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Temuka Leader, Issue 1562, 28 September 1886, Page 2

REGULATIONS UNDER “THE SAL MON AND TROUT ACT, 1867." (Signed) Wm. F. Deummond Jeetois, Governor. IN pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by “The Salmon and Trout Act, 1867," His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand doth hereby male the following regulations for that part of the County of Geraldine lying between and including the Rangilata river on the north, the Opihi river j on the south, the sea-coast on the east, and 1 the Mackenzie County on the west, and in the waters thereof. Rbguuationb. 1. Licenses to fish for trout, psrcb, and tench in all the waters of that part of the County of Geraldins lying between and including the Rangitata river on the north, the Opihi river on the south, the sea-coast on the east, and the Mackenzie County on the west, shall be issued under the band of the Secretary of the Geraldine County Acclimatisation Society (hereinafter termed “ the said Acclimatisaton Society "), at Temuks, and for every such license a fee of twenty shillings will bo charged : Provided that it shall not be obligatory upon the said Acclimatisation 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 bis consent. 3. 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 minnows, silveries, bullies (Eleotris gobioides), grasshoppers, beetles, spiders, oatei pillars, creepers, grubs, and worms. 4. No person shall use any other bait, or any method, device, or contrivance of any sort or kind (except a rod and line and landing net or gaff) whatever, for the purpose of fishing for, catching, killing, or taking trout, perch, or tenoh. 6. No cross-line 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 abovementioned be used with any medicated or chemical preparation whatever. 6. No person shall fish without a license, and every person fishing shall, on the demand of any ranger, constable, member of the said Acclimatisation Society, or 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 taken or caught by any person shall be immediately ret urned alive into the water from which the same is taken. 4 8. No person ehall 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 any of the salwionide, trout, perch, or tench, or take, fish for, catch, or kill any of the sa’monidse, trout, perch, or tenoh in order to make sale of the same. 10. No person shall take, fish for, catch, or kill in any manner .whatever, or have in his possession, any salmon, salmon-par, or smolt, or the young of any salmon ; aod any of the aboye taken by accident or otherwise shall immediately be returned to the water from whence it was taken. 11. No person shall hare in bis possession any of the salmonidss, trout, perch, or tench during the period appointed for a close season for any such fish. 12. 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, or anything af any kind or description whatever poisonous, deleterious, or noxious to fish. 13. No person shall put, throw, drag, draw, or place, or allow to be put, thrown, dragged, drawn, or placed, for any purpose whatever, aoy net of any description (except a landing-net) in any of the waters hereinbefore mentioned, or at the mouth or entrance of any such waters. 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. 16. These regulations shall come into force as from the date of the publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette. As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this 22nd day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six. se2s (Signed) W. J. M. LARNACH.

NOW PUBLISHED, WITH SEVEH PORTRAITS, A PAMPHLET QOKTAINING A FULL REPORT OF THE STORY AND EVIDENCE OF THE HALLHOUSTON [CASE. PRICE—ONE SHILLING. T. F. FARLEY, Bookseller and Stationer, Timaru. au3 ' *> WE Beg to intimate that we have OPENED a BRANCH OFFICE >n GERALDINE, which will be OPEN EVERY THURSDAY from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and other days when necessary. OFFICES in the Premises, occupied by the Geraldine Guardian. MONEY TO LEND on good FREE HOLD SECURITY at [Lowest Current pi tea. WHITE, SMITHSON & RAYMOND, mr2s Solicitors Timaru