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such land contained in the Crown grant bearing date the twelfth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and seventy, and now contained in a partition order of the Native Land Court bearing date the twenty-third day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, may be removed: And whereas inquiry has been duly made by the Native Land Court, and the said Court has recommended that such restrictions be removed:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by the fifty-second section of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” and in accordance with the recommendation of the Native Land Court, doth hereby order and declare that all restrictions imposed by the said Crown grant and partition order on the alienation of the said land are hereby removed.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land, containing 58 acres 2 roods 24 perches, being the land known as Tahorahina No. 1a, held under partition order of the Native Land Court dated the 23rd July, 1895, in favour of Rutene Ukiuki and Kiriona Hori Taha, and containing the following restrictions: “Inalienable by sale, or by lease for a longer period than twenty-one years, or by mortgage, except with the consent of the Governor being previously obtained to every such sale, lease, or mortgage.”

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

R. J. SEDDON.

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Removal of Restrictions on Alienation of Native Land.

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GLASGOW, Governor.

WHEREAS application has been made to the Governor by the owner of the land described in the Schedule hereto, praying that the restrictions on the alienation of such land contained in the Land Transfer certificate bearing date the twenty-seventh day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, may be removed: And whereas inquiry has been duly made by the Native Land Court, and the said Court has recommended that such restrictions be removed:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by the fifty-second section of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” and in accordance with the recommendation of the Native Land Court, doth hereby order and declare that all restrictions imposed by the said Land Transfer certificate on the alienation of the said lands are hereby removed.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land, containing 7 acres 2 roods 34 perches, more or less, being Section K, Aorere Survey District, held under Land Transfer certificate, vol. xviii., folio 95, dated the 27th May, 1895, in favour of Huria Matenga, and containing the following restrictions: “Inalienable, except with the consent of the Governor, by sale or mortgage, or by lease for a longer period than twenty-one years.”

And all that parcel of land, containing 12 acres and 17 perches, more or less, being Section L, Aorere Survey District, held under Land Transfer certificate, vol. xviii., folio 96, dated the 27th May, 1895, in favour of Huria Matenga, and containing the following restrictions: “Inalienable, except with the consent of the Governor, by sale or mortgage, or by lease for a longer period than twenty-one years.”

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

R. J. SEDDON.

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Regulations for Deer-shooting, Otago.

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GLASGOW, 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 the Earl of Glasgow, 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 following regulations and restrictions, namely:—

REGULATIONS.

1. Licenses to shoot and kill deer (bucks or stags only) in the Otago Acclimatisation Society’s district, except within the area hereinafter described, will be issued under the hand of the Chief Postmaster at Dunedin, on the recommendation of the Secretary of the Otago Acclimatisation Society. For every such license to kill red deer a fee of £3 sterling will be charged; and no holder of any such license as aforesaid shall kill more than four stags under or by virtue of such license; and for every such license to kill fallow deer a fee of £2 sterling will be charged; and no holder of any such license as aforesaid shall kill more than four bucks under or by virtue of such license.

The said Chief Postmaster is hereby appointed and authorised to issue and sign the said licenses.

2. Every such license shall entitle the person named therein to kill fallow deer (bucks only), as provided in Regulation No. 1, from the 16th March, 1896, to the 30th April, 1896, and red deer (stags only), as provided in Regulation No. 1, from the 1st April to the 30th May, 1896. Ball cartridge only to be used.

3. No doe, 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 Postmaster 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.

6. No deer shall be shot within an area containing about 24,800 acres in one block, being parts of the Mid-Hawea, Longslip, Lower Hawea, and Lindis Districts, plans of which area will be issued by the Secretary of the Otago Acclimatisation Society to persons to whom licenses to shoot deer are granted.

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

JOHN McKENZIE,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

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Shooting Season for Native Game, Geraldine County District.

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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 native pigeon, 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 first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, to the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, both inclusive (subject, nevertheless, to the restrictions in the said Act 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 eleventh day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

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

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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 cock pheasants and quail may be taken or killed within the Nelson District, consisting of the Counties of Waimea and Collingwood, from the first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, both inclusive (subject, nevertheless, to the restrictions in the said Acts mentioned). And I do further notify that licenses to take or kill game within the said district shall be issued on payment of the sum of ten 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 Nelson is hereby appointed to sign and issue the said licenses.

And I do further declare that native game, excepting native pigeon, 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-six, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, both days inclusive.

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

JOHN McKENZIE,
Acting Colonial Secretary.