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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 24

delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 30533, deposited
in the office of the Minister of Public Works, at Welling-
ton, in the Wellington Provincial District, and thereon
coloured red.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations for Deer-shooting, Otago.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals
Protection Act, 1908 (hereinafter called “the said
Act”), I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington,
the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby
make the following regulations prescribing the deer-shooting
season in the Otago Acclimatization District, comprising the
Counties of Bruce, Clutha, Maniototo, Peninsula, Taieri,
Tuapeka, Vincent, Waihemo, and Waikouaiti, and part of
the County of Southland, 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 Otago
   Acclimatization District from the 1st day of April, 1912, to
   the 20th day of May, 1912 (both days inclusive).

2. Fallow-deer bucks may be taken or killed within the
   said district from the 10th day of April, 1912, to the 15th day
   of May, 1912 (both days inclusive).

3. Licenses to take or kill red-deer stags may be issued by
   the Chief Postmaster, Dunedin, on the recommendation of
   the secretary of the Otago Acclimatization Society, on pay-
   ment of a license fee of £4, and licenses to take or kill
   fallow-deer bucks may be issued by the said Chief Postmaster,
   upon a like recommendation, on payment of a license fee
   of £2; such licenses to be issued in the form prescribed in
   the Schedule hereto, and subject to the said Act and these
   regulations.

4. No licensee shall take or kill more than four red-deer
   stags or two fallow-deer bucks, and no red-deer stag shall be
   killed carrying antlers with less than ten points, and no
   fallow-deer buck shall be killed carrying antlers with less
   than fourteen points (on a palmate of less than 4 in.). Ball
   cartridge only to be used.

5. The licensee must give notice to the said Chief Post-
   master 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. No doe, 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.

7. Nothing herein contained shall extend to authorizing
   any person to sell any deer or any portion thereof.

8. Any person committing a breach of any of these regu-
   lations 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 authorized to take or kill deer
(bucks or stags), of not less than ten points for red-deer
stags, and fourteen points on palmate of not less than 4 in.
for fallow-deer bucks, within the Otago Acclimatization
District, upon Block No. , from the day of
, 1912, to the day of , 1912 (both
days inclusive), subject to the provisions of the Animals
Protection Act, 1908, and all regulations thereunder in force
within the said district.

Dated at , this day of , 1912.

Chief Postmaster.

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

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Regulations for Deer-shooting, Ashburton Acclimatization
District.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals
Protection Act, 1908 (hereinafter called “the said Act”),
I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the
Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby make
the following regulations prescribing the deer-shooting season
in the Ashburton Acclimatization District, and the con-
ditions 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 Ash-
   burton Acclimatization District from the 1st day of April,
   1912, to the 15th day of May, 1912 (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 Acclimatization Society, on pay-
   ment 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 five: Provided that
   not more than one such license shall be issued to the same
   person; and also that if the number of applications received
   for licenses exceeds the number of available licenses, then
   the persons to whom such licenses are to be issued shall be
   decided by ballot.

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 authorizing
   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 regu-
   lations 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 authorized to take or kill deer
(stags), of not less than points, within the Ashburton
Acclimatization District, from the day of
, 1912, to the day of , 1912 (both days inclusive),
subject to the provisions of the Animals Protection Act,
1908, and all regulations thereunder in force within the said
district.

Dated at , this day of , 1912.

Postmaster.

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

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Special Regulations for Deer-shooting, Otago.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals
Protection Act, 1908, I, John Poynder Dickson-
Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion
of New Zealand, do hereby make the following regu-
lations prescribing the conditions under which certain
red-deer may be destroyed in the Otago Acclimatization
District.

REGULATIONS.

(1.) NOTWITHSTANDING anything contained in the regu-
lations made under the Animals Protection Act, 1908, the
Secretary of the Otago Acclimatization Society at Dun-
edin, or any person or persons duly authorized in writing
by such secretary, may, during the period hereinafter men-
tioned, kill red-deer of either sex and of any age which,
in the opinion of the said secretary or of the said autho-
rized persons, should be destroyed either by reason of age,
deformity, or other physical imperfection in that area,
containing about 24,800 acres in one block, being parts of
Mid-Hawea, Longslip, Lower Hawea, and Lindis Districts.

(2.) Such deer may be destroyed as aforesaid during the
period commencing from the date hereof until the 31st
July, 1912.