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of the sum of one pound; and also to sign and issue to any person licenses to sell native and imported game within the said district on payment of the sum of five pounds.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and four.

C. H. MILLS.

Officers for signing and issuing Licenses under Animals Protection Acts, Mangonui-Whangaroa District, appointed.

RANFURLY, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and its amendments, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the Postmasters at Mangonui, Whangaroa, Totara, and Kaitaia to sign and issue licenses to take or kill imported game—namely, cock pheasants and quail—within the Mangonui-Whangaroa District, consisting of the Counties of Mongonui and Whangaroa, except in the areas described in the Schedule hereto, to any person on the payment of the sum of one pound; and also to sign and issue to any person licenses to sell native and imported game within the said district on payment of the sum of five pounds.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area situated in Blocks VI., VII., IX., and X., Maungataniwha Survey District, and described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 62, of the 7th August, 1902.

The Tongonge Lake, Ahipara, and an area of half a mile from the shore thereof.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and four.

C. H. MILLS.

Officer for signing and issuing Licenses under Animals Protection Acts, Marlborough District, appointed.

RANFURLY, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and its amendments, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the Chief Postmaster at Blenheim to sign and issue licenses to take or kill imported game—namely, Californian quail and hares—within the Marlborough District, consisting of the Counties of Marlborough and Sounds (except in the areas described in the Schedule hereto), to any person on the payment of the sum of one pound.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Marlborough Land District bounded towards the north-east by the ocean from the north-western end of the Boulder Bank, at the mouth of the Wairau River, to the south-eastern end of the Boulder Bank, at the north-eastern corner of Section No. 10 of Block II., Omaka, situate in Block III., Clifford Bay Survey District: thence towards the south generally by that section, Section 8 of Block I., Wakefield Downs, and Section 9 of Block II., Omaka, both of which sections are situate in Block III., Clifford Bay Survey District, to a point 5 chains distant from high-water mark of the Big Lagoon; thence by a line parallel to and 5 chains distant from high-water mark of the Big Lagoon through Section 9 of Block II., Omaka, and 7 of Block I., Wakefield Downs, both of which sections are situate in Block III., Clifford Bay Survey District, to the channel between the Big Lagoon and Chandler’s Lagoon; thence towards the west generally by the said channel to a small lagoon in Section 5 Opawa, situate in Block I., Clifford Bay Survey District; thence by the western side of that lagoon and a line parallel to and 5 chains distant from high-water mark of the Big Lagoon through Section 5 Opawa, public road, Crown land, and Section 3 Opawa, all of which sections are situate in Block I., Clifford Bay Survey District aforesaid, to the channel in Section 3 Opawa, situate in Block I., Clifford Bay Survey District; thence by that channel through Sections 3, 4, 6, 9, Opawa, situate in Block I., Clifford Bay Survey District aforesaid, and a line parallel to and 5 chains distant from high-water mark, through Section 9 Opawa, public road, 7 Opawa, public road, 8 Opawa, all of which are situate in Block I., Clifford Bay Survey District aforesaid, to the southern side of the estuary of the Wairau River; thence by a right line across the said estuary in the direction of the Pilot-station to the west side of the mouth of the Wairau River; and thence by a right line to the north-western end of the Boulder Bank, the place of commencement.

Also all that area in the Marlborough Land District known as Lake Grassmere, and the area within a line running parallel to and 5 chains distant from the margin of the said lake.

Also all that area in the Marlborough Land District known as Lake Elterwater or Flaxbourne Lagoon, situated in Cape Campbell Survey District, and the area within a line running parallel to and 5 chains distant from the margin of the said lake.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and four.

C. H. MILLS.

Officer for signing and issuing Licenses under Animals Protection Acts, Nelson District, appointed.

RANFURLY, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and its amendments, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the Chief Postmaster at Nelson to sign and issue licenses to take or kill imported game—namely, quail—within the Nelson District, consisting of the Counties of Waimea, Takaka, and Collingwood, to any person on the payment of the sum of one pound.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and four.

C. H. MILLS.

Officer for signing and issuing Licenses under Animals Protection Acts, North Canterbury District, appointed.

RANFURLY, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and its amendments, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the Chief Postmaster at Christchurch to sign and issue licenses to take or kill imported game—namely, Californian quail—within the North Canterbury District, consisting of the Counties of Cheviot, Ashley, Akaroa, Selwyn, and Mount Herbert, to any person on the payment of the sum of one pound; and also to sign and issue to any person licenses to sell native and imported game within the said district on payment of the sum of five pounds.

And I do also declare that no cylinder or box exceeding two feet six inches in depth shall be used for the purpose of taking or killing wild duck or other native or imported game on any lake or stream in the above-mentioned district.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and four.

C. H. MILLS.

Officer for signing and issuing Licenses under Animals Protection Acts, Otago District, appointed.

RANFURLY, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and its amendments, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the Chief Postmaster at Dunedin to sign and issue licenses to take or kill imported game, namely, hares and Californian quail, within the Otago District—being all that area in the Provincial District of Otago bounded on the east and south by the ocean from Shag Point to the mouth of the Mataura River; on the west, south-west, and south by the Mataura River and the Counties of Southland and Wallace; on the north-west by the ocean; and on the north, north-west, and north-east by the Counties of Westland and Waitaki: excepting therefrom the County of Lake and the areas described in the Schedule hereto—to any person on the payment of the sum of one pound; and also to sign and issue to any person licenses to sell native game within the said district on payment of the sum of five pounds.

SCHEDULE.

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

1. ALL that area in the Greenvale Survey District described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 81, of the 5th October, 1899, page 1870.