Deer-shooting Regulations




MAR. 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 773

thence along that road to Palmerston North; thence along
the railway-line to Linton; thence along a right line to Mount
Arawaru; thence along a right line to Mount Ngapuketuru;
and thence along a right line to Eketahua, the place of com-
mencement.

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

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Regulations for Deer-shooting in the Counties of Featherston
and Wairarapa South.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon
me by the Animals Protection Act, 1908 (hereinafter
referred to as “the said Act”), I, Arthur William de Brito
Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion
of New Zealand, do hereby make the following regula-
tions prescribing the deer-shooting season in that part of
the Wellington Acclimatization District comprised in the
Counties of Featherston and Wairarapa South (excepting
that portion of the said counties lying to the westward
of the Wellington-Napier Railway line, and excepting
also the area described in the First Schedule hereto), and
further prescribing the conditions affecting such deer-
shooting, the form of license, and the fee payable in
respect thereof.

REGULATIONS.

  1. RED-DEER stags may be taken or killed within that
    portion of the Wellington Acclimatization District herein-
    before described from the 22nd March, 1913, to the 17th
    May, 1913 (both days inclusive).

  2. Licenses to take or kill such deer may be issued by
    the Chief Postmaster at Wellington, or by the Postmasters
    at Masterton, Carterton, Greytown, Featherston, and
    Martinborough, on payment by the licensee of a license
    fee of £2. Not more than one such license shall be issued
    to any one person. Every such license shall be in the
    form in the Second Schedule hereto.

  3. No licensee under these regulations shall take or
    kill more than four stags, and no stag shall be taken or
    killed carrying antlers with less than ten points.

  4. No such licensee shall take or kill any hind or fawn
    on any pretext whatever, nor shall he allow any dog to
    accompany either himself or any attendant while stalking
    in the district to which his license relates.

  5. Nothing in these regulations or in any license issued
    thereunder shall be deemed to authorize a licensee to take
    or kill any stag in any part of the Wellington Acclimatiza-
    tion District other than that part to which these regula-
    tions apply, or in any other acclimatization district.

  6. Nothing in these regulations shall be deemed to
    authorize any person to sell any deer or any part thereof.

  7. Every person who commits a breach of these regula-
    tions is liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not ex-
    ceeding £20.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Excluded Area.

All that area of land in the Huararua Survey Dis-
trict, 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,
91, 92, 94, 95, 96, 87, and 84 (in the occupation of Mr.
John Martin and Mr. Featherston Johnston, and known as
the Puruatanga Estate or Station).

SECOND SCHEDULE.

No.

License to take or kill Red-deer Stags.

, of
, having this day paid the sum of
£2, is hereby authorized to take or kill four red-deer
stags, of not less than ten points, within that part of the
Wellington Acclimatization District described in the in-
dorsement hereon, from the
, 1913, to the
, 1913 (both days inclusive). This license is issued
subject to the provisions of the Animals Protection Act,
1908, and to the regulations thereunder in force within
the said part of the Wellington Acclimatization District.

Dated at
this
day of
, 1913.

Chief Postmaster [or Postmaster].

INDORSEMENT.

District to which License relates.

The Counties of Featherston and Wairarapa South, ex-
cepting therefrom all that part of the said counties lying
to the westward of the Wellington-Napier Railway line,
and excepting also all that area of land in the Huararua
Survey District, 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, 91, 92, 94, 95, 96, 87, and 84 (in the occupa-
tion of Mr. John Martin and Mr. Featherston Johnston,
and known as the Puruatanga Estate or Station).

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

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Regulations for Deer-shooting in the Hutt and Featherston
Counties (Wainui).

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon
me by the Animals Protection Act, 1908 (hereinafter
referred to as “the said Act”), I, Arthur William de Brito
Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion
of New Zealand, do hereby make the following regula-
tions prescribing the deer-shooting season in that part of
the Wellington Acclimatization District described in the
First Schedule hereto, and further prescribing the con-
ditions affecting such deer-shooting, the form of license,
and the fee payable in respect thereof.

REGULATIONS.

  1. RED-DEER stags may be taken or killed within the dis-
    trict described in the First Schedule hereto from the 22nd
    March, 1913, to the 17th May, 1913 (both days inclusive).

  2. Licenses to take or kill such deer may be issued by
    the Chief Postmaster at Wellington, or by the Postmaster
    at Lower Hutt, on payment by the licensee of a license
    fee of £2. Not more than one such license shall be issued
    to any one person. Every such license shall be in the
    form in the Second Schedule hereto.

  3. No licensee under these regulations shall take or
    kill more than two stags, and no stag shall be taken or
    killed carrying antlers with less than ten points.

  4. No such licensee shall take or kill any hind or fawn
    on any pretext whatever, nor shall he allow any dog to
    accompany either himself or any attendant while stalking
    in the district to which his license relates.

  5. Nothing in these regulations or in any license issued
    thereunder shall be deemed to authorize a licensee to take
    or kill any stag in any part of the Wellington Acclimatiza-
    tion District other than that part to which these regula-
    tions apply, or in any other acclimatization district.

  6. Nothing in these regulations shall be deemed to
    authorize any person to sell any deer or any part thereof.

  7. Every person who commits a breach of these regula-
    tions is liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not ex-
    ceeding £20.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

District to which License relates.

All that piece of land in the Counties of Hutt and
Featherston, commencing at a point being the Upper Hutt
Railway-station; thence in a line following the railway-
line as far as Petone; thence to the coast of the Port
Nicholson Harbour; thence along the coast around Pen-
carrow Head to the Onoke Lake; thence by a straight line
from the north-eastern part of the Onoke Lake over Misty
Hill to the point of commencement: excepting from such
land all that piece of land containing 6,500 acres, being
parts of Blocks VIII, IX, X, and XVII, Rimutaka Survey
District, and shown on the Crown lands provisional map
of the Hutt County as a timber and water reserve (the
excepted land being the catchment-area for the Wellington
City Council's reservoir, situated at Wainuiomata).

SECOND SCHEDULE.

No.

License to take or kill Red-deer Stags.

, of
, having this day paid the sum of
£2, is hereby authorized to take or kill two red-deer
stags, of not less than ten points, within that part of the
Wellington Acclimatization District described in the in-
dorsement hereon, from the
, 1913, to the
, 1913 (both days inclusive). This license is issued



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🌾 Regulations for Deer-shooting in Featherston and Wairarapa South Counties

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
24 February 1913
Deer-shooting, Regulations, Wellington Acclimatization District, Featherston, Wairarapa South
  • John Martin (Mr), Occupier of Puruatanga Estate
  • Featherston Johnston (Mr), Occupier of Puruatanga Estate

  • Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Governor
  • H. D. Bell, Minister of Internal Affairs

🌾 Regulations for Deer-shooting in Hutt and Featherston Counties (Wainui)

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
24 February 1913
Deer-shooting, Regulations, Wellington Acclimatization District, Hutt, Featherston, Wainui
  • Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Governor
  • H. D. Bell, Minister of Internal Affairs