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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 26

Trustee appointed to Volunteer Drill-shed and Reserve.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 15th March, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Captain WILLIAM RICHARD PEARSON, Tuapeka Mounted Rifle Volunteers,

Trustee of the Lawrence Volunteer Drill-shed and Reserve. Appointment to date from the 15th day of March, 1902.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Trustee appointed to Volunteer Drill-shed and Reserve.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 15th March, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ROBERT McKEICH

Trustee of the Lawrence Volunteer Drill-shed and Reserve. Appointment to date from the 15th day of March, 1902.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Trustee appointed to Volunteer Drill-shed and Reserve.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 15th March, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HERBERT HASTINGS LEARY

Trustee of the Lawrence Volunteer Drill-shed and Reserve. Appointment to date from the 15th day of March, 1902.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 1st April, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation by

LOUIS WALTER HOOD, Esq.,

of Waitangi, Chatham Islands, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the colony.

C. H. MILLS,
For Minister of Justice.

Trustee of Petane Public Cemetery resigned.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 1st April, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of

WILLIAM HENRY SMITH

as a Trustee of the Petane Public Cemetery.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Trustee of Punakitere Public Cemetery resigned.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 1st April, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of

WILLIAM SHERIDAN NICHOLSON

as a Trustee of the Punakitere Public Cemetery.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Trustee of the Hawkesbury Public Cemetery resigned.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 1st April, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of

ARCHIBALD GRANT REID

as a Trustee of the Hawkesbury Public Cemetery.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 1st April, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under “The Aliens Act, 1880,” in favour of the undermentioned persons:—

J. G. WARD.

Notice respecting Native and Imported Game.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 1st April, 1902.

THE attention of sportsmen, game-dealers, and others is called to the provisions of “The Animals Protection Act Amendment Act, 1889,” “The Animals Protection Act Amendment Act, 1895,” and “The Animals Protection Acts Amendment Act, 1900,” which are now in force. A digest of the chief of such provisions is subjoined, viz. :—

“THE ANIMALS PROTECTION ACT AMENDMENT ACT, 1889.”

Section 4. No person shall kill, destroy, or shoot at any game or native game with anything but a shoulder-gun, and no such gun must exceed size No. 10 at muzzle, or be fitted with barrels exceeding 36 in. in length. No gun shall exceed 10 lb. in weight.

Any person offending against this provision is liable to a penalty not exceeding £10.

Section 5. No person shall sell any native game, or take or kill any native game for the purpose of sale, without previously taking out the required license.

Penalty not exceeding £20.

Section 6. No sale of native game shall take place prior to the 1st May and subsequent to the 1st August in any year. If any person hold a license to sell game—i.e., imported game—he is not liable to pay a second fee on taking out a license to sell native game. But both licenses must be taken out if it is intended to sell both kinds of game.

“THE ANIMALS PROTECTION ACT AMENDMENT ACT, 1895.”

Section 6. Section 12 of “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” is repealed. No person can now sell game, or dispose thereof for any gain or reward, unless he be the holder of a license to sell such game.

Penalty not exceeding £20.

“THE ANIMALS PROTECTION ACTS AMENDMENT ACT, 1900.”

Section 2. Season for taking or killing native and imported game, 1st May to 31st July (except in Provincial District of Otago, where the season is 1st April to 30th June).

Section 3. No game or native game to be exported without the written consent of the Colonial Secretary, nor held in possession for a greater period than seven days after close of season, whether such game or native game be frozen, chilled, or not.

J. G. WARD,
Colonial Secretary,