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(b) Use as a lure or bait the shell-fish koura, or worms,
or the creeper, or the huhu or matai-grub :
(c) Use any lure or bait otherwise than upon a running
line attached to a rod and reel :
(d) Use with any lure or bait any medicated or chemical
preparation whatever.
(3) No person shall fish for, take, or kill trout with, or use
for the purpose of taking or killing trout, any set rod or
line or any net, provided that this clause shall not forbid
the use of a landing-net as described in clause (1) of this
regulation.
(4) No person shall fish for, take, or kill trout with, or
use for the purpose of taking or killing trout, any cross-line
or hand-line fishing, stroke-hauling, or any other unsports-
manlike device.

8. RESTRICTION ON FISH THAT MAY BE TAKEN.

(1) No person shall on any one day take or kill more than
fifteen trout, and no person shall continue to fish for trout on
any day on which he has already taken or killed fifteen trout.
(2) No person shall fish for, take, or kill in any manner
whatever, or have in his possession any trout which does
not exceed 12 in. in length from nose to tip of tail.
(3) Every person taking a trout which does not exceed
12 in. in length from nose to tip of tail shall, unless it appears
to be affected by disease, immediately return it alive into the
water from which it was taken, and if it appears to be affected
by disease, or is dead when taken, shall dispose of it by burial
in a place away from the bank or margin of any water wherein
there are trout.
(4) No person shall fish for, take, or kill in any manner
whatever or intentionally have in his possession, any salmon,
salmon-parr, or smolts, or the ova, young, or fry of any salmon
in any stage whatever.
(5) Every person taking any of the fish referred to in the
last preceding clause hereof by accident or otherwise shall
immediately return it alive into the water from which it was
taken.
(6) No person shall take any fish from or in any way
interfere with or damage any net, trap, pound net, or other
contrivance used by any officer of the Government for the
purpose of catching any fish for the purposes of acclimatization
or propagation or for scientific purposes.

9. LOCAL RESTRICTIONS.

(1) No person shall in fishing for trout use any lure or bait
other than artificial fly (exclusive of a spinning fly) in any
of the following places :—
(a) The Waitahanui River.
(b) That part of Lake Taupo lying within 300 yards of the
portion of the shores of the lake which extends
in a southerly direction from the point where the
northern bank of the Waitahanui River meets the
lake to the point where the southern bank of the
Rotongaio River meets the lake.
(c) That part of Lake Taupo lying within 200 yards of
the portion of the shore of the lake which extends
from the point where the western bank of the
Waipahihi Hot Stream meets the lake, in a southerly
direction for a distance of one mile.
(d) The waters of Lake Taupo within a radius of 300 yards,
shore to shore, from the respective centres of the
meeting-line of each of the Rivers Hatepe and Tau-
ranga—Taupo with the said lake.
(e) That part of Lake Taupo lying within 200 yards of the
portion of the shore of Whakaipo Bay which extends
from the landmark erected at the Government
Cottage to the landmark erected at the cliffs on the
eastern side of the said bay.
(f) All tributary rivers and streams flowing into the
Tongariro River (exclusive of the Poutu River).
(g) That part of the Tongariro River from the point where
the stream known as Hatchery Creek flows into the
said river to the mouth of the said river.
(h) The waters of Lake Taupo within a distance of 200 yards
from any point on the meeting-line of any stream
of the Tongariro River and the said lake.
(2) No person shall, in fishing for trout from any boat in
any river or stream running into Lake Taupo, use any spinning
lure or bait.
(3) No person shall, in fishing for trout in any river or
stream running into Lake Taupo in which the use of an
artificial minnow or some form of spoon-bait is not prohibited
by these regulations, use any minnow or spoon bait which is
of a greater length than two and one-half inches.
(4) No person shall fish for trout in Lake Roto Aira in
breach of the regulations made with respect to the taking of
trout or other fish in that lake.

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10. POLLUTION OF WATERS.

(1) No person shall cast or throw into any lake, river,
stream, or other waters, or shall allow to flow into or place
near any bank or margin of any lake, river, stream, or other
waters any sawdust or sawmill refuse, or any other matter
or liquid that is noxious, poisonous, or injurious to fish :
Provided that nothing herein contained shall extend to pro-
hibit the depositing in any such waters of debris from any
mining claim.
(2) No person shall leave any fish or any cleaning or offal
from fish lying unburied on the bank or margin of any lake,
river, stream, or other waters.
(3) No person shall cast, throw, or place, or permit to be
cast, thrown, or placed any trout, alive or dead, which
appears to be affected by disease, or any cleanings, offal, or
other part of such trout, into or in any water wherein there
are trout, or bury the same on or near the bank or margin of
any such water.

11. WRONGFUL POSSESSION AND DEALING.

(1) No person shall have in his possession any trout between
the 5th day of June and the 1st day of November following
in any year in the said district, except as provided for by
the regulations regarding keeping trout in freezing or cool
chambers after close of season, which were made by Orders
in Council dated respectively the 6th day of October, 1908,
and the 6th day of September, 1909, and the 8th day of June,
1914, and published in the Gazette on the 8th day of October,
1908, at page 2582, the 16th day of September, 1909, at page
2350, and the 11th day of June, 1914, at page 2391 respectively.
(2) No person shall buy, sell, or expose or offer for sale
any trout or any part thereof, or fish for, take, or kill for the
purpose of obtaining for sale, any trout : Provided always
that it shall be lawful for any person to buy and sell trout
(whether fresh or smoked) taken and branded by or under
the direction of the Under-Secretary of the Department of
Internal Affairs.
(3) No person shall have in his possession any trout or
part thereof if the same is received by him for the purpose
of being smoked in the course of his business, unless he makes
in a book kept for that purpose the entries hereinafter men-
tioned relative to such trout, and permits any ranger, con-
stable, or officer of the Department of Internal Affairs to
enter any premises where any such trout are or are believed
to be, and to inspect and copy such book at all reasonable
times.
(4) The entries required to be made as aforesaid shall be—
(i) Date of receipt of fish.
(ii) Number of fish received.
(iii) Name of owner of fish.
(iv) Address of owner of fish.
(v) Number of fishing license (if any) of owner of
fish.
(vi) Address to which fish are to be delivered or
forwarded.

12. LIBERATION OF FISH.

No acclimatization society or person shall liberate any fish
of any description whatever in any lake, river, stream, or
other waters within the district without the written consent
of the Under-Secretary of the Department of Internal Affairs
having been first obtained.

13. EXEMPTION.

(1) These regulations shall be read subject to the special
provisions as to issue of licenses contained in paragraph (c)
of subsection (9) of the special Act.
(2) Regulations 5, 6, and 8 hereof and clauses (1) and (3)
of Regulation 7 hereof and clause (1) of Regulation 9 hereof
and clause (1) of Regulation 11 hereof shall not apply to the
Minister or to officers of the Department of Internal Affairs
taking, fishing for, or catching fish for the purposes of accli-
matization or propagation or for scientific or other purposes,
nor to any fish in the possession of the Minister or such officers
as aforesaid for any of the said purposes.

14. CAMPING-SITES.

(1) No person shall camp upon or use for a camping-site
or otherwise occupy any part of the camping-area otherwise
than by virtue of a permit, or permanent-camp license, issued
pursuant to these regulations, whether by erecting or bringing
thereon any hut, whare, or other structure, or any tent,
caravan, motor-car, or otherwise howsoever.
(2) The Minister or his appointee may from time to time,
by writing under his hand, appoint the Postmaster at Taupo
or at Tokaanu, or any officer of the Department of Internal
Affairs or other person, to be a permit officer for the purposes
of this regulation.
(3) Applications for permits shall be made personally or
in writing to a permit officer, and shall state the period for