MAR. 1.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

629

SECOND SCHEDULE.
No.
License to take or kill Imported Game (Deer).
, of , having this day paid the sum of £4 4s., is hereby authorized to take or kill four red-deer stags, of not less than eight points, within the Southland Acclimatization District (excepting Stewart Island), 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.
, 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, Waitaki 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 2nd day of April, 1923, to the 20th day of May, 1923 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the Waitaki 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 Chief Postmaster at Oamaru, on the recommendation of the secretary of the Waitaki Acclimatization Society at Oamaru, 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; and also that stalkers shall shoot only on the blocks specified in their respective licenses.
2. No licensee shall take or kill more than four stags, and no stag shall be killed carrying antlers with less than ten points.
3. An additional license to take or kill red-deer stags may be issued to any person at a fee of £2, and no holder of such additional license shall take or kill more than two stags under or by virtue of such license, and no stag shall be killed carrying antlers with less than ten points.
4. Ball cartridge only to be used; provided that no metal-patched or metal-cased bullet shall be used for killing such deer.
5. 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.
6. Nothing herein contained shall extend to authorizing any person to sell any deer or portion thereof.
7. 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 Waitaki Acclimatization Society at Oamaru 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.
8. 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.
9. 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 Canterbury and Otago Land Districts bounded towards the north-west by the summit of the Southern Alps from the north-eastern corner of Vincent County to Mount Cook; thence towards the north-east by a right line over Ball Hut to the Tasman Glacier, by the western side of the Tasman Glacier to the Tasman River, by a line along the middle of that river and through the middle of Lake Pukaki to and along the middle of the Pukaki River and the middle of the Waitaki River to the sea; towards the east by the sea to Waihemo County; and towards the south-west and west by Waihemo, Maniototo, and Vincent Counties to the summit of the Southern Alps, the place of commencement.

SECOND SCHEDULE.
No. .
License to take or kill Imported Game (Deer).
, of , having this day paid the sum of £ , is hereby authorized to take or kill four red-deer stags, of not less than ten points, within the Waitaki Acclimatization District, upon Block No. , 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.
, 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 Wanganui 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 2nd day of April, 1923, to the 15th day of May, 1923 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the Wanganui 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.

1. LICENSES to take or kill fallow-deer bucks may be issued by the Chief Postmaster at Wanganui, 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. The number of such licenses to be issued by the said Chief Postmaster shall not exceed forty. 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 bucks, and no buck shall be killed carrying antlers with less than four 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 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. Nothing in any license to take or kill fallow-deer bucks shall 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.
6. The licensee must give notice to the said Chief Postmaster of the date on which it is his intention to stalk deer, such notice to be posted or delivered or telegraphed three clear days before such date.
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 and Taranaki Land Districts bounded by a line commencing on the sea-coast at the mouth of the Waitotara River, and proceeding thence up the middle of that river to and up the middle of the Mangaone Stream to a point in line with the southern boundary of Section 16, Block V, Nukumaru Survey District; thence to and along the said southern boundary to the trig. station on Wharekarangi; thence along the eastern boundary of Section 16