Mar. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 737

a licensee or not, who may be found trespassing in any forest during the months of November, December, January, February, and March in the North Island, and during the months of December, January, and February in the Land Districts of Nelson, Marlborough, and Canterbury, or who shall do any act whereby there is a danger of the forest being destroyed by fire, shall be guilty of an offence, and shall upon conviction be liable to a penalty not exceeding £50 ; but nothing herein shall restrict the holder of any sawmill license in felling and removing timber within the area granted to him, during any such period, if not prohibited therefrom by the terms of his license.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Shooting Season for Imported and Native Game, License Fee, &c., County of Waitaki.

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, Californian quail, and hares may be taken or killed within the County of Waitaki, excepting that area described in the Schedule hereto, from the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and two, to the thirtieth day of June, 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 licenses to sell game and native game shall be issued on payment of the sum of five pounds each ; and the Chief Postmaster at Oamaru 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 abovementioned district from the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and two, to the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and two, both days inclusive.

SCHEDULE.

LAKE Ohau and its watershed, as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 10, of the 6th February, 1902, page 240.

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

WM. HALL-JONES.

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 first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and two, to the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and two, 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 fifteenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and two.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Shooting Season for Imported and Native Game, License Fee, &c., Southland 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 may be taken or killed, by shooting or coursing, within the Southland District, consisting of so much of the County of Southland as lies to the westward of the Mataura River, together with the Counties of Fiord, Wallace, and Stewart Island, excepting therefrom the areas mentioned in the Schedule hereto, from the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and two, to the thirtieth day of June, 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 shoot or course hares 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 Invercargill is hereby appointed to sign and issue the said licenses.

And I do further declare that native game, excepting great kiwi (roa-roa), morepork, owl (ruru), bittern, tui, huia, white heron, and crested grebe, may be taken or killed within the abovementioned district from the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and two, to the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and two, both days inclusive.

SCHEDULE.

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

1. RESOLUTION Island, off Dusky Sound.
2. Section 27, Block IV., Invercargill Hundred.
3. Sections 41 and 42, Block VII., Jacob’s River Hundred.
4. The following blocks of land on the west side of the Oreti River, situated south of Oporo : namely, Sections 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, Block XVI., New River Hundred.
5. All that area in the Paterson Survey District, Stewart Island, containing about 120 acres, being a strip of land 10 chains in width, 5 chains on each side of Duck Creek, Paterson’s Inlet, extending from the mouth of the stream to the western boundary of Paterson Survey District, a distance of about a mile and a half.

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

WM. HALL-JONES.

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 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 two, to the thirty-first day of July, 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 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-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and two.

J. G. WARD.

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 area in the 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 ; and also excepting the areas described in the Schedule hereto—from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and two, to the thirty-first day of July, 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