MAR. 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 365

Colony of New Zealand, and as his duly-appointed Deputy,
do hereby notify that cock-pheasants and Californian quail
may be taken or killed within the Cook District, consisting
of the County of Cook, from the first day of May, one thou-
sand eight hundred and eighty-five, to the thirty-first day of
July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, both in-
clusive (subject nevertheless to the restrictions in the said
Acts mentioned). And I do further notify that licenses to
take or kill such game within the said district shall be
issued on payment of the sum of twenty shillings each, and
that licenses to sell such game shall be issued on payment
of the sum of five pounds each; and the Chief Postmaster
at Gisborne is hereby appointed to issue the said licenses.
And I do further notify that native game (excepting tuis)
may be taken or killed within the said district from the first
day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, to
the thirty-first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-five, both inclusive.

As witness the hand of His Excellency Sir James
Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, as such
Deputy of the said Governor as aforesaid, this
twentieth day of March, one thousand eight hun-
dred and eighty-five.

EDWARD RICHARDSON.

Fixing Shooting Season for Native and Imported Game,
License Fee, &c., Marlborough District.

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor,
By his Deputy,
JAMES PRENDERGAST.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by "The Animals
Protection Act, 1880," and "The Animals Protection
Act Amendment Act, 1881," I, James Prendergast, in the
name and on behalf of His Excellency the Governor of the
Colony of New Zealand, and as his duly-appointed Deputy,
do hereby declare that cock-pheasants and Californian quail
may be taken or killed within the Marlborough District, con-
sisting of the Counties of Marlborough and Sounds, except-
ing the area described in the Second Schedule hereto, from
the first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-
five, to the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hun-
dred and eighty-five, both inclusive. And I do further notify
that licenses to take or kill such game within the said dis-
trict shall be issued on payment of the sum of one pound
each, and that licenses to sell such game shall be issued on
payment of the sum of five pounds each; and that the Chief
Postmaster at Blenheim is hereby appointed to issue the said
licenses.

And I do further notify that the native game mentioned in
the First Schedule hereto may be taken or killed within the
said district during the period between the first day of April,
one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, and the thirtieth
day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five,
both inclusive; and that native pigeons may be taken or
killed within the said district from the first day of June, one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, to the thirty-first
day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, both
inclusive.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

WILD duck of any species, bittern, pied stilt plover, wild
goose, dotterel, teal, black stilt plover, curlew, quail.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

DISTRICT IN WHICH NATIVE AND IMPORTED GAME MAY NOT
BE TAKEN OR KILLED.

ALL that portion of the Counties of Marlborough and Sounds
known as the Wairau Lagoons. Bounded generally on the
West by the Wairau River to the confluence of the Opawa,
and by that river to Morgan's Creek; thence by Morgan's
Creek and Sections Nos. 22, 21, and 20 to the north-west
angle of Section No. 18, all in the District of Opawa; thence
southerly by said Section No. 18 to the Mud Flats; thence
southerly by Sections Nos. 18, 15, 14, part of 13, and 7
of Block I., Section No. 8 of Block II., in the said district,
and Sections Nos. 9 and 10 of Block II., District of Awatere,
to the Boulder Bank; thence northerly by the sea to the
mouth of the Wairau River, at the point of departure.

As witness the hand of His Excellency Sir James
Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, as such
Deputy of the said Governor as aforesaid, this
twentieth day of March, one thousand eight hun-
dred and eighty-five.

EDWARD RICHARDSON.

Fixing Shooting Season for Native and Imported Game,
License Fee, &c., Grey District.

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor,
By his Deputy,
JAMES PRENDERGAST.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by "The Animals
Protection Act, 1880," and "The Animals Protection
Act Amendment Act, 1881," I, James Prendergast, in the
name and on behalf of His Excellency the Governor of the
Colony of New Zealand, and as his duly-appointed Deputy,
do hereby notify that cock-pheasants may be taken or
killed within the Grey District, comprising the County of
Grey, from the first day of July, one thousand eight hun-
dred and eighty-five, to the thirty-first day of July, one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, both inclusive (sub-
ject nevertheless to the restrictions in the said Acts men-
tioned). And I do further notify that licenses to take or kill
such game within the said district shall be issued on payment
of the sum of twenty shillings each, and that licenses to sell
such game shall be issued on payment of the sum of five
pounds each; and the Chief Postmaster at Greymouth
is hereby appointed to issue the said licenses. And I do
further notify that native game (excepting tuis) may be
taken or killed within the said district, excepting in the
Borough of Greymouth, from the first day of April, one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, to the thirty-first
day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five,
both inclusive.

As witness the hand of His Excellency Sir James
Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, as such Deputy
of the said Governor as aforesaid, this twentieth
day of March, one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-five.

EDWARD RICHARDSON.

Fixing Shooting Season for Native and Imported Game,
License Fee, &c., North Canterbury District.

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor,
By his Deputy,
JAMES PRENDERGAST.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by "The Animals
Protection Act, 1880," and "The Animals Protection
Act Amendment Act, 1881," I, James Prendergast, in the
name and on behalf of His Excellency the Governor of the
Colony of New Zealand, and as his duly-appointed Deputy,
do hereby notify that hares may be taken or killed within
the North Canterbury District, comprising the Counties of
Cheviot, Ashley, Akaroa, Selwyn, and Ashburton, from the
first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-
five, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-five, both inclusive (subject, nevertheless,
to the restrictions in the said Acts mentioned). And I do
further notify that licenses to take or kill hares within the
said district shall be issued on payment of the sum of thirty
shillings each, and that licenses to sell such game shall be
issued on payment of the sum of five pounds each; and the
Chief Postmaster at Christchurch is hereby appointed to
issue the said licenses. And I do further notify that native
game (excepting tuis) shall be taken or killed within the
said district from the first day of April, one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-five, to the thirty-first day of July, one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, both inclusive.

As witness the hand of His Excellency Sir James
Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, as such Deputy
of the said Governor as aforesaid, this twentieth
day of March, one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-five.

EDWARD RICHARDSON.

Fixing Shooting Season for Native and Imported Game,
License Fee, &c., Otago District.

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor,
By his Deputy,
JAMES PRENDERGAST.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by "The Animals
Protection Act, 1880," and "The Animals Protection
Act Amendment Act, 1881," I, James Prendergast, in the
name and on behalf of His Excellency the Governor of the
Colony of New Zealand, and as his duly-appointed Deputy,
do hereby notify that hares may be taken or killed within the
Otago District,—being all that area in the Provincial District
of Otago, bounded on the East and South by the ocean from
Shag Point to the mouth of the Mataura River; on the West,
South-west, and South by the Mataura River and the
Counties of Southland and Wallace; on the North-west by
the ocean; and on the North, North-west, and North-east