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of the person to whom such stag’s head belongs, together with the number of the deer-shooting license held by such person, and enter in such book the number of points and a full description of such head, and shall also state the locality in which the deer was killed from which such head was taken.

If any taxidermist or person as aforesaid accepts or retains any such stag’s head without making such entries as aforesaid, he shall be deemed to be unlawfully in possession of such head.

6. No such taxidermist or other person shall accept or take delivery of, for the purpose of mounting, curing, or dressing, any such stag’s head as aforesaid, except from the holder of a license to shoot stags in the district from which such stag’s head was obtained.

7. Within two months after the coming into force of these regulations every taxidermist having any stags’ heads in his possession shall make out and enter in a book kept for that purpose a list of all such stags’ heads held by him at that date, stating the number of points on each and a full description of each such head, also the name and correct postal address and occupation of the person from whom the same was obtained, and such list shall be signed and dated by the taxidermist.

8. In the event of such taxidermist parting with the possession of any of such heads, he shall enter in such book the particulars of every such transaction, including the true date thereof, and the correct name, postal address, and occupation of the person to whom such head or heads have been transferred or delivered.

9. A copy of such list duly verified shall be sent by the taxidermist to the Minister of Internal Affairs within seven days after the completion of the same.

10. On the 1st day of the months of January, April, July, and October in each year a similar list shall be made out and signed and a copy forwarded to the Minister of Internal Affairs in manner aforesaid.

11. Every ranger, police officer, and officer of a duly registered acclimatisation society shall have the right at all reasonable times to call for and inspect any register or book kept by any taxidermist in terms of these regulations, and also to inspect, examine, and mark all stags’ heads in possession of such taxidermist.

12. The Minister of Internal Affairs may from time to time prescribe the form of books or registers to be kept for the purposes of these regulations.

13. If any taxidermist or other person as aforesaid shall fail to keep the registers or books hereinbefore mentioned, or to enter therein the particulars required to be entered therein by these regulations, or shall refuse to permit any authorised person to make any such inspection as aforesaid, he shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding £10.

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

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Notice of Intention to exchange a Reserve in Rangataua Township, Wellington Land District, for other Land.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by “The Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908,” it is, amongst other things, enacted that the Governor may declare his intention to make, change, exchange, or alter the dedication of any public reserve now or hereafter vested in His Majesty or the Governor for any of the purposes named in Class II of the Second Schedule of the said Act, whether the same be granted or not; and in the case of any reserve made under the authority of section three hundred and twenty-one of “The Land Act, 1908,” if it shall, in the opinion of the Governor, be expedient to change the purpose of such reserve or any part thereof from the purpose or presumed purpose for which it was set apart to any other purpose, or if it shall, in the opinion of the Governor, be expedient to exchange any of the land comprised in such reserve for other land of equal value, to be dedicated to one or more purposes named in the said Class II, the Governor may, by notice gazetted, make such change, exchange, or dedication, as the case may be, and in such notice declare the manner and terms in which the same is intended to be so made:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by “The Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908,” aforesaid, declare my intention to exchange the reserve described in the first column of the Schedule hereto for the lands described in the second column of the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

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

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Volunteer Regulations amended.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by “The Defence Act, 1908,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby amend the General Regulations of the Defence Forces of New Zealand, made on the eighth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and six, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the same date, including all amendments thereto made prior to the date hereof, by adding thereto the additional amendment set out in the Schedule hereto; and I do hereby declare that such additional amendment shall take effect and come into force on the tenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and nine.

SCHEDULE.

FORMATION OF RESERVES TO EXISTING CORPS.

REGULATION 540B as amended on the 26th day of March, one thousand nine hundred and eight, is hereby further amended by adding, after the words “under Regulation 540A,” the words “and when attending camps with their respective corps are entitled to receive camp allowance.”

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

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

[D. 09/421.]

Notifying Lands in Wellington Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one-hundred-and-twenty-sixth section of “The Land Act, 1908,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket,