Feb. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 529

Beaumont Riding.

Bounded, starting at the north-west corner of Allotment 16, Moa Flat Estate; thence east along the northern boundaries of Allotments 16, 15, 14, 4, and 5, Moa Flat Estate, to main road Lawrence to Roxburgh; thence east to the centre of Clutha River, Block VI, Benger District; thence south down the centre of Clutha River to a point due east of Trigonometrical Station D, Block VI, Rankleburn District; thence west and south-west along Tuapeka County boundary-line to Pomahaka River; thence south-west along Pomahaka River to its junction with Rankleburn Stream; thence north along Rankleburn Stream to its source; thence north-east to the south-west corner of Block XX, Crookston District; thence due north along line forming boundary between Blocks X, part XI and XX, and part XIX, Crookston District; thence north-east along boundary of said Block XIV, Crookston District, to Trigonometrical Station L; thence due north along boundary of said Block XIV, Crookston District, to the south-east corner of Section 8, Block XIV, Crookston District; thence south-west along road-line forming southern boundary of Sections 8, 9, and 10, Block XIV, Crookston District, to the south-west corner of said Section 10; thence due north along the boundary-line between Sections 10 and 11, Block XIV, Crookston District; thence south-west along road-line forming northern boundary-line of Sections 11 and 12, Block XIV, Crookston District, to the north-west corner of said Section 12; thence due north along the boundary-line between Section 14, Block XIV, and Section 25, Block XI, Crookston District, to the north-east corner of Section 25, Block XI, Crookston District; thence west and north along boundary of Section 5, Block XII, Crookston District, to join road-line; thence north along road-line forming western boundary of Sections 5, 6, 9, and part of 8 to the railway reserve in Section 10, Block XII, Crookston Survey District; thence south-west by said railway reserve to Section 23, Block 8, of aforesaid survey district; thence north by the eastern boundary of said Section 23; thence west to a road-line by the northern boundary of aforesaid Section 23; thence north-east and west by a road-line to the eastern boundary of Greenvale Survey District; thence north by said boundary to the north-east corner of Section 1, Block 10, aforesaid survey district; thence north-west generally to the Pomahaka River by the northern boundary of Blocks 10, 15, and 14, Greenvale Survey District; thence northerly by the Pomahaka River to the north-west corner of Run 615; thence generally by the southern boundary of Benger Riding to the starting-point.

Crookston Riding.

Bounded, starting at the south-east corner of Section 35, Block 2, Greenvale Survey District; thence by the Tuapeka County boundary to the north-west corner of Run 610; thence by the Benger, Beaumont, and Tapanui Ridings to the starting-point.

This description is sufficient to render the new boundaries capable of identification.—ROBT. T. SADD, Chief Surveyor (Dunedin). 1/11/22.

Resolved, That the common seal of the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Tuapeka be affixed to the foregoing special order in the presence of the Chairman, Councillor Duncan McLennan, and County Clerk.

The common seal of the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Tuapeka was hereunto affixed this 15th day of December, 1922, in the presence of—

R. A. RODGER, Chairman.
DUNCAN MCLENNAN, Councillor.
JOHN J. WOODS, County Clerk.

I hereby certify that the foregoing special order has been duly made in accordance with the provisions of the Counties Act, 1920, and amendments thereof.

JOHN J. WOODS, County Clerk.

Lawrence, 15th December, 1922.

Open Season for Deer-shooting, Marlborough Acclimatization District.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, I, William Downie Stewart, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare the period from the 23rd day of February, 1923, to the 30th day of April, 1923 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the Marlborough Acclimatization District, described in the First Schedule hereto, for the taking or killing of the following imported game—viz., red-deer stags and fallow-deer bucks—subject to the following conditions.

CONDITIONS.

1. LICENSES to take or kill red-deer stags and fallow-deer bucks may be issued by the Chief Postmaster at Blenheim and the Postmaster at Havelock, on payment of a license fee of £1, in the form prescribed in the Second Schedule hereto, and subject to the said Act and regulations thereunder and this notification. Provided that not more than one such license shall be issued to the same person.

2. No licensee shall take or kill more than six red-deer stags and six fallow-deer bucks, and no red-deer stag shall be killed carrying antlers with less than eight points. Ball cartridge only to be used; provided that no metal-patched or metal-cased bullet shall be used for killing such deer.

3. No licensee shall allow any dog to accompany either himself or any attendant he may have with him.

4. Nothing herein contained shall extend to authorizing any person to sell any deer or portion thereof.

5. Regulations as to deer “tags,” contained in the New Zealand Gazette of the 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 Marlborough Acclimatization Society, Blenheim, 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.

6. Nothing in any license to take or kill red-deer stags and fallow-deer bucks shall authorize the holder thereof to take or kill red-deer stags or fallow-deer bucks on lands actually and exclusively used by any registered acclimatization society for acclimatization purposes, or on any sanctuary or public domain, or on any land excepted from the operation of the notification declaring an open season for the district.

7. Any person committing a breach of any of these conditions is liable, on conviction, to a fine of £20.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

All that area in the Nelson, Marlborough, and Canterbury Land Districts bounded by a line commencing at Mount Humboldt in the Spenser Mountains, and proceeding thence north-easterly along that range and the St. Arnaud Range to the Waimea County; thence following the south-eastern boundary of the said Waimea County as described in New Zealand Gazette, 1917, page 4194, to the shore of Croisilles Harbour; thence following the sea-coast generally easterly and southerly to the mouth of the Conway River, and up that river to its source at Palmer Saddle; thence along a right line to Barefell Pass and a right line westerly to Mount Humboldt, the point of commencement: including therein D’Urville Island and all islands adjacent to the coast.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

No. .

License to take or kill Imported Game (Deer).

, of , having this day paid the sum of £1, is hereby authorized to take or kill six red-deer stags, of not less than eight points, and six fallow-deer bucks, within the Marlborough Acclimatization District, from the day of , 1923, to the day of , 1923 (both days inclusive), subject to the provisions of the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, and all regulations and notifications affecting red-deer stags and fallow-deer bucks made thereunder and in force within the said district.

This license does not authorize the holder thereof to take or kill red-deer stags or fallow-deer bucks on lands actually and exclusively used by any registered acclimatization society for acclimatization purposes, or on any sanctuary or public domain, or on any land excepted from the operation of the notification declaring an open season for the district.

Dated at this day of , 1923.

. . . . . . . . . , (Chief) Postmaster.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 14th day of February, 1923.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Open Season for Deer-shooting, Nelson Acclimatization District.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, I, William Downie Stewart, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare the period from the 1st day of March, 1923, to the 31st day of May, 1923 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the Nelson Acclimatization District, described in the First Schedule hereto, for the taking or killing of the following imported game—viz., red-deer stags and hinds—subject to the following conditions.

CONDITIONS.

1. LICENSES to take or kill red-deer stags and hinds may be issued by the Chief Postmaster at Nelson and the Postmaster at Motueka, on payment of a license fee of £1 5s., in the form