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Crown Land set apart for Irrigation Purposes (Racemen's Cottage-sites) in Block IV, Lauder Survey District.

[L.S.] BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the Public Works Act, 1928, and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in this behalf, I, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that the Crown land described in the Schedule hereto is hereby set apart for irrigation purposes (racemen's cottage-sites); and I also hereby declare that this Proclamation shall take effect on and after the seventeenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE area of the piece of Crown land set apart: 1 rood 3 perches. Being Crown land, formerly railway land (part Sections 10 and 14).

Situated in Block IV, Lauder Survey District.

In the Otago Land District ; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 83712, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, and thereon coloured sepia.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, this 4th day of October, 1932.

CHAS. E. MACMILLAN,
Acting Minister of Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

(P.W. 64/69/2.)

Amending Regulations under the Fisheries Act, 1908.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 26th day of September, 1932.
Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the twenty-ninth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two, and published in the Gazette of the seventh day of the following month, at page 1598, regulations were made under the Fisheries Act, 1908 (hereinafter called "the said Act"):

And whereas it is desirable to revoke certain of the said regulations and to make other regulations for the purposes of the said Act:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the fifth section of the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby make the following regulations for the purposes of the said Act, and doth hereby revoke Regulations 141 to 150 inclusive of the hereinbefore-recited regulations.

REGULATIONS.

INTERPRETATION.

1. THESE regulations shall be known as the Whitebait Regulations, 1932.

2. These regulations shall come into force on the date of publication thereof in the Gazette.

3. In these regulations, if not inconsistent with the context, the terms-

"Hand-net" means a net which is held in the hand by the person fishing during the whole time it is in the water, and which is either moved by being dipped into or drawn through the water or is held motionless.

"Set-net" means a net that is placed in the water so that whitebait may enter it, and is not continuously held or manipulated by the person fishing:

"Whitebait" means the young of the species Galaxias attenuatus, usually known by the Maori name inanga (in the South Island frequently called inaka), and sometimes by the English name minnow.

CLOSE SEASONS.

4. The following periods are hereby prescribed as close seasons during which no person shall fish for or take white-bait :-

(a) In the North Island from the 15th day of November to the 30th day of June in the year following.
(b) In the South Island from the 16th day of December to the 31st day of July in the year following.

SIZE OF HAND-NETS FOR TAKING WHITEBAIT.

5. No hand-net shall be used for taking whitebait the mouth of which has a diameter or greatest width exceeding 4 ft. :

Provided that in the Waikato River it shall be lawful to use a hand-net measuring not more than 6 ft. across the widest diameter of the mouth:

Provided further that in the Grey River it shall be lawful to use a hand-net of which the largest diameter does not exceed 5 ft.; and in the Buller River it shall be lawful to use a net the circumference of which, whatever its shape, does not exceed 12 ft.

SIZE AND USE OF SET-NETS.

6. (a) It shall be unlawful to use a set-net to fish for or take whitebait in any waters other than those prescribed in the First Schedule hereto.

(b) It shall be unlawful to fish for or take whitebait by means of set-nets exceeding in dimensions or area of opening those respectively prescribed in the Second Schedule hereto.

7. In rivers where set-nets are illegal it shall be an offence against these regulations to have the bag of a hand-net tied to a peg or stone or attached to any fixed object for the purpose of keeping the net fully extended.

8. No person shall use more than one set-net or use a set-net and hand-net at the same time : Provided that in the tidal portions of the rivers of Westland, including the Teremakau River, more than one set-net may be left in place at the same time in the groyne or trench which is used in connection with the whitebait-fishing.

USE OF JIGGERS, GROYNES AND TRENCHES, ETC.

9. No person shall use, for the purpose of enabling him to catch whitebait, boats, hurdles (either alone or in conjunction with boats moored or held in position in a river or stream), or the device or appliance known as a "jigger," which is an appliance formed of pieces of metal or other substance attached to a line and placed in a river for the purpose of turning fish into a net; nor shall any other device or contrivance be used which tends to prevent or divert the movement of whitebait up or down stream, with the exception of the groynes and wings used in the places specified and under the conditions prescribed in Regulations 10 to 16 hereunder.

10. (a) No person shall take whitebait by using nets in conjunction with groynes or walls constructed from the banks or on the bed of a river by means of which the fish may be diverted or directed into a net:

Provided that in the rivers, estuaries, and streams in the Counties of Ashburton, Geraldine, Levels, and Waimate banks constructed of river shingle may be used, provided that the height of such bank shall not be more than 16 in. above the bed of the river at the point where such bank is constructed. It shall be illegal to construct any groyne of any other material than river shingle occurring on the spot:

Provided further that in the County of Westland and in the Teremakau River whitebait-nets fixed in what are known as trenches or groynes may be used as set-nets; but no person shall construct or use more than one groyne or trench, which shall be marked by a post or peg fixed by him above high-water mark, in line with the groyne or trench, and bearing in distinct characters the name or registered number of the person who is using such groyne or trench or similar contrivance.

(b) It shall be illegal to construct a groyne or wall or similar contrivance which extends further than half-way across the river or stream, or in any but the tidal portion of the river or stream.

11. The allocation of a position at which to construct a groyne or trench or similar contrivance for whitebait-fishing in the rivers and streams in the County of Westland and in the Teremakau River shall be as follows:—

(a) The person who has last fished at an allocated position shall have the prior claim to that position in the season following, provided that he makes application to the local Inspector of Fisheries for the registration of that position in his name and takes out the prescribed license not later than the 31st August; and that he constructs an effective trench by the 14th day of September following.