Numb. 84. 1715

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1897.

Regulations for Trout-fishing, Buller District.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-
seventh day of September, 1897.

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-
tions for the County of Buller, 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
   County of Buller, 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 Buller
   Acclimatisation Society, and for every such license a fee of
   twenty shillings shall be charged: Provided that it shall
   not be obligatory upon the said Honorary Secretary to issue
   a license: Provided, further, that it shall be lawful for the
   said Honorary Secretary to issue licenses for the whole
   season to women 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 20th day of
   December in any year for the sum of twelve shillings and
   sixpence each.

2. The Honorary Secretary of the said society may issue
   day licenses to bonâ fide travellers and strangers not residing
   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 con-
   stable, 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 person shall use any net or other engine, instru-
   ment, or device, except as aforesaid, 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.

6. For the purpose 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.

7. 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.

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

9. These regulations shall come into force as from the
   date of publication in the Gazette.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Native Land proposed to be taken for Drainage-works in the
Manawatu Drainage District.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twentieth
day of September, 1897.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto
is required to be taken for a public work, to wit, the
construction of a drain in the Manawatu Drainage District:
And whereas the said land is held or occupied by Native
owners under a title which is not derived from the Crown:
And whereas a map in duplicate has been prepared of the
said land by the Manawatu Drainage Board, as required by
the eighty-eighth section of "The Public Works Act, 1894":
Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers
vested in him by the eighty-eighth section of the said Act,
and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this
behalf, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New
Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Execu-
tive Council of the said colony, doth hereby declare that
the land shown upon such map, and described in the
Schedule hereto, shall be deemed to be taken for the purpose
of the said drain, and the said land shall vest in the Mana-