MAR. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 743

Regulations for Trout-fishing in the Tauranga Acclimatization District.

MICHAEL MYERS,
Administrator of the Government.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 11th day of March, 1930.
Present : His Excellency THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE GOVERNMENT IN COUNCIL.
I N pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by the Fisheries Act, 1908, and its amendments, His Excellency the Administrator of the Government 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 all that part of the Dominion known as the Tauranga Acclimatization District and the waters thereof, as the same is defined in the First Schedule hereof ; and doth hereby declare that these regulations shall, as from the date of the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette, supersede all other regulations for the said district, and such regulations are hereby revoked.
R E G U L A T I O N S .

1. LICENSES to fish for trout or other acclimatized fish in all waters within the said district may be issued under the hand of the Secretary of the Tauranga Acclimatization Society, or any one authorized by the said Secretary in that behalf, and such license shall entitle the person named therein to fish in the said acclimatization district from the first day of October in any one year to the thirtieth day of April in the year following, subject to the said Acts, and any regulations made thereunder, and to these regulations : Provided that the Secretary may refuse to issue a license to any person who, within the previous two years, has been convicted of any breach of the provisions of any Act relating to fishing for trout, or other acclimatized fish, or of any regulations made thereunder.
2. The fee to be charged for a license as aforesaid to each male person over the age of sixteen years shall be £1, and every such license shall be in the form set forth in the Second Schedule hereto. Licenses may also be issued to boys attending school or under the age of sixteen, or to women, at a reduced fee of 5s. for each license so issued : Provided that it shall be lawful for any Secretary or his deputy, in any case where application is made for a license on or after the first day of February in any year, to issue a license to any man for the sum of 12s. 6d., but so that such license shall extend only from the time of granting the same until the termination of the then trout-fishing season. No license shall confer any right of entry upon the land of any person without his consent.
3. The Secretary of the said society may issue day-licenses to bona fide travellers and strangers not resident within the district aforesaid on payment of a fee of 2s. 6d. for each day's fishing, and 7s. 6d. for each week's fishing.
4. No person shall take, kill, or fish for trout or other acclimatized fish otherwise than with one rod and line, but a landing-net or gaff may be used to secure any trout or other acclimatized fish caught with such rod and line, and no lures or baits other than natural or artificial flies, insects, or fish, or spoon bait shall be used with such rod and line ; nor shall any of the said lines 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 or other acclimatized fish in any of the waters or streams aforesaid. Any person who uses huhu, grub, or earthworm as bait shall commit a breach of these regulations.
5. No person shall fish with more than two flies, or one fly and one minnow, devon, or spoon bait, or one fly and one natural bait, or two natural baits affixed to any trace. No fly shall have more than one hook, and no person shall use more than one lead or sinker, and such lead or sinker shall be tied above all flies, minnow, or natural bait used : Provided that the restrictions imposed by this regulation shall not apply to single-hooked flies of size 10 (old numbers) or smaller.
6. No person shall use any trace made of gimp or of either plain or twisted wire having a greater gauge than 21 standard wire gauge, or having a greater length than 6 ft. : Provided that the maximum length of wire herein prescribed shall not apply to traces of wire having a gauge not exceeding 28 standard wire gauge.
7. No license shall authorize any person other than the person named therein to fish.
8. No person shall have in his possession any of the salmonidae or trout between the first day of May and the thirtieth day of September in any year, which period is hereby appointed the close season for all such fish : Provided always that this regulation shall not apply to fish caught by the officers of the Marine Department or of an acclimatization society, or the General Manager of the Department of Tourists and Health Resorts, for the purpose of pisciculture or scientific investigation : Provided further, that nothing herein contained shall be deemed to affect the provisions of any regulation now in force or hereafter made with respect to keeping trout or salmon in freezing or cool chambers during the close season hereinbefore mentioned.
9. No person shall cast or throw into any stream 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, 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 streams of debris from any mining claim.
10. No person shall fish for trout or other acclimatized fish without a license; and every person fishing shall, on the demand of any ranger, constable, officer of the said society, or of any person producing a license, 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 or other acclimatized fish.
11. Any person taking or catching any trout not exceeding 10 in. in length from nose to tip of tail shall immediately return it alive into the water from which the same is taken.
12. No person shall use, or make use of, a torch, acetylene lamp, or other artificial light when fishing for trout or other acclimatized fish.
13. No person shall cross-line fish, stroke-haul, or use any other unsportsmanlike device for the purpose of taking, catching, or killing trout or other acclimatized fish; nor shall any person use any of the above-mentioned baits with any medicated or chemical preparation whatsoever.
14. Except as aforesaid, no person shall fish with or use any net, or any instrument, or device or means for taking trout or other acclimatized fish in any river or stream within the district aforesaid, or at the mouth or entrance of any such river or stream.
15. For the purpose of these regulations the mouth of every 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 500 yds. 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.
16. No person shall buy, sell, or expose or offer for sale, or shall fish for the purpose of obtaining for sale, any trout or other acclimatized fish, or any part thereof, unless he has a license to do so under regulations for taking trout or other acclimatized fish, or for selling them.
17. No person shall take or catch more than fifteen trout in any one day.
18. The penalty for the breach of any of these regulations shall not be less than £2 or more than £50.
19. If any person shall be convicted of an offence against these regulations, the license (if any) held by the offender shall thereupon become void.
    FIRST SCHEDULE.
    TAURANGA ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT.
    All that area in the Auckland Land District commencing at a point on the sea-coast due north of Trig. Station Jl, in Block IV, Waihi South Survey District, proceeding thence due south to a point due east of Trig. Station Otane, Waikuku ; thence by a right line running due west to Trig. Station Otane, Wainuku, aforesaid, and passing through that station to its intersection with a line running between Trig. Station Puwhenua and Weraiti ; thence by a right line to Trig. Station Weraiti ; thence by a right line to Waranunanu ; thence north-westerly along the western boundary of Whakamarama No. 2 to Trig. Station Mimiohanga ; thence generally north-westerly along the summit of the range and passing through Te Ariariparitupu, Pukupenga Ngatamahinerua, and on to its intersection with the confiscation boundary ; thence south-westerly along the confiscation boundary to Te Aroha Trig. Station ; thence by a right line to the mouth of the Waihi River ; thence south-easterly along the sea-coast to the place of commencement, and including Mayor and Karewa Islands.
    SECOND SCHEDULE.
    LICENSE TO FISH.
    The Fisheries Act, 1908, and its Amendments.
    THE holder of this license [Name in full], of [Address], [Calling or occupation], having this day paid the sum of £ , is hereby authorized to fish with only one rod and line for trout in every acclimatization district in New Zealand, except in Rotorua Acclimatization District and Taupo waters, from the day of , 19 , to the day of , 19 , subject to the said Acts and to the regulations made thereunder, and to the regulations for the time being in force in the Tauranga Acclimatization District, and to the local regulations for the time being in force in other acclimatization districts.
    Dated at this day of , 19 .
    Secretary, Tauranga Acclimatization Society.
    F. D. THOMSON,
    Clerk of the Executive Council.