LEGISLATION 



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Fishery legislation in New Zealand deals largely with marine 

 fisheries. That dealing with imported fishes begins in 1867, with 

 a " Salmon and Trout Act," — "An Act to make provision for the 

 preservation and propagation of Salmon and Trout in this Colony," 

 and the preamble states: "Whereas it is contemplated to introduce 

 Salmon and Trout into this Colony from abroad, etc." This Act gives 

 the Governor power to make regulations for the protection of fish 

 which had not then been introduced, "for the preservation and 

 propagation of young salmon, salmon fry and spawn and young trout, 

 trout fry and spawn upon its importation into the colony " ; it placed 

 restrictions on fishing in those streams into which such young fish 

 or spawn were deposited ; regulated the times and seasons for fishing ; 

 prohibited "the use of nets or other engines or devices for taking 

 fish in any stream" so utilised; and prohibited the use of lime or 

 other deleterious materials for destroying the fish. It is a curious little 

 piece of legislation in advance of its object. 



In 1877 "The Fish Protection Act" was passed, giving more 



1915, Aug. 23rd: 



t Apple aphis (Aphis malt) 

 Apple-blossom weevil Anthonomus 



pomorum) 

 t Apple-bud moth (Hedya ocellana) 

 t Apple-pith moths (Blastoderma hille- 



rella and B. vinolentelld) 

 t Apple root-borer (Leptops hopei) 

 t Apple saw-fly (Hophcampa testu- 



dined) 

 t Apple-sucker {Psylla mali) 

 f Apple-tree borers {BMzopertha col- 



laris, Chrysobothris femorata and 



C. mali) 

 t Bulb-mite (Rhizoglyphus echinopus) 

 t Colorado beetle {Doryphora decem- 



lineatd) 

 \ Currant aphis (Rhopalosiphon ribis) 

 Currant clearwing {Sesia tipuli- 



formis) 

 Currant gall-mite or big bud (Erio- 



phyces ribis) 



1917, i6th April: 



f Banana scale (Aspidiottis destructor transparens) 



1918, 23rd April: 

 Leaf-roller (Cacaecia excessana) 



The last named is a native of New Zealand. 



No doubt the object of including in these lists so many species which apparently 

 have never yet been recorded as met with in the country, is to enable inspectors 

 at the various ports of entry to at once hold up a consignment of fruit, etc., where 

 any of these may be found. They occur in localities from whence they might be 

 exported to New Zealand, and it is evident that up to the present time, if any of 

 them have been met with, they have been destroyed at once, so that they have not 

 got free into the country. 



Currant-shoot borer (Incurvaria 



capitella) 

 f Fruit-bark beetle (Scolytys rugulosus) 

 f Gooseberry saw-fly (Nematits ribesii) 

 f Hop-aphis (Phorodon humuli) 

 f Lesser narcissus-fly (Eumerus stri- 



gatus) 

 t Light brown apple-moth (Caccecia 



postvittana) 

 f Onion fly {Hylemyia antigud) 

 t Raspberry beetle (Byturus tomen- 



tosus) 

 Raspberry moth (Lampronia rubiella) 

 f Raspberry weevil (Otiorhynchus 



picipes) 

 t Round-headed tree-borer (Saperda 



Candida) 

 t Rutherglen bug (Nysius vinitor) 

 f Woolly currant-scale {Pulvinaria 



vitis) 



