EXTRACTS FROM NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XXIX, Issue 29, 28 September 1904, Page 281

EXTRACTS FROM NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

(From Gazette, 1904, pages 2253, 2254, 2255, and 2256.) Regulations for Trout and Perch Fishing, Hawke's Bay Acclimatisation District. PLUNKET, Governor. ORDER IN COUNCIL. At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-first day of September, 1904.

Present: His Excellency the Governor in Council,

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,” and its amendments, 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 Hawke’s Bay Acclimatisation District and the waters thereof; and doth hereby declare that these regulations shall, as from the date of the publication thereof in the Hew Zealand Gazette, supersede all regulations for the said district at variance therewith, and such regulations are hereby revoked.

Regulations

1. Licenses to fish for trout and perch in all waters within that district or part of the North Island known as ti e Hawke’s Bay Acclimatisation District, comprising the Counties of Waipawa, Woodville, Patangata, Weber, Hawke’s Bay, East Taupo, and part of the County of Wairoa, may be issued under the hand of the secretary of the Hawke’s Bay Acclimatisation Society (hereinafter termed “the said society”), or any one authorised by the said secretary in that behalf : Provided that the secretary may refuse to issue a license to any person who within the previous two years has been convicted of any breach of the provisions of any Act relating to fishing for trout or perch, or of any regulation made thereunder. 2. The fee to be charged for a license as aforesaid to each male person over the age of sixteen years shall be one pound, and every such license shall be in the form set forth in the Schedule hereto. Licenses may also be issued to boys attending school or under the age of sixteen, or to women, at a reduced fee of five shillings for each license so issued. No license shall confer any right of entry upon the land of any person without his consent: Provided that it shall be lawful for the said secretary, or his deputy, in any case where application is made for a license on or after the twentieth day of December in any year, to issue a license to any man for the sum of twelve shillings and sixpence, but so that such license shall extend only from the time of granting the same until the termination of the then trout-fishing season. 3. The secretary of the said society may issue day licenses to bond fide travellers and strangers nob resident within the distiict aforesaid on payment of a fee of two shillings and sixpence for each day’s fishing. 4. Any holder of a license may fish for trout and perch in the above-named waters from the first day of October in any year to the thirtieth day of April in the f .Rowing year, both inclusive; but every such license shall be for one season only, and shall expire on the thirtieth day of April following the date on which it was issued. 5. Trout and perch shall not be fished for, taken, or kdled otherwise than with one rod and line; but a landing-net or gaff may be used to secure any trout or perch caught with such rod and line, and no lures or baits other than natural or artificial flies, insects, worms, or fish shall be used with such rod and line.

6. No license shall authorise any person other than the person named therein to fish. 7. No person shall have in his possession any of the Salmonidce or trout between the first day of May and the thirtieth day of September in any year, 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. 8. No person shall cast or throw into any stream or waters in which trout or salmon exist or have been liberated, or shall allow to flow into or place near the bank or margin of any such stream or waters, any sawdust or sawmill refuse, lime, sheep dip, flax-mill refuse, or any other matter or liquid that is noxious, poisonous, or injurious to fish : Provided that nothing herein contained shall extend to prohibit the depositing in such stream of ddbris from any mining claim.

9. 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 alive into the water from which the same is taken.

10. No person shall fish for trout or perch without a license; and every person fishing shall, on the demand of any Ranger, constable, officer of the said society, or of any person producing a license, produce and show to such Ranger, officer, 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 or perch. - 11. Every trout not exceeding nine 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 is4aken.

12. 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 above-mentioned baits be used with any medicated or chemical preparation whatever. 13. Except as aforesaid, no person shall fish with or use any net, or any instrument, or device, or means for taking salmon, or trout, or perch in any river or stream within the district aforesaid, or at the mouth cr entrance of any such river or stream.

14. For the purposes of these regulations the mouth of every such river or stream shall be deemed to include every outlet of the same and the sea-shore between such outlets, and shall extend over a radius of five hundred yards 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. 15. 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 perch, or any part thereof. 16. The penalty for the breach of any of these regulations shall not be less than forty shillings or more than fifty pounds. 17. If any person shall be convicted of an offence against these regulations, the license (if any) held by the offender shall thereupon become void.

SCHEDULE. License to fish. “ Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,” and Amendments. The holder of this license [Name in full ], of [ Address ], [ Calling or occupation], having this day paid the sum of , is hereby authorised to fish for trout and perch within the Hawke’s Bay Acclimatisation District, from the day of ,19 ,to the day of ,19 , subject to the regulations for the time being in force in the said district. Dated at , this day of 19 Secretary, Acclimatisation Society. ALEX. WILLIS, Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations for Trout, Perch, and Tench Fishing, Southern

Acclimatisation District.

PLUNKET, Governor

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-first day of September, 1904. Present: His Excellency the Governor in Council.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by “ The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,” and its amendments, 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 that part of the South Island comprised within the Counties of Sounds, Marlborough, Kaikoura, Amuri, Cheviot, Ashley, Selwyn, Akaroa, Mount Herbert, Ashburton, Mackenzie, Geraldine, Levels, Waimate, Waitaki, Vincent, Maniototo, Waihemo, Waikouaiti, Peninsula, Taieri, Tuapeka, Bruce, Clutha, Lake, Southland, Wallace, and Stewart Island, and the boroughs and town districts situated therein (hereinafter called “ the Southern Acclimatisation 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 for the said district at variance therewith, and such regulations are hereby revoked.

Regulations.

1. Licenses to fish for trout, perch, and tench in all the waters of the Southern Acclimatisation District, with the exception of that part of the Avon River running through the Domain, from the bridge near the Hospital to the watercourse above the bend in the river near the Riccarton Road, in which fishing is prohibited, may be issued by either of the secretaries of the Marlborough, Canterbury, Ashburton, South Canterbury,

Waitaki - Waimate, Otago, Lake County, and Southland Acclimatisation Societies (hereinafter termed “ the said societies”), or any one authorised by either of such secretaries in that behalf: Provided that any secretary may refuse to issue a license to any person who within the previous two years has been convicted of any breach of the provisions of any Act relating to fishing for trout or perch, or of any regulation made thereunder.

2. The fee to be charged for a license as aforesaid to each male person over the age of sixteen years shall be one pound, and every such license shall be in the form set forth in the First Schedule hereto. Single-river licenses, authorising the holder to fish in one specified river or stream, may be issued on payment of the sum of ten shillings for each such license. Licenses may also be issued to boys attending school or under the age of sixteen, or to women, at a reduced fee of five shillings for each license so issued: Provided that it shall be lawful for any secretary, or his deputy, in any case where application is made for a license on or after the first day of January in any year, to issue a license to any man for the sum of twelve shillings and sixpence, but so that such license shall extend only from the time of granting the same until the termination of the then trout-fishing season. No license shall confer any right of entry upon the land of any person without his consent.

3. The secretary of either of the said societies may issue day licenses to bond fide travellers and strangers not resident within the district aforesaid on payment of a fee of two shillings and sixpence for each day’s fishing. 4. Any holder of a license may fish for trout in the above-named waters from the first day of October in any year to the thirtieth day of April in the following year, both inclusive ; but every such license shall be for one season only, and shall expire on the thirtieth day of April following the date on which it was issued.

5. Trout, perch, and tench shall not be fished for, taken, or killed otherwise than with one rod and line, but a landingnet or gaff may be used to secure any trout, perch, or tench caught with such rod and line; and no lures or baits other than natural or artificial flies, insects, worms, or fish shall be used with such rod and line.

6. No license shall authorise any person other than the person named therein to fish. 7. No person shall have in his possession any of the Salmonidce or trout between the first day of May and the thirtieth day of September in any year, 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. 8. No person shall cast or throw into any stream in which trout or salmon exist or have been liberated, or shall allow to flow into or place near the bank or margin of any such stream, any sawdust or sawmill refuse, lime, sheep-dip, flaxmill refuse, or any other matter or liquid that is noxious, poisonous, or injurious to fish : Provided that nothing herein contained shall extend to prohibit the depositing in such stream of debris from any mining claim. 9. 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 alive into the water from which the same is taken.

10. No person shall fish for trout, perch, or tench without a license; and every person fishing shall, on the demand of any Ranger, constable, officer of the said societies, or of any person producing a license, produce and show to such Ranger, officer, 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, perch, or tench. 11. Every trout not exceeding nine 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.

12. No cross-line fishing, stroke-hauling, or any other mi. sportsmanlike device shall be used for the purpose of taking, catching, or killing trout, perch, or tench; nor shall any of the above-mentioned baits be used with any medicated or chemical preparation whatever. 13. Except as aforesaid, no person shall fish with or use any net, or any instrument, or device, or means for taking trout, perch, or tench in any river or stream within the district aforesaid, or at the mouth or entrance of any such river or stream : Provided that nothing herein contained shall prevent the placing of any net, other than a stake net, in or across the parts of the rivers mentioned in the Second Schedule hereto, or render any person liable to any penalty for so doing, or for taking indigenous fish by such means. 14. For the purposes of these regulations the mouth of every such river or stream shall be deemed to include every outlet of the same and the sea-shore between such outlets,

and shall extend over a radius of five hundred yards 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. 15. Licenses to fish for perch and tench only in all the waters of the Southern Acclimatisation District from the first day of December in any one year to the thirtieth day of April in the following year may be issued by either of the secretaries of the Marlborough, North Canterbury, Ashburton, South Canterbury, Geraldine, Waitaki-Waimate, Otago, Lake County, and Southland Acclimatisation Societies, and for any such license a fee of five shillings shall be paid: Provided that it shall not be obligatory upon any of the said secretaries to issue a license : Provided further that a license to fish for trout shall be deemed to include permission, subject to these regulations, to fish for perch or tench. 16. No person shall buy, sell, or expose or offer for sale, or shall fish for the purpose of obtaining for sale, any trout, perch, or tench, or any part thereof. 17. The penalty for the breach of any of these regulations shall not be less than forty shillings or more than fifty pounds. 18. If any person shall be convicted of an offence against these regulations, the license (if any) held by the offender shall thereupon become void.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

License to fish. “ Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,” and Amendments. The holder of this license [Name in full], of [Address], [Calling or occupation], having this day paid the sum of , is hereby authorised to fish for trout, perch, and tench within the Southern Acclimatisation District from the day of , 19 , to the day of , 19 , subject to the regulations for the time being in force in the said district. Dated at , this day of , 19 . , Secretary, Acclimatisation Society.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

The mouth or entrance of the Ashley River, or at any place in such river seaward of a straight line drawn from the southernmost corner of Rural Section No. 716, Rangiora Survey District, on the northern bank of the said Ashley River, thence through the south-easternmost corner of Rural Section No. 23889, Rangiora Survey District, to a point on the southern bank of the said Ashley River. The mouth or entrance of the Waikouaiti River, or at any place in such river below the place at which the railway from Christchurch to Dunedin crosses the said river. The mouth or entrance of the Kakanui, Waihemo, and Pleasant Rivers, or at any place in any such rivers not being more than a mile from the mouth or entrance thereof. The mouth or entrance of the Aparima or Jacob’s River, or at any place in such river below the place at which the Riverton Bridge crosses the said river. ALEX. WILLIS, Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations for Trout and Perch Fishing, Wellington Acclima-

tisation District. PLUNKET, Governor. ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-first day of September, 1904. Present: His Excellency the Governob in Council.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by “ The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,” and its amendments, 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 Wellington Acclimatisation District and 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 for the said district at variance therewith, and such regulations are hereby revoked.

Regulations

1. Licenses to fish for trout and perch in all waters within that district or part of the North Island known as the Wellington Acclimatisation District, as described in the Schedule hereto, may be issued under the hand of the secretary of the Wellington Acclimatisation Society (hereinafter termed “ the said society ”), or any one authorised by the said secretary in that behalf: Provided that the secretary may refuse to issue a license to any person who within the previous two years has been convicted of any breach of the provisions of

any Act relating to fishing for trout or perch, or of any regulation made thereunder.

2. The fee to be charged for a license as aforesaid to each male person over the age of sixteen years shall be one pound, and every such license shall be in the form or to the effect set forth in the Schedule hereto. Licenses may also be issued to boys attending school or under the age of sixteen, or to women, at a reduced fee of five shillings for each license so issued : Provided that it shall be lawful for the said secretary or his deputy, in any case where application is made for a license on or after the twentieth day of December in any year, to issue a license to any man for the sum of twelve shillings and sixpence, but so that such license shall extend only from the time of granting the same until the termination of the then trout-fishing season. No license shall confer any right of entry upon the land of any person without his consent. 3. The secretary of the said society may issue day licenses to bona fide travellers and strangers not resident within the district aforesaid on payment of a fee of two shillings and sixpence for each day’s fishing. 4. Any holder of a license may fish for trout and perch in the above-named waters from the first day of October in any year to the thirtieth day of April in the following year, both inclusive ; but every such license shall be for one season only, and shall expire on the thirtieth day of April following the date on which it was issued.

5. Trout and perch shall not be fished for, taken, or killed otherwise than with one rod and fine ; but a landing-net or gaff may be used to secure any trout or perch caught with such rod and line. No lures or baits other than natural or artificial flies, insects, worms, or fish shall be used with such rod and lino, nor shall any of the said lures or baits be used except upon a running line attached to a rod and reel; nor shall any set rod or fine be used for taking trout or perch in any of the waters or streams aforesaid. 6. No license shall authorise any person other than the person named therein to fish. 7. No person shall have in his possession any of the Salmonidce or trout between the first day of May and the thirtieth day of September in any year, 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. 8. No person shall cast or throw into any stream or waters in which trout or salmon exist or have been liberated, or shall allow to flow into or place near the bank or margin of any such stream or waters, any sawdust or sawmill refuse, lime, sheep-dip, flax-mill refuse, or any other matter or liquid that is noxious, poisonous, or injurious to fish : Provided that nothing herein contained shall extend to prohibit the depositing in such stream of debris from any mining claim. 9. 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 alive into the water from which the same is taken.

10. No person shall fish for trout or perch without a license ; and every person fishing shall, on the demand of any Ranger, constable, officer of the said society, or of any person producing a license, produce and show to such Ranger, officer, 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 or perch. 11. Every trout not exceeding nine 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.

12. 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 above-mentioned baits be used with any medicated or chemical preparation whatever. 13. Except as aforesaid, no person shall fish with or use any net, or any instrument, or device, or means for taking salmon or trout or perch in any river or stream within the district aforesaid, or at the mouth or entrance of any such river or stream.

14. For the purposes of these regulations the mouth of every such river or stream shall be deemed to include every outlet of the same and the sea-shore between such outlets, and shall extend over a radius of five hundred yards 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. 15. 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 perch, or any part thereof. 16. The penalty for the breach of any of these regulations shall not be less than forty shillings or more than fifty pounds. 17. If any person shall be convicted of an offence against these regulations, the license (if any) held by the offender shall thereupon become void.

SCHEDULE.

Wellington Acclimatisation District.

All that area in the Wellington Land District bounded towards the north-west and north generally by the Counties of Wanganui and Hawke’s Bay from the mouth of the Wangaehu River to the summit of the Ruahine Range ; thence towards the east generally by the summit of that range to the Feilding and District Acclimatisation District, as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 38, 4th May, 1899 ; thence towards the south-west, south-east, and north-east generally by that district and the Counties of Waipawa and Patangata to the sea at the mouth of the Waimata River; and thence again towards the south-east, south, and west generally by the sea to the Wangaehu River aforesaid : including adjacent islands (excepting Kapiti). The aforesaid area comprises the Counties of Hutt, Masterton, Featherston, Castlepoint, Wairarapa South, Paliiatua, Eketahuna, Mauriceville, Akitio, Horowhenua, Kairanga, and Rangitikei, and parts of the Counties of Manawatu and Oroua, together with the Boroughs of Carterton, Foxton, Grey town, Karori, Lower Hutt, Marton, Masterton, Onslow, Palmerston North, Paliiatua, Petone, and City of Wellington. License to pish.

“ Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,” and Amendments. The holder of this license [ Name in full], of [Address], [ Calling or occupation], having this day paid the sum of , is hereby authorised to fish for trout and perch within the Wellington Acclimatisation District from the day of ,19 ,to the day of ,19 , subject to the said Acts and to the regulations made thereunder for the time being in force in the said district. Dated at , this day of , 19 . Secretary, Acclimatisation Society. ALEX. WILLIS, Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations for Trout and Perch Fishing, Nelson Acclimati-

sation District. PLUNKET, Governor. ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-first day of September, 1904. Present: His Excellency the Governor in Council.

JN pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by “ The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,” and its amendments, 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 that part of the South Island comprised within the Counties of Waimea, Colling wood, and Takaka, and the boroughs and town districts situated therein (hereinafter called “ the Nelson Acclimatisation 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 for the said district at variance therewith, and such regulations are hereby revoked.

Regulations

1. Licenses to fish for trout and perch in all the waters of the Nelson Acclimatisation District may be issued by the secretary of the Nelson Acclimatisation Society (hereinafter termed “ the said society ”), or any one authorised by such secretary in that behalf : Provided that the secretary may refuse to issue a license to any person who within the previous two years has been convicted of any breach of the provisions of any Act relating to fishing for trout or perch, or of any regulation made thereunder. 2. The fee to be charged for a license as aforesaid to each male person over the age of sixteen years shall be one pound, and every such license shall be in the form set forth in the Schedule hereto. Licenses may also be issued to boys attending school or under the age of sixteen, or to women, at a reduced fee of five shillings for each license so issued. Nolicense shall confer any right of entry upon the land of any person without his consent: Provided that it shall be lawful for the said secretary, or his deputy, in any case where application is made for a license on or after the first day of January in any year, to issue a license to any man for the sum of twelve shillings and sixpence, but so that such license shall only extend from the time of granting the same until the termination of the then trout-fishing season. 3. The secretary of the said society may issue day licenses to bond fide travellers and strangers not resident within the district aforesaid on payment of a fee of two shillings and sixpence for each day’s fishing.

4. Any holder of a license may fish for trout and perch in the above-named waters from the first day of October in any year to the thirtieth day of April in the following year, both inclusive ; but every such license shall be for one season only, and shall expire on the thirtieth day of April following the date on which it was issued.

5. Trout and perch shall not be fished for, taken, or killed otherwise than with one rod and line, but a landing-net or gaff may be used to secure any trout or perch caught with such rod and line ; and no lures or baits other than natural or artificial flies, insects, worms, or fish shall be used with such rod and line.

6. No license shall authorise any person other than the person named therein to fish. 7. No person shall have in his possession any of the Salmonidce or trout between the first day of May and the thirtieth day of September in any year, 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. 8. No person shall cast or throw into any stream in which trout or salmon exist or have been liberated, or shall allow to flow into or place near the bank or margin of any such stream, any sawdust or sawmill refuse, lime, sheep-dip, flaxmill refuse, or any other matter or liquid that is noxious, poisonous, or injurious to fish: Provided that nothing herein contained shall extend to prohibit the depositing in such stream of debris from any mining claim. 9. 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 alive into the water from which the same is taken.

10. No person shall fish for trout or perch without a license ; and every person fishing shall, on the demand of any Ranger, constable, officer of the said society, or of any person producing a license, produce and show to such Ranger, officer, 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 or perch. 11. Every trout not exceeding nine 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.

12. 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 above-mentioned baits be used with any medicated or chemical preparation whatever. 13. Except as aforesaid, no person shall fish with or use any net, or any instrument, or device, or means for taking trout or perch in any river or stream within the district aforesaid, or at the mouth or entrance of any such river or stream.

14. For the purposes of these regulations the mouth of every such river or stream shall be deemed to include every outlet of the same and the sea-shore between such outlets, and shall extend over a radius of five hundred yards from the point or line where the waters of such rive}' or stream meet those of the sea or of any harbour at low water. 15. No person shall buy, sell, or expose or offer for sale, or shall fish for the purpose of obtaining for sale, any trout or perch, or any part thereof. 16. The penalty for the breach of any of these regulations shall not be less than forty shillings or more than fifty pounds. 17. The number of trout allowed to be taken by any one angler in one day must not exceed twenty. 18. If any person shall be convicted of an offence against these regulations, the license (if any) held by the offender shall thereupon become void.

SCHEDULE

License to fish

“ Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,” and Amendments. The holder of this license [ Name in full], of [Address], [Calling or occupation], having this day paid the sum of , is hereby authorised to fish for trout and perch within the Nelson Acclimatisation District from the day of , 19 ,to the day of , 19 , subject to the regulations for the time being in force in the said district. Dated at , this day of . 19 . , Secretary, Nelson Acclimatisation Society. ALEX. WILLIS, Clerk of the Executive Council.

By Authority: John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington,

Date tried Name. Offence. or Sentence. sentenced. AUCKLAND S.C1904. Parsons, Frederick Theft .. June 7 12 months’ probation. 12 months’ labour. Perrin, Walter Breaking, entering, and theft June 7 Brown, Peter .. Theft .. June 7 To come up when called on. 6 months’ labour on each (concurMcCormack, Walter Scott Theft from a dwelling (3 charges).. June 7 rent). Murphy, John Teare Theft .. June 9 12 months’ labour. Mangan, Gertrude Susan Theft from a dwelling Aug. 2 12 months’ labour. Eru Haare Warakihi, alias Hone Forgery and uttering (2 charges) .. Aug. 2 2 years’ labour on each (concurrent). Bennett, John Thomas, alias False pretences .. Aug. 2 3 years’ labour. White, alias Dyson, alias Wyatt, alias Robinson Georgesen, Michael Theft .. Aug. 2 12 months’ labour. Goldsmith, Neville Forgery and uttering, and breaking, Aug. 2 2 years’labour on eaoh (concurrent). entering, and theft Stevens, Ernest Albert, alias Theft .. Aug. 2 12 months’ labour. Stephens, alias Codger Winslade, John Carnally knowing a girl under 16 Aug. 8 Prosecution abandoned. years of age Atkins, Henry John, alias Milward, Theft from a dwelling Aug. 8 2 years’ labour. John N., alias Dalton, George Edward Corney, Elizabeth ... Theft from the person Aug. 8 Bill ignored. Watson, Joseph alias John Smith, Theft (5 charges) Aug. 8 3 years’ labour. alias Woodhouse, J. Whitter, Eliza, alias Whitley, Theft from a dwelling Aug. 8 12 months’ labour. alias Taylor,, Emma Nursey, Charles Theft .. Aug. 8 Acquitted. Phillips, Frederick .. \ Autridge, William James J Assault causing actual bodily harm Aug. 9 J Fined £10 and oosts, and to keep ( the peace for 12 months. 2 years’ labour. Gillin, James .. Attempting to carnally know a girl Aug. 9 McCarthy, John, alias McArthur False pretences .. Aug. 10 Acquitted. Clarke, Charles Montgomery Manslaughter .. Aug. 10 To come up when called on. Coyle, George, alias Selik Assault with intent to occasion Aug. 11 3 years’ labour. actual bodily harm Newall, William James Horse-stealing (2 charges) Aug. 11 2 years’ labour on eaoh (concurrent). Howard, Annie Sarah, alias CharnTheft from a dwelling Aug. 15 12 months’ labour. ley, Madge Knight, William Frederick Theft .. Aug. 15 2 years’ probation. Johnson, Harry Theft from a dwelling Aug. 15 Fined £50. Fairley, John .. Breaking, entering, and theft Aug. 15 2 years’ probation. 12 months’ labour. Jay, Leonard Montefiore, alias Jacobs Green, Richard alias Alberti Theft from a dwelling Aug. 16 Arthur, alias Johnston, Richd.! Robertson, John, alias Robinson, t Breaking, entering, and theft Aug. 17 Acquitted. Mitai, alias Thompson, Jack J Murray, Hugh .. ) Shanahan, John Breaking, entering, and theft Aug. 18 2 years’ probation. Meek, William Perjury Aug. 18 Acquitted. Harrop, Frank Breaking, entering, and theft Aug. 19 Acquitted. 3 years’ labour. Hermann, Thomas Whitehead, Leedham, alias Mills, 1 Cutting and wounding Aug. 22 alias Sweeney, Leo 1 Bell, Thomas, alias Lindsay j Assault and robbery Aug. 22 3 years’ labour. Yugnovich, Yoz ' .. Attempted rape .. Aug. 22 5 years’ labour. Calendar, John .. | V. False pretences .. .. I Breaking, entering, and theft j Aug. 22 J 12 months’ labour on each (concur- | rent). Asher, Henry .. Illegally pawning Aug. 22 6 months’ probation. 12 months’ labour. Sutherland, James Breach of Bankruptcy Act (9 chgs) Aug. 22 HAMILTON D.C.— Gardiner, Thomas .. j Obtaining credit by fraud June 14 (Bound over for 12 months in £100. Obtaining credit by fraud } 1 Acquitted. Allen, Robert .. Sly-grog selling .. June 14 3 months’ labour. Gaffey, James Percy Sly-grog selling .. Sept. 13 Acquitted. GISBORNE S.C.— Phillips, George Forgery Sept. 8 2 years’ probation. 1 year’s probation. 1 year’s labour. Morris, Api Uttering a forged cheque Sept. 8 Te Hau, Daniel Forgery Sept. 12 NAPIER S.C. — Sellars, John .. .. | Earnshaw, John .. J Breaking, entering, and theft Aug. 29 Bill ignored. Provis, William Shackson Theft (2 charges) Aug. 29 Bill ignored. McQuinn, Timothy Assault causing bodily harm Aug. 29 Fined £20 and costs of proseoution. Phillips, William Edmund Assault causing bodily harm Aug. 30 Bound over for 12 months. Ford, Thomas, alias Gainsford, Horse-stealing .. Aug. 30 2 years’ labour. alias Scott, Donald Ward, Annie .. ... Theft .. Aug. 30 Acquitted. 12 months’ labour. McNeilly, Hugh, alias McNeill .. Theft .. Aug. 31

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Date tried Name. Offence. or Sentence. sentenced. NAPIER S.C.— continued. 1904. Thompson, William, alias Thom-) son, alias McDonald, Donald McCormack, Neil .. r Preston, Fanny, alias McMahon, Breaking, entering, and theft Aug. 31 2 years’ labour. 2 years’ labour.’ Acquitted. Mary, alias McPherson, Janet J Moore, Terence, alias Edward Breach of Probation Act .. Aug. 31 Ordered to pay arrears, and discharged. 2 years’ labour. Teko Aperama, alias Tauri Poonga, Breaking, entering, and theft Sept. 1 alias Hori Wirihana Matene Hamatana, otherwise Perjury Sept. 1 6 months’ labour. Hamilton, Martin Teehan, Edward Assault (2 charges) Sept. 1 Acquitted. Anderson, Oscar Breaking, entering, and theft(4 cbgs) Sept. 1 To come up when called on. Furniss, Ross .. Breaking, entering, and theft (3 digs) Sept. 1 To come up when called on. King, Roy Arthur Breaking and entering (6 charges).. Sept. 2 To come up when called on. Sinclair, Frank Attempted breaking and entering.. Sept. 2 Acquitted. Taka, Mete Attempted rape .. Sept. 2 Acquitted. Simmonds, Reginald Theft .. Sept. 2 2 years’ probation. 2 months’ labour. Atkinson, John William ( False pretences (5 charges) Sept. 6 Arson .. .. .. ) 3 years’ labour) Connolly, Patrick Joseph j False pretences .. .. 1 Sept. 7 12 mos’ labour l concurrent. Attempted false pretences j 12 mos’ labour) Williams, Charles Frederick Sheep-stealing .. Sept. 9 6 months’ labour, NEW PLYMOUTH S.C.Avenell, Henry .. j Aiding and abetting to commit rape I Rape .. .. .. j June 20 i 3 years’ labour. Nolle prosequi entered. 3 years’ labour. Nolle prosequi entered. Hutton, George Thomas Rape Aiding and abetting to commit rape) June 20 1 Turner, John .. Indecent assault (5 charges) June 16 Acquitted. STRATFORD D-C--Lee, Harry Perjury Aug. 8 6 months’ labour. WANGANUI S.C.McAlley, James, alias McAuley j Attempted theft from the person 1 Breach of Probation Act .. j Sept. 12 1 12 months’ labour ) .. r „ 12 months’ labour cumulatlve ' Blackmore, William Forgery Sept. 12 Acquitted on 2 charges. Nolle prosequi entered on 3 charges. WELLINGTON S.C.Steinmuller, Tasman, alias Cook, Bigamy May 20 2 years’ labour. Alfred Tasman Atkinson, James,alias McKenzie, J Breaking prison.. .. ) May 20 3 years’ labour on each (concurrent, alias Sweeney, alias Hallorau ( Breaking and entering (3 charges) j but cumulative on present sentence). 18 months’ labour on each (concurrent, but cumulative on present sentence). Rawson, Arthur Breaking prison.. .. 1 Breaking and entering (2 charges) J May 20 f Escaping from custody .. ) 3 months’ labour on each (concurCoughlan, Thomas .. 1 Theft .. .. .. 1 June 16 rent, but cumulative on present ( Breaking and entering .. j . sentence). Anderson, Frank, alias ChrisEscaping from custody .. June 16 4 months’ labour (cumulative on pretopher, alias Emile sent sentence). Gray, William Receiving June 16 9 months’ labour. Welsh, Agnes, alias Gray Theft .. June 16 6 months’ labour. O’Brien, Patrick Parker, Robert, alias Joseph Theft .. June 16 9 months’ labour. Forgery (4 charges) July 14 12 months’ labour on each (concurCrook, John Frederick, alias Owen, rent). Breaking, entering, and theft July 14 9 months’ labour. alias Smith Malkin, James, alias Woods, alias Theft .. July 14 9 months’ labour. Malcolm McCtae, Thomas Breaking and entering July 14 4 months’ labour. Ramsay, William Reginald, alias Theft from vessel July 14 18 months’ labour. Dewer, W. R. Smoothey, Walter Augustus, alias Theft and false pretences Aug. 1 2 years’ labour. McGregor, Walter Randolph Broome, George William Ernest.. Forgery Aug. 1 2 years’ probation. 9 months’ labour. Mills, John H., alias Henderson.. Forgery Aug. 1 Findlay, Alexander Escaping from custody .. Aug. 1 9 months’ labour (cumulative on present sentence). 2 years’ labour. Thorpe, John .. Theft .. Aug. 1 Wilson, James Bodily harm Aug. 1 3 years’ labour. 18 mos’ labour 1 conourrent wifch Atkinson, James, alias Sweeney, alias McKenzie, alias Halloran Theft .. Aug. 1 Rawson, Arthur Theft .. Aug. 1 18 mos’ labour } P ravl0us sentences. Mullins, Thomas, alias Hugh, alias Theft .. Aug. 1 9 months’ labour. Burns, Thomas Hughes, Henry Theft .. Aug. 1 6 months’ labour. Smith, Charles Frederick Assault and robbery Aug. 1 7 years’ labour. Fitzgerald, Michael John Assault and robbery Aug. 1 Acquitted. Barry, William Assault and robbery Aug. 1 Acquitted. 18 months’ labour. Hayes, Edward Percy, alias Morris, Forgery Aug. 2 Percy, alias Collins, James Kearnev, Patrick False pretences .. Aug. 3 Acquitted. Sims, Albert .. Carnally knowing girl under 10 Aug. 8 3 years’ labour. 7 years’ labour. Barr, James Manslaughter .. Aug. 8

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Date tried Name. Offence. or Sentence. sentenced WELLINGTON S.C-continued. 1904. Borrows, Cnarles Jeffries, David, alias “ Bluey ” } Breaking, entering, and theft | Aug. Aug. 7 8 Nolle prosequi entered. Acquitted. Pickering, Mathew Theft .. Aug. 9 12 months’ labour (cumulative on present sentence). Calvert, Thomas Henry, alias Bodily harm Aug. 9 12 months' labour (concurrent with Henry Thomas present sentence). Cavanagh, Daniel Bodily harm Aug. 9 Fined £5 and costs. NELSON S-C--Millerson, George, alias Genet, Forgery and uttering June 15 12 months’ probation. Alfred Ryan, Thomas, alias O’Brien, Thomas Patrick Attempted murder June 15 3 months’ labour. McFarland, Thomas Arson .. June 16 Acquitted. WESTPORT D-C--Woodward, Charles, alias Hopper, Conspiring to defraud July 8 6 months’ labour. alias Palmer Foster, Walter, alias Seymour .. Conspiring to defraud July 8 6 months’ labour. HOKITIKA D.C.— Zeigler, Frederick Yon .. Assault July 14 1 month’s labour. CHRISTCHURCH S.CMockford, William, alias Wilson Forgery and uttering June 21 2 years’ labour. Robinson, William Theft .. June 24 12 months’ probation. Critchley, William George, alias Forgery and uttering Aug. 1 12 months’ labour. Thompson, George f Theft (3 charges) .. 1 (12 months’ labour on each (concurPotter, Francis .. 1 Aug. 1 J rent). ( Wilfully detaining postal packets J j 12 months’ labour (concurrent with ( above). Marshall, Henry Fraser Forgery Aug. 1 18 months’ labour. Lindsay, John Forgery and uttering Aug. 1 2 years’ labour. Beer, Georgina Frances Sarah, Forgery and uttering Aug. 1 6 months’ labour. alias Baird, Fanny Donnelly, Dominic .. 1 Barkit, James, alias Batoman, l Assault and robbery 1 Acquitted. Aug. Frank ) Attewell, John Indecent assault Aug. 1 Bill ignored. Bagnell, James Channing, alias Theft .. Aug. 1 3 years’ labour. Williams, James Eaton, Percy Seymour .. Using instrument with intent to Aug. 2 7 years’ labour ; nolle prosequi enprocure abortion (2 charges) tered in second charge. Richards, John Procuring Percy Seymour Eaton to Aug. .2 Acquitted. procure abortion Post, Reginald, alias Francis Horse-stealing .. Aug. 2 12 months’ labour. Richard Chaney, Arthur Forgery and uttering Aug. 2 To come up when called on. Evans, William, alias Wilson Breaking, entering, and thef t(2 chgs) Aug. 3 4 years’ labour; nolle prosequi entered in second charge. McCausland, Meredith .. Cattle-stealing (2 charges) Aug. 3 6 months’ laoour on eaoh rent). Pickery, Thomas Receiving Aug. 3 18 months’ labour. Busst, Thomas, alias Buss Theft .. Aug. 3 3 months’ labour. OAMARU S.CChalmers, John Howe .. Sheep-stealing .. Aug. 18 Acquitted. DUNEDIN S.C.Hamilton, Harold, alias Curtis .. Breaking and entering May 27 3 years’ labour. 3 years’ labour. McLennan, Charles John, alias Assault and robbery Juue 17 Criss, alias McLelland McNeilage, Roland Embezzlement .. June 17 18 months’ probation. 12 months’ labour. Mathers, Richard, alias Matthews Theft from a dwelling Aug. 4 Bowden, George Carlyle Theft .. Aug. 22 2 years’ labour. Smith, Charles Perjury Aug. 22 18 months’ labour. McKenzie, Donald Sheep-stealing (4 charges) Aug. 24 Jury disagreed ; nolle prosequi entered. Rhodes, John Henry Wilcox Arson .. Aug. 24 Acquitted. Laley, Edward .. 1 Laity, Edward Charles.. j Assault causing bodily harm Aug. 25 Acquitted. Grainger, William .. j ( Acquitted. Booth, William .. 1 Assault and robbery Aug. 25 j 6 months’ labour. Holland, John .. j (9 months’ labour. Wilson, Edward Stealing from person Aug. 26 6 months’ labour. INVERCARGILL S.C.Thurdton, Charles George Fraudulent bankruptcy .. Aug. 30 6 months (without labour), j 12 months’ labour. (12 months’ labour. Hardinge, Reginald James Henry j Forgery and theft .. ) Perjury S pt. 2

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