All in the Land District of Auckland; as the same are more
particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 20367,
deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at
Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and
thereon coloured as above.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right
Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly;
Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George;
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over
His Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its
Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the
said Colony, at the Government House, at Wel-
lington, this tenth day of August, in the year of
our Lord one thousand nine hundred and three.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Regulations (Amended) for Trout and Perch Fishing, Hawke's
Bay Acclimatisation District.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER. IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-
eighth day of July, 1903.
Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
IN pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him
by "The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884," His Excel-
lency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting
by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Coun-
cil of the said colony, doth hereby make the following regu-
lations for the Hawke's Bay Acclimatisation District and
the waters thereof, and doth hereby declare that these regu-
lations shall, as from the date of the publication thereof
in the New Zealand Gazette, supersede all regulations for
the said district at variance therewith.

REGULATIONS.

1. Licenses to fish for trout and perch in all waters
   within that district or part of the North Island known
   as the Hawke's Bay Acclimatisation District, comprising
   the Counties of Waipawa, Woodville, Patangata, Weber,
   Hawke's Bay, East Taupo, and part of the County of
   Wairoa, may be issued under the hand of the Secretary
   of the Hawke's Bay Acclimatisation Society (hereinafter
   termed "the said society"), or any one authorised by the
   said Secretary in that behalf: Provided that the Secretary
   may refuse to issue a license to any person who within
   the previous two years has been convicted of any breach
   of the provisions of any Act relating to fishing for trout or
   perch, or of any regulation made thereunder.

2. For every such license a fee of twenty shillings will be
   charged. Licenses may also be issued to boys attending
   school or under the age of sixteen, or to women, at
   a reduced fee of five shillings for each license so issued;
   but no license shall confer any right of entry upon the
   land of any person without his consent : Provided that
   it shall be lawful for the said Secretary or his deputy, in
   any case where application is made for a license on or
   after the first day of January in any year, to issue a
   license to any man for the sum of twelve shillings and
   sixpence, but so that such license shall extend only from
   the time of granting the same until the termination of the
   then trout-fishing season.

3. The Secretary of the said society, or his deputy,
   may issue special licenses for one month or part of one
   month 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 five shillings: Provided that this payment may be
   remitted if the applicant be a member of or hold a valid
   license from 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 first day of October in
   any year to the fifteenth day of April in the following year,
   both inclusive; but every such license shall be for one
   season only, and shall expire on the fifteenth day of April
   following the date on which it is issued.

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

6. No person shall have in his possession any of the
   salmonidae or trout between the sixteenth day of April and
   the thirtieth day of September in any year, which period is
   hereby appointed a close season for all such fish: Provided
   always that this regulation shall not apply to fish caught by
   the officers of the said society for purposes of acclimatisa-
   tion.

7. No person shall put, throw, or place, or allow to be put,
   thrown, or placed, into any river or stream, or at the mouth
   or entrance of any such river or stream, 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 re-
   turned alive into the water from which the same is taken.

9. No person shall fish for trout or perch 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, produce and show to such Ranger, member, 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
   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
    eight 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 thirtieth day of September
    in any year.

12. No cross-line fishing, stroke-hauling, or any other un-
    sportsmanlike 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
    salmon, or trout, or perch 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-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.

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 regula-
    tions 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.

ALEX. WILLIS,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

Consenting to closing Road in Waikohu Survey District.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this seventh
day of August, 1903.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by section twelve, subsection one, of "The
Public Works Acts Amendment Act, 1900," it is
enacted that a local authority shall not declare any county
or district road to be stopped, and such road shall not be
deemed to be stopped, until the consent thereto of the
Governor by Order in Council gazetted is obtained :

And whereas the Cook County Council has applied
for such consent in respect to the road described in the
Schedule hereto:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and in exercise of the above-
in-part-recited 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 Executive Council of the said colony, doth
hereby consent to the Cook County Council closing the
road mentioned in the Schedule hereto.