tioned); and that cock-pheasants and quail may be taken
or killed in the said district from the first day of May, one
thousand eight hundred and ninety, to the thirtieth day
of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety, both
inclusive (also subject 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 game and native game shall be issued on
payment of the sum of five pounds each; and the Chief
Postmaster at Christchurch is hereby appointed to sign and
issue the said licenses.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this twenty-fourth day of March, one thousand
eight hundred and ninety.
W. R. RUSSELL,
Colonial Secretary.

Shooting Season for Imported Game, License Fee, &c.,

South Canterbury District.

ONSLOW, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by "The Animals
Protection Act, 1880," and the Acts amending the
same, I, William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, 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 and 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 ninety, to
the thirty-first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and
ninety, both inclusive (subject nevertheless to the restric-
tions 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 game and native
game shall be issued on payment of the sum of five pounds
each; and the Chief Postmaster at Timaru, and the Post-
master at Waimate, are hereby appointed to sign and issue
the said licenses.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this twenty-fourth day of March, one thousand
eight hundred and ninety.
W. R. RUSSELL,
Colonial Secretary.

Shooting Season for Imported Game, License Fee, &c.,

Waitaki District.

ONSLOW, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by "The Animals
Protection Act, 1880," and the Acts amending the same,
I, William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the
Colony of New Zealand, do hereby notify that cock-pheasants
may be taken or killed within the Waitaki District, con-
sisting of the County of Waitaki, from the second day of
June to the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hun-
dred and ninety, both inclusive; and that hares may be
taken or killed within the said district from the first day of
April to the thirty-first day of August, one thousand eight
hundred and ninety, 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 game and
native game shall be issued on payment of the sum of five
pounds each; and the Chief Postmaster at Oamaru is
hereby appointed to sign and issue the said licenses.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this twenty-fourth day of March, one thousand
eight hundred and ninety.
W. R. RUSSELL,
Colonial Secretary.

Shooting Season for Imported Game, License Fee, &c.,

Otago District.

ONSLOW, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by "The Animals
Protection Act, 1880," and the Acts amending the same,
I, William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the
Colony of New Zealand, do hereby notify that hares and
Californian quail 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 May, one thousand eight
hundred and ninety, to the thirty-first day of July, one
thousand eight hundred and ninety, 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 game and native game shall be issued on payment
of the sum of five pounds each; and the Chief Postmaster at
Dunedin is hereby appointed to sign and issue the said
licenses.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this twenty-fourth day of March, one thousand
eight hundred and ninety.
W. R. RUSSELL,
Colonial Secretary.

Regulations for Deer-shooting, Otago.

ONSLOW, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by
"The Animals Protection Act, 1880," and "The Animals
Protection Act Amendment Act, 1881," His Excellency
William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, doth hereby notify that deer (bucks or stags
only) may be shot and killed within the boundaries of the
Otago Acclimatisation Society's district, subject to the fol-
lowing regulations, namely:—

REGULATIONS.

1. Licenses to shoot and kill deer (bucks or stags only) in
   the Otago Acclimatisation Society's district will be issued
   under the hand of the Chief Postmaster, Dunedin, on the
   recommendation of the Secretary to the Otago Acclimatisa-
   tion Society, and for every such license a fee of £2 sterling
   will be charged.
   The said Chief Postmaster is hereby appointed and autho-
   rised to issue and sign the said licenses.

2. Every such license shall entitle the person named
   therein to kill bucks or stags only between the days of 15th
   March instant and 15th May proximo.

3. No hind or fawn will be allowed to be killed on any
   pretext whatever, and no dogs will be allowed to accompany
   either the licensee or any attendant he may have with him.

4. The licensee must give notice to the said Chief Post-
   master of the date on which it is his intention to stalk deer;
   such notice to be posted, or delivered, or telegraphed three
   clear days before such date.

5. Nothing herein contained shall extend to authorising
   any person to sell any deer or portion thereof.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this twenty-fourth day of March, one thousand
eight hundred and ninety.
W. R. RUSSELL,
Colonial Secretary.

Judge of Assessment Court, Queenstown, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 24th March, 1890.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point
SAMUEL MEADE DALGLIESH, Esq., R.M.,
to be Judge of the Assessment Court, under "The Rating
Act, 1876," and the Acts amending the same, for the
Boroughs of Queenstown, Arrowtown, and Naseby.
W. R. RUSSELL.

Sheriff appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 26th March, 1890.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point
WALTER MARTIN, Esq.,
to be Sheriff for the District of Southland, vice H.
McCulloch, Esq., retired.
W. R. RUSSELL.

Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 26th March, 1890.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the under-mentioned persons to be the
Licensing Committees for the districts set opposite their
names respectively:—