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and 140·6 links; towards the south by Nimmo Street, 673·6 links; and towards the west by Parnell Street, 505 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less. As the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 56691/4, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

Also that area in the Auckland Land District, being Sections Nos. 106 to 111 inclusive, Suburbs of Rawene (Block XIV, Mangamuka Survey District), and containing by admeasurement 16 acres 1 rood 36 perches, more or less. Bounded towards the north by D. Thierry Street, 1618·2 links; towards the east by Maning Street, the crossing of a public road, and again by the aforesaid street, 1101·1 links; towards the south by O.L.C. 63, granted to F. White, the crossing of the public road aforesaid, and again by O.L.C. 63 aforesaid, 2014·3 links; and towards the west by Russell Esplanade, 250·4, 462·5, and 309·6 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: excepting a public road, 100 links wide, intersecting the area. As the same is delineated on plan marked L. 1328, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council

Regulations for Trout-fishing, Opotiki Acclimatization District.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this first day of October, 1917.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by the Fisheries Act, 1908, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby make the following regulations for the Opotiki Acclimatization District, which consists of the County of Opotiki, together with all town districts and boroughs situate within the boundaries of such district, and the waters thereof; and doth hereby declare that these regulations shall, as from the date of this Order in Council, supersede all regulations at variance therewith.

REGULATIONS.

1. LICENSES to fish for trout in all the waters of the Opotiki Acclimatization District may be issued under the hand of the secretary of the Opotiki Acclimatization Society (hereinafter termed “the said society”), or any one authorized by the said secretary in that behalf.

2. For every such license issued a fee of £1 will be charged, available in any district.

3. Any holder of a license may fish with one rod and line for trout, and may use a landing-net or gaff to secure any trout caught with such rod and line, in the above-named waters, from the 1st day of October in any one year to the 31st day of March in the following year.

4. No license shall authorize any person other than the person named therein to fish, and that with natural or artificial fly, insect, worm, or fish only.

5. No person shall have in his possession any trout between the 1st day of April and the 30th 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 acclimatization.

6. No person shall put, throw, or place, or allow to be put, thrown, or placed, into any rivers or streams, or at the mouth or entrance of any such river or stream, any dynamite or other explosive substance, or any sawdust or sawmill refuse, or anything of any kind or description whatever poisonous, deleterious, or noxious to fish.

7. Except in rivers proclaimed salmon rivers, 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 to the water from whence it was taken.

8. No person shall fish for trout without a license, and every person fishing shall, on demand of any ranger, constable, member of the said society, or person producing a license, produce and show to such ranger, member, 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.

9. Every trout not exceeding 7 in. 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.

10. 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.

11. Except as aforesaid, no person shall fish with or use any net or other engine, instrument, or device for taking fish in any of the rivers or streams in the said district, or at the mouth or entrance of any such rivers or streams.

12. 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 one-quarter of a mile 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 ordinary tides.

13. 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 any part thereof, except as provided for in section 13 of the additional general regulations gazetted 21st September, 1917.

14. The penalty for the breach of any of these regulations shall not be less than £2 or more than £50.

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

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

Regulations for Trout-fishing, South Canterbury Acclimatization District.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this first day of October, 1917.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by the Fisheries Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby make the following regulations for the South Canterbury Acclimatization District, which district includes the Counties of Geraldine and Levels, and that portion of the County of Mackenzie lying to the east of a line commencing at Mount Cook, and proceeding by a right line over the Ball Hut to the Tasman Glacier, and thence along the western boundary of the Tasman Glacier to the Tasman River; thence by a line along the middle of that river and the middle of Lake Pukaki and the middle of Pukaki River to the Waitaki River, together with the boroughs and town districts within the same.

REGULATIONS.

1. No person shall take or catch more than twenty-five trout, irrespective of weight, in any one day.

2. Any person committing a breach of the above regulation is liable to a fine not exceeding £50.

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

Transfer of certain War Funds to the Horowhenua County Patriotic Association, incorporated under the War Funds Act, 1915.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this first day of October, 1917.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section thirteen of the War Funds Act, 1915 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), it is provided that any person, society, or trustees (whether such society or trustees are incorporated or not) having control of any war fund may, with the consent of the Governor-General in Council, transfer such fund to any other society or