Extracts from New Zealand Gazette.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XI, Issue 1, 5 January 1887, Page 5

Extracts from New Zealand Gazette.

(From Gazette, 1886, pages 1682, 1683, 1685, and 1720.) Regulations for fishing for Trout, dx., Taranaki District.

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

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-first day of December, 1886.

Present: His Excellency tiie Governor in Council.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by “The Salmon and Trout Act, 1867,” 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 for the Counties of Taranaki and Clifton, and in the waters thereof ; and doth hereby declare that these regulations shall, as from the date of the publication thereof in the Neto Zealand Gazette , supersede all regulations at variance therewith.

Regulations.

1. Licenses to fish for trout, perch, and tench in all the waters in the Counties of Taranaki and Clifton will be issued under the hand of the Secretary of the Taranaki Acclimatisation Society, at New Plymouth, 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 sixteenth 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 salmonidie 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 (Elcotris gobioidcs), 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, landing-net, and gaff, 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, perch, or tench, 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 be 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 smolts, 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 per on shall buy, sell, or expose or offer for sale, within the district to which these regulations relate, any of the salmon idee, 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 tho sixteenth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six. 12. No person shall have in his possession any of the sahnonidee, trout, perch, or tench during the period appointed for a close season for any such fish. 13. No person shall take, catch, or kill any perch under eight inches in length, nor shall perch bo taken, caught, or killed at all, or had in 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

FORSTER GORING, Clerk of the Executive Council

Regulations for fishing for Trout, dc., Waitaki District.

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

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-first day of December, 1886.

Present: His Excellency the Governor in Council.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by “ The Salmon and Trout Act, 1867,” 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 for the County of Waitaki, and in the waters thereof; and doth hereby declare that these regulations shall, as from the date of the publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette, supersede all regulations at variance therewith.

Regulations.

1. Licenses to fish for trout, perch, and tench in all the waters of the County of Waitaki shall bo issued under the hand of the Secretary of the Waitaki County Acclimatisation Society (hereinafter termed “ the said Acclimatisation Society ”), at Oamaru, in the Provincial District of Otago, and for every such license a foe of one pound will be charged: Provided, however, that licenses may be issued to youths under fifteen years of age on payment of a fee of ten shillings ; provided also that it shali not be obligatory upon the said society 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 the year in which the license is issued to the thirty-first day of March in the year following, inclusive; but no such license shall confer any right of entry upon the land of any person without his consent. 8. 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, silvories, bullies ( Eleolris gobioides), grasshoppers, beetles, spiders, caterpillars, creepers, grubs, and worms.

4. No person shall use any other bait, or any method, device, or contrivance of any sort (except a rod and line, and landing-net or gaff for fish taken with rod and line) whatever, for the purpose of fishing for, catching, killing, or taking trout, perch, or tench. 5. No cross-lino fishing, stroke-hauling, or any other unsportsmanlike 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. 6. No person shall fish without a license, and every person fishing shall, on demand of any ranger, constable, member of the said Acclimatisation Society, or other 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 baits used by him for catching, killing, or taking trout, perch, or tench, as the case may be. 7. Every trout not exceeding eight inches in length from nose to tip of tail, taken or caught by any person, shall be immediately returned alive into the water from which the same is taken.

8. No person shall fish for, take, catch, or kill, or attempt to fish for, take, catch, or kill, in any manner whatsoever, or have in his possession, any trout, perch, or tench except during the above-mentioned period.

9. No person shall buy, sell, or expose or offer for sale, within the district to which these regulations relate, any of the salmonidae or trout, or take, fish for, catch, or kill any of the salmonidae or trout in order to make sale of the same, without permission in writing under the hand of the Secretary. 10. No person shall take, fish for, catch, or kill in any manner whatever, or have in his possession, any salmon, salmon pair, or smolts, 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 be immediately returned to the water from whence it was taken.

11. No person shall have in his possession any of the salmonidae, trout, perch, or tench between the first day of April and the thirtieth day of September in each year, which period is hereby appointed a close season for any such fish.

12. 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 possession of any person, between the first day of July and the thirtieth day of November in any year.

13. No person shall put, throw, or place, or allow to be put, thrown, or placed, in any of the waters hereinbefore mentioned, any sawdust or sawmill refuse, dynamite, or anything of any kind or description whatever poisonous, deleterious, or noxious to fish. 14. 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. 15. These regulations shall come into force as from the date of the publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette. FORSTER GORING, Clerk of the Executive Council.

Inspector of Weights and Measures, Akaroa District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office, Wellington, 21st December, 1886. HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Sergeant John Keating

to be an Inspector of Weights and Measures, under “ The Weights and Measures Act, 1868,” and the Acts amending the same, for the District of Akaroa, vice Sergeant Brookes, deceased.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Appointments under “ The Industrial Schools Act 1882

Amendment Act, 1885.”

Education Department, Wellington, 20th December, 1886. BY virtue of the power conferred upon me by “ The Industrial Schools Act 1882 Amendment Act, 1885,” I do hereby appoint and authorize Edwin Smith, Acting-Sergeant, New Zealand Constabulary Force, and also The Senior Sergeant or Constable at each Police Station within the Colony, to be persons to make application generally, as occasion may require, to a Resident Magistrate for the purposes of the said Act.

ROBERT STOUT, Minister of Education

Clerks of Licensing Committees appointed

Department of Justice, Wellington, 17th December, 1886. HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable John Ryan to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Rangiaohia, and

T. W. Marsden to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Waitara, vice J. B. Lawson.

Jos. A. TOLE.