Mar. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 749

Regulations for Deer-shooting, Wairarapa.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “The Animals Protection Act, 1908” (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 County of Featherston (excepting that portion of the said county lying to the westward of the Wellington-Napier Railway line, and also 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 above-mentioned part of the Wellington Acclimatisation District from the 1st day of April, 1909, to the 15th day of May, 1909, 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 Counties of Featherston and 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 Acclimatisation District, from the
day of
, 1909, to the
day of
, 1909 (both days inclusive), subject to the provisions of “The Animals Protection Act, 1908,” and the regulations made thereunder.
Dated at
, this
day of
, 1909.

Chief Postmaster.

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

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Regulations for Deer-shooting, Waitaki.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “The Animals Protection Act, 1908” (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 1st day of April, 1909, to the 31st day of May, 1909 (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. Ball cartridge only to be used.

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. 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 (stags) of not less than
points within the Waitaki-Waimate Acclimatisation District, from the
day of
, 1909, to the
day of
, 1909 (both days inclusive), subject to the provisions of “The Animals Protection Act, 1908,” and the regulations made thereunder.
Dated at
, this
day of
, 1909.

Chief Postmaster.

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

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Hares may be killed in Otago Acclimatisation District.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance of the powers vested in me by “The Animals Protection Act, 1908,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that, from and after the date hereof, hares shall cease to be within the operation of the said Act within the Otago Acclimatisation District, described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

AREA IN WHICH HARES MAY BE TAKEN OR KILLED.

All that area in the Provincial District of Otago, comprising the Counties of Vincent, Maniototo, Waihemo, Waikouaiti, Taieri, Peninsula, Tuapeka, Bruce, Clutha, and part of the County of Southland. 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).

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

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.