SEPT. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1513

Amended Regulations for Trout-fishing, Nelson District.

GLASGOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this seventh day of September, 1896.

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 first day of October in any one year to the last day of March 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 Honorary Secretary of the said society may issue licenses to women for the sum of five shillings each, and to boys under the age of sixteen years for the sum of five shillings each.

3. The Honorary 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.

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

5. 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.

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

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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.

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

12. 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.

Powers delegated to the Hororata Domain Board under “The Public Domains Act, 1881.”

GLASGOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this seventh day of September, 1896.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by “The Public Domains Act, 1881,” His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council thereof, doth hereby revoke a certain Order in Council, dated the twenty-seventh day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, making delegation of certain powers in manner as therein appears; and doth, with the like advice and consent, by this present Order, delegate, but only with respect to the piece or parcel of land described in the Schedule hereto, all the powers conferred by the Act first above mentioned, except the powers under or conferred by sections five and twelve thereof, to the under-mentioned persons, who shall be known as the Hororata Domain Board, namely,—

Hon. Sir JOHN HALL,
JOHN EDWIN FOUNTAINE,
THOMAS BROWNIE,
EDWARD BEALEY,
RICHARD MAFFEY,
JESSE PRESTAGE, and
GODFREY HALL

(hereinafter referred to as “the Board”), subject to the stipulations hereinafter contained, that is to say,—

1. The Board shall meet for the transaction of business on the first Monday in each month, at seven o’clock p.m., at Hororata, or at such other time or place as may from time to time be fixed by the Board. The first meeting shall be held on Monday, the fifth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.

2. Special meetings may be convened by the Chairman or by any two members of the Board, provided that two days’ notice of such meeting be given to each member, specifying the business to be transacted at such special meeting, and no other business than that so specified shall be transacted at such meeting.

3. Any three of the said Board shall form a quorum. Any meeting may be adjourned from time to time.

4. The members of the Board shall, at their first meeting, and thereafter at an annual meeting to be held on the third Monday in January in every succeeding year thereafter, elect one of themselves to be Chairman, who may join in the discussion, and shall have an original as well as a casting vote. The Chairman shall hold office until the election of his successor.

5. If at any meeting the Chairman is not present at the time appointed for holding the same, the members present shall choose some one of their number to be chairman of such meeting.

6. If, by resignation, death, or incapacity, or otherwise, the office of Chairman shall be or become vacant, the members may at any monthly or special meeting appoint a Chairman.

7. All questions shall be determined by the majority of votes of the members of the Board present at a meeting.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Canterbury Land District, situate in the Hororata District, being reserves numbered respectively 1589 and 2217, known as the Hororata Recreation-grounds, containing by admeasurement 227 acres, more or less, the boundary whereof commences at the north-west corner of section numbered 18164; thence north-westerly along a road-line a distance of about 42 chains; thence south-easterly along another road-line a distance of about 94 chains 10 links; thence north-easterly along section numbered 12591 a distance of 22 chains 28 links; thence north-westerly along sections numbered 12576 and 18164, distances respectively of about 27 chains 60 links and 5 chains; and from thence returning north-easterly along the latter section, a distance of about 41 chains, to the commencing-point: save and excepting reserve numbered 1074, situate within the boundaries of the land above described: as the same is delineated on the map in the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.