APRIL 9. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1019

Open Season for Imported Game and Native Game, License Fees, &c., Whangarei 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 3lst day of July, 1923 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the Whangarei 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 and native game-viz., cock pheasants and 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 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-viz., godwits and knots-will be issued to any person on payment of ten shillings (10s.) each; and the secretary of the Whangarei 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 twelve 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 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 comprising the County of Whangarei and part of the County of Otamatea.

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:-

All that area in Block No. 3743B, Maunu No. 1B, together with that area situated within a radius of half a mile thereof.

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., Waiapu 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 Waiapu 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-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 Postmasters at Te Araroa, Ruatorea, Kahukura, Tokomaru Bay, Tolaga Bay, Waipiro Bay, Cape Runaway, and Hicks Bay 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 twenty-five head in all.

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 comprising the counties of Uawa, Waiapu, and Matakaoa.

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

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,

Minister of Internal Affairs.

By Authority: W. A. G. SKINNER, Government Printer, Wellington.