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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. All regulations as to deer “tags” in force within the said district shall be strictly adhered to by each licensee.

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 Red 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 Canterbury Acclimatisation District, from the day of 1910, to the day of , 1910 (both days inclusive), subject to the provisions of “The Animals Protection Act, 1908,” and all regulations affecting red deer made thereunder, and in force within the said district.

Dated at , this day of , 1910.

Postmaster.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this second day of February, one thousand nine hundred and ten.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Regulations for Deer-shooting, Ashburton Acclimatisation District.

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 Ashburton Acclimatisation District, 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 Ashburton Acclimatisation District from the 1st day of April, 1910, to the 31st day of May, 1910 (both days inclusive).

2. Licenses to take or kill such deer may be issued by the Postmaster at Ashburton, upon the recommendation of the secretary of the Ashburton Acclimatisation Society, 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. The number of such licenses to be issued by the said Postmaster shall not exceed four: 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 stags, and no stag shall be killed carrying antlers with less than eight points. Ball cartridge only to be used: Provided that no metal-patched or metal-cased bullet shall be used for killing such deer.

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. All regulations as to deer “tags” in force within the said district shall be strictly adhered to by each licensee.

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 Red 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 Ashburton Acclimatisation District, from the day of 1910, to the day of , 1910 (both days inclusive), subject to the provisions of “The Animals Protection Act, 1908,” and all regulations affecting red deer made thereunder, and in force within the said district.

Dated at , this day of , 1910.

Postmaster.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this second day of February, one thousand nine hundred and ten.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Notice of Intention to change the Purpose of Portion of a Reserve in the Canterbury Land District.

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 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 to 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 change the specific purpose of the portion of the reserve described in the second column of the Schedule hereto from that named in the first column of the said Schedule to that named in the third column of the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twentieth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ten.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Notice of Intention to change the Purpose of a Reserve in the Nelson Land District.

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 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 to 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 pur-