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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 84

reel ; nor shall any set rod or line be used for taking trout or
perch in any of the waters or streams aforesaid.
6. No license shall authorise any person other than the
person named therein to fish.
7. No person shall have in his possession any of the Sal-
monidæ or trout between the first 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 acclimatisation.
8. No person shall cast or throw into any stream or waters
in which trout or salmon exist or have been liberated, or
shall allow to flow into or place near the bank or margin of
any such stream or waters, any sawdust or sawmill refuse,
lime, sheep-dip, flax-mill refuse, or any other matter or
liquid that is noxious, poisonous, or injurious to fish : Pro-
vided that nothing herein contained shall extend to prohibit
the depositing in such stream of debris from any mining claim.
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
alive into the water from which the same is taken.
10. No person shall fish for trout or perch without a license ;
and every person fishing shall, on the demand of any Ranger,
constable, officer of the said society, or of any person producing
a license, produce and show to such Ranger, officer, constable,
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.
11. 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.
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 any instrument, or device, or means for taking
fish 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 five hundred yards 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 regulations
shall not be less than forty shillings or more than fifty pounds.
17. If any person shall be convicted of an offence against
these regulations, the license (if any) held by the offender
shall thereupon become void.

SCHEDULE.
LICENSE TO FISH.

“ Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,” and Amendments.
The holder of this license [Name in full], of [Address], [Calling
or occupation], having this day paid the sum of
, is hereby authorised to fish for trout and perch within the
Westland Acclimatisation District from the
day of
, 19
, to the
day of
, 19
, subject
to the said Acts and to the regulations made thereunder for
the time being in force in the said district.
Dated at
, this
day of
, 19
.
Secretary,
Acclimatisation Society.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Excepting Land from the Operation of Section 117 of “ The
Native Land Court Act, 1894.”

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this eighteenth
day of September, 1905.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by section four of “ The Native Land
Laws Amendment Act, 1895,” it is enacted that the
Governor may, by Order in Council, except from the opera-
tion of section one hundred and seventeen of “ The Native
Land Court Act, 1894 ” (hereinafter called “ the said Act ”),
for a limited period or otherwise, and either generally or
for such purposes and subject to such restrictions as shall
be in such Order specified, any land, wheresoever situate,
which is for the time being subject to the operation of the
said section, or any interest therein or right over the same,
or may in like manner make such exception in favour exclu-
sively of any lessee or other person who has been bond fide
in occupation of and has made improvements on such land,
or has paid money to Native owners for lease or purchase
thereof, prior to the passing of the said Act : Provided that
no Order in Council under the provisions of this section
shall take effect until after the expiration of two months
from the date of the publication thereof in the Gazette :
Provided also that every alienation under the provisions of
this section shall be confirmed by the Court in terms of
section fifty-three of the said Act :

And whereas the Ikaroa District Maori Land Council,
by a recommendation made on the twenty-third day of May,
one thousand nine hundred and five, and received on
the twenty-ninth day of June, one thousand nine hundred
and five, has recommended the Governor to except from the
operation of section one hundred and seventeen of “ The
Native Land Court Act, 1894,” for the purpose of aliena-
tion by way of sale, the block of land known as Pahaoa
No. 4b. containing seven hundred and sixty-eight acres three
roods twelve perches. more or less :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the
Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the
power and authority conferred upon him by section four of
“ The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1895,” and acting
by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council
of the said colony, doth hereby except from the operation of
section one hundred and seventeen of “ The Native Land
Court Act, 1894,” for the purpose of alienation by way of
sale, the block or parcel of land, situate in the Wellington
Land District, containing seven hundred and sixty-eight
acres three roods twelve perches, more or less, known as
Pahaoa No. 4b, and being the land comprised in partition
order of the Native Land Court dated the twenty-fourth
day of November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-
seven, in favour of Rawinia te Huki and others.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Excepting Land from the Operation of Section 117 of “ The
Native Land Court Act, 1894.”

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this eighteenth
day of September, 1905.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by section four of “ The Native Land
Laws Amendment Act, 1895,” it is enacted that the
Governor may, by Order in Council, except from the opera-
tion of section one hundred and seventeen of “ The Native
Land Court Act, 1894 ” (hereinafter called “ the said Act ”),
for a limited period or otherwise, and either generally or
for such purposes and subject to such restrictions as shall
be in such Order specified, any land, wheresoever situate,
which is for the time being subject to the operation of the
said section, or any interest therein or right over the same,
or may in like manner make such exception in favour exclu-
sively of any lessee or other person who has been bond fide
in occupation of and has made improvements on such land,
or has paid money to Native owners for lease or purchase
thereof, prior to the passing of the said Act : Provided that
no Order in Council under the provisions of this section
shall take effect until after the expiration of two months
from the date of the publication thereof in the Gazette :
Provided also that every alienation under the provisions of
this section shall be confirmed by the Court in terms of
section fifty-three of the said Act :

And whereas the Waikato District Maori Land Council,
by recommendations made and passed by the said Council
on the fifteenth day of December, one thousand nine hun-
dred and four, and received on the thirteenth day of July,
one thousand nine hundred and five, has recommended the
Governor to except from the operation of section one
hundred and seventeen of “ The Native Land Court Act,
1894,” the block or parcel of land particularised and set