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with flats near the stream. The ground rises steeply to good terrace on the top. Soil of light quality on the flats, but good in the bush, lying on papa formation. The elevation ranges from 450 ft. to 1,200 ft. above sea-level.

Section 16, Block V.-Distant from Kopaki about twelve miles and a half, of which ten are formed dray-road. The section comprises open fern and manuka country at the northern end, and heavy mixed bush at the southern end. The northern portion is easy and undulating, rising to high country. Soil of good quality generally, on papa and sandstone formation. The forest is heavy. The elevation ranges from 460 ft. to 1,200 ft. above sea-level.

Section 3, Block VII.-Distant from Piopio about eleven miles, six miles of which are formed dray-road, the remainder track. The section comprises easy and steep slopes, covered in parts with heavy bush, and at the southern end fern and manuka. The soil is of good quality, on papa. The elevation ranges from 500 ft. to 1,000 ft. above sea-level.

Section 4, Block VII.-About ten miles and a half from Piopio, of which six miles are dray-road, the rest track. The section comprises easy and steep slopes covered with heavy bush, giving place to fern and manuka near the road. The soil is of good quality, on papa. The elevation ranges from 500 ft. to 1,000 ft. above sea-level.

Section 5, Block VII.-Similar to Section 4.

Section 5, Block VIII.-Distant from Piopio about eight miles and a half, of which six miles are dray-road; and about thirteen from Kopaki, of which eleven miles are formed dray-road. The section comprises easy country, with vegetation varying from heavy bush to open fern and manuka. The soil is good, on papa formation. The elevation ranges from 500 ft. to 1,000 ft. above sea-level.

Section 14, Block X.-Situated near the Township of Aria, about twenty-seven miles from the Te Kuiti Railway-station. The section is situated within about fifty chains of the Aria Dairy Factory, and comprises open fern and manuka land, and is all very easy undulating country. The general quality of the section is good, the soil varying from very fair to good, resting on clay formation. The section is badly watered during the summer months, and to get a permanent water-supply would necessitate sinking a well. On the north-western boundary there is a small stream which would serve as a water-supply for the back paddock. The section is all ploughable, it can be easily worked, and will give an early return. The western boundary is fenced throughout, consisting of sapling and willow posts, four wires, and 3 ft. wire netting.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

This is a block of Crown land situated about six miles to the south of Piopio, and adjoining the Karu Settlement. The country is partly open and partly bush. The land varies from flat and undulating to easy and steep hills, and in places there are outcrops of rhyolite. The soil is generally a pumiceous loam, lying on papa and sandstone formation. The access will be from Piopio on the Te Kuiti-Awakino Road, and also from Kopaki Railway-station. There is a dray-road, about six miles of which are metalled, from Kopaki for about nine miles to near the eastern boundaries of Sections 11 and 12, Block V. About six miles of the access from Piopio is formed dray-road. The unformed roads will be put in hand shortly. Horses can now be taken to most parts of the block. The land is generally well watered, and the altitude above sea-level varies from 450 ft. on the river-flats to about 1,200 ft. on the high ridges. The forest consists of tawa, mahoe, towhai, and hinau, with a little rimu and kahikatea, with the usual undergrowth.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 14th day of February, 1921.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

Regulations for Deer-shooting, Buller.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

N exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection Act, 1908 (hereinafter called "the said Act"), I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby make the following regulations prescribing the deer-shooting season in the Buller Acclimatization District, comprising the Buller and Inangahua Counties, bounded towards the north-west generally by a line starting at a point on the Tasman Sea coast at Kohaihai Bluff, in Block XIII, Whakapai Survey District, and proceeding up a leading spur and along the summit of a range over Mount Domett to Mount Cobb; thence towards the north-east generally by a line along the summit of the western ranges over Mount Snowdon and Mount Peel to Mount Arthur; thence towards the south-east by a line along the summit of a leading range over Mount Luna and along the summit of Lyell Range to Bald Hill; thence by a line down a leading spur on the western side of Eight-mile or Boundary Stream to the mouth of that stream; thence down the left bank of the Buller River and up the right bank of the Inangahua River to a point due north of Mount Haast; thence by a right line to Mount Haast; thence by a right line to the nearest point of the Grey River; thence towards the south-west generally by a line down the middle of the Grey River to its confluence with the Otututu River; thence by a line up the middle of the Otututu River to its source near Mount Faraday; thence by a right line to Mount Faraday; thence towards the south-east by a line along the summit of the Paparoa Range to a point near the source of the Punakaiki or Deadman's River; thence towards the south-west generally by a right line to that source, and by a line down the middle of that river to the sea; thence towards the north-west by the Tasman Sea to Kohaihai Bluff, the place of commencement: 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 Buller Acclimatization District from the 1st April, 1921, to the 31st May, 1921 (both days inclusive); and hinds from the 2nd May, 1921, to the 31st May, 1921 (both days inclusive).

2. Licenses to take or kill such deer may be issued by the Chief Postmaster at Westport, on payment of a license fee of £1, 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 three stags and three hinds, and no stag shall be killed carrying antlers with less than eight points.

4. 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 Buller Acclimatization Society, Westport, 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 red-deer stags, of not less than points, and three hinds, within the Buller Acclimatization District from the day of , 1921, to the day of , 1921 (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 , 1921.

Chief Postmaster.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 14th day of February, 1921.

G. JAS. ANDERSON,

Minister of Internal Affairs.

Regulations for Deer-shooting, South Canterbury.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

N exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection Act, 1908 (hereinafter called "the said Act"), I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby make the following regulations prescribing the deer-shooting season in the South Canterbury Acclimatization District (as defined in the New Zealand Gazette of the sixteenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, comprising the Counties of Geraldine and Levels and part of the County of Mackenzie), and the conditions affecting the same, and also the form of license and the fee payable therefor.

REGULATIONS.

1. FALLOW-DEER bucks may be taken or killed within the South Canterbury Acclimatization District from the 1st day of April, 1921, to the 31st day of May, 1921, both days inclusive.

2. Licenses to take or kill such deer may be issued by the Postmaster at Temuka, upon the recommendation of the secretary of the South Canterbury Acclimatization Society, on payment of a license fee of £2, in the form pre.