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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 20

mencement : including in the hereinbefore - described area
the islands of Waiheke and Ponui and Great Barrier Island.

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 five fallow-deer
bucks, of not less than four points, within the Auckland
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 fallow-deer bucks made thereunder and in force within the said district.

This license does not authorize the holder thereof to take or kill 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 28th day of February, 1923.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Open Season for Deer-shooting, Buller 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 17th day of March, 1923, to the 31st day of May, 1923 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the Buller 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 Westport, 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 three red-deer stags, and no stag shall be killed carrying antlers with less than eight points. A licensee may, pursuant to a license issued under this notification, take or kill an unlimited number of hinds during the month of May, 1923. 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 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.

6. Nothing in any license to take or kill red-deer stags and hinds shall authorize the holder thereof to take or kill red-deer stags or hinds 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, 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, Whakapoa 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.

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 three red-deer stags, of not less than eight points, within the Buller Acclimatization District, from the day of , 1923, to the day of , 1923 (both days inclusive), and an unlimited number of hinds during the month of May, 1923, subject to the provisions of the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921-22, and all regulations and notifications affecting red-deer stags and hinds 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 hinds on lands actually and exclusively used by any registered acclimatization society, 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 28th day of February, 1923.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Open Season for Deer-shooting, Feilding and District 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 15th day of March, 1923, to the 30th day of April, 1923 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the Feilding and District Acclimatization District, described in the First Schedule hereto, for the taking or killing of the following imported game—viz., red-deer stags—subject to the following conditions.

CONDITIONS.

1. LICENSES to take or kill red-deer stags may be issued by the Postmasters at Feilding and Apiti, on payment of a license fee of £2, 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 three red-deer 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.

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 Feilding and District Acclimatization Society, Feilding, 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 shall authorize the holder thereof to take or kill red-deer stags 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.