Feb. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 457

Regulations for Deer-shooting, Waitaki.

RANFURLY, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred 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 deer (bucks or stags only) may be shot and killed within the boundaries of the Waitaki and Waimate 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 Waitaki and Waimate Acclimatisation Society’s district will be issued under the hand of the Chief Postmaster at Oamaru, on the recommendation of the secretary of the Waitaki and Waimate 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 no stag with less than eight points shall be killed. 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, and no buck with less than eight points shall be killed.

An additional license to kill red deer may be issued to any person at a fee of £5, and no holder of such additional license shall kill more than four stags under or by virtue of such license, and no stag with less than eight points shall be killed.

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 15th March, 1901, to the 30th April, 1901, and red deer (stags only), as provided in Regulation No. 1, from the 1st April, 1901, to the 31st May, 1901. 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.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-first day of February, one thousand nine hundred and one.

C. H. MILLS,
For Colonial Secretary.

Regulations for Deer-shooting, Otago.

RANFURLY, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred 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 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 no stag with less than eight points shall be killed. 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.

An additional license to kill red deer may be issued to any person at a fee of £5, and no holder of such additional license shall kill more than four stags under or by virtue of such license, and no stag with less than eight points shall be killed.

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 15th March, 1901, to the 30th April, 1901, and red deer (stags only), as provided in Regulation No. 1, from the 15th March, 1901, to the 15th May, 1901. 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 twenty-first day of February, one thousand nine hundred and one.

C. H. MILLS,
For Colonial Secretary.

Fixing Shooting Season for Fallow Deer, License-fee, &c., Wanganui 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 fallow deer (bucks only, of not less than four points) may be taken or killed within the Wanganui District, comprising the Counties of Wanganui and Waitotara, from the first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and one, to the fifteenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and one, both inclusive (subject, nevertheless, to the restrictions in the said Acts mentioned); and I do further notify that licenses not exceeding twenty in number to take or kill such game within the said district shall be issued on payment of the sum of twenty shillings each (not more than one such license to be issued to any one individual), and that no licensee shall be allowed to kill more than two bucks; and the Chief Postmaster at Wanganui is hereby appointed to issue the said licenses.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-first day of February, one thousand nine hundred and one.

C. H. MILLS,
For Colonial Secretary.

Shooting Season for Deer, License-fee, &c., County of Wairarapa South.

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 red deer (stags only) may be taken or killed within the County of Wairarapa South (excepting therefrom the area described in the Schedule hereto) from the first day of March to the thirtieth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and one, 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 Wellington, and the Postmasters at Masterton, Carterton, Greytown North, Featherston, and Martinborough, are hereby appointed to issue the said licenses; and I do further notify that the said licenses to take or kill such game within the said district shall be issued subject to the following condition—namely, that no stag shall be killed carrying antlers with less than ten points.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area of land in the Huangarua Survey District, in the County of Wairarapa South, being Sections 29 to 41 inclusive, 59, 71, 72, 75, 79, 83, 90, 93, 97, 98, and part of Sections 70, 74, 78, 82, 86, 89, 92, 91, 94, 95, 96, 87, and 84, now in the occupation of Mr. John Martin and Mr. Featherston Johnston, and known as the Puruatanga Estate or Station.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-first day of February, one thousand nine hundred and one.

C. H. MILLS,
For Colonial Secretary.