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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 19

Shooting Season for Imported and Native Game, License-fee, &c., North Canterbury District.

GLASGOW, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby notify that hares may be taken or killed within the North Canterbury District, consisting of the Counties of Cheviot, Ashley, Akaroa, and Selwyn, from the first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, both inclusive (subject nevertheless to the restrictions in the said Acts mentioned); and that cock-pheasants and quail may be taken or killed in the said district from the first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, to the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, 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.

And I do further declare that native game, excepting tui, huia, white heron, and crested grebe, may be taken or killed within the above-mentioned district from the first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, to the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, both days inclusive.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this ninth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Hares and Californian Quail declared Game in Part of Pelorus Road District.

GLASGOW, Governor.

WHEREAS by warrant under the hand of His Excellency the Governor, dated the twenty-ninth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, hares and Californian quail were declared to be no longer within the operation of “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and “The Animals Protection Act Amendment Act, 1881,” within the Pelorus Road District, excepting in that portion thereof bounded on the east by the Waikakaho Stream from its source to the Wairau River; on the south by the Wairau River to the Wairau Road District; on the west by the Wairau Road District to its most northerly point; thence by a right line to the point of departure at the source of the Waikakaho Stream: And whereas it is expedient to rescind such warrant:

Now, therefore, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the powers vested in me by the said Acts, do hereby rescind the said warrant, and declare that, from and after the date hereof, hares and Californian quail are within the operation of the said Acts within the said district.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this ninth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

“Destitute Persons Act, 1877,” brought into Operation in respect of the Native Race.

GLASGOW, Governor.

WHEREAS by the forty-third section of “The Destitute Persons Act, 1877,” it is enacted that the said Act shall come into operation in respect of persons of the aboriginal native race in such districts and at such times as the Governor shall from time to time appoint:

Now, therefore, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in me in this behalf, do hereby appoint the districts described in the Schedule hereto to be districts in which “The Destitute Persons Act, 1877,” shall, on and after the sixteenth day of March instant, come into operation in respect of persons of the aboriginal native race.

SCHEDULE.

The Bay of Islands District, as the same is described in a Proclamation issued under “The Resident Magistrates Act, 1867,” dated the 22nd April, 1890, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 1st May, 1890.

The Kaipara District, as the same is described in a Proclamation issued under “The Resident Magistrates Act, 1867,” dated the 22nd April, 1890, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 1st May, 1890.

The Poverty Bay District, as the same is described in a Proclamation issued under “The Resident Magistrates Act, 1867,” dated the 9th August, 1880, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 12th August, 1880.

The Waiapu District, as the same is described in a Proclamation issued under “The Resident Magistrates Act, 1867,” dated the 15th May, 1877, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 17th May, 1877.

The Napier and Waipukurau District, as the same is described in a Proclamation issued under “The Resident Magistrates Act, 1867,” dated the 22nd April, 1890, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 1st May, 1890.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eleventh day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three.

A. J. CADMAN.

Shooting Season for Native Game, Geraldine County District.

GLASGOW, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby notify that native game, excepting tui, huia, white heron, and crested grebe, may be taken or killed within the Geraldine County District, consisting of that part of the County of Geraldine lying north of the Opihi River, from the thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, both inclusive (subject, nevertheless, to the restrictions in the said Acts mentioned). And I do further notify that licenses to sell native game shall be issued on payment of the sum of five pounds each; and the Postmaster at Temuka is hereby appointed to sign and issue the said licenses.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this fourteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Land Classification Commissioners appointed.

GLASGOW, Governor.

IN exercise and pursuance of the power and authorities vested in me by the one hundred and eighty-ninth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

JOHN SAMUEL BROWNING, Esquire, Chief Surveyor and Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Land District of Nelson,

ROBERT KERR, Esquire, and

WILLIS ASHTON SCAIFE, Esquire,

Commissioners to classify and report to me upon the rural land in the Land District of Nelson known as Runs Nos. 75, 76, 110, 92, 99B, and 112, Glynn Wye; Runs Nos. 86, 96, 97; Runs Nos. 93, 98, 108, and 71, St. Helens; Run No. 95, Hopefield; Run No. 105, St. James; Run No. 111, Mytholm; Runs Nos. 99, 107, and 95, 7, Stanley Vale; Runs Nos. 99 and 106, Lake Guyon: as provided by section one hundred and eighty-nine of “The Land Act, 1892,” aforesaid.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this fifteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three.

W. P. REEVES,
For the Minister of Lands.

Rural Lands in the Hawke’s Bay Land District open for Sale or Selection.

GLASGOW, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one hundred and thirty-sixth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, having received the report of the Surveyor-General in this behalf, as in the said section is provided, do hereby declare that the rural lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection, on and after the twenty-sixth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three; and also that the lands mentioned in the said Schedule may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or be selected for occupation with right of purchase, or on lease