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to kill such imported game within the said district shall be issued to any person on payment of the sum of twenty shillings each; and the Postmaster at Opotiki is hereby appointed to sign and issue the said licenses to kill imported game.

And I do further notify that the following native game—viz., black swan, grey duck, teal, and pukeko—may be killed within the above-mentioned district (except in the areas mentioned in the Schedule hereto) from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, both days inclusive; and do hereby restrict the number of such native game that may be killed by any one person in any one day to not more than twelve head in all.

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SCHEDULE.

AREAS WHEREIN IMPORTED AND NATIVE GAME SHALL NOT BE KILLED.

ALL lands notified or set apart as sanctuaries or reserves for the preservation of imported or native game.

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

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

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Shooting Season for Imported and Native Game, License Fee, &c., Otago Acclimatization District.

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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 notify that the following imported game—viz., Californian quail—may be killed within the Otago Acclimatization District as described hereunder, from the first day of June, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, both days inclusive; and mallard duck (English wild duck) may be killed within the said district from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, to the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, both days inclusive (except with respect to Californian quail in the areas mentioned in the First Schedule hereto):

All that area in the Otago and Southland Districts comprising the Counties of Vincent, Maniototo, Waihemo, Waikouaiti, Taieri, Peninsula, Tuapeka, Bruce, Clutha, and part of the County of Southland. Bounded on the east and south by the ocean from Shag Point to the mouth of the Mataura River, on the west by the Mataura River and the County of Lake, on the north-west by the County of Westland, and on the north-east by the County of Waitaki; including the City of Dunedin and the boroughs within the above-described area (excepting therefrom the areas mentioned in the Second Schedule hereto).

And I do also notify that licenses to kill such imported game within the said district shall be issued to any person on payment of the sum of twenty shillings; and the Chief Postmaster at Dunedin and the Postmasters at Alexandra, Clyde, Cromwell, and Roxburgh are hereby authorized to sign and issue the said licenses to kill imported game.

And I do hereby restrict the number of Californian quail that may be killed by any one person in any one day to not more than thirty head in all.

And I do hereby restrict the number of mallard duck that may be killed by any one person in any one day to not more than twelve head in all.

And I do hereby notify that the following native game—viz., grey duck, spoonbill duck (or widgeon), teal (except black teal), and black swan—may be killed within the above-mentioned district (except in the areas mentioned in the Second Schedule hereto) from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, to the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, both days inclusive.

And I do hereby restrict the number of native game that may be killed by any one person in any one day to not more than twenty-five head in all, exclusive of black swan. The number of black swan which may be killed is not limited.

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FIRST SCHEDULE.

AREA WHEREIN CALIFORNIAN QUAIL SHALL NOT BE KILLED.

A STRAIGHT line commencing from the north-eastern corner of Macraes Township (Section 63, Block I, Highlay) to the mouth of the Shag River; thence by the ocean to the mouth of the Molyneux River; thence by straight line to the most southern portion of Darton Town; thence by the western boundary of the said town, then by straight line to the southern corner of the Town of Macraes; thence by western boundary of the said town to the northern boundary of Section 54, Block I, Highlay; thence per line to the north-western boundary of aforesaid district to the commencing-point.

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SECOND SCHEDULE.

1. ALL that area in the Greenvale Survey District described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 81, of the 5th October, 1899, page 1870.

2. All that area in the Otago Land District known as the Hawksbury Domain (see New Zealand Gazette No. 93, of the 8th November, 1900, page 2033).

3. The lagoon reserve in the Borough of Hawksbury (see New Zealand Gazette No. 4, of the 10th January, 1901, page 70).

4. All that area between Milford Sound and Lake Te Anau (see New Zealand Gazette No. 10, of the 6th February, 1902, page 240).

5. The lagoon known as the Tomahawk Lagoon, Otago Peninsula.

6. All that area in the Otago Land District described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 50, of the 26th May, 1910, page 1589, and known as the Outram Lagoons.

7. The Islands in the Otago Harbour used as quarantine stations (see New Zealand Gazette No. 102, of the 24th November, 1910, page 4069).

8. All that area near Middlemarch, in the Otago Land District, described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 60, of the 4th July, 1913, page 2146.

9. All the additional portion of the Hawksbury Domain, in the Otago Land District, described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 114, of the 29th October, 1914, page 3878.

10 All that area near the Waipiata Township, Maniototo Survey District, in the Otago Land District, described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 43, of the 30th April, 1914, page 1586.

11. All that area in the Otago Land District being that part of the Taieri River from the suspension bridge at Middlemarch to the bridge at Ngapuna, and the area included in lines running parallel to and three chains distant from the said part of the Taieri River on both sides of that river.

12. Also all that area in the said district being Section No. 9, Block 22, Strath-Taieri Survey District.

13. All that area in the Otago Land District, the properties of Mr. J. Crawford Anderson, of Stirling, and Mr. J. Wilcocks, comprising Sections Nos. 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10, Block XIII, and part of Section No. 2, Block XIV, North Molyneux Survey District.

14. Area known as Balclutha Coronation Park.

15. Certain land in Tarras Survey District, being the property of Mrs. E. Oliver, of Bendigo (see New Zealand Gazette No. 62, of the 25th May, 1916, page 1788).

16. One mile of the Taieri River up-stream where the Styx Creek enters said river, and land on both banks of the river (see Gazette No. 42, of the 8th March, 1917, page 865).

17. Certain land in Teviot Survey District (see New Zealand Gazette No. 78, of the 3rd May, 1917, page 1862).

18. All lands notified or set apart as sanctuaries or reserves for the preservation of imported or native game.

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

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

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Shooting Season for Imported and Native Game, License Fee, &c., Rotorua Acclimatization District.

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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 notify that the following imported game—viz., cock pheasants and Californian and Australian quail—may be killed within the Rotorua Acclimatization District, comprising the Counties of Rotorua, East Taupo, and Whakatane, and parts of the Counties of West Taupo, Wairoa, and Matamata (except in the areas mentioned in the Schedule hereto), from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, both days inclusive; and do hereby restrict the number of cock pheasants that may be killed by any one person in any one day to twelve. And I do further notify that licenses to kill such imported game within the said district shall be issued to