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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 37

Shooting Season for Imported and Native Game, License Fee, &c., Wellington Acclimatization District.

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 notify that the following imported game—viz., cock pheasants, Californian and Australian swamp quail, and hares—may be killed within the Wellington Acclimatization District, as described in the First Schedule hereto (except in the areas mentioned in the Second Schedule hereto), from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, both days inclusive. And I do further notify that licenses to kill such imported game within the said district shall be issued to any person on payment of the sum of twenty shillings each.

And I do further notify that the following native game—viz., grey duck, black swan, and teal—may be killed within the above-mentioned district (except in the areas mentioned in the Second Schedule hereto) from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, both days inclusive, and that pukeko may be killed during the aforesaid period within the area mentioned in the Third Schedule hereto; and do hereby restrict the number of such native game that may be killed by any one person in any one day to not more than twenty-five head in all; and I do further notify that licenses to sell imported game and native game from the first day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twelve (excepting teal), shall be issued on payment of the sum of two pounds each; and that the Chief Postmaster at Wellington, and the Postmasters at Palmerston North, Sanson, Mangaweka, Taihape, Pahiatua, Eketahuna, Masterton, Carterton, Greytown, Martinborough, Featherston, Upper Hutt, Lower Hutt, Petone, Foxton, Otaki, Bull’s, Hunter ville, Marton, and Levin, are hereby appointed to sign and issue the said licenses to kill imported game and to sell imported game and native game respectively.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District bounded towards the north-west and north generally by the Counties of Wanganui, Waimarino, and East Taupo from the mouth of the Wangaehu River to the Rangitikei River, and the north-eastern corner of the County of Rangitikei; thence towards the east generally by the County of Hawke’s Bay and the summit of the Ruahine Range to the Feilding and District Acclimatization District, as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 38, 4th May, 1899; thence towards the south-west, south-east, and north-east generally by that district and the Counties of Dannevirke, Woodville, and Weber to the sea at the mouth of the Waimata River; and thence again towards the south-east, south, and west generally by the sea to the mouth of the Wangaehu River, the place of commencement: including adjacent islands (excepting Kapiti). The aforesaid area comprises the Counties of Hutt, Makara, Masterton, Featherston, Castlepoint, Wairarapa South, Pahiatua, Eketahuna, Mauriceville, Akitio, Horowhenua, Kairanga, and Rangitikei, and parts of the Counties of Manawatu, Oroua, and Kiwitea, together with the Boroughs of Carterton, Foxton, Greytown, Karori, Levin, Lower Hutt, Marton, Masterton, Onslow, Palmerston North, Pahiatua, Petone, City of Wellington, Eastbourne, Miramar, Taihape, Eketahuna, and Featherston, and the Town Districts of Hunter ville, Johnsonville, Martinborough, Upper Hutt, and Mangaweka.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

AREAS WHEREIN IMPORTED AND NATIVE GAME SHALL NOT BE KILLED.

THE Wainui Forest Reserve, near Paraparaumu, Akatarawa Survey District, described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 12, of the 19th day of February, 1903; or within the area in the Haurangi, Waipawa, and Kaiwaka Survey Districts, described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 12, of the 19th day of February, 1903; or within the area known as the “mallard district,” near Martinborough, described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 25, of the 9th day of April, 1896; or upon the area known as the Lansdowne Dam, near Masterton; or upon the Island of Kapiti, in the Kapiti Survey District, Land District of Wellington; or upon Lake Hokowhitu, or Te Ngutu Lagoon, and the area adjacent thereto, situated in the Borough of Palmerston North, as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 10, of the 6th day of February, 1902; or in the Horowhenua Lake Reserve, as defined by the Horowhenua Lake Act, 1905; or upon the Totara Lake and the Kawbakahia Lake, in the County of Horowhenua, and an area of 5 chains surrounding the said lakes; or upon Sections 86, 87, 88 (and part of a closed road), 211, 266, and 267, and part of Section 89, Hutt District, part of which is owned and occupied by John Barton, Trentham, and the remainder is occupied as golf-links by the Wellington Golf Club, containing about 670 acres; or within that area, containing 154 acres, being Section No. 374, and part of Sections Nos. 372 and 373, Palmerston North, the said area being owned and occupied by Charlotte Sarah Slack; or within that area, containing 296 acres, at Longburn, being Sections Nos. 18, 20, and 21, Kairanga Survey District, the said area being owned and occupied by William Edward Arthur Slack and John Upton Gaskell Slack; or within that area in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 195 acres 3 roods 20 perches, more or less, and known as the Petone Waterworks Reserve; or within that area in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 209 acres 2 roods 29 perches, more or less, being Section No. 273, Block IV, Arawaru Survey District, and known as the Waterworks Reserve, Palmerston North; or within that piece or parcel of land, containing by admeasurement 39 acres 2 roods 10 perches, more or less, being portion of Rural Section No. 1536 on the plan of the Borough of Palmerston North, and known as the Esplanade; or within that area in the Wellington Land District, at Foxton, containing by admeasurement about 1,500 acres, situated in Block III, Moutere Survey District, and Block IX, Mount Robinson Survey District, owned and occupied by Mr Cresswell; or upon certain lagoons in Mangaone Survey District, the property of Mr. H. W. Bridge, Tatawai, and an area 10 chains in width surrounding the said lagoons.

Also all lands notified or set apart as sanctuaries or reserves for the preservation of imported or native game.

THIRD SCHEDULE.

THE area contained within a line starting from Shannon on the Manawatu Railway-line; thence following the line to Palmerston North; thence by a right line to Kairanga; thence to Glen Oroua, and thence to Carnarvon and the sea; thence along the sea-boundary to the south bank of the Manawatu River; thence following the river to the bridge on the Foxton and Shannon Road, and thence to Shannon.

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

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Shooting Season for Native Game, Westland Acclimatization District.

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 notify that the following native game—viz., pukeko and grey duck—may be killed within the Westland Acclimatization District, comprising the County of Westland (except in the areas mentioned in the Schedule hereto), from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, both days inclusive; and do hereby restrict the number of such native game that may be killed by any one person in any one day to not more than twenty-five head in all.

SCHEDULE.

AREAS WHEREIN NATIVE GAME SHALL NOT BE KILLED.

LAKE Rotokino, Lake Kanieri, and Lake Mahinapua, and the road reserve around the shore of the said Mahinapua Lake, Waiho Glacier, and Mahinapua Creek and the road reserves on either side of the said creek; and all lands notified or set apart as sanctuaries or reserves for the preservation of imported or native game.

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

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.