APRIL 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1013

CONDITIONS.

1. LICENSES to take or kill such imported game and native game, including godwits, 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—will be issued to any person on payment of ten shillings (10s.) each, and the Postmaster at Opotiki 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, or the following native game only—viz., godwits—shall authorize the holder thereof to take or kill imported game and native game, including godwits, or godwits only, on lands actually and exclusively used by any registered acclimatization society for acclimatization purposes, or on any sanctuary or public domain.

4. 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.

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

SCHEDULE.

All that area comprising the County of Opotiki.

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

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Open Season for Imported Game and Native Game, License Fees, &c., Otago 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 1st day of May to the 15th day of July, 1923 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the Otago Acclimatization District, as described in the First Schedule hereto, except in the area 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., Californian quail, mallard duck, grey duck, spoonbill duck (or widgeon), and black swan; and the period from the 1st day of May to the 14th day of May, 1923 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the said district for the taking or killing of the following native game—viz., paradise duck and pukeko; 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—subject to the following conditions.

CONDITIONS.

1. LICENSES to take or kill such imported game and native game, including godwits, 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 such native game only, including godwits, will be issued to any person on payment of the sum of ten shillings (10s.) each; and the Chief Postmaster at Dunedin, and the Postmasters at Alexandra, Balclutha, Clinton, Clyde, Cromwell, Fortrose, Green Island, Henley, Heriot, Kaitangata, Kelso, Lovell’s Flat, Middlemarch, Mosgiel, Milton, Naseby, Omakau, Outram, Owaka, Palmers-ton, Pembroke, Roxburgh, Ranfurly, Romahapa, St. Bathan’s, Stirling, Tapanui, Waihola, Waikouaiti, Wyndham, Waipiata, and Waitahuna, are 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 mallard duck, twenty Californian quail, twenty-five head in all of grey duck, spoonbill duck (or widgeon), and black swan, and twelve head each of paradise duck and pukeko.

3. Nothing in any license to take or kill imported game and native game, including godwits (or native game only, including godwits), shall authorize the holder thereof to take or kill imported game and native game (or native game 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 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.

5. 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 Otago and Southland Districts comprising the counties of Vincent, Maniototo, Waihemo, Waikouaiti, Taieri, Peninsula, Tuapeka, Bruce, Clutha, and part of the County of Southland, bounded on the east and south by the ocean from Shag Point to the mouth of the Mataura River, on the west by the Mataura River and the County of Lake, on the north-west by the County of Westland, and on the north-east by the County of Waitaki; including the City of Dunedin and the boroughs within the above-described area.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Area, 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:—

The Lagoon known as Tomahawk Lagoon (Otago Peninsula).

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

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Open Season for Imported Game and Native Game, License Fees, &c., Rotorua 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 1st day of May to the 30th day of June, 1923 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the Rotorua 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, black teal, grey duck, spoonbill duck (or shoveller), and black swan; and the period from the 1st day of February to the 30th day of April, 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.

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 General Manager of the Tourist and Health Resorts Department, Wellington, or any person authorized by the said General Manager in that behalf, is hereby authorized to sign and issue the said licenses.

2. The number of such imported and native game that may be taken or killed by any one person in any one day shall not exceed ten cock pheasants and twenty head in all of black teal, grey duck, spoonbill duck (shoveller), 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 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,