EXTRACTS FROM NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XXXIV, Issue 48, 1 December 1909, Page 499

EXTRACTS FROM NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

(From Gazette, 1909, pages 3023, 3029, and 3037.)

Amending Regulations as to Taking of Whitebait. PLUNKET, Governor. ORDER IN COUNCIL. At the Government House, at Wellington, this eighteenth day of November, 1909. Present : His Excellency the Governor in Council. WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the sixth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and eight, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 76, of the eighth day of the same month, certain regulations were made providing for matters relating to the taking of whitebait: And whereas it is desirable to amend the said regulations :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by the fifth section of “ The Fisheries Act, 1908,” and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby revoke Regulation 1 of the said regulations of the sixth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and eight, and doth hereby make the following regulation in lieu thereof: —- Regulation. 1. No scrim or whitebait net shall be used as a set-net, or be set or placed in openings made in the banks of streams or rivers, or in dams constructed therein ; and no scrim hand-net having a circumference of more than ten feet eight inches shall be used for the purpose of catching whitebait : Provided that whitebait-nets having an opening of not more than three feet by one foot may be used as set-nets in the River Ashley and the waters thereof, and in its tributaries the Taranaki and Waikuku Creeks.

J. F. ANDREWS, Clerk of the Executive Council. Regulations for Trout - fishing, Rotorua Acclimatisation District. PLUNKET, Governor. ORDER IN COUNCIL. At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-second day of November, 1909. Present : His Excellency the Governor in Council.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by “The Fisheries Act, 1908,” His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby make the following regulations for the Rotorua Acclimatisation District and the waters thereof; and doth hereby declare that these regulations shall, as from the first day of November, one thousand nine hundred and nine, supersede all regulations at variance, therewith, and such regulations are hereby revoked : Regulations. 1. Licenses to fish for trout in all waters within that district or part of the North Island known as the Rotorua Acclimatisation District, described in the First Schedule hereto, and comprising the Counties of Rotorua, Whakatane, and East Taupo, and parts of the Counties of Wairoa, West Taupo, and Piako, may be issued under the hand of the Director of the Commerce and Tourists Division of the Department of Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourists, or

any one authorised in writing by the said Director in that behalf: Provided that the Director, or his appointee 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 Aot relating to fishing for trout, 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 twenty shillings. 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 Direotor, or his appointee, in any case where application is made for a license on or after the first day of February 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. The Director, or his appointee, may issue a day license to any one applying for the same on payment of a fee of two shillings and sixpence for each day’s fishing. The several forms of license shall be those set forth in the Second Schedule hereto.

3. Any holder of a license may fish for trout in the abovenamed waters from the first day of November in any year to the thirty-first day of May in the following year, both inclusive ; but every such license shall be for one season only, and shall expire on the thirty-first day of May following the date on which it was issued, subject, however, to the special limitations and restrictions hereinafter mentioned. 4. Trout 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 caught with such rod and line. No lures or baits other than natural or artificial flies, insects, or fish shall be used with such rod and line, 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 line be used for taking trout in any of the waters aforesaid.

5. No person shall use any bait or lure other than artificial fly in any of the streams following—namely, the Kaituna Stream from Lake Rotoiti to the electric-power station at the Okere Falls, tbe Waimakariri, Waitahanui, and Tahanatara Streams, the Tahuna-atara or Whangapoa Stream, and the Ohau Channel. 6. No person shall use any bait or lure other than artificial fly within a radius of three hundred yards of the mouths (or outlets, as the case may be) of any of the rivers, springs, or streams flowing into or from Lakes Rotorua, Rotoiti, Rotoehu, Rotoma, Rotokakabi, and Tarawera. 7. No person shall use any bait or lure other than artificial fly within a radius of three hundred yards from Te Ngae sunken reef in Lake Rotorua, as indicated by posts in the water.

8. No license shall be transferable, or be deemed to authorise any person other than the person named therein to fish. 9. No person shall take, fish for, or catch any Salmonidce or trout, or in any way injure or disturb the same, between the first day of June and the thirty-first day of October in any year, which period is hereby appointed a close season for all such fish. No person shall have in his possession any Salmonidce or trout between the fifth day of June and the first day of November following, except as provided for by the regulations regarding keeping trout in freezing or cool chambers after close of season, which were made by the Governor in Council on the sixth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and eight, and on the sixth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and nine, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the eighth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and eight, and the sixteenth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and nine, respectively: Provided always that this regulation shall not apply to fish caught by the Director, or his appointee, or officers of the Marine Department, for purposes of acclimatisation.

10. 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.

11. 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.

12. No person shall fish for trout without a license; and every person fishing shall, on the demand of any Ranger,

constable, officer of the Department of Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourists, or of any person producing a license, give his true name and place of residence, and, on the like demand, 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.

13. 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.

14. 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. 15. Except as aforesaid, no person shall fish with or use any net, or any instrument, or device, or means for taking Salmonidce or trout in any lake, river, or stream within the district aforesaid, or at the mouth or entrance of any such river or stream.

16. No fishing of the form known as trolling or spinning a bait from a boat, launch, or canoe shall be practised in any river, spring, or stream flowing into or from Lakes Rotorua, Rotoiti, Rotoehu, Rotoma, Tarawera, or Taupo, or in the said lakes within a radius of three hundred yards of the mouths (or outlets, as the case may be) of any of the said rivers, springs, or streams flowing into or from the said lakes, or any of them. 17. Nothing herein contained, or contained in any license issued under these regulations, shall be deemed to authorise any person to fish for or take Salmonidce or trout from the Wairoa Stream between the waterfalls and Lake Tarawera. 18. No person shall buy, sell, or expose or offer for sale, or shall fish for the purpose of obtaining for sale, any trout, or any part thereof. 19. No person shall take or catch more than twenty-five fish in any one day, except in the case of Lake Okataina, where not more than fifteen fish may be taken in any one day.

20. The penalty for the breach of any of these regulations shall not be less than twenty shillings or more than fifty pounds.

21. 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. Rotorua Acclimatisation District. All that area bounded towards the north generally by the Tauranga County from the north-eastern boundary of Piako County to the sea; thence by the sea to the north-western corner of Opotiki County; thence towards the east generally by Opotiki and Cook Counties and the sea to Moeangiangi; thence towards the south generally by the leading spur and the southern watershed of the Waikare River to Taraponui Mountain ; thence by the leading spur to the confluence of the Mohaka River with the Waipunga River; thence by a right line to Tataraokino Mountain ; thence by the eastern watershed of the Mokomokonui Stream to Pohokuna Mountain ; thence by a line running due east to the Pukahunui Stream ; thence by the leading spur and the western watershed of the Te Hoe River to Maungataniwha Trig. Station; thence by the north-eastern boundary of Heruiwi No. 4 Block to the northern boundary of the Wairoa County; thence by the W T airoa County to the Napier-Taupo Road; thence by Hawke’s Bay, Rangitikei, and Waimarino Counties to the Wanganui River ; thence towards the west generally by the Wanganui River to its confluence with the Ongaruhe River; thence by the Ongaruhe River to its source ; thence by a right line to the summit of Mount Rangitoto ; thence by a right line to the summit of Puwhenua Mountain ; thence by Piako County to the southern boundary of Tauranga County, the place of commencement.

SECOND SCHEDULE. Man’s [Woman’s] [Boy’s] [Half-season] [Day] I License to FISH. “ The Fisheries Act, 1908." 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 within the Rotorua Acclimatisation District from the day of 19 ,to the day of , 19 , subject to the said Act and to the regulations made thereunder for the time being in force in the said district. Dated at , this day of ,19 . Director of Commerce and Tourists. J. F. ANDREWS, Clerk of the Executive Council.

Inspector of Factories appointed. Department of Labour, Wellington, 18th November, 1909. HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Constable John James McCormack to be an Inspector under “ The Factories Act, 1908.” The appointment is dated the 16th day of November, 1909. J. A. MILLAR, Minister of Labour.

Clerk of Magistrate’s Court appointed. Department of Justice, Wellington, 24th November, 1909. HIS Excellency the Governor lias been pleased to appoint Constable Joseph Larmer to be Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court at Porangahau, from the 9th day of November, 1909, vice Constable F. H. Fearnlev, transferred. JOHN G. FINDLAY.