force
and effect only in any waters or places specified therein:
And whereas it is expedient to make the regulations herein
set forth:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers
conferred on 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, and that all regulations now in
force relating to oyster fisheries shall, from and after the
date aforesaid, be and the same are hereby revoked.