Mar. 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 775

shall be issued on payment of the sum of five pounds each; and the Postmaster at Kaikoura 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 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 native pigeon, pukeko, kaka, tui, huia, white heron, and crested grebe, may be taken or killed within the Lake District, consisting of the County of Lake, from the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and one, to the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and one, 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 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 twenty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and one.

J. G. WARD.

Shooting Season for Imported and Native Game, License-fee, &c., Mangonui-Whangaroa 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 Mangonui-Whangaroa District, consisting of the Counties of Mongonui and Whangaroa, 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 Mongonui, Whangaroa, and Kaitaia 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., 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 area 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 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 paradise duck, kaka, native pigeon, pukeko, tui, huia, white heron, and crested grebe, may be taken or killed within the said district (except in the area 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.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Marlborough District within 5 chains of the margin of the Flaxbourne Lagoon, and also all the lagoons and mud-flats within a distance of three miles from the Boulder Bank, near the mouth of the Wairau River.

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., 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 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 the Chief Postmaster at Nelson 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 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 hares, 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 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 Postmaster at Christchurch 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.

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

J. G. WARD.

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