Mar. 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 915

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

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and its amendments, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the Postmaster at Reefton to sign and issue licenses to take or kill imported game—namely, hares—within the Inangahua District, consisting of the County of Inangahua, to any person on the payment of the sum of one pound.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-eighth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and six.

JAMES McGOWAN.

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

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and its amendments, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the Chief Postmaster at Queenstown to sign and issue licenses to take or kill imported game—namely, quail—within the Lake District, consisting of the County of Lake, 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.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-eighth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and six.

JAMES McGOWAN.

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

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and its amendments, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, 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.

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-eighth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and six.

JAMES McGOWAN.

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

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and its amendments, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, 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, excepting therefrom 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, situated 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, situated in Blocks VI and VII, Cape Campbell Survey District, being the lake known as Lake Elterwater, and the area surrounding the said lake included within a line running parallel to and 40 chains distant from the margin of the said Lake Elterwater.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-eighth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and six.

JAMES McGOWAN.

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

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and its amendments, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, 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-eighth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and six.

JAMES McGOWAN.

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

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and its amendments, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, 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 (excepting 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 on and after the first day of June next within the said district on payment of the sum of five pounds.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the County of Akaroa situated in the Akaroa and Ellesmere Survey Districts, Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 1,540 acres, more or less, being the lake known as Lake Forsyth, including all roads fronting on the shores of the said lake.