SEPT. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2311

(8) No license shall be transferable or be deemed to authorize any person to fish other than the person named therein.

(9) Every person taking any trout having affixed thereto a metal tag impressed with the letters “I.A.” shall forthwith deliver such tag to the Conservator of Fish and Game at Rotorua or a ranger or an issuing officer, together with a statement in writing signed by him setting out—(a) The date on which such trout was taken; (b) the place at which it was taken; (c) its weight in pounds; (d) its length in inches from nose to tip of tail; and (e) the number marked on the tag.*

• NOTE.—Cards to be filled in with above particulars are obtainable from rangers and issuing officers within the district.

5. FISHING WITHOUT A LICENSE.

(1) No person shall fish for, take, or kill trout within the district unless he is the holder of a license issued under these regulations.

(2) A general license to fish for trout and other acclimatized fish in every acclimatization district issued pursuant to the General Regulations enuring under the Fisheries Act, 1908, and made by Order in Council dated the 23rd day of August, 1907, and published in the Gazette on the 29th day of August, 1907, at page 2685, shall not entitle the holder to fish for trout or other acclimatized fish in the district.

(3) Every person fishing for trout, or in possession of fishing-gear, shall, on the demand of any ranger, constable, officer of the Department of Internal Affairs, or of any person producing a current license, give his true name and place of residence, and on the like demand, produce and show to such ranger, constable, officer, or person his license and the contents of his creel or bag and the lure or bait used by him for taking, catching, or killing trout.

6. RESTRICTIONS ON TIMES OF FISHING.

(1) No person shall fish for, take, or kill trout during the period between midnight and the hour of 4 a.m.

(2) No person shall fish for, take, or kill trout or in any way injure or disturb the same in any part of the district during the close season.

7. RESTRICTIONS ON METHODS OF FISHING.

(1) No person shall fish for, take, or kill trout 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.

(2) No person shall, in fishing for trout—

(a) Use any lure or bait other than the natural or artificial fly or natural or artificial minnow, or some form of spoon bait, or any small indigenous fish, or grasshopper, or beetle, or spider, or insect, the use of which is not otherwise forbidden by these regulations:

(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 unsportsmanlike device.

(5) No person shall in fishing for trout during the month of May in any year, use an artificial minnow or any form of spoon-bait in any river or stream flowing into Lake Taupo.

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, exclusive of trout dealt with pursuant to clause (3) of this regulation.

(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 or other 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, or fly with a spinning attachment), nor use an artificial fly in the manner known as “trolling” or “harling”), in any of the following places:—

(a) The Waitahanui River.

(b) That portion of Lake Taupo, being a rectangle bounded on the east by a line 800 yards long, extending along the shore 400 yards north and 400 yards south from the centre of the meeting line of the Waitahanui River with the said lake, and extending thence westward over the waters of the lake for a distance of 400 yards.

(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 Tauranga—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 fish for trout from a boat within the areas described in paragraphs (a) and (b) of clause (1) of this regulation.

(3) 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.

(4) 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.

(5) 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.

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, 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 any such waters of debris from any mining claim.

(2) No person shall leave any fish or any cleanings 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