MAR. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 619

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 Wellington Land District bounded towards the north by the Kawhatau and Pourangaki Streams from the Rangitikei River to the summit of the Ruahine Range; thence towards the east generally by the summit of that range to the Manawatu Gorge, and by the Manawatu River to the Raukawa Road; thence towards the south generally by that road which forms the north-eastern boundaries of Sections Nos. 455 and 454, Block VIII, Kairanga Survey District, to the Palmerston-Ashhurst Road; thence by that road to Stony Creek Road; thence by that road and the railway-line to the Oroua River; thence by that river to Awahuri; and thence by the Awahuri-Bull's Road to the Rangitikei River; and towards the north-west generally by the Rangitikei River to the Kawhatau Stream aforesaid.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

No. License to take or kill Imported Game (Deer). , of having this day paid the sum of £2, is hereby authorized to take or kill three red-deer stags, of not less than ten points, within the Feilding and District 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 made thereunder and in force within the said district.

This license does not 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.

Dated at this day of , 1923.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 28th day of February, 1923.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Open Season for Deer-shooting, Grey 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 26th day of March, 1923, to the 13th day of June, 1923 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the Grey District 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 or fallow-deer bucks may be issued by the Chief Postmaster at Greymouth, 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 or four fallow-deer bucks; no red-deer stag shall be killed carrying antlers with less than ten points, and no fallow-deer buck with antlers less than eight points. Ball cartridge only to be used; provided that no metal-patched or metal-cased bullets shall be used for killing such deer.

3. No hind, doe, or fawn shall be taken or killed on any pretext whatever; and 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 Grey District Acclimatization Society, Greymouth, 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 or 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 comprising the County of Grey.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

No. License to take or kill Imported Game (Deer). , of having this day paid the sum of £2, is hereby authorized to take or kill three red-deer stags, of not less than ten points (or four fallow-deer bucks, of not less than eight points), within the Grey District 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 (or 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 28th day of February, 1923.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Open Season for Deer-shooting, Hawke's Bay 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 15th day of May, 1923 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the Hawke's Bay 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 secretary of the Hawke's Bay Acclimatization Society, on payment of a license fee of £3, 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 license shall be issued to the same person.

2. No licensee shall take or kill more than three 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 hind or fawn shall be taken or killed on any pretext whatever; and 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 Hawke's Bay Acclimatization Society, Napier, 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.

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