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Counties of Wanganui, Rangitikei, Manawatu, and Oroua from the first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, until the thirty-first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Fixing Shooting Season for Imported Game, License Fee, &c., Wellington and Wairarapa District.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby notify that cock-pheasants, Californian quail, and hares may be taken or killed within the Wellington and Wairarapa District, consisting of the Counties of Hutt, Wairarapa North, Wairarapa South, and Horowhenua, from the first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, both inclusive (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 Wellington, and the Postmasters at Masterton and Featherston, are hereby appointed to issue and sign 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-seven, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, both inclusive.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this nineteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Fixing Shooting Season for Imported Game, License Fee, &c., Nelson District.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby notify that cock-pheasants and quail may be taken or killed within the Nelson District, consisting of the Counties of Waimea, Buller, and Collingwood, from the first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, both inclusive (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 Nelson is hereby appointed to issue and sign 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-seven, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, both inclusive.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this nineteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Fixing Shooting Season for Imported Game, License Fee, &c., South Canterbury District.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby notify that cock-pheasants and Californian quail may be taken or killed within the South Canterbury District, consisting of the Counties of Waimate, Mackenzie, and that part of the Geraldine County lying south of the Opihi River, from the first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, both inclusive (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 Timaru is hereby appointed to issue and sign 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-seven, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, both inclusive.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this nineteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

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

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby notify that Californian quail and 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 by the Counties of Westland and Waitaki: excepting therefrom the County of Lake—from the first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, both inclusive (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 Dunedin is hereby appointed to issue and sign the said licenses. And I do further notify that native game (excepting tuis, bittern, white heron, and crested grebe) may be taken or killed within the said district from the first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, both inclusive.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this nineteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Returning Officer for First Elections, North Amuri Rabbit trict, appointed.—Notice No. 228.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 22nd March, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

REGINALD FOSTER, Esq.,

to be the Returning Officer to hold the first elections of five Trustees of the North Amuri Rabbit District, as constituted under “The Rabbit Nuisance Act 1882 Amendment Act, 1886.”

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Deputy-Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 28th March, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

THOMAS WARD

to be the Deputy-Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Waimate Plains. This appointment takes effect on and from the 10th instant.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Visiting Justice appointed.

Department of Justice (Prisons Branch),
Wellington, 19th March, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN THOMPSON, Esq., J.P.,

to be a Visiting Justice of the Prison at Lawrence.

Jos. A. TOLE.