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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 22

Shooting Season for Native Game, License-fee, &c., Lake 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 Lake District, consisting of the County of Lake, from the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred, to the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred, both days inclusive (subject, nevertheless, to the restrictions in the said Acts mentioned). And I do further notify that licences to sell native game shall be issued on payment of the sum of five pounds each; and the Chief Postmaster at Queenstown is hereby appointed to sign and issue the said licenses.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this thirteenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred.

JAMES McGOWAN.

Shooting Season for Imported and Native Game, License-fee, &c., Marlborough 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 Californian quail and hares may be taken or killed within the Marlborough District, consisting of the Counties of Marlborough and Sounds (except in the Wairau Lagoons and Lake Grassmere), from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred, 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 shall be issued on payment of the sum of five pounds each, and that the Chief Postmaster at Blenheim is hereby appointed to sign and issue the said licenses.

And I do further declare that native game, excepting native pigeon, pukeko, paradise duck, tui, huia, white heron, and crested grebe, may be taken or killed within the said district (except in the Wairau Lagoons and Lake Grassmere) during the period between the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred, and the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred, both inclusive.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this thirteenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred.

JAMES McGOWAN.

Shooting Season for Imported and Native Game, License-fee, &c., Nelson 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 quail may be taken or killed within the Nelson District, consisting of the Counties of Waimea and Collingwood, together with the Borough of Waimea, from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred, 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 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 thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred, to the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred, both days inclusive.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this thirteenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred.

JAMES McGOWAN.

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 May, one thousand nine hundred, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred, 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 thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred, 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 thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred, to the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred, 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 thirteenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred.

JAMES McGOWAN.

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 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 and the areas described in the Schedule hereto—from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred, 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 thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred, to the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred, both days inclusive.

SCHEDULE.

AREAS WITHIN WHICH GAME AND NATIVE GAME MAY NOT BE TAKEN OR KILLED.

1. ALL that area in the Greenvale Survey District described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 81, of the 5th October, 1899, page 1870.

2. The Lakes Waihola and Waipori, and half a mile of land surrounding them. See New Zealand Gazette No. 107, of the 19th December, 1899, page 2317.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this thirteenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred.

JAMES McGOWAN.