Mar. 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 773

Act Amendment Act, 1900,” and of every other power and authority in that behalf enabling him, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby appoint

DAVID SCANNELL, Esq.,

of Auckland, Judge of the Native Land Court, to be a Commissioner for the purposes of the said Acts.

J. F. ANDREWS,

Acting-Clerk of the Executive Council.

Shooting Season for Imported and Native Game, License-fee, &c., Auckland 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 Californian and Australian quail may be taken or killed within the Auckland District—consisting of the Counties of Rodney, Waitemata, Eden, Manukau, Coromandel, Thames, Ohinemuri, Raglan, Waikato, Waipa, Piako, Rotorua, Kawhia, and Taupo West; excepting the islands known as the Little Barrier and the Hen and Chickens, and that portion of the Lake Road District, County of Waitemata, bounded on the north by the Wairau Creek from its mouth to the main road from Devonport to Waiwera, on the west by the said road to its junction with the Seaview Road, on the south by that road to the sea, and on the east by the sea to the point of departure—from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and one, to the thirty-first day of July, 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 that licenses to sell game and native game shall be issued on payment of the sum of five pounds each; and the Chief Postmasters at Auckland and Thames, and the Postmasters at Cambridge, Dargaville, Mercer, Papakura, and Pukekohe, are hereby appointed to sign and issue the said licenses.

And I do further declare that native game, excepting kaka, native pigeon, pukeko, tui, huia, white heron, and crested grebe, may be taken or killed within the above-mentioned district, except in the portions thereof hereinbefore described, from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and one, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and one, both days inclusive.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,

this twenty-third day of March, one thousand nine hundred and one.

J. G. WARD.

Shooting Season for Imported and Native Game, License-fee, &c., Bay of Islands 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 Bay of Islands District, consisting of the Counties of Bay of Islands and Hokianga, from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and one, to the thirty-first day of July, 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 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 Postmasters at Russell, Kohukohu, Kaikohe, Kawakawa, Rawene, and Ohaeawai are hereby appointed to sign and issue the said licenses.

And I do further declare that native game, excepting kaka, native pigeon, pukeko, tui, huia, white heron, and crested grebe, may be taken or killed within the above-mentioned district from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and one, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and one, both days inclusive.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,

this twenty-third day of March, one thousand nine hundred and one.

J. G. WARD.

Shooting Season for Imported and 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 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 Buller District, consisting of the County of Buller, from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and one, to the thirty-first day of July, 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 shall be issued on payment of the sum of twenty-one 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 Westport is hereby appointed to issue the said licenses.

And I do further declare that native game, excepting kaka, native pigeon, pukeko, tui, huia, white heron, and crested grebe, may be taken or killed within the above-mentioned district from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and one, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and one, both days inclusive.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,

this twenty-third day of March, one thousand nine hundred and one.

J. G. WARD.

Shooting Season for Imported and Native Game, License-fee, &c., Cook County 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 Californian quail may be taken or killed within the Cook County District, consisting of the Counties of Cook and Waiau, from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and one, to the thirty-first day of July, 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 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 Gisborne is hereby appointed to sign and issue the said licenses.

And I do further declare that native game, excepting kaka, native pigeon, pukeko, tui, huia, white heron, and crested grebe, may be taken or killed within the above-mentioned district from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and one, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and one, both days inclusive.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,

this twenty-third day of March, one thousand nine hundred and one.

J. G. WARD.

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 kaka, native pigeon, pukeko, tui, huia, white heron, and crested grebe, may be taken or killed within the County of Ashburton from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and one, to the thirty-first day of July, 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 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 twenty-third day of March, one thousand nine hundred and one.

J. G. WARD.

Shooting Season for Imported and Native Game, License-fee, &c., Feilding 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, cock pheasants, and Californian quail may be taken or killed within the Feilding District, described in the Schedule hereto, from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and one, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and one, both inclusive (subject, nevertheless, to the restrictions in the said Acts mentioned). And I do further notify