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Canterbury Acclimatization Society, Christchurch, 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.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

North Canterbury Deer Forest; the Amuri County.

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 deer (stags), of not less than points, within that part of the North Canterbury Acclimatization District known as North Canterbury Deer Forest, the Amuri County, 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 affecting red deer made thereunder and 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, North Canterbury Acclimatization District (Rakaia Gorge Deer Forest).

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 Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby make the following regulations prescribing the deer-shooting season in the North 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 that part of the North Canterbury Acclimatization District described in the First Schedule hereto from the 1st day of April, 1918, to the 15th day of May, 1918 (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 North Canterbury Acclimatization Society, on payment of a license fee of £5, in the form prescribed in the Second 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 fifteen. 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 North Canterbury Acclimatization Society, Christchurch, 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.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Rakaia Gorge Deer Forest.

The watershed of the Rakaia on the north side of the main stream from Lake Coleridge to the main alpine range.

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SECOND SCHEDULE.

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 that part of the North Canterbury Acclimatization District known as Rakaia Gorge Deer Forest, as described in the endorsement hereon, 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 affecting red deer made thereunder and 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, North Canterbury Acclimatization District (Waimakariri Deer Forest).

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 Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby make the following regulations prescribing the deer-shooting season in the North 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 that part of the North Canterbury Acclimatization District described in the First Schedule hereto from the 1st day of April, 1918, to the 15th day of May, 1918 (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 North Canterbury Acclimatization Society, on payment of a license fee of £5, in the form prescribed in the Second 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 three. 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 two 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 North Canterbury Acclimatization Society, Christchurch, 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.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Waimakariri Deer Forest.

The watersheds of the Poulter and Esk Rivers, and that portion of the Craigieburn Run lying between the Waimakariri River and the Midland Railway line.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

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 that part of the North Canterbury Acclimatization District known as