No. 144. 3661

SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1917.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1917.

Amending General Regulations under Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this twenty-first day of September, 1917.

Present:
The Right Honourable W. F. Massey, P.C., presiding in Council.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the twenty-third day of August, one thousand nine hundred and seven and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 76, of the twenty-ninth day of the same month, general regulations were made for fishing for salmon, trout, and perch: And whereas it is desirable to amend the said regulations:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by section eighty-three of the Fisheries Act, 1908 (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby make the following additional general regulations for the purposes of the said Act.

REGULATIONS.

1. For the purposes of these regulations the Waitaki and Rangitata Rivers (and such other rivers and lakes as shall from time to time be proclaimed) shall be deemed to be salmon rivers, in which rivers the species known as quinnat salmon (Oncorhynchus tschawytscha) may be taken.

2. In all salmon rivers the season when trout may be taken shall begin on the 1st day of October, and the season when quinnat salmon may be taken shall begin on the 15th day of January, and the season when both salmon and trout may be taken shall end on the 15th day of April in any year, provided that in any year when the Tuesday next after Easter Monday falls on a date later than the 15th day of April the season for that year shall be extended to include such date.

3. Ordinary trout licenses for fishing in non-salmon rivers and lakes shall be issued for the period from the 1st day of October in any one year to the 30th day of April in the following year.

4. No person holding a trout license shall fish in a salmon river after the 15th day of January in any year unless and until he obtains a salmon license as hereinafter provided. Any person desiring to fish for trout in a salmon river after the 15th day of January must also take out a salmon license, and his trout and salmon licenses shall entitle him to fish to the end of the then current season.

5. Licenses to fish for trout and perch may be issued by the secretary of any duly registered acclimatization society, or by any one authorized by such secretary in that behalf, and such licenses shall entitle the person named therein to fish in every acclimatization district from the 1st day of October in any one year to the 30th day of April in the year following; provided that for any river which is declared a salmon river the season shall end on the 15th day of April, or the Tuesday next after Easter Monday, if it falls on a date later than the 15th day of April in any year.

6. Licenses for taking salmon and trout shall be issued at the following rates, viz.:

A salmon license shall be issued only to the holder of a trout license, which must be produced and endorsed.

For trout the licenses for men shall be £1 for the whole trout season from the 1st October to the 30th April, except in salmon rivers as mentioned in clause 4.

For salmon the licenses for men shall be a further fee of 10s. for the salmon season from the 15th January to the 15th April.

Licenses for non-residents of New Zealand shall be £1 for the trout season for a trout license in any acclimatization district, and £1 for a salmon license available over all salmon rivers during the salmon season.

Licenses for women and for boys attending school or under sixteen years of age, 5s. for the whole trout season, and 5s. for the salmon season, for salmon rivers only. Free trout and salmon licenses, for such period as is considered desirable during the trout or salmon season, may be granted to invalided convalescent soldiers, on the recommendation of the District Health Officer; and at the close of the period specified such licenses shall be returned to the authority issuing them