798
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 20

Shooting Season for Imported and Native Game, License Fee, &c., Wanganui 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 Wanganui District, consisting of the Counties of Wanganui, Waitotara, and Waimarino, from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and three, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and three, 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 Chief Postmaster at Wanganui, and the Postmasters at Waverley and Waitotara, are hereby appointed to sign and issue the said licenses.

And I do further declare that native game, excepting tui, huia, white heron, crested grebe, and blue—or mountain—duck, may be taken or killed within the abovementioned district from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and three, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and three, both days inclusive.

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

C. H. MILLS.

Shooting Season for Imported and Native Game, License Fee, &c., Wellington 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 quail may be taken or killed within the Wellington Acclimatisation District, as described in the Schedule hereto, and that hares may be taken or killed within the said district, excepting therefrom the County of Pahiatua, from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and three, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and three, 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 Wellington, and the Postmasters at Palmerston North, Sandon, Woodville, Pahiatua, Eketahuna, Masterton, Carterton, Greytown, Martinborough, Featherston, Upper Hutt, Lower Hutt, Foxton, Otaki, Bull’s, Hunter ville, and Marton, are hereby appointed to sign and issue such licenses.

And I do further declare that native game, excepting tui, huia, white heron, crested grebe, paradise ducks, and blue—or mountain—ducks, may be taken or killed within the abovementioned district from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and three, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and three, both days inclusive.

Provided that neither native nor imported game shall be taken or killed within the Wainui Forest Reserve, near Para-paraumu, Akatarawa Survey District, described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 12, of the nineteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and three, or within the area in the Haurangi, Waipawa, and Kaiwaka Survey Districts described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 12, of the nineteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and three, or within the area known as the “mallard district,” near Martinborough, described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 25, of the ninth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, or upon the area known as the Lansdowne Dam, near Masterton, or upon the Island of Kapiti, in the Kapiti Survey District, Land District of Wellington, or upon Lake Hokowhitu or Te Ngutu Lagoon and the area adjacent thereto, situated in the Borough of Palmerston North, as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 10, of the sixth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and two.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON ACCLIMATISATION DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District bounded towards the north-west and north generally by the Counties of Wanganui and Hawke’s Bay from the mouth of the Wangaehu River to the summit of the Ruahine Range; thence towards the east generally by the summit of that range to the Feilding and District Acclimatisation District, as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 38, 4th May, 1899; thence towards the south-west, south-east, and north-east generally by that district and the Counties of Waipawa and Patangata to the sea at the mouth of the Waimata River; and thence again towards the south-east, south, and west generally by the sea to the Wangaehu River aforesaid: including adjacent islands (excepting Kapiti). The aforesaid area comprises the Counties of Hutt, Masterton, Featherston, Castlepoint, Wairarapa South, Pahiatua, Eketahuna, Mau-riceville, Akitio, Horowhenua, and Rangitikei, and parts of the Counties of Manawatu and Oroua, together with the Boroughs of Carterton, Foxton, Greytown, Karori, Lower Hutt, Marton, Masterton, Melrose, Onslow, Palmerston North, Pahiatua, Petone, and City of Wellington.

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

C. H. MILLS.

Shooting Season for Native Game, License Fee, &c., Westland 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, crested grebe, and blue—or mountain—duck, may be taken or killed within the Westland District, consisting of the County of Westland (excepting Lake Mahinapua and the road reserve around the shore of the said lake, and Mahinapua Creek and the road reserves on either side of the said creek), from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and three, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and three, 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 Chief Postmaster at Hokitika is hereby appointed to sign and issue the said licenses.

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

C. H. MILLS.

Shooting Season for Imported and Native Game, License Fee, &c., Whangarei 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 may be taken or killed within the Whangarei District, consisting of the Counties of Whangarei, Hobson, and Otamatea, from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and three, to the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and three, 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 and sixpence each; and the Postmasters at Whangarei, Waipu, Hikurangi, Mangaturoto, Paparoa, Pahi, Matakoe, Dargaville, Te Kopuru, Aratapu, and Tokatoka are hereby appointed to sign and issue the said licenses.

And I do further declare that native game, excepting tui, huia, white heron, crested grebe, and blue—or mountain—duck, may be taken or killed within the abovementioned district from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and three, to the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and three, both days inclusive.

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

C. H. MILLS.

Clerks of Licensing Committees appointed.

RANFURLY, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by “The Licensing Act, 1881,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the persons named in the first column of the Schedule hereto to be