520 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 12

For every such license to kill red deer a fee of £3 sterling
will be charged ; and no holder of any such license as afore-
said 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 autho-
ried 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 16th March, 1903, to the 30th
   April, 1903, and red deer (stags only), as provided in Regu-
   lation No. 1, from the 20th March, 1903, to the 20th May,

3. Ball-cartridge only to be used.

4. No doe, hind, or fawn will be allowed to be killed on
   any pretext whatever, and no dogs will be allowed to accom-
   pany either the licensee or any attendant he may have with
   him.

5. The licensee must give notice to the said Chief Post-
   master 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.

6. Nothing herein contained shall extend to authorising
   any person to sell any deer or portion thereof.

7. 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 eleventh day of February, one thousand nine
hundred and three.

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 autho-
ried 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 16th March, 1903, to the 30th
   April, 1903, and red deer (stags only), as provided in Regu-
   lation No. 1, from the 1st April, 1903, to the 30th May, 1903.
   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 accom-
   pany either the licensee or any attendant he may have with
   him.

4. The licensee must give notice to the said Chief Post-
   master 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 eleventh day of February, one thousand nine
hundred and three.

J. G. WARD,
Colonial Secretary.

Fixing Shooting Season for Deer, License Fee, &c., Marl-
borough 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 Marlborough District, comprising the Counties
of Marlborough and Sounds, from the twenty-third day of
February, one thousand nine hundred and three, to the
thirtieth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and
three, both inclusive (subject, nevertheless, to the restric-
tions in the said Acts mentioned) ; and I do further notify
that licenses t take or kill such game within the said
district shall be issued on the payment of the sum of twenty
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 eleventh day of February, one thousand nine
hundred and three.

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-first
day of February, one thousand nine hundred and three, to
the fourteenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and
three, both inclusive (subject, nevertheless, to the restric-
tions 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 than 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 eleventh day of February, one thousand nine
hundred and three.

J. G. WARD,
Colonial Secretary.

Blue or Mountain Duck protected.

RANFURLY, Governor.

IN pursuance of the powers vested in me by "The
Animals Protection Act, 1880," and "The Animals
Protection Act 1880 Amendment Act, 1886," I, Uchter John
Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New
Zealand, do by this notification prohibit absolutely the
taking or killing of the blue duck (Hymenolamus malacorhyn-
chus), otherwise known as the mountain-duck or whistler
(Native name, whio), a bird indigenous to the said Colony of
New Zealand, and I do hereby declare that this notification
shall take effect on the publication thereof in the New Zea-
land Gazette.

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

J. G. WARD.