Mar. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 741

Amending Regulations for Trout-fishing, Auckland Acclimatisation District.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this first day of March, 1906.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by an Order in Council dated the twenty-eighth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and four, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the third day of November, one thousand nine hundred and four, certain regulations were made under “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), providing for trout-fishing within the Auckland Acclimatisation District as therein defined: And whereas it is expedient to revoke numbers two, twelve, twenty, and twenty-four of the said regulations and to make other provisions in lieu thereof:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred by the said Act, and of all other powers enabling him in this behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby revoke the said regulations numbers two, twelve, twenty, and twenty-four, and in lieu thereof doth hereby order as follows:—

2. Every whole-season license shall entitle the holder to fish in all the waters of the said Auckland Acclimatisation District for the period extending from the first day of November in any one year to the thirtieth day of April in the year following, both days inclusive: subject, however, to the special limitations and restrictions hereinafter mentioned.

3. The period from the first day of May to the thirty-first day of October following, both days inclusive, is hereby appointed a close season, during which it shall be unlawful for any person to fish for or take any Salmonidæ or trout, or in any way to injure or disturb the same. No person shall have in his possession any Salmonidæ or trout between the first day of May and the first day of November following: Provided that this regulation shall not apply to fish taken by officers of the said society for purposes of acclimatisation.

4. Nothing herein contained, or contained in any license issued under these regulations, shall be deemed to authorise any person to fish for or take Salmonidæ or trout in any of the following streams or waters—namely, the Utuhina Stream, the Fairy Spring, the Ngongotaha Stream, the Waiteti Stream, the Awahou Stream, the Hamurana Spring and Stream—all being streams flowing into Lake Rotorua, except during the period extending from the first day of December in any one year to the thirty-first day of March in the year following, both days inclusive.

5. Notwithstanding anything in these or any other regulations contained, it shall be lawful for the said society to purchase trout in the County of Rotorua from holders of licenses, and to sell trout so purchased, and to establish a shop or depot for that purpose, and to appoint a manager or managers thereof: Provided always that the whole of the net profits from such buying and selling shall be devoted by the said society to the purposes of the distribution, rearing, cultivation, and protection of fish in the district of the said society, and an account of the receipts and expenditure of such buying and selling shall be shown in the annual statement of accounts of the said society.

And in pursuance of the like power and authority it is hereby declared that the foregoing regulations shall be read and construed as part of the said recited regulations of the twenty-eighth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and four.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations for Deer-shooting, Wanganui.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this first day of March, 1906.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

IN exercise of the powers vested in him by “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same (hereinafter called “the said Acts”), 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 respecting the deer-shooting season within the Wanganui District, comprising the Counties of Wanganui and Wai-totara, and hereinafter called “the said district.”

REGULATIONS.

1. FALLOW deer (bucks only) may be taken or killed within the said district from the 2nd day of April, 1906, to the 15th day of May, 1906, both days inclusive.

2. Licenses to kill such deer may be issued by the Chief Postmaster at Wanganui on payment of a license fee of twenty shillings, in the form prescribed in the Schedule hereto, and subject to the said Acts and these regulations. The number of such licenses shall not exceed thirty.

3. No licensee shall be allowed to take or kill more than two bucks, and no buck shall be killed carrying antlers with less than four points; and, further, the said Chief Postmaster shall not issue more than one license to take or kill deer to the same person.

4. No doe or fawn will be allowed to be killed on any pretext whatever, and no dogs will be allowed to accompany either the licensee or any attendant he may have with him.

5. The licensee must give notice to the said Chief Postmaster of the date on which it is his intention to stalk deer; such notice to be posted, or delivered, or telegraphed three clear days before such date.

6. Nothing herein contained shall extend to authorising any person to sell any deer or portion thereof.

SCHEDULE.

No. . License to take or kill Game (Deer).

£ , of , having this day paid the sum of , is hereby authorised to take or kill deer (bucks only) of not less than points within the District of , from the day of , 1906, to the day of , 1906, both days inclusive, subject to the provisions of “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the amendments thereof, and the regulations made thereunder.

Dated at , this day of , 190 .

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations for Deer-shooting, Otago.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this first day of March, 1906.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

IN exercise of the powers vested in him by “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same (hereinafter called “the said Acts”), 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 respecting the deer-shooting season within the Otago Acclimatisation District.

REGULATIONS.

1. LICENSES to shoot and kill deer (bucks or stags only) in the Otago Acclimatisation District, except within the area described in Regulation No. 6 of these regulations, will be issued under the hand of the Chief Postmaster at Dunedin, on the recommendation of the secretary of the Otago Acclimatisation Society, in the form prescribed in the Schedule hereto, and subject to the said Acts and these regulations. For every such license to kill red deer (stags only) a fee of £3 sterling will be charged; and no holder of any such license as aforesaid shall kill more than four stags under or by virtue of such license, and no stag with less than eight points shall be killed. And for every such license to kill fallow deer (bucks only) a fee of £2 sterling will be charged; and no holder of any such license as aforesaid shall kill more than four bucks under or by virtue of such license, and no buck with less than eight points shall be killed.

The said Chief Postmaster is hereby appointed and authorised to issue and sign the said licenses.

2. Every such license shall entitle the person named therein to kill fallow deer (bucks only), as provided in Regulation No. 1 of these regulations, from the 15th March, 1906, to the 30th April, 1906, and red deer (stags only), as provided