Fishing Regulations. T) EGULATIONS. I.' These regulations shall come in force from the date of the publication therenr in the New Zealand Gazette (October 2, 1884). * 2. Licenses to fish for trout in all the rivers, streams and lakes in the Provincial District of Canterbury north of the Pangitata river, will be issued under the hand of the Secretary of the Canterbury Accli- ! matisalion Soceity, at Christchurch, and for every such license a fee of twenty shillings will be charged : Irovided that it shall not be obligatory upon the said Secretary to issue a license. 3. Every such license shall entitle the person named therein to fish in any of the said rivers, streams and lakes from the fifteenth day of October in any year until the fifteenth day of April in the year following inclusive, between the hours of 5 a.tr. and 10 p.m. only ; but no such license shall confer any right of entry upon the land of any person without his consent; and any person fishing or attempting to fish or take any salmon or trout, except during the above-men-tioned period, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding LSO. 4 Every such license shall entitle the person named therein to fish with one rod and line, and with the bait or devices authorised by these regulations only; and any person who shall use any ground bait, or any net (except a landing net) or other engine, instrument or device not expressly authorised by these regulations, or shall use or employ either of the methods known as “crossline fishing ” or “stroke hauling,” or any other unsportsmanlike device, or shall use as a bait salmon roe, fish roe, or any bait prepared with any chemical or medicated dressing whatever, for taking fish in any of the said ri v ers, streams or lakes shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding LBO ; and every such net or other engine, instrument or device used contrary to these regulations shall be forfeited. 5. Any person fishing without a license or any person who shall on the demand of any ranger, constable or officer of the Acclimatisation Society, fail to produce and show to such ranger, officer, or constable his license, or the contents of creel or bag, cr the bait used by him jr taking fish, or any person who shall, on 1 demand of a person holding and showing a license fail to produce and show to such • person the license (if any) held by him, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding L2O. „ , . . 1 6. No person shall use or fish with or i ]place on any hook or other device used l:or taking trout any bait of any kind or 1 description whatever, except the following :—Natural and artificial fly, natural i and artificial minnow, silveries, beetles, 1 grasshoppers, spiders, caterpillars, the < larvte of the cadisfly and worm. Any per- > son found infringing this regulation shall < be liable to a penalty not exceeding LSO. 1 7. Every trout not exceeding eight i inches in length, taken by any person, 1 shall be immediately returned a'ive into the water from which the same is taken ; and any person infringing this regulation shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding L2O. , : 8. Any person who shall put, throw or place, or allow to be put, thrown or placed into any river, stream or lake in the said Provincial District of Canterbury any poisonous, deleterious or noxious material, with intent to destroy any fish therein, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding LIOO. 9. No person shall buy, sell or expose or offer for sale, or fish for the purpose of obtaining any salmon, trout, perch or tench in order to make sale of the same or any part thereof, for a period of two years from the date of the publication of these ■regulations in the New Zealand Gazette of October 2, 1884; and any person infringing this regulation shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding LBO. 10. If any person shall te convicted of any offence againa*; these regulations, the license of the offender shall thereupon become void.
As witness the hand of his Excellency the Governor, this thirtieth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four. P. A. BUCKLEY. S. C. FABB, Hon. Secretary and Treasurer. Oct, 15, 1884. 11 2014
Consultation. Robin hood’s great novelty COMPANY’S PROGRAMME On the 0. J. C. SUMMER MEETING to bo held on the Christchurch Racecourse on THURSDAY, JANUARY Ist, 1885. Will close on December 30th, 1884. Midsummer Handicap and Middle Park Stakes. 3,000 shares at 10s each—£l,soo. Five separate allotments, each share having five chances. 104 Prizes. Midsummer Handicap (30 Prizes). —Ist horse, £300; 2nd horse, £100; 3;d horse, LSO; other starters and non-starters divided, £250 ; total, £7OO. Middle Park Stakes (34 Prizes). —Ist horse, £160; 2nd horse, £75 ; 3rd horse, £SO: other starters and non-starters divided, £250 ; total, £525. 40 Cash Prizes.—lst class, 3 at £2O, £6O ; 2nd class, 6 at £lO, £6O ; 3rd class, 31 at £5, £155 ; total, £275. From the big business done by us since starting, more especially on the Melbourne and New Zealand Cups, just closed, and result slips of which are hereby tendered { you, we feel .confident in saying that this I programme will more than fill. We shall, therefore, sell on, no matter how many, until our advertised date of closing, and the prizes will then be increased pro rata if our anticipations are correct. Jn writing for tickets it would be better for many reasons to enclose an envelope. Applications, If by letter, with two twopenny stamps, and exchange, on cheques marked correct, Is added. ' Please write signature and address legibly, to avoid errors: .
Money Orders preferred. Bank notes and drafts, registered letters and telegrams received and promptly attended to. Our special unlimited (N.Z. Cup) ran up to 2,650 in seven days. Melbourne and Kew Zealand Cup programme closed with 10,626 subscribers. N.B.—All letters containing coin or notes must be registered, or Is Compulsory Registration Fee is to be charged by the Post Office authorities. 10 pec cent, always deducted from all Prize Money, 4 per cent, of which we pay to agents who sell for us, or clients who purchase books of 25 tickets. Address—ROßlN HOOD, Care of Thos. Stapleton, Box 238, P. 0., Christchurch. Or care of Jubal Fleming, City Baths, Colombo st., Christchurch. N.B.—No connection with any other Company.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1397, 5 December 1884, Page 1
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