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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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to take or kill imported game—namely, cock pheasants—
within the Whangarei District, consisting of the County of
Whangarei and part of the County of Otamatea, to any
person on the payment of the sum of one pound.

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

J. G. WARD.

Close Season for Imported and Native Game, Amuri and
Kaikoura.

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, Governor of
the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby notify that the
season for taking imported game and native game shall be
closed absolutely during the present year in the districts
comprised in the Counties of Amuri and Kaikoura, and
that no imported game or native game of any species shall
be taken or killed in any of the said counties during such
close season.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this fourth day of May, one thousand nine hun-
dred and four.

J. G. WARD.

Paradise Duck not to be taken or killed in Marlborough and
North Canterbury.

RANFURLY, Governor.

PURSUANT to the powers conferred upon me by “The
Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and its amendments,
I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, Governor of the
Colony of New Zealand, do hereby notify that paradise
duck (Casarca variegata) shall not be taken or killed within
the Marlborough District, consisting of the Counties of
Marlborough and Sounds, and the North Canterbury Dis-
trict, consisting of the Counties of Cheviot, Ashley, Akaroa,
Selwyn, and Mount Herbert.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this fifth day of May, one thousand nine hun-
dred and four.

J. G. WARD.

Notice respecting Native and Imported Game.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 21st April, 1904.

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,” “The Animals Protection Acts
Amendment Act, 1900,” and “The Animals Protection
Amendment Act, 1903,” 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
10lb. 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 pre-
viously taking out the required license.

Penalty not exceeding £20.

Section 6. No sale of native game shall take place except
during the period within which such native game may be
taken or killed.

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 3. No game or native game to be exported with-
out 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.

Section 4. Native pigeon, pukeko, and kaka not to be
taken or killed this year.

“THE ANIMALS PROTECTION AMENDMENT ACT, 1903.”

Section 2. Season for taking or killing native and im-
ported game (other than deer and godwits), 1st May to 31st
July.

Section 5. Fee for license to take or kill game (other than
deer) to be £1.

C. H. MILLS,
For Colonial Secretary

By Authority: JOHN MACKAY, Government Printer, Wellington.