Extracts from New Zealand Gazette.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume IX, Issue 19, 16 September 1885, Page 159

Extracts from New Zealand Gazette.

(From Gazette , 1885, pages 1014, 1034, and 1038.) Amended Regulation under “ Sale of Poisons Act, 1871." Wm. F. DBUMMOND JEBVOIS, Governor. OEDEB IN COUNCIL. At the Government House, at Wellington, this first day of September, 1885. Present: His Excellency the Governor in Council. IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by “ The Sale of Poisons Act, 1871,” His Excellency Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby rescind the regulation made by an Order in Council under the said Act, and dated the fifth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, respecting the sale of poisons, and doth hereby made the following regulation in lieu thereof ; and doth declare that such regulation shall come into force and take effoct on and after the first day of November, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

Begulation. 1. Every seller of poison or of any poisonous admixture shall, before delivering the same to the purchaser, firmly affix to the box, bottle, vessel, wrapper, or cover containing the same a label with the word “ Poison ” in white letters on a red ground appearing thereon. Such letters to bo in block type of not less than a quarter of an inch in length and oneeighth of an inch in breadth. FOBSTEB GOBING, Clerk of the Executive Council.

Abolishing and altering Licensing Districts. (1.5.) Wm. F. DBUMMOND JEBVOIS, Governor. A PBOCLAMATION. IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by “The Licensing Act, 1881,” and “ The Licensing Act Amendment Act, 1882,” I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of

Now Zealand, do hereby, from and after the first day of October next, abolish the Special Licensing District of Mahinapua, and alter and redefine the boundaries of the Licensing District of Kanieri, which shall, from and after the said first day of October, be those described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE. Kanieri Tlicensing District. —Commencing at the mouth o the Arahura Liver; thence up the southern bank of the said river to its source ; thence southerly along the dividing range to the source of the Pass Liver (a branch of the Hokitika Liver); thence down the southein branch of the said river to its juvetion with the Hokitika Liver; and thence down the south bank of the last-mentioned river to the H.O. line ; thence westerly along the H.O. line to Mahinapua Lake, and by a line touching the northern bank of the said lake to the sea-coast ; and thence northerly along the coast to the commencing point: excepting the Borough of Hokitika. Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois, Lieutenant-General in Her Majesty’s Army, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this eighth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five. Jos. A. TOLE, God save the Queen!

Conditions for Trout-fishing in Lakes District. Wm. F. DLUMMOND JEBVOIS, Governor. IN pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by “The Salmon and Trout Act, ISG7,” and “The Salmon and Trout Act 18G7 Amendment Act, 1584,” Plis Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand doth hereby make the following regulations for the County of Lake : 1. Any holder of a license may fish with rod and line for trout in all the rivers, streams, and waters into which trout have been placed within and forming the boundaries of the County of Lake, from the first day of October, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, to the thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, both inclusive. 2. Licenses to fish in the above-described district will be issued under the hand of the Secretary of the Lakes District Acclimatisation Society, at Queenstown, and for every license a fee of twenty shillings will be charged. 3. No license shall authorize any person other than the person named therein to fish, and that only with rod and

line, and between the hours of midnight on Sunday and midnight on Saturday in each week. 4. Any person fishing without a license, or any person who shall, on demand of any person holding and showing a license, or on the demand of any ranger, police officer, or constable, fail to produce and show to such person, ranger, police officer, or constable his license, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds. 5. All trout not exceeding eight inches in length, taken by any person fishing as aforesaid, shall be immediately returned alive to the water, and any person convicted of infringing this regulation shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds sterling, and his license shall thereupon become void. G. Except as aforesaid, no person shall fish or use any net or other engine, instrument, or device for taking fish in any river or stream within the above-described district; and all persons offending against this regulation shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds. 7. Any person who puts, throws, or places, or allows to be put, thrown, or placed, into any river or stream in the said district, any dynamite or other explosive substance, or any matter or liquid deleterious to fish, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred pounds. As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this ninth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

P. A. BUCKLEY.