Extracts from New Zealand Gazette.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume IX, Issue 20, 30 September 1885, Page 169

Extracts from New Zealand Gazette.

(From Gazette, 1885, pages 1055, 1056, 1057, 1079,1080,1081, and 1082.)

Revoking Regulation extending Close Season for Rockoysters in Hauraki Gulf, etc.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor. ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this seventeenth day of September, 1885. Present: His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by “ The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is, among other things, enacted that the Governor in Council may from time to time make, alter, and revoke regulations for the purposes therein mentioned, which said regulations shall have force and effect only in any waters or places specified therein:

And whereas by an Order in Council dated the fourth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, a regulation was made, in exercise of the powers conferred by the said Act, extending the close season for rock-oysters, in respect of the places specified therein, until the thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven: And whereas it is expedient to revoke the regulation made by such Order in Council, except so far as regards Wliangarei Harbour:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by the said Act, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby make the following regulation : The regulation made by the said Order in Council bearing date the fourth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, extending the close season for roclc-oysters until the thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eightv-seven, in respect of Whangarei Harbour, the Great Barrier Island, and the foreshore of the coast and of all islands in Hauraki Gulf and Frith of Thames south of a line drawn from Cape Colville to the northern point of Whangaparoa Peninsula, is hereby revoked, except in so far as it relates to Whangarei Harbour. FORSTER GORING, Clerk of the Executive Council.

Officer appointed to grant Licenses tender Section 15 of “ The Licensing Act Amendment Act , 1882.”

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me in that behalf by “ The Licensing Act Amendment Act, 1882,” I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the of New Zealand, do hereby appoint William Horton Revell, Esquire, a Resident Magistrate for the District of Otago Goldfields, to exercise, in terms of section fifteen of the said Act, a special authority in the granting of publicans’ licenses within the district the limits of which are defined in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE

All that area in the County of Southland, bounded towards the North by Vincent County; towards the South-east by Tuapeka County to the dividing range between the Whitecoombe Creek and the Argyle Creek ; thence by the summit of that range to Trig. Station K, Wart Hill Survey District; thence towards tho South-west by a right line to Trig. Station H (Titan Rocks); and thence by a right lino to Rocky Mount. As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this tenth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eiglity-five

Jos. A. TOLE

Conditions for Trout-fishing in Southland ,

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by “ The Salmon and Trout Act, 18G7,” His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand doth hereby make the following regulations for the District of Southland :

1. Any holder of a license as hereinafter mentioned may fish with rod and line for trout in the Orawia, Oreti, Makarewa, Otamita, Eyre, and Mataura Rivers, and their tributaries, 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 with rod and line in the said rivers and streams will be issued under the hand of the Secretary of the Acclimatisation Society, at Invercargill, 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.

4. Any person fishing without a license, or otherwise than as above, 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 seven inches in length taken by any person fishing as aforesaid shall be immediately returned alive to the river or stream ; 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. 6. Except as aforesaid, no person shall fish or use any net or other engine, instrument, or device for taking fish in any lake, river, or stream in the Counties of Fiord and Wallace, and of Southland to the west of the Mataura River; 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 lake, river, or stream in the said counties, 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. 8. These regulations shall come into force as from the date hereof.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twelfth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five. P. A. BUCKLEY, Colonial Secretary.

Conditions for Trout-fishing in Otago

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by “ The Salmon and Trout Act, 18G7,” His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand doth hereby make the following regulations for the District of Otago : 1. Any holder of a license may fish with rod and line for trout in all the rivers and streams into which trout have

been placed within and forming the boundaries of the following district, 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, namely,— All that area in the Provincial District of Otago bounded on the East and South by the ocean, from Shag Point to the mouth of the Mataura River ; on the West and South-west by the Mataura River ; on the North-west by Lake County ; and on the North, North-west, and North-east by the Counties of Westland and Waitaki. 2. Licenses to fish in the above-described district will be issued under the hand of the Secretary of the Otago Acclimatisation Society at Dunedin, 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 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 explosivo substance, or any matter or liquid deleterious to fish, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred pounds. 8. These regulations shall come into force as from the day of the date hereof.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this sixteenth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Conditions for Trout-fishing in Nelson.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by “ The Salmon and Trout Act, 1867,” His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand doth hereby make the following regulations for the Provincial District of Nelson:—

1. Any holder of a license as hereinafter mentioned may fish with rod and line for trout in each river or stream in the Provincial District of Nelson which flows into Blind Bay, from the first day of October, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, to the twenty-eighth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, both inclusive, but only between the hours of five o’clock in the morning and ten o’clock in the evening.

2. Licenses to fish with rod and line in the said waters will bo issued under the hand of the Secretary of the Nelson Acclimatisation Society at Nelson, and for every license a fee of ten 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.

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 seven inches in length taken by any person fishing as aforesaid shall be immediately returned alive into 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.

6. Except as aforesaid, no person shall fish or use any net or other engine, instrument, or device for taking fish in any lake, river, or stream within the above 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 lake, river, or stream in the said district, any dynamite or other explosive substance, or

any matter or liquid deleterious to fish, shall bo liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred pounds. 8. These regulations shall come into force as from the date hereof.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this sixteenth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

P. A. BUCKLEY,

Clerk of Resident Magistrate's Court appointed.

Department of Justice, Wellington, 10th September, 1885. HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Constable John Meade Hobson

to be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate’s Court at Kaitangata

Jos. A. TOLE

Regulations under “ The Salmon and Trout Act, 1867,” and “ The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,” Geraldine District.

War. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor. ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-third day of September, 1885. Present: His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by “ The Salmon and Trout Act, 18G7 ” (hereinafter termed “ the said Act ”), it is, among other things, enacted that the Governor may from time to time make, rescind, or vary regulations for the purposes therein mentioned:

And whereas by “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,” it is, among other things, enacted that the Governor in Council may from time to time make, alter, and revoke regulations for the purposes therein mentioned, which said regulations shall have force and effect only in any waters or places specified therein: And whereas it is expedient to make the regulations hereinafter set forth with respect to salnionidao, trout, perch, and tench inhabiting the waters in that part of the County of Geraldine lying between and including the Rangitata River on the North, the Opihi River on the South, the sea-coast on the East, and the Mackenzie County on the West: Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jcrvois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred upon mo by the said Act and “ The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,” and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby make the following regulations ; and, with the like advice and consent, I do order that these regulations shall have force and effect within that part of the County of Geraldine lying within the boundaries aforesaid, and in the waters thereof, as interpreted by “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884.”

Regulations

1. Licenses to fish for trout, perch, and tench in all the waters of that part of the County of Geraldine lying between and including the Rangitata River on the North, the Opihi River on the South, the sea-coast on the East, and the Mackenzie County on the West, shall be issued under the hand of the Secretary of the Geraldine County Acclimatisation Society (hereinafter termed “ the said Acclimatisation Society”), at Temuka, and for every such license a fee of twenty shillings will be charged : Provided that it shall not be obligatory upon the said Secretary to issue a license. 2. Every such license shall entitle the person named therein to fish in any of the said waters from the first day of October in any year to the thirty-first day of March in the year following inclusive, between the hours of five a.m. and ten p.m. only, but no such license shall confer any right of entry upon the land of any person without his consent. 3. No person shall fish for, take, catch, or kill, or attempt to fish for, take, catch, or kill, in any manner whatever, or have in his possession, any trout, perch, or tench, except during the above-mentioned period. 4. Every such license shall entitle the person named therein to fish with one rod and line only, and with the following baits, namely, natural and artificial fly, natural and artificial minnow, silveries, bullies (Eleotris gobioides), grasshoppers, spiders, caterpillars, creepers, and worms. 5. No person shall use any other bait, or any method, device, or contrivance of any sort or kind (except a rod and line and landing-net or gaff) whatever for the purpose of fishing for, catching, killing, or taking trout, perch, or tench. G. No cross-line fishing, stroke-hauling, or any other unspoitunanlike device shall be used for the purpose of

catching, killing, or taking trout, nor shall any of the baits above mentioned be used with any medicated or chemical preparation whatever. 7. No person shall fish without a license, and every person fishing shall, on the demand of any ranger, constable, member of the said Acclimatisation Society, or person producing a license from such society, produce and show to such ranger, constable, member, or person his license, or the contents of his creel or bag, and the bait used by him for catching, killing, or taking trout, perch, or tench, as the case may be. 8. Every trout not exceeding eight inches in length taken or caught by any person shall be immediately returned alive into the water from which the same is taken.

9. No person shall put, throw, or place, or allow to be put, thrown, or placed, into any of the waters hereinbefore mentioned, any sawdust or sawmill refuse, or anything of any kind or description whatever poisonous, deleterious, or noxious to fish.

10. No person shall buy, sell, or expose or offer for sale any of the salmonidse, trout, perch, or tench, or take, fish for, catch, or kill any of the salmonidse, trout, perch, or tench, in order to make sale of the same, for a period of one year from the first day of October, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five. 11. No person shall take, fish for, catch, or kill in any manner whatever, or have in his possession any salmon, salmon-parr, or smolt, or the young of any salmon; and any of the above-named taken by accident or otherwise shall immediately be returned to the water from whence it was taken.

12. No person shall have in his possession any of the salmonidse, trout, perch, or tench during the period appointed for a close season for any of such fish. 13. Any person committing a breach of any of these regulations shall be liable to a penalty of not less than one pound and not exceeding fifty pounds. 14. Nothing in the foregoing regulations shall be deemed to prevent any person authorized in writing under the hand of the Secretary of the said Acclimatisation Society from taking salmon or trout, or the spawn thereof, for acclimatisation purposes. 15. These regulations shall come into force as from the date of the publication thereof in the Few Zealand Gazette. FORSTER GORING, Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations for Fishing in North Canterbury.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor. ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-third day of September, 1885.

Present: His Excellency the Governor in Council

UNDER and by virtue of the provisions of “ Tho Salmon and Trout Act, 18G7,” and “ The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,” His Excellency 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 make the following regulations, and doth declare that the same shall have force and effect in all the salt, fresh, and brackish waters in the Provincial District of Canterbury north of the Rangitata River, and on the coasts and bays thereof, including artificial waters, and that such regulations shall come into force from the date of the publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette :

1. Licenses to fish for trout, perch, and tench in all the waters in the Provincial District of Canterbury north of the Rangitata River will be issued under the hand of the Secretary of the Canterbury Acclimatisation Society, at Christchurch, and for every such license a fee of twenty shillings will be charged: Provided that it shall not be obligatory upon the said Secretary to issue a license. 2. Every such license shall entitle the person named therein to fish in any of the said waters, from the first day of October in any year to the thirty-first day of March in the year following inclusive, between the hours of five a.m. and ten p.m. only, but no such license shall confer any right of entry upon the land of any person without his consent. 3. No person shall fish for, take, catch, or kill, or have in his possession, or attempt to fish for, take, catch, or kill, in any manner whatever, any of the salmonidae or trout, except during the above-mentioned period. 4. Every such license shall entitle the person named therein to fish with one rod and line only, and with the following baits: natural or artificial fly, natural or artificial minnow, silveries, bullies ( Eleotris gobioides), grasshoppers, spiders, caterpillars, creepers, and worms. 5. No person shall use any other bait, or any method, device, or contrivance of any sort or kind whatever, for the

purpose of fishing for, taking, catching, or killing trout, perch or tench, except a rod and line, and a landing-net for fish taken with rod and line.

6. No cross-line fishing, stroke-hauling, or any other unsportsmanlike device shall be used for the purpose of taking, catching, or killing trout or perch, nor shall any of the baits above mentioned be used with any medicated or chemical preparation whatever. 7. No person shall fish without a license, and every person fishing shall, on demand of any ranger, constable, member of the Acclimatisation Society, or person producing a license, produce and show to such ranger, member, constable, or person his license and the contents of his creel or bag, and the bait used by him for taking, catching, or killing trout, perch, or tench. 8. Every trout not exceeding ten inches in length from nose to tip of tail, taken or caught by any person, shall immediately be returned alive into the water from which the same is taken.

9. No person shall put, throw, or place, or allow to bo put, thrown, or placed, into any of the said waters, any sawdust or sawmill refuse, or anything of any kind or description whatever poisonous, deleterious, or noxious to fish. 10. No person shall take, fish for, catch, or kill, in any manner whatever, or have in his possession, any salmon, salmon-parr, or srnolts, or the ova, young, or fry of any salmon in any stage whatever; and any of the above-named, taken by accident or otherwise, shall immediately be returned to the water from whence it was taken.

11. No person shall buy, sell, or expose or offer for sale, within the district to which these regulations relate, any of the salmonidse, trout, perch, or tench, or take, fish for, catch, or kill any of the salmonidse, trout, perch, or tench, in order to make sale of the same, for a period of one year from the first day of October, one thousand eight hundred and eightyfive.

12. No person shall have in his possession any of the salmonidse, trout, perch, or tench during the period appointed for a close season for any of such fish. 13. No person shall take, catch, or kill any perch under eight inches in length, nor shall perch be taken, caught, or killed at all, or had in the possession of any person, between the first day of April and the thirtieth day of November in any year.

14. The penalty for the breach of any of these regulations shall not be less than twenty shillings or more than fifty pounds. 15. Nothing in the foregoing regulations shall be deemed to prevent any person or persons authorized in writing under the hand of the Secretary of the said Acclimatisation Society from taking salmon or trout, or the spawn thereof, for acclimatisation purposes.

FORSTER GORING, Clerk of the Executive Council

Hares to be deemed Game in Rakaia Road District, County of Selwyn.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “ The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby declare that from and after the first day of October, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, hares shall come within the operation of the said “ Animals Protection Act, 1880,” within the Rakaia Road District, County of Selwyn.

As witness the hand of Ilis Excellency the Governor, this twenty-second day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

P. A. BUCKLEY,

Conditions for Trout-fishing in Waitaki

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by “ The Salmon and Trout Act, 1867,” His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, doth hereby make the following regulations for the County of Waitaki: —

1. Any holder of a license may fish with rod and line for trout in all the streams and lakes within and forming the boundaries of the County of Waitaki 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 with rod and lino in the above district will be issued under the hand of the Secretary of the Waitaki Count}' Acclimatisation Society, at Oarnaru, 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.

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 seven inches in length taken by any person fishing as aforesaid shall be immediately returned alive into 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.

C. Except as aforesaid, no person shall fish or use any net or other engine, instrument, or device for taking fish in any lake, river, or stream within the above 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 lake, 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. 8. These regulations shall come into force as from the date hereof.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-third day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Officer appointed to grant Licenses under Section 15 of “ The Licensing Act Amendment Act, 1882.”

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me in that behalf by “ The Licensing Act Amendment Act, 1882,” I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint Caleb Whitefoord, Esquire, Resident Magistrate, to exercise, in terms of section fifteen of the said Act, a special authority in the granting of publicans’ licenses within the district the limits of which are defined in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE,

Ann that area in the County of Selwyn bounded towards the North-west by the summit of the Southern Alps from the source of the Rakaia River to Mount Harman; thence towards the East by the summit of the watershed between the north branch of the Wilberforce River and the Waimakariri River to Black Range ; thence towards the North-east by the summit of that range to a point due north of the main source of the Harper River; thence again towards the East by a line to tire said source ; thence towards the South-east and again towards the North-east by the said Harper River and the Wilberforce River to the Rakaia River ; and thence towards the South generally by the lastmentioned river to its source.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-third day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

Jos. A. TOLE

Clerk of Resident Magistrate's Court appointed.

Department of Justice, Wellington, 18th September, 1885. HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable Arthur Pickering to be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate’s Court at Hastings. 7 Jos. A. TOLE.