Mar. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 501

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

RANFURLY, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, 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 South Canterbury District, consisting of the Counties of Geraldine and Levels, and that portion of the County of Mackenzie lying to the east of a line commencing at Mount Cook and proceeding by a right line over the Ball Hut to the Tasman Glacier, thence along the western boundary of the Tasman Glacier to the Tasman River, thence by a line along the middle of that river and the middle of Lake Pukaki and the middle of Pukaki River to the Waitaki River, together with the Borough of Timaru, from the first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, to the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, 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 Governor, this fourteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

J. CARROLL.

Shooting Season for Native Game only, County of Ashburton.

RANFURLY, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, 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 County of Ashburton from the first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, to the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, 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 Ashburton 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-eight.

J. CARROLL.

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

RANFURLY, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and “The Animals Protection Act Amendment Act, 1881,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, 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 Westland District, consisting of the County of Westland (excepting Lake Mahinapua and the road reserve around the shore of the said lake, and Mahinapua Creek and the road reserves on either side of the said creek), from the first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, to the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, 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 Chief Postmaster at Hokitika is hereby appointed to issue the said licenses.

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

J. CARROLL.

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

RANFURLY, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and “The Animals Protection Act Amendment Act, 1881,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, 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 Buller District, consisting of the County of Buller, from the first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, to the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, 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 Chief Postmaster at Westport is hereby appointed to issue the said licenses.

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

J. CARROLL.

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

RANFURLY, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor 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 April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, to the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, 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 April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, to the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, 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-eight, to the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, 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 Governor, this fourteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

J. CARROLL.

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

RANFURLY, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor 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 second day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, 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 second day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, both days inclusive.

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

J. CARROLL.