JULY 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1603

(b) Irwell River Area.—Bounded by a line commencing at a point 89632·1 links south and 136465·4 links west of Mount Pleasant Trig. Station, and thence bearing 38° 39′ 40″ for a distance of 5770·2 links; thence bearing 139° 28′ 30″, 3497·3 links; thence bearing 189° 18′ 4″, 4659·1 links; thence bearing 228° 50′ 22″, 5082·8 links; thence bearing 290° 1′ 32″, 4255·5 links; thence bearing 30° 12′ 33″, 5367·5 links, to point of commencement. Situated in Block XV, Leeston Survey District.

(c) Selwyn River Area.—Bounded by a line commencing at a point 88707·2 links south and 116926·9 links west of Mount Pleasant Trig. Station, and thence bearing 63° 19′ 37″ for a distance of 6310·7 links; thence bearing 181° 11′ 15″, 4855·6 links; thence bearing 236° 30′ 27″, 7657·1 links; thence bearing 311° 39′ 26″, 5954·1 links; thence bearing 8° 8′ 27″, 6469·7 links; thence bearing 67° 40′ 59″, 3999·8 links; thence bearing 173° 7′ 31″, 5674·6 links, to point of commencement. Situated in Block XVI, Leeston Survey District.

(d) No. 2 River Area.—Bounded by a line commencing at a point 77412·5 links south and 107857 links west of Mount Pleasant Trig. Station, and thence bearing 122° 3′ 35″ for a distance of 5765·1 links; thence bearing 228° 37′ 26″, 2791·3 links; thence bearing 268° 21′ 51″, 2797·1 links; thence bearing 261° 9′, 5038·8 links; thence bearing 37° 43′ 16″, 6536·6 links, to point of commencement. Situated in Block XVII, Leeston Survey District.

(e) Halswell River Area.—Bounded by a line commencing at a point 100724·8 links south and 61506·5 links west of Mount Pleasant Trig. Station, and thence bearing 106° 13′ 40″ for a distance of 5633·9 links; thence bearing 206° 0′ 15″, 2937·2 links; thence bearing 250° 19′ 7″, 4565·8 links; thence bearing 298° 56′ 36″, 5441·4 links; thence bearing 359° 30′ 52″, 3347·1 links; thence bearing 92° 24′ 19″, 4981·9 links, to point of commencement. Situated in Block II, Ellesmere Survey District.

Be all the aforesaid bearings and distances a little more or less.

All the said areas being situated in the Land District of Canterbury: as the same are delineated and coloured red on the plan marked M.D. 4856, deposited in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington, in the Dominion of New Zealand.

New River.

76. (1) No person shall put, throw, drag, draw, or place, or allow to be put, thrown, dragged, drawn, or placed, any net or seine of any description (except a landing-net) for taking fish of any description whatsoever in those portions of the New River Estuary described in subclause (2) hereunder, and known as the netting-prohibited areas.

(2) The netting-prohibited areas hereinbefore mentioned shall be all those areas forming portions of the New River Estuary and Harbour described as follows:—

(a) All that portion of the New River Estuary at the mouths of the Waimatau and Waipaka Rivers situated towards the east of a line connecting the north-east corner of Section 21, Block VI, Campbelltown Hundred, with the intersection of high-water mark by the prolongation in a westerly direction of the south side of the road forming the northern boundary of Section 1, Block VI, Campbelltown Hundred, the said line being defined on the ground by three beacon-posts painted white with black tops; the approximate positions of said posts being shown. All in the Land District of Southland: as the said area is coloured red and marked A on the plan marked M.D. 3562, deposited in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington.

(b) All that portion of the New River Estuary at the mouth of the Oreti or New River situated towards the west of a line being the prolongation in a southerly direction of the west side of the road forming the eastern boundary of Section 19, Block XX, Invercargill Hundred, till intersected by a line proceeding due east from the north-eastern corner of Native Reserve 181, Block XXIII, New River Hundred, which last-mentioned line forms the southern boundary of the said area; each of the said lines being defined on the ground by two beacon-posts painted white with black tops; the approximate position of said posts being shown. All in the Land District of Southland; as the said area is coloured red and marked B on the plan marked M.D. 3562, deposited in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington.

(c) All that portion of the New River Harbour situated to the north of the Otatara road and tramway bridge which begins at the west end of Tweed Street in the Town of Invercargill, and runs in a south-westerly direction across to the Otatara or western side of the New River Estuary. All in the Land District of Southland; as the said boundary is delineated in pink colour on plan marked M.D. 4370, and deposited in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington.

Otago Harbour.

77. No person shall haul or use any net for the purpose of taking fish in that portion of the Otago Harbour on the upper side of a straight line drawn from a post fixed at high-water mark opposite the railway semaphore-pole and immediately north of Jack’s Point and Trig. Station E.E., opposite Section 53, West Harbour District, to a point marked by a post on the opposite side of the harbour at the north-east corner of Section 4, Waverley, such line being shown by a red line on plan marked M.D. 4979, and deposited in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington.

Taieri River.

78. (1) No person shall put, throw, drag, draw, or place, or allow to be put, thrown, dragged, drawn, or placed, any net of any description (except a landing-net) in the Taieri River: Provided that this regulation shall not prohibit the use of nets for the taking of indigenous fish at the mouth or entrance of such river, or from the mouth or entrance up to the traffic-bridge of the main south road.

(2) Any officer of the Otago Acclimatization Society appointed under Part II of the said Act is hereby empowered, for the enforcement of this regulation, to enter and examine any boat or boats engaged in fishing in the Taieri River or the mouth thereof in cases where there is reason to believe that trout are being taken illegally.

Tokomairiro River.

79. No person shall haul or use a net for the purpose of taking fish in that portion of the Tokomairiro River on the lower side of a straight line drawn from a white post fixed at high-water mark at a point known as the Iron Standard to a point marked by a white post on the opposite side of the river, as shown on the plan marked M.D. 4410, and deposited in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington.

Waihemo and Pleasant Rivers.

80. No person shall haul or use a net in the mouth of the Waihemo and Pleasant Rivers or in such rivers within one mile from the mouth or entrance thereof.

Waikouaiti River.

81. No person shall haul or use a net in the mouth of the Waikouaiti River or in such river below the place at which the railway from Christchurch to Dunedin crosses the said river.

Wanganui River.

82. No person shall use a set net for taking fish in any portion of the Wanganui River, or use a net of any description whatever for taking fish in that portion of the said river above a point three miles up the river from the Aramoho Railway Bridge. Such point shall be marked by a white post on each bank of the said river, having the words “Netting Limit” painted thereon: Provided that this regulation shall not apply to nets allowed by any regulation for the time being in force to be used for taking whitebait in the said river.

OYSTERS.

83. The months of November, December, January, February, March, and April in each year are hereby prescribed as a close season for oysters taken in the North Island and islands adjacent thereto. During such close season it shall be unlawful for any person to take oysters.

84. The months of October, November, December, and January, in each year are hereby prescribed as a close season for oysters taken in the South and Stewart Islands, and islands adjacent thereto. During such close season it shall be unlawful for any person to take oysters, provided that during the period from the first to the fifteenth day of October in each year it shall be lawful for any person to be in possession of any such oysters lawfully taken during the open season in that year.

85. No person shall take or burn alive oysters for the purpose of converting the shells into lime.

86. No person shall use a spade or other apparatus of which the edge or blade shall exceed 2 in. in width for taking rock-oysters.

87. No person shall take or dredge for oysters between sunset and sunrise (except an owner on his own private oyster-bed.)

88. No person shall take in the South Island, Stewart Island, and the waters thereof respectively, and the islands,