Feb. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 501

cease from supplying electricity within the Thames County,
and shall not have nor make any claim, right, or demand of
any kind whatsoever upon the Thames County Council for
any damages, compensation, or other payment whatsoever.
3. The license shall be for lighting and heating purposes
only, and shall not include motive power.
4. The charges to consumers within the Thames County
shall be at the same rate as to those within the Thames
Borough.
5. The charges to the Thames County Council for street
lighting shall be the same as the charges for street lighting
within the Thames Borough.

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

Regulations for Deer-shooting, Marlborough.

LIVERPOOL, Governor

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals
Protection Act, 1908 (hereinafter called “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 regulations prescribing the deer-shooting
season in the Marlborough Acclimatization District, com-
prising the Counties of Marlborough and Sounds, and the
conditions affecting the same, and also the form of license
and the fee payable therefor.

REGULATIONS.

1. RED-DEER stags and fallow-deer bucks may be taken or
   killed within the Marlborough Acclimatization District from
   the 28th day of February, 1916, to the 1st day of May,
   1916 (both days inclusive).
2. Licenses to take or kill such deer may be issued by
   the Chief Postmaster at Blenheim, and the Postmaster at
   Havelock, on payment of a license fee of £1, in the form
   prescribed in the Schedule hereto, and subject to the said
   Act and these regulations; provided that not more than
   one such license shall be issued to the same person.
3. No licensee shall take or kill more than six red-deer
   stags or fallow-deer bucks.
4. 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.
5. Nothing herein contained shall extend to authorizing
   any person to sell any deer or portion thereof.
6. Regulations as to deer “tags,” per New Zealand Gazette
   No. 40, Vol. I, of 20th May, 1909, page 1408, shall be
   strictly adhered to by each licensee, who, in addition thereto,
   shall return all unused “tags” to the secretary of the
   Marlborough Acclimatization Society, Blenheim, imme-
   diately he has finished stalking for the season for which
   such “tags” have been issued, together with a statement of
   the number of deer shot.
7. Any person committing a breach of any of these regula-
   tions 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) within the Marlborough Acclimatization
District, from the day of
, 1916, to the
day of
, 1916 (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
, 1916.

Chief Postmaster.

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

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Regulations for Deer-shooting, Nelson.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals
Protection Act, 1908 (hereinafter called “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 regulations prescribing the deer-shooting
season in the Nelson Acclimatization District, comprising
the Counties of Waimea, Takaka, and Collingwood, and the
conditions affecting the same, and also the form of license
and the fee payable therefor.

REGULATIONS.

1. RED-DEER stags and fallow deer bucks may be taken or
   killed within the Nelson Acclimatization District from the
   26th day of February, 1916, to the 1st day of May, 1916,
   both days inclusive.
2. Licenses to take or kill such deer may be issued by
   the Chief Postmaster at Nelson, and the Postmaster at
   Motueka, on payment of a license fee of £1 1s., in the form
   prescribed in the Schedule hereto, and subject to the said
   Act and these regulations; provided that not more than one
   such license shall be issued to the same person.
3. No licensee shall take or kill more than six deer in
   all, whether red-deer stags or fallow-deer bucks; and no red-
   deer stag shall be killed carrying antlers with less than four
   points, and no fallow-deer buck carrying antlers with less
   than four points.
4. 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.
5. Nothing herein contained shall extend to authorizing
   any person to sell any deer or portion thereof.
6. Regulations as to deer “tags,” per New Zealand Gazette
   No. 40, Vol. I, of 20th May, 1909, page 1408, shall be
   strictly adhered to by each licensee, who, in addition thereto,
   shall return all unused “tags” to the secretary of the
   Nelson Acclimatization Society, Nelson, immediately he
   has finished stalking for the season for which such “tags”
   have been issued, together with a statement of the number
   of deer shot.
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 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
points, within the
Nelson Acclimatization District, from the
day of
, 1916, to the
day of
, 1916 (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
, 1916.

Chief Postmaster.

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

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Regulations for Deer-shooting, Canterbury Acclimatization
District.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals
Protection Act, 1908 (hereinafter called “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 regulations prescribing the deer-shooting
season in the Canterbury Acclimatization 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 Can-
   terbury Acclimatization District from the 1st day of April,
   1916, to the 10th day of May, 1916 (both days inclusive).
2. Licenses to take or kill such deer may be issued by the
   Chief Postmaster at Christchurch, upon the recommendation
   of the secretary of the Canterbury Acclimatization Society,
   on payment of a license fee of £5, 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 Chief Postmaster shall not exceed eight. 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 three stags,
   and no stag shall be killed carrying antlers with less than