APRIL 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 777

Shooting Season for Native Game, License-fee, &c., South Canterbury District.

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same, I, James Prendergast, the Administrator of the Government 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 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 seventeenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, both days 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 £5 each; and the Chief Postmaster at Timaru is hereby appointed to sign and issue the said licenses.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Administrator of the Government, this twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

J. CARROLL.

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

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same, I, James Prendergast, Administrator of the Government 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-seven, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, 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 twenty shillings 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 tui, huia, white heron, and crested grebe, may be taken or killed within the above-mentioned district from the seventeenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, both days inclusive.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Administrator of the Government, this twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

J. CARROLL.

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

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same, I, James Prendergast, the Administrator of the Government of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby notify that hares may be taken or killed within the Grey District, consisting of the County of Grey, from the 1st day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, to the thirty-first day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, both days inclusive (subject, nevertheless, to the restrictions in the said Act mentioned); and that cock pheasants may be taken or killed in the said district from the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, 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 Greymouth 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 seventeenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven,

to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, both days inclusive.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Administrator of the Government, this twenty-ninth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

J. CARROLL.

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

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same, I, James Prendergast, the Administrator of the Government of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby notify that cock pheasants and quail 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 May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, to the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, both inclusive (subject, nevertheless, to the restrictions in the said Acts mentioned); and that hares may be taken or killed in the said district from the first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, 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 seventeenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, both days inclusive.

And I do also declare that no cylinder or box exceeding two feet six inches in depth shall be used for the purpose of taking or killing wild duck or other native or imported game on any lake or stream in the above-mentioned district.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Administrator of the Government, this twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

J. CARROLL.

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

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same, I, James Prendergast, Administrator of the Government of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby notify that hares and 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-seven, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-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 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.

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

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Administrator of the Government, this twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

J. CARROLL.