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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 13

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, 1919, to the 10th day of May, 1919 (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 1919, to the day of , 1919 (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 , 1919.

Postmaster.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this thirtieth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs

Regulations for Deer-shooting, Lakes 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 Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby make the following regulations prescribing the deer-shooting season in the Lakes District 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 Lakes District Acclimatization District from the 1st day of April, 1919, to the 21st day of May, 1919 (both days inclusive).

2. Licenses to take or kill red-deer stags may be issued by the Postmaster, Queenstown, on the recommendation of the secretary of the Lakes District Acclimatization Society, on payment of a license fee of £4 in the area described in the First Schedule hereto, and on payment of a license fee of £5 in the area described in the Second Schedule hereto; such licenses to be issued in the form prescribed in the Third Schedule hereto, and subject to the said Act and these regulations.

3. No licensee shall take or kill more than four red-deer stags, and no red-deer stag shall be killed carrying antlers with less than ten points. Ball cartridge only to be used.

4. The licensee must give notice to the said Postmaster of the date on which it is his intention to stalk deer; such notice to be posted, or delivered, or telegraphed three clear days before such date.

5. 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.

6. Nothing herein contained shall extend to authorizing any person to sell any deer or any 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 secretary of the Lakes District Acclimatization Society, Queenstown, 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.

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 known as Aspiring, Upper Wanaka, Wilkin, and Matukituki Districts.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

All that area known as Glacier Creek, Routeburn, Rockburn, and Dart Valleys.

THIRD SCHEDULE.

License to take or kill Game (Deer).

, of , having this day paid the sum of £ , is hereby authorized to take or kill four red-deer (stags), of not less than ten points, within that part of the Lakes District Acclimatization District known as [Aspiring, Upper Wanaka, Wilkin, and Matukituki Districts], and within that part known as [Glacier Creek, Routeburn, Rockburn, and Dart Valleys], from the day of , 1919, to the day of , 1919 (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 , 1919.

Postmaster.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this thirtieth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs

Regulations for Deer-shooting, Nelson.

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 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 may be taken or killed within the Nelson Acclimatization District from the 1st day of March, 1919, to the 30th day of April, 1919, 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 stags, and no stag shall be killed carrying antlers with less than four points.