Oct. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2535

a day license to any one applying for the same on payment of a fee of two shillings and sixpence for each day's fishing. The several forms of license shall be those set forth in the Second Schedule hereto.

3. Any holder of a license may fish for trout in the above-named waters from the first day of November in any year to the thirty-first day of May in the following year, both inclusive; but every such license shall be for one season only, and shall expire on the thirty-first day of May following the date on which it was issued, subject, however, to the special limitations and restrictions hereinafter mentioned.

4. Trout shall not be fished for, taken, or killed otherwise than with one rod and line; but a landing-net or gaff may be used to secure any trout caught with such rod and line. No lures or baits other than natural or artificial flies, insects, or fish shall be used with such rod and line, nor shall any of the said lures or baits be used except upon a running line attached to a rod and reel; nor shall any set rod or line be used for taking trout in any of the waters aforesaid.

5. No person shall use any bait or lure other than artificial fly in any of the streams following—namely, the Kaituna Stream from Lake Rotoiti to the electric-power station at the Okere Falls, the Waimakariri Stream, the Tahuna-atara or Whangapoa Stream, and the Ohau Channel.

6. No person shall use any bait or lure other than artificial fly within a radius of three hundred yards of the mouths (or outlets, as the case may be) of the following rivers, springs, or streams—namely, the Utuhina, the Fairy Spring, the Waihiro, the Ngongotaha, the Awahou, the Hamurana, the Ohau Channel, and the Waingaehe, flowing into or from Lake Rotorua; the Ohau Channel, the Kaituna, the Wai-iti, and the Toroa, flowing into Lake Rotoiti; all streams flowing into Lakes Rotoehu and Rotoma; the Wairoa, flowing from Lake Rotokakahi; and the Tarawera River, flowing from Lake Tarawera.

7. No person shall use any bait or lure other than artificial fly within a radius of three hundred yards from Te Ngae sunken reef in Lake Rotorua, as indicated by posts in the water.

8. No license shall be transferable, or be deemed to authorise any person other than the person named therein to fish.

9. No person shall take, fish for, or catch any Salmonidæ or trout, or in any way injure or disturb the same, between the first day of June and the thirty-first day of October in any year, which period is hereby appointed a close season for all such fish. No person shall have in his possession any Salmonidæ or trout between the fifth day of June and the first day of November following, whether frozen, chilled, or not: Provided always that this regulation shall not apply to fish caught by the General Manager, or his appointee, or officers of the Marine Department, for purposes of acclimatisation.

10. 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: Provided that nothing herein contained shall extend to prohibit the depositing in such stream of débris from any mining claim.

11. 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.

12. No person shall fish for trout without a license; and every person fishing shall, on the demand of any Ranger, constable, officer of the Department of Tourist and Health Resorts, or of any person producing a license, give his true name and place of residence, and, on the like demand, 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.

13. Every trout not exceeding ten 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.

14. No cross-line fishing, stroke-hauling, or any other unsportsmanlike device shall be used for the purpose of taking, catching, or killing trout; nor shall any of the above-mentioned baits be used with any medicated or chemical preparation whatever.

15. Except as aforesaid, no person shall fish with or use any net, or any instrument, or device, or means for taking Salmonidæ or trout in any lake, river, or stream within the district aforesaid, or at the mouth or entrance of any such river or stream.

16. No fishing of the form known as trolling or spinning a bait from a boat, launch, or canoe shall be practised in Lakes Rotorua, Rotoiti, Rotoehu, Rotoma, and Tarawera within a radius of three hundred yards of the mouths (or outlets, as the case may be) of any of the following rivers, springs, or streams flowing into or from the said lakes or either of them—namely, the Utuhina, the Fairy Spring, the Ngongotaha, the Waiteti, the Awahou, the Hamurana, the Kaituna, the Waimakariri, the Tahunaatara or Whangapoa Stream, the Wairoa, the Tarawera River (outlet), the Ohau Channel (both inlet and outlet), and all streams flowing into Lakes Rotoehu and Rotoma.

17. 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 1st day of December in any one year to the thirty-first day of March in the year following, both days inclusive.

18. 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 from the Wairoa Stream between the waterfalls and Lake Tarawera.

19. No person shall buy, sell, or expose or offer for sale, or shall fish for the purpose of obtaining for sale, any trout, or any part thereof.

20. No person shall take or catch more than twenty-five fish or fifty pounds weight of trout in any one day, except in the case of Lake Okataina, where not more than fifteen fish or thirty pounds weight of trout may be taken in any one day.

21. The penalty for the breach of any of these regulations shall not be less than forty shillings or more than fifty pounds.

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

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FIRST SCHEDULE.

ROTORUA ACCLIMATISATION DISTRICT.

ALL that area bounded towards the north generally by the Tauranga County from the north-eastern boundary of Piako County to the sea; thence by the sea to the north-western corner of Opotiki County; thence towards the east generally by Opotiki and Cook Counties and the sea to Moearangi; thence towards the south generally by the leading spur and the southern watershed of the Waikare River to Taraponui Mountain; thence by the leading spur to the confluence of the Mohaka River with the Waipunga River; thence by a right line to Tatarakino Mountain; thence by the eastern watershed of the Mokomokonui Stream to Pohokuna Mountain; thence by a line running due east to the Pukahunui Stream; thence by the leading spur and the western watershed of the Te Hoe River to Maungataniwha Trig. Station; thence by the north-eastern boundary of Heruwi No. 4 Block to the northern boundary of the Wairoa County; thence by the Wairoa County to the Napier-Taupo Road; thence by Hawke's Bay, Rangitikei, and Waimarino Counties to the Wanganui River; thence towards the west generally by the Wanganui River to its confluence with the Ongaruhe River; thence by the Ongaruhe River to its source; thence by a right line to the summit of Mount Rangitoto; thence by a right line to the summit of Puwhenua Mountain; thence by Piako County to the southern boundary of Tauranga County, the place of commencement.

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SECOND SCHEDULE.

MAN'S [WOMAN'S] [BOY'S] [HALF-SEASON] [[DAY] LICENSE TO FISH.

"The Fisheries Act, 1908."

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 within the Rotorua Acclimatisation District from the
day of
19
, to the
day of
, 19
, subject to the said Act and to the regulations made thereunder for the time being in force in the said district.

Dated at
, this
day of
, 19
.

………………, General Manager, Department of Tourist and Health Resorts.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council