MAR. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 625
Open Season for Deer-shooting, Rotorua Acclimatization District
(Galatea Red-deer Herd Area), Whakatane County.
I N 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 26th day of April, 1923 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the Rotorua Acclimatization
District for the taking or killing of the following imported
game—viz., red-deer stags—within that part of the said ac-
climatization district described in the First Schedule hereto,
subject to the following conditions.
CONDITIONS.

1. LICENSES to take or kill red-deer stags may be issued by
   the Government Tourist Agent at Rotorua, 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. The number of such licenses
   shall not exceed fourteen. Provided that not more than one
   such license shall be issued to the same person.
2. No licensee shall take or kill more than two stags, and
   no stag shall be killed carrying antlers with less than ten
   points.
3. Each licensee must give notice to the said Government
   Tourist Agent of the date on which it is his intention to stalk;
   such notice to be given, in writing or by telegraph, two clear
   days before commencing to stalk.
4. 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.
5. Nothing herein contained shall extend to authorizing
   any person to sell any deer or portion thereof.
6. 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 Government Tourist
   Agent at Rotorua immediately he has finished stalking for the
   season for which such “tags ” have been issued, together with
   the number of deer shot.
7. 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.
8. Any person committing a breach of any of these con-
   ditions is liable, on conviction, to a fine of £20.
   FIRST SCHEDULE.
   All that area of land in Whakatane County within a radius
   of fifteen miles from the homestead of H. E. Troutbeck, Esq.,
   Galatea.
   SECOND SCHEDULE.
   No.
   License to take or kill Imported Game (Deer).
   , of , having this day paid the sum of
   £3, is hereby authorized to take or kill two red-deer
   stags, of not less than ten points, within that part of the
   Rotorua Acclimatization District as described in the endorse-
   ment hereon, 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 Rotorua this day of , 1923.
   Government Tourist Agent.
   ENDORSEMENT.
   District to which License relates.
   All that area of land in Whakatane County within a radius
   of fifteen miles from the homestead of H. E. Troutbeck, Esq.,
   Galatea.
   As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 28th day of
   February, 1923.
   WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
   Minister of Internal Affairs.
   Open Season for Deer-shooting, Rotorua Acclimatization District
   (Waikaremoana).
   I N 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 26th day of April, 1923 (both days in-
   clusive), to be an open season in the Rotorua Acclimatization
   District for the taking or killing of the following imported
   game—viz., red-deer stags—within that part of the said
   acclimatization district described in the First Schedule
   hereto, subject to the following conditions.
   CONDITIONS.
9. LICENSES to take or kill red-deer stags may be issued by
   the Postmistress at Waikaremoana, 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 such
   license shall be issued to the same person.
10. No licensee shall take or kill more than three stags, and
    no stag shall be killed carrying antlers with less than ten
    points.
11. Each licensee must give notice to the said Postmistress
    of the date on which it is his intention to stalk, such notice
    to be given, in writing or by telegraph; two clear days before
    commencing to stalk.
12. No hind or fawn shall be taken or killed on any pre-
    text whatever; and no licensee shall allow any dog to
    accompany either himself or any attendant he may have
    with him.
13. Nothing herein contained shall extend to authorizing
    any person to sell any deer or portion thereof.
14. 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 Postmistress at Waikare-
    moana immediately he has finished stalking for the season for
    which such “tags ” have been issued, together with the advice
    of number of deer shot.
15. Any person committing a breach of any of these con-
    ditions is liable, on conviction, to a fine of £20.
    FIRST SCHEDULE.
    All that area in the Rotorua Acclimatization District,
    being the land situated within an area or radius of ten miles
    from the shores of Lake Waikaremoana, excluding the Mahia
    Peninsula.
    SECOND SCHEDULE.
    No.
    License to take or kill Imported Game (Deer).
    , of , having this day paid the sum of
    £3, is hereby authorized to take or kill three red-deer
    stags, of not less than ten points, within that part of the
    Rotorua Acclimatization District being the land situated
    within an area or radius of ten miles from the shores of Lake
    Waikaremoana, excluding the Mahia Peninsula, 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 regula-
    tions and notifications affecting red-deer stags made thereunder
    and in force within the said district.
    Dated at Waikaremoana this day of , 1923.
    ... Postmistress.
    As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 28th day of
    February, 1923.
    WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
    Minister of Internal Affairs.
    Open Season for Deer-shooting, South Canterbury Acclimatization
    District.
    I N 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 2nd day of
    April, 1923, to the 20th day of May, 1923 (both days inclusive),
    to be an open season in the South Canterbury Acclimatization
    District, described in the First Schedule hereto, for the taking
    or killing of the following imported game—viz., fallow-deer
    bucks—subject to the following conditions.
    CONDITIONS.
16. LICENSES to take or kill fallow-deer bucks may be issued
    by the Postmaster at Temuka, upon the recommendation of
    the secretary of the South Canterbury Acclimatization