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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 20

2. No person shall take or kill more than two 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, 1902, page 1408, shall be strictly adhered to by each licensee, who, in addition thereto, shall return all unused “tags” to the secretary of the Westland Acclimatization Society, Hokitika, 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.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

All those areas comprised within the Westland Acclimatization District known as the Kokatahi and Arahura Districts.

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 two red-deer stags, of not less than ten points, within that part of the Westland Acclimatization District known as the Kokatahi and Arahura Districts, 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.

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.

1. Licenses to take or kill red-deer stags may be issued by the Chief Postmaster at Hokitika, 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 there-under 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 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 Westland Acclimatization Society, Hokitika, 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.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

All those areas comprised within the Westland Acclimatization District known as Haast, Wills, and Landsborough Valleys, South Westland.

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 Westland Acclimatization District known as Haast, Wills, and Lands-borough Valleys, South Westland, 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, Westland Acclimatization District (Haast, Wills, and Landsborough Valleys, South Westland).

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 20th day of May, 1923 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the Westland Acclimatization District for the taking or killing of the CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Lands in Wellington Land District surrendered.

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 26th February, 1923.

NOTICE is hereby given that surrenders of the leases and licenses of the undermentioned lands has been accepted by resolution of the Wellington Land Board. The said lands have reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.