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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 32

referred to in condition No. 3 and in the Second Schedule hereto, for the taking or killing of the following imported game—viz., cock pheasants, Californian quail, and Australian quail; and the period from the 1st day of May to the 30th day of June, 1923 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the said district for the taking or killing of the following native game—viz., grey duck, black teal, and black swan; and the period from the 1st day of January to the 31st day of March, 1924 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the said district for the taking or killing of the following native game—viz., godwits and knots—subject to the following conditions.

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CONDITIONS.

1. LICENSES to take or kill such imported game and native game, including godwits and knots, within the said district will be issued to any person on payment of the sum of twenty shillings (20s.) each, and licenses to take or kill the following native game only—viz., godwits and knots—will be issued to any person on payment of ten shillings (10s.) each; and the secretary of the Auckland Acclimatization Society, or any person authorized by such secretary in that behalf, is hereby authorized to sign and issue the said licenses.

2. The number of such imported game and native game that may be taken or killed by any one person in any one day shall not exceed twelve cock pheasants, and twenty-five head in all of grey duck, black teal, and black swan.

3. Nothing in any license to take or kill imported game and native game, including godwits and knots (or the following native game only—viz., godwits and knots), shall authorize the holder thereof to take or kill imported game and native game, including godwits and knots (or godwits and knots only), on lands actually and exclusively used by any registered acclimatization society for acclimatization purposes, or on any sanctuary or public domain, or any land mentioned in the Second Schedule hereto.

4. No live birds of any species shall be used as decoys, nor shall more than twenty-five artificial decoys be used at any one time (whether by one or several persons) on any particular water within an area of less than 100 square yards.

5. No person shall kill or destroy any such imported game or native game, or shoot at or attempt to shoot at any such imported game or native game, with any automatic or auto-loading gun, unless it is converted into a gun capable of carrying two cartridges only, or with any rifle or pea-rifle, swivel-gun or pump-gun, or shall use any gun other than a shoulder-gun; and no gun shall be used for the purpose aforesaid the bore of which is larger than the size known as No. 12 at the muzzle, nor shall any gun be used which exceeds 10 lb. in weight.

6. 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 North Auckland, Auckland, Taranaki, and Wellington Land Districts bounded by a line commencing at the mouth of the Mokau River, and proceeding thence along high-water mark, Tasman Sea, in a northerly direction generally (crossing the mouths of all harbours and rivers by the way) to the Kaipara Harbour entrance to a point midway between Kaipara Heads; thence up the centre of the channels, Kaipara Harbour, leading to the mouth of Oruawhero River; thence up the middle of that river, Topuni River, and Hakaru River to the north-west corner of Section 33, Oruawhero Parish; thence along the south-western boundaries of Sections 65, 64, 61, 60, 57, 56, 51, and 50, all in Mangawhai Parish, and along the eastern boundary of the last-mentioned section to a public road; thence south-easterly along that road to a point opposite south-west corner of Section 92 in the aforesaid parish; thence across that road and proceeding along the western boundaries generally of said Section 92 and Sections 90, 89, 88, 87, and 86 in the aforesaid parish to a public road; thence north-westerly along that road to a stream near the headwaters of the Mangawhai Harbour; thence down the middle of that stream and the middle of that harbour to the sea; thence along high-water mark of the sea, Hauraki Gulf and Firth of Thames (crossing the mouths of all harbours and rivers by the way), to the mouth of the Waikawau River in Block VI, Hastings Survey District; thence up the middle of that river to its source, and along a right line from said source to Northhead, Tairua Harbour; thence southerly along high-water mark, Bay of Plenty (crossing the mouths of all harbours and rivers by the way), to the mouth of the Waihi River in Block III, Waihi North Survey District; thence south-westerly along a right line to Mount Te Aroha Trig. Station; thence north-easterly along a right line (in the direction of Ngakuriawhare Trig. Station, Block I, Katikati North) to the western boundary of the Tauranga Confiscation Block; thence south-easterly by right lines from hill to hill along the summit of the range forming the western boundary of the aforesaid Tauranga Confiscation Block and passing over Ngatamahineran, Mimiotohana, and Waianuanu to Te Weraiti Trig. Station; thence south-easterly along a right line to Puwhenua Trig. Station (in Block VIII, Tapapa Survey District); thence south-westerly along a right line to Rangitoto Mountain; thence south-easterly along a right line to the source of the Ongaruhu River; thence southerly along a mountain range passing through Weraroa, Tuhingamata, Motere, and Hauhangaroa Trig. Stations to Maungaku Trig. Station; thence southerly along the western boundary of the Waione Block to the Wanganui River; thence down the middle of that river to its confluence with the Ohura River; thence up the middle of the Ohura River to the 39th parallel of south latitude; thence easterly along the said parallel of latitude to the western boundary of Block IV, Pouatu Survey District; thence due north along that boundary and the western boundary of Block XVI, Waro Survey District, to the confiscation line; thence north-easterly along that line to the Tangarakau Stream; thence up the middle of that stream and up the middle of the Waitaanga Stream to the Kotare Road at the southern boundary of Section 2, Block VII, Waro Survey District; thence westerly along the Kotare Road to the south-west corner of Section 1, Block VII; thence along the south-west boundary of the said section and along the southern, western, and northern boundaries of Section 3, Block VI, Waro Survey District, to the western boundary of Section 4, Block VI, Waro Survey District; thence along the western boundary generally of Sections 4 and 5, and along the south-western and northern boundaries of Section 6 (all in Block VI, Waro Survey District) to the Mohakatino Road; thence northerly along that road to a stream which crosses the Mohakatino-Parininihi 1n East Block and flows into the Mohakatino Stream near the westernmost corner of Section 1, Block III, Waro Survey District; thence down that stream to the said confluence and up the said Mohakatino Stream and along the northern boundary of Section 3, Block III, Waro Survey District, to Tawhitirau Trig. Station; thence along the south-western and western boundaries of Mokau-Mohakatino 1n Block to the Mokau River; thence down the middle of that river to the sea, the place of commencement: including in the hereinbefore - described area the islands of Waiheke and Ponui and Great Barrier Island.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Areas, in addition to those referred to in condition No. 3, excepted from the open season wherein imported game and Native game, or native game only, shall not be taken or killed:—

1. All that area in the County of Waitemata bounded on the north by the Wairau Creek from its mouth to the main road from Devonport to Waiwera, on the west by the said road to its junction with the Seaview Road, on the south by that road to the sea, and on the east by the sea to the point of departure.

2. All those areas at Waitakere, Nihotapu, and Huia, in the County of Waitemata, vested in or under the control of the Auckland City Council for the purposes of waterworks, recreation, or the conservation of the native flora or fauna.

3. Hen and Chicken Islands.

4. All that area within a radius of three miles from the General Post Office, Auckland.

5. Great Barrier Island County.

As witness my hand this 6th day of April, 1923.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

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Open Season for Imported Game and Native Game, License Fee, &c., Bay of Islands Acclimatization District.

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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 1st day of May to the 31st day of July, 1923 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the Bay of Islands Acclimatization District, as described in the First Schedule hereto, except in the areas referred to in condition No. 3 and in the Second Schedule hereto, for the taking or killing of the following imported game and native game—viz., cock pheasants, Californian quail, Australian quail, grey duck, black teal, and black swan—subject to the following conditions.

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CONDITIONS.

1. LICENSES to take or kill such imported game and native game within the said district will be issued to any person on payment of the sum of twenty shillings (20s.) each; and the secretary of the Bay of Islands Acclimatization Society, or any person authorized by such secretary in that behalf, is hereby authorized to sign and issue the said licenses.