Extracts from New Zealand Gazette.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XIII, Issue 24, 20 November 1889, Page 212

Extracts from New Zealand Gazette.

(From Gazette, 1889, pages 1146, 1147, and 1151.) Regulations for Trout-fishing, Tanranga Acclimatisation District.

ONSLOW, Governor. ORDER IN COUNCIL,

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twentyfifth day of October, 1889. Present: The Honourable the Premier presiding in Council. IN pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by “ 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 Wairoa River below the Ruahihi Bridge, and for the Waiorohi, Waimapu, and Waipapa Rivers, in the Tauranga District, and for the Atuaroa River, in the Te Puke District; 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 in the Wairoa River below the Ruahihi Bridge, and in the Waiorohi, Waimapu, and Waipapa Rivers, all in the Tauranga District, and in the Atuaroa River, in the Te Puke District, may be issued under the hand of the Secretary of the Tauranga Acclimatisation Society (hereinafter termed “the said society”), or any one authorised by the said Secretary in that behalf. 2. For every such license issued to an adult a fee of ten shillings will be charged, and for every such license issued to a youth under sixteen years of age a fee of five shillings will be charged. 3. The Secretary of the said society may issue day licenses to bond fide travellers and strangers not resident within the district aforesaid, on their introduction to him by any two members of the said society,, and on payment of a fee of two shillings and sixpence for each day’s fishing : Provided that this payment may be remitted if the applicant be a member of or hold a valid license from any other society in New Zealand which grants the like privilege. 4. Any holder of a license may fish with one rod and line for trout, and may use a landing-net or gaff to secure any trout caught with such rod and line, in the above-named waters, from the date hereof to the thirty-first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine, both inclusive. 5. No license shall authorise any person other than the person named therein to fish, and that with natural or artificial fly, insect, worm, or fish only. 6. No person shall have in his possession any of the salmonidse or trout between the third day of February and the thirtieth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety, which period is hereby appointed a close season for all such fish : Provided always that this regulation shall not apply to fish caught by the officers of the said society for purposes of acclimatisation. 7. No person shall put, throw, or place, or allow to be put, thrown, or placed, into any of these rivers or streams, or at the mouth or entrance of any such river or stream, any dynamite or other explosive substance, or any sawdust or sawmill refuse, or anything of any kind or description whatever poisonous, deleterious, or noxious to fish. 8. 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.

9. No person shall fish for trout without a license, and every person fishing shall, on demand of any ranger, constable, member of the said 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 such trout. 10. Every trout not exceeding seven 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.

11. No cross-line fishing, stroke-hauling, or any other unsportsmanlike device shall be used for the purpose of taking, catching, or killing trout; nor shall any of the abovementioned baits be used with any medicated or chemical preparation whatever. 12. Except as aforesaid, no person shall fish with or use any net or other engine, instrument, or device for taking fish in any or other of these rivers or streams, or at the mouth or entrance of any such rivers or streams. 13. For the purposes of these regulations the mouth of every such river or scream shall be deemed to include every outlet of the same and the sea-shore between such outlets, and shall extend over a radius of one-quarter of a mile from the point or line where the waters of such river or stream meet those of the sea or of any harbour at low-water. 14. No person shall buy, sell, or expose or offer for sale, or shall fish for the purpose of obtaining for sale, any salmon, trout, or any part thereof. 15. The penalty for the breach of any of these regulations shall not be less than forty shillings or more than fifty pounds. 16. If any person shall be convicted of any offence against these regulations the license (if any) held by tho offender shall thereupon become void. Alex. WILLIS, Clerk of the Executive Council.

Prescribing a Close Season for Sahnonidce and Trout in County of Inangaliua, Borough of Beefton.

ONSLOW, Governor. ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twentyfifth day of October, 1889. Present: The Honourable the Premier presiding 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 prescribing, among other things, a close season in any year, month, week, or day, as may be most suitable for the whole or any part or parts of the colony, during which it shall be unlawful for any person to take any fish: And whereas it is expedient to prescribe a close season for salmonidce and trout in respect of the places hereinafter set forth:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers conferred upon him by the said Act, and 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 Inangaliua, the Borough of Eeefton, and the several waters thereof respectively.

Regulations

1. The months of November and December, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine, shall bo a close season for salmonidse and trout in the County of Inangahua and the Borough of Eeefton, and the waters thereof respectively. 2. Any person committing a breach of the above regulation shall be liable to a penalty of not less than one pound and not exceeding fifty pounds. 3. Every penalty imposed by these regulations shall be recovered in a summary manner before any two or more Justices of the Peace. Alex. WILLIS, Clerk of the Executive Council.

Trout- and Fercli-fishing Regulation, Wellington Acclimatisation Society's District.

ONSLOW, Governor. ORDER IN COUNCIL. At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this thirtieth day of October, 1889. Present: The Honourable G. F. Richardson presiding in Council. IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities in him vested by “ 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 regulation for the Wellington Acclimatisation District, as described in Order in Council dated the twentyfifth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight, and published in the Supplement (number fiftythree,of the twenty-fifth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight) to the New Zealand Gazette of the twentieth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight, and doth hereby declare that this regulation shall, as from the date of the publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette, supersede regulation number two made in the said Order in Council of the twenty-fifth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight, and that in all other respects the regulations made by the lastnamed Order in Council shall remain in full force and virtue.

Regulation. 2. For every license to fish for trout and perch issued under the hand of the Secretary of the Wellington Acclimatisation Society or his deputy a fee of twenty shillings will be charged. Licenses may also be issued to boys of the age of sixteen years or under, or to ladies, at a reduced fee of five shillings for every license so issued : Provided it shall not he obligatory on the said Secretary or his deputy to issue a license. Alex. WILLIS, Clerk of the Executive Council.

Providing for Indorsement of License for Fishing for Trout, Ac.

ONSLOW, Governor. ORDER IN COUNCIL. At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this thirtieth day of October, 1889. Present: The Honourable G. F. Richardson presiding in Council. IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by “ The Salmon and Trout Act, 1867,” and “ The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,” and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony, I, the Right Honourable William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby make the following regulation, namely,— Any acclimatisation society which or the Secretary of which is authorised under regulations made by the Governor in Council to grant licenses to fish for trout, perch, tench, or carp shall, upon application by the holder of any such license issued by any other acclimatisation society, indorse any such existing license to fish issued under the authority of the said Acts or either of them, or of regulations made thereunder respectively. Such indorsement shall be so worded as to allow the licensee to fish in such society’s district without payment of any fee, provided that the licensee has paid not less than one pound in respect of the original license; and, if less than one pound was paid for the said license, such indorsement shall be made on payment of such a sum as, added to the amount paid for the original license, will make the total amount paid by the licensee one pound. Alex. WILLIS, Clerk of the Executive Council.

Clerks of Courts appointed.

Department of Justice, Wellington, 6th November, 1889. HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Sergeant Bernard Green to be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate’s Court at Onehunga, from the Ist instant, vice W. Shanaghan, transferred;

Constable William Walker to be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate’s Court at Otahuhu, from the Ist instant, vice W. Shanaghan, transferred;

Constable Andrew McKnight to be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate’s Court at Papakura, from the Ist instant, vice W. Shanaghan, transferred ; and

Constable John Gillespie to be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate’s Court at Stratford, from the 18tli October, vice Constable J. Mclvor. W. R. RUSSELL.