Mar. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 859

Regulations for Deer-shooting, Wanganui.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection Act, 1907 (hereinafter called “the said Act”), I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby make the following regulations prescribing the deer-shooting season in the Wanganui Acclimatisation District, comprising the Counties of Wanganui and Waitotara, and the conditions affecting the same, and also the form of license and the fee payable therefor.

REGULATIONS.

1. FALLOW-deer bucks may be taken or killed within the Wanganui Acclimatisation District from the 1st day of April, 1908, to the 15th day of May, 1908, both days inclusive.

2. Licenses to take or kill such deer may be issued by the Chief Postmaster at Wanganui on payment of a license fee of £1, in the form prescribed in the Schedule hereto, and subject to the said Act and these regulations. The number of such licenses shall not exceed thirty: Provided that not more than one such license shall be issued to the same person.

3. No licensee shall take or kill more than two bucks, and no buck shall be killed carrying antlers with less than four points.

4. No doe or fawn shall be taken or killed on any pretext whatever; and no licensee shall allow any dog to accompany either himself or any attendant he may have with him.

5. The licensee must give notice to the said Chief Postmaster 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. Any person committing a breach of any of these regulations shall be liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding £20.

SCHEDULE.

No. . License to take or kill Game (Deer).

, of , having this day paid the sum of £ , is hereby authorised to take or kill deer (bucks) of not less than points within the Wanganui District, from the day of , 1908, to the day of , 1908, both days inclusive, subject to the provisions of the Animals Protection Act, 1907, and the regulations made thereunder.

Dated at , this day of , 1908.

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Chief Postmaster.

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

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

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Regulations for Deer-shooting, Wairarapa.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection Act, 1907 (hereinafter called “the said Act”), I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby make the following regulations prescribing the deer-shooting season in that part of the Wellington Acclimatisation District comprised in the Counties of Wairarapa South and Featherston (excepting therefrom the areas described in the First Schedule hereto), and the conditions affecting the same, and also the form of license and the fee payable therefor.

REGULATIONS.

1. RED-deer stags may be taken or killed within the Wellington Acclimatisation District from the 1st day of April, 1908, to the 15th day of May, 1908, both days inclusive.

2. Licenses to take or kill such deer may be issued by the Chief Postmaster at Wellington, and the Postmasters at Masterton, Carterton, Greytown North, Featherston, and Martinborough, on payment of a license fee of £2, in the form prescribed in the Second Schedule hereto, and subject to the said Act and these regulations: Provided that not more than one such license shall be issued to the same person.

3. No licensee shall take or kill more than four stags, and no stag shall be killed carrying antlers with less than ten points.

4. No hind or fawn shall be taken or killed on any pretext whatever; and no licensee shall allow any dog to accompany either himself or any attendant he may have with him.

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

6. Any person committing a breach of any of these regulations shall be liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

All that area of land in the Huangarua Survey District, in the County of Wairarapa South, being Sections 29 to 41 (inclusive), 59, 71, 72, 75, 79, 83, 90, 93, 97, 98, and part of Sections 70, 74, 78, 82, 86, 89, 92, 91, 94, 95, 96, 87, and 84, now in the occupation of Mr. John Martin and Mr. Featherston Johnston, and known as the Puruatanga Estate or Station. Also all that parcel of land in the Wellington Land District, situated in the County of Featherston, being the southern portion of the area known as the Haurangi Forest Reserve, and lying to the south of a line commencing at the corner of Section 4, Block IX, of the Waipawa Survey District, on the Pukenui Road; proceeding thence by the said Pukenui Road, Section No. 21, Block XII, Haurangi Survey District, and Section No. 20, Block XVI, to the Ruakokopatuna Road; thence by that road to the southernmost corner of Section No. 17, Block XII aforesaid; thence by Section No. 19, Block XI, Haurangi Survey District, to the west branch of the Turanganui River; and thence by the said west branch of the Turanganui River to the western boundary of the said Haurangi Forest Reserve.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

No. . License to take or kill Game (Deer).

, of , having this day paid the sum of £ , is hereby authorised to take or kill deer (stags) of not less than points, within the Wellington District, from the day of , 1908, to the day of , 1908 (both days inclusive), subject to the provisions of the Animals Protection Act, 1907, and the regulations made thereunder.

Dated at , this day of , 1908.

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Chief Postmaster.

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

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

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Regulations for Deer-shooting, Waitaki.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection Act, 1907 (hereinafter called “the said Act”), I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby make the following regulations prescribing the deer-shooting season in the Waitaki-Waimate Acclimatisation District, comprising the counties of Waitaki and Waimate and part of the county of Mackenzie, and the conditions affecting the same, and also the form of license and the fee payable therefor.

REGULATIONS.

1. RED-deer stags may be taken or killed within the Waitaki-Waimate Acclimatisation District from the first day of April, 1908, to the thirtieth day of May, 1908 (both days inclusive).

2. Licenses to take or kill such deer may be issued by the Chief Postmaster at Oamaru, on the recommendation of the secretary of the Waitaki Branch of the Waitaki and Waimate Acclimatisation Society, at Oamaru, on payment of a license fee of £4, in the form prescribed in the Schedule hereto, and subject to the said Act and these regulations.

3. No licensee shall take or kill more than four stags, and no stag shall be killed carrying antlers with less than eight points.

4. An additional license to take or kill red-deer stags may be issued to any person at a fee of £2 10s., and no holder of such additional license shall take or kill more than two stags under or by virtue of such license, and no stag shall be killed carrying antlers with less than eight points. Ball cartridge only to be used.

5. No hind or fawn shall be taken or killed on any pretext whatever; and no licensee shall allow any dog to accompany either himself or any attendant he may have with him.