Deer-shooting Regulations




Mar. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 723

REGULATIONS

  1. RED-DEER stags may be taken or killed within the above-mentioned part of the Rotorua Acclimatization District from the 25th March, 1916, to the 25th April, 1916, both days inclusive.

  2. Licenses to take or kill such deer may be issued by the Government Tourist Agent at Rotorua, on payment of a license fee of £3, in the form prescribed in the Second Schedule hereto, and subject to the said Act and these regulations. The number of such licenses shall not exceed fifteen; 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.

  4. Each licensee must give notice to the said Government Tourist Agent of the date on which it is his intention to stalk, such notice to be given two clear days before commencing to stalk.

  5. 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.

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

  7. 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 Government Tourist Agent at Rotorua immediately he has finished stalking for the season for which such “tags” have been issued, together with the number of deer shot.

  8. Any person committing a breach of any of these regulations shall be liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding £20.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

ALL that area within one mile of the shores of Lake Okataina.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

No. License to take or kill Game (Deer).

, of , having this day paid the sum of £ , is hereby authorized to take or kill two red-deer stags, of not less than eight points, within the Counties of Rotorua and Whakatane (excluding exempted areas), in the Rotorua Acclimatization District, from the day of , 1916, to the 25th day of April, 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.

Government Tourist Agent.

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

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

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Regulations for Deer-shooting, Mahia Peninsula.

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 that part of the Rotorua Acclimatization District comprised in the Mahia Peninsula which is in the said acclimatization district, and the conditions affecting the same, and also the form of license and the fee payable therefor.

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REGULATIONS.

  1. RED-DEER stags may be taken or killed within the above-mentioned part of the Rotorua Acclimatization District from the 25th March, 1916, to the 25th April, 1916 (both days inclusive).

  2. Licenses to take or kill such deer may be issued by the Postmaster at Opoutama, on payment of a license fee of £3, in the form prescribed in the Schedule hereto, and subject to the said Act and these regulations. The number of such licenses shall not exceed ten; 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 ten points.

  4. Each licensee must give notice to the said Postmaster of the date on which it is his intention to stalk, such notice to be given two clear days before commencing to stalk.

  5. 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.

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

  7. 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 Postmaster at Opoutama immediately he has finished stalking for the season for which such “tags” have been issued, together with the number of deer shot.

  8. 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 two red-deer stags, of not less than ten points, within the Mahia Peninsula, in the Rotorua Acclimatization District, from the day of , 1916, to the twenty-fifth day of April, 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.

Postmaster.

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

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

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Regulations for Deer-shooting, Wairoa.

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 that part of the Rotorua Acclimatization District comprised in the part of the County of Wairoa (excluding therefrom the Mahia Peninsula) which is in the said acclimatization district, and the conditions affecting the same, and also the form of license and the fee payable therefor.

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REGULATIONS.

  1. RED-DEER stags may be taken or killed within the above-mentioned part of the Rotorua Acclimatization District from the 25th March, 1916, to the 25th April, 1916 (both days inclusive).

  2. Licenses to take or kill such deer may be issued by the Postmistress at Waikaremoana, on payment of a license fee of £3, in the form prescribed in the Schedule hereto, and subject to the said Act and these regulations. The number of such licenses shall not exceed nine; 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 ten points.

  4. Each licensee must give notice to the said Postmistress of the date on which it is his intention to stalk, such notice to be given two clear days before commencing to stalk.

  5. 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.

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

  7. 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 Postmistress at Waikaremoana immediately he has finished stalking for the season for



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