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shillings each, and that no licensee shall be allowed to kill more than six stags or bucks, and that the Chief Postmaster at Blenheim is hereby appointed to issue the said licenses; and, further, that the said Chief Postmaster shall not issue more than one such license to the same person.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this seventh day of February, one thousand nine hundred and two.

J. G. WARD,
Colonial Secretary.

Fixing Shooting-season for Deer, 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 red-deer stags and fallow-deer bucks may be taken or killed within the Nelson District, comprising the Counties of Waimea, Buller, and Collingwood, from the twenty-second day of February, one thousand nine hundred and two, to the twenty-first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and two, 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 no licensee shall be allowed to kill more that six bucks or stags, and that licenses to sell such game shall be issued on payment of the sum of five pounds each; and the Chief Postmasters at Nelson and Westport are hereby appointed to issue the said licenses: and, further, that the said Chief Postmasters shall not issue more than one such license to the same person.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this seventh day of February, one thousand nine hundred and two.

J. G. WARD,
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, 1902, to the 30th April, 1902, and red deer (stags only), as provided in Regulation No. 1, from the 1st April, 1902, to the 31st May, 1902. 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 seventh day of February, one thousand nine hundred and two.

J. G. WARD,
Colonial Secretary.

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, 1902, to the 30th April, 1902, and red deer (stags only), as provided in Regulation No. 1, from the 1st April, 1902, to the 31st May, 1902. 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 seventh day of February, one thousand nine hundred and two.

J. G. WARD,
Colonial Secretary.

Land taken for a Public School in Waihua Survey District.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this tenth day of February, 1902.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken, under “The Public Works Act, 1894,” for a certain public work, to wit, a public school: And whereas the Native owners of the said land have agreed to make a free gift thereof to the Education Board of the District of Hawke’s Bay for the site of the said school, and it has been made to appear that such agreement is sufficient for the purposes intended to be effected thereby: And whereas by an order of the Native Land Court, made under the provisions of subsection ten of section fourteen of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” bearing date the fifteenth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and