FEB. 21.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Regulations for Deer-shooting, Ashburton Acclimatization District

Liverpool, Governor-General.

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 General-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 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 Ashburton Acclimatization District from the 1st day of April, 1918, to the 10th day of May, 1918 (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 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 Postmaster shall not exceed six. 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 ten 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. 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 Ashburton Acclimatization Society, Ashburton, 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 (stags), of not less than points, within the Ashburton Acclimatization District, from the day of 1918, to the day of , 1918 (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 , 1918.

Postmaster.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this thirteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

ranga Survey District, to the Palmerston-Ashhurst Road; thence by that road to Stony Creek Road; thence by that road and the railway-line to the Oroua River; thence by that river to Awahuri; and thence by the Awahuri-Bull's Road to the Rangitikei River; and towards the north-west generally by the Rangitikei River to the Kawhatau Stream aforesaid, and the conditions affecting the same, and also the form of license, and the fee payable therefor.

REGULATIONS.

1. Red deer (stags only) may be taken or killed within the Feilding and District Acclimatization District from the 14th day of March, 1918, to the 30th day of April, 1918, both days inclusive.
2. Licenses to take or kill such deer may be issued by the Postmasters at Feilding and Apiti, 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 three stags, and no stag shall be killed carrying antlers with less than ten points.
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. 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 Feilding and District Acclimatization Society, Feilding, 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 (stags), of not less than points, within the Feilding and District Acclimatization District, from the day of 1918, to the day of , 1918 (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 , 1918.

Chief Postmaster.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this thirteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Regulations for Deer-shooting, Fiordland National Park, Southland.

Liverpool, Governor-General.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby make the following regulations prescribing the conditions under which red-deer stags may be taken or killed in the Fiordland National Park, Southland.

REGULATIONS.

NOTWITHSTANDING anything contained in the Warrant made under the Animals Protection Act, 1908, dated the 19th day of October, 1909, and in the Warrant dated the 1st day of February, 1918, red deer (stags only) may be taken or killed within the Fiordland National Park, Southland, from the 1st day of April, 1918, to the 30th day of April, 1918, both days inclusive, by persons to whom licenses have been or may hereafter be issued by the Chief Postmaster at Invercargill, pursuant to the Warrant of 1st February, 1918, making regulations for deer-shooting in Southland, subject, however, to the conditions fixed in that Warrant.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this thirteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.