Regulations and Appointments




July 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2179

of a building shall at any time be erected on either side of
the said street within a distance of thirty-three feet from
the centre of the said street.

SCHEDULE.

That street known as Hamilton Road, in the Wellington
Land District and in the City of Wellington, commencing
at the northern boundary of Section 43, Kilbirnie, 5½ chains
from Busaco Road, and proceeding in a north-east direction
for a distance of about 32 chains to its junction with
Victoria Road, Kilbirnie; as the said street is more particu-
larly delineated on the plan marked R. 8893, deposited in
the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in
the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured pink.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Revoking Regulations for Trout-fishing in Auckland Accli-
matization District, and making others in lieu thereof.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-
second day of July, 1907.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by section five of “The Fisheries Con-
servation Act, 1884” (hereinafter termed “the said
Act”), it is, among other things, enacted that the Governor
in Council may from time to time make, alter, and revoke
regulations, which shall have force and effect only in any
waters or places specified in such Order in Council:

And whereas by Order in Council dated the twenty-
eighth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and four,
and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 88, of the
third day of November, in the same year, certain regula-
tions were made under the said Act providing for trout-
fishing in the Auckland Acclimatisation District (hereinafter
called “the said district”):

And whereas by Order in Council dated the first day of
March, one thousand nine hundred and six, and published
in the New Zealand Gazette No. 18, of the eighth day of
March, in the same year, certain regulations amending the
regulations then existing for trout-fishing in the said dis-
trict were made under the provisions of the said Act:

And whereas it is expedient to revoke the said regulations
of the twenty-eighth day of October, one thousand nine
hundred and four, and the first day of March, one thousand
nine hundred and six, in so far as the same relate to the
said district as hereinafter described, and to make other
regulations in lieu thereof:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the
Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers of the
said Act, and of all other powers enabling him in that
behalf, and acting by and with the consent of the Executive
Council of the said colony, doth hereby revoke the said
regulations of the twenty-eighth day of October, one thou-
sand nine hundred and four, and the first day of March,
one thousand nine hundred and six, and doth make the
following regulations for the said district, which said dis-
trict includes the Counties of Rodney, Waitemata, Eden,
Manukau, Coromandel, Thames, Ohinemuri, Raglan, Wai-
kato, Waipa, Kawhia, Awakino, Waitomo, and in that part
of each of the Counties of Piako and West Taupo lying
north of a right line extending south-westerly from the
summit of Puwhenua Mountain, at the easternmost corner
of Piako County, to the summit of Rangitoto Mountain:—

REGULATIONS.

  1. Licenses to fish for Salmonidæ or trout in all waters
    within the said district shall be issued under the hand of
    the secretary of the Auckland Acclimatisation Society
    (hereinafter termed “the said society”), or any one duly
    authorised by such secretary in that behalf. Such licenses
    shall be whole-season, half-season, or day licenses.

  2. Every such whole-season license shall entitle the holder
    thereof to fish as aforesaid in all the waters of the said dis-
    trict for a period extending from the 1st day of November
    in any one year to the 30th day of April in the year follow-
    ing, both days included, subject, however, to the special
    limitations and restrictions hereinafter provided.

  3. Every half-season license shall entitle the holder
    thereof to fish as aforesaid in the waters of the said district
    for a period extending from the 20th day of December in
    any one year to the 30th day of April in the following year.

  4. Every day license shall entitle the holder thereof to
    fish as aforesaid in the waters of the said district during
    and throughout any one day of twenty-four hours therein
    specified within the period aforesaid.

  5. The rights, powers, and privileges conferred upon
    holders of such aforesaid licenses shall be exercised subject
    to the provisions of the said Act, and to the regulations
    made or hereafter to be made thereunder during the cur-
    rency of such licenses, and to regulations made or hereafter
    to be made as aforesaid in force in or affecting any particular
    acclimatisation district, or having special reference to any
    particular water, stream, river, or lake: Provided always
    that the secretary of the said society, or any person autho-
    rised by him as aforesaid, shall not be compelled to issue a
    license to any person who within two years previously to
    the date of his application therefor has been convicted, or
    shall have been convicted, of any breach of the provisions of
    the said Act or the regulations thereunder, or of any act
    relating to Salmonidæ or trout fishing, or any regulations
    thereunder.

  6. Licenses shall be issued by the said society at the
    following rates: For men—whole-season licenses, 20s.;
    half-season licenses, 12s. 6d.; day licenses, 2s. 6d. For
    women—whole-season licenses, 5s.; half-season licenses,
    3s. 6d.; day licenses, 1s. 6d. For boys attending school or
    under the age of sixteen years—whole-season licenses, 5s.;
    half-season licenses, 3s. 6d.; day licenses, 1s. 6d. Such
    licenses shall be in the form or to the effect set forth in the
    Schedule hereto.

  7. The holder of any such license as aforesaid may fish as
    aforesaid with one rod and line only, and may use a landing-
    net or gaff to secure any Salmonidæ or trout caught with
    such rod and line.

  8. No person shall use any bait or lure other than the
    natural or artificial fly, or natural or artificial minnow, and
    any small indigenous fish, insect, grasshopper, beetle, spider,
    caterpillar, or creeper. The use of shellfish, koura, or other
    crustacean, or of worms, shall be a breach of this regula-
    tion.

  9. No license shall be transferable, or be deemed to au-
    thorise any person other than the person named therein to
    fish.

  10. The period from the 1st day of May in one year to the
    31st day of October in the year following, both days inclusive,
    is hereby appointed a close season, during which it shall be
    unlawful for any person to fish for or to take Salmonidæ or
    trout, or to in any way injure or disturb the same. No
    person shall have in his possession, whether frozen, chilled,
    or otherwise, any Salmonidæ or trout between the 5th day of
    May in one year and the 1st day of November in the year
    following: Provided that this regulation shall not apply to
    any fish taken by officers of the Government or by officers
    of the said society for purposes of acclimatisation.

  11. No person shall cast or throw into any stream or
    waters in the said district in which Salmonidæ or trout
    exist or have been liberated, nor shall allow to flow into or
    place in or 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: Provided that nothing
    herein contained shall extend to or prohibit the depositing
    in any such stream or waters of débris from any mining
    claim.

  12. No person shall fish for Salmonidæ or trout without a
    license; and every person fishing in any such waters shall,
    on demand of any Ranger, constable, officer of the said
    society, or person producing a license to fish issued in New
    Zealand, give his true name and place of residence, either
    permanent or for the time being, and on the like demand
    produce and show to such Ranger, constable, officer of the
    said society, or person producing a license as aforesaid, his
    license to fish, and the contents of his creel, bag, or other
    receptacle for carrying fish, and also the bait or lure used
    or intended to be used by him for taking, catching, or killing
    such Salmonidæ or trout.

  13. Every trout not exceeding ten inches in length from
    tip of nose to tip of tail taken or caught by any person shall
    immediately be returned alive, with as little damage or hurt
    as possible, into the water from which the same has been
    taken.

  14. No hand-line, night-line, or cross-line fishing, stroke-
    hauling, trimmer, or any other unsportsmanlike device, shall
    be used for the purpose of taking or attempting to take,
    catch, kill, or capture Salmonidæ or trout; nor shall any of
    the hereinbefore-mentioned permitted baits or lures be pre-
    pared or used with any medicated or chemical preparation
    whatever.

  15. Except as provided in Regulation 7, no person shall
    fish with or use any net or engine, instrument, or device of
    any kind whatever for taking or attempting to take fish in
    any lake, river, or stream within the said district, or at the
    mouth or entrance of any such lake, river, or stream.

  16. For the purposes of these regulations a lake and the
    mouth of a river or stream shall respectively be deemed to
    include every outlet of such lake, river, or stream respec-



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