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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 37

212, situated at Trentham; or within that area, containing 981 acres 3 roods 6 perches, more or less, situated at Belmont, the property of the Belmont Land Company and Dr. H. W. M. Kendall respectively; also that part of Manga-wharariki Stream and its bed as described in Gazette No. 66, of 9th July, 1914, page 2719.

Also 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 third day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty.

F. H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Shooting Season for Native Game, Westland Acclimatization District.

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 native game—viz., grey duck, pukeko, and black swan—may be killed within the Westland Acclimatization District, comprising the County of Westland (except in the areas mentioned in the Schedule hereto), from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, both days inclusive; and I 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 twenty-five head in all.

SCHEDULE.

AREAS WHEREIN NATIVE GAME SHALL NOT BE KILLED.

LAKE Rotokino, Lake Kanieri, Lake Okarito, White Heron Lagoon, and Lake Mahinapua, and the road reserve around the shore of the said Mahinapua Lake, Waiho Glacier, Okauto Lagoon, and Mahinapua Creek, and the road reserves on either side of the said creek.

Also part of Waitangi-roto Stream extending southerly and easterly from its confluence with the Waitangi-taona River for a distance of three miles, and the area included in lines running parallel to and three chains from the said part of the Waitangi-roto Stream on both sides of the stream.

Also 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 third day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty.

F. H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

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

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 Australian quail—may be killed within the Whangarei Acclimatization District, comprising the County of Whangarei and part of the County of Otamatea (except in the areas mentioned in the Schedule hereto), from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, 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 any person on payment of the sum of twenty shillings each; and the Postmasters at Aponga, Hikurangi, Kamo, Kiripaka, Limestone, Mangapai, Mangawai, Maungakaramea, Parakao, Parua Bay, Poroti, Ruakaka, Titoki, Waikiekie, Waipu, Whakapara, and Whangarei are 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, pukeko, and teal—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 twenty, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, 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.

SCHEDULE.

AREAS WHEREIN IMPORTED AND NATIVE GAME SHALL NOT BE KILLED.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement approximately twenty-eight square miles, situated in Purua and Whangarei Survey Districts, and comprising all the land within the circumference of a circle having a radius of three miles, and its centre near the hatcheries at the intersection of the eastern boundary of Ketenikau No. 7, in Block VIII, Purua Survey District, with the north side of the road cutting off the extreme south-eastern corner of the said Ketenikau No. 7.

The boundary as exactly indicated above passes approximately through the places locally known as follows: Starting at the north it crosses Kauri Road just south of Big Mountain Trig. Station; thence going westerly and southerly it crosses the Ruatangata Road at Ngararatunua Settlement; afterwards crossing Three-mile Bush Road near Campbell’s; after passing through State Forest Reserves of 1,580 acres and 1,600 acres it strikes Maunu Road near Black Bridge; crossing Otaika Road at Raumanga it passes to the south-east of the Borough of Whangarei, and crosses Head’s Road at Reyburn’s house; after crossing Whareora Road near the caves and Kiripaka Road near the church the boundary passes through Cork’s Farm and back to starting-point; including the Borough of Whangarei and the Town District of Kamo.

All that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 1,600 acres, more or less being a reserve for water-conservation, situated in Blocks XI and XII, Purua Survey District. Bounded towards the north-east by Taikoia Block, Pukemiro Block, and Sections 55, 52, and 76; towards the east by Harahora Block; towards the south generally by Sections 1, 2, and 3, Taikawiwi Block, Sections 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, Waihoanga Block, and Te Hape Block; and towards the west generally by Section 28, Crown Land, and State forest reserve.

Also 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 third day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty.

F. H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Certain Species of Birds indigenous to New Zealand not to be deemed protected.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this twelfth day of April, 1920.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the Animals Protection Act, 1908, as amended by the Animals Protection Amendment Act, 1910, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby suspend the operation of section ten of the said Animals Protection Amendment Act, 1910, for the period commencing on the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, and ending on the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, with respect to the species of birds indigenous to New Zealand mentioned in the Schedule hereto; and, with the like advice and consent, doth declare that such suspension shall be subject to the provisions contained in the Warrants in respect of the shooting season in each acclimatization district.

SCHEDULE.

PUKEKO, teal, grey duck, spoonbill duck, wild geese, and black swan.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Notice respecting Native and Imported Game.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 1st April, 1920.

THE attention of sportsmen, game-dealers, and others is called to the following provisions of the Animals Protection Act, 1908, and the Animals Protection Amendment Act, 1910

F. H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.