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 counties of Taranaki, Clifton, and the County of Egmont (excepting Oeo Riding).

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., Tauranga 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 31st day of July, 1923 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the Tauranga Acclimatization District, as described in the Schedule hereto, except in the areas referred to in condition No. 3, 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; 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 the following native game only—viz., godwits—will be issued to any person on payment of the sum of ten shillings (10s.) each; and the Postmasters at Tauranga, Katikati, Paengaroa, and Te Puke are hereby authorized to sign and issue the said licenses.

2. The number of such native game that may be taken or killed by any one person in any one day shall not exceed 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 Tauranga.

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 Fee, &c., Waimarino 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 31st day of July, 1923 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the Waimarino Acclimatization District, as described in the Schedule hereto, except in the areas referred to in condition No. 3, for the taking or killing

of the following imported game and native game—viz., cock pheasants, Californian quail, Australian quail, grey duck, and black teal—subject to the following conditions.

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 Waimarino 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 six cock pheasants, and twenty-five head in all of grey duck and black teal.

3. Nothing in any license to take or kill imported game and native game shall authorize the holder thereof to take or kill imported game and native game 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 in the Wellington Land District bounded by a line commencing at the confluence of the Ongaruhe and Wanganui Rivers at Taumarunui, and proceeding thence up the middle of the Wanganui River to its intersection with a right line lying between trig. station on Tongariro and a point on the west shore of Lake Taupo at the mouth of the Waihi Stream ; thence south-westerly along that line to said trig. station on Tongariro ; thence southerly along a right line to trig. station D on Ngauruhoe ; thence south-westerly along a right line to trig. station H on Paretetaitonga ; thence south-easterly along a right line to trig. station on Ruapehu ; thence south-easterly along a right line to trig. station No. 28 on Manukaiapu ; thence south-westerly along right lines through trig. station 24 on Te Rotete, C on Auahitotara, and A on Totem to the junction of the Waiouru-Tokaanu Road with the Waiouru-Moawhango Road; thence south-easterly along the middle of the last-mentioned road to a point in line with the northern boundary of Raketapauma No. 11 Block; thence to and along said northern boundary in a north-westerly direction, and along the northern boundaries of Raketapaumu Nos. 1G, 1A, and 3A Blocks, and along the production of the last named to the middle of the Turakina River ; thence down the middle of that river to a point in line with the northern boundary of Section 4, Block II, Maungakaretu Survey District; thence to and along said northern boundary and the northern boundaries of Sections 3, 2, and 1, in Block II aforementioned, and along the northern boundaries of Sections 4, 3, and 2, across a road, and along the northern and north-western boundaries of Section 1, all in Block I, Maungakaretu Survey District, to the Owhakura Road; thence to and along the middle of that road in a westerly direction to the confluence of the Waipapa and Maketu Streams; thence along the northern boundaries of Sections 8 and 1, Block IV, Ngamatea Survey District, and along the north boundary of said Section 1 produced to the middle of the Whangaehu River; thence down the middle of that river and up the middle of the stream forming the north-eastern boundary of Ohotu 6A No. 1 Block to Fields Track crossing; thence to and along the middle of said Fields Track in a general south-westerly direction to the middle of the Rangitataua Stream; thence down the middle of said stream to its confluence with the Mangawhero River; thence up the middle of that river to a point in line with the south-western boundary of Ohotu No. 9 Block; thence to and along the said south-western boundary and along the southern boundary of Section 1, Block IX, Ngamatea Survey District, the south-eastern and south-western boundaries of Section 1, Block XII, Tauakira Survey District, and the south-eastern boundaries of Sections 3 and 9, Block XI, to the Paparoa Stream; thence down the middle of that stream to its confluence with the Wanganui River; thence up the middle of that river to its confluence with the Ongaruhe River, being the place of commencement.

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

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,

Minister of Internal Affairs.