APRIL 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1125

THE ANIMALS PROTECTION ACT, 1908.

SECTION 36.—No person shall kill, destroy, or shoot at any game or native game with anything but a shoulder gun, and no such gun must exceed size No. 10 at muzzle. No gun shall exceed 10 lb. in weight.

Any person offending against this provision is liable to a penalty not exceeding £20.

Section 31.—No imported game or native game to be exported without the written consent of the Minister of Internal Affairs.

Season for taking or killing native and imported game (other than deer and godwits), 1st May to 31st July.

Section 10.—Fee for license to take or kill imported game (other than deer) to be £1.

Section 30.—No imported or native game, whether chilled or otherwise, to be held in possession for a greater period than seven days after close of season.

THE ANIMALS PROTECTION ACT, 1910.

Section 2.—Use of cylinders prohibited.

Section 10.—Every person who destroys or injures or captures any bird which is indigenous to New Zealand, or who robs or destroys the nest of any such bird, is liable to a fine not exceeding £20.

The following native game has been exempted from above provisions during shooting season: Pukeko, teal, grey duck, spoonbill duck, wild geese, and black swan.

STATEMENT SHOWING THE KINDS OF GAME WHICH MAY BE KILLED IN EACH DISTRICT.

Acclimatization District. Imported and Native Game.
Ashburton.. Grey duck, teal, and black swan.
Auckland .. Cock pheasants, Californian and Australian quail, pukeko, and black swan.
Bay of Islands Cock pheasants, Californian and Australian quail, grey duck, teal, pukeko, and black swan.
Buller .. Hares, pukeko, grey duck, and black swan.
Coromandel Cock pheasants, Australian quail, grey duck, teal, and black swan.
East Coast.. Cock pheasants, Californian quail, grey duck, teal, and black swan.
Feilding and district Cock pheasants, Californian quail, grey duck, and black swan.
Grey District Hares, grey duck, pukeko, teal, and black swan.
Hawera .. Cock pheasants, quail, grey duck, teal, and black swan.
Hawke’s Bay Cock pheasants, Californian quail, grey duck, teal, and black swan.
Hobson .. Cock pheasants, Australian quail, grey duck, teal, pukeko, and black swan.

Acclimatization District. Imported and Native Game.
Lakes District Californian quail, grey duck, pukeko, and black swan.
Mangonui-Whangaroa Cock pheasants, Australian quail, grey duck, spoonbill duck, teal, pukeko, and black swan.
Marlborough Californian quail, grey duck, and black swan.
Nelson .. Californian quail, grey duck, and black swan.
North Canterbury Californian quail, grey duck, spoonbill duck, and black swan.
Opotiki .. Close season.
Otago .. Californian quail, mallard duck, grey duck, spoonbill duck, teal (except black teal), pukeko, and black swan.
Rotorua .. Cock pheasants, Californian and Australian quail, grey duck, black teal, and black swan.
South Canterbury Mallard duck, wild geese, grey duck, black teal, and black swan.
Southland .. Hares, grey duck, spoonbill duck, and black swan.
Stratford .. Cock pheasants, Californian quail, grey duck, teal, pukeko, and black swan.
Taranaki .. Cock pheasants, Californian quail, grey duck, teal, and black swan.
Tauranga .. Cock pheasants, Californian and Australian quail, grey duck, teal, and black swan.
Waimarino Cock pheasants, quail, grey duck, teal, and black swan.
Waimate .. Grey duck, spoonbill duck, teal, pukeko, and black swan.
Waitaki .. Grey duck, pukeko, and black swan.
Wanganui .. Cock pheasants, Californian and Australian quail, hares, grey duck, spoonbill duck, teal, and black swan.
Wellington Cock pheasants, Californian and Australian quail, hares, grey duck, teal, and black swan.
Westland .. Grey duck, pukeko, and black swan.
Whangarei.. Cock pheasants, Australian quail, grey duck, teal, pukeko, and black swan.

NOTE.—Not more than twenty-five head of native game may be killed by any one person in any one day in any district.

SALE OF NATIVE AND IMPORTED GAME.

No sale this season.

By Authority: MARCUS F. MARKS, Government Printer, Wellington.