2656
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 75

said Act and regulations thereunder and this notification. The number of such licenses to be issued by the said Chief Postmaster shall not exceed two. 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 red-deer stags and two Virginian-deer bucks, and no red-deer stag shall be killed carrying antlers with less than eight points. A licensee may, pursuant to a license issued under this notification, take or kill an unlimited number of hinds. Ball cartridge only to be used; provided that no metal-patched or metal-cased bullet shall be used for killing such deer.

3. 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 Southland Acclimatization Society, Invercargill, 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 and hinds and Virginian-deer bucks shall authorize the holder thereof to take or kill red-deer stags or hinds or Virginian-deer bucks 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 that area within the Southland Acclimatization District known as Doughboy, Stewart Island.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

No.
License to take or kill Imported Game (Deer).
, of
, having this day paid the sum of £5 5s., is hereby authorized to take or kill three red-deer stags, of not less than eight points, and an unlimited number of hinds within that part of the Southland Acclimatization District known as Doughboy, Stewart Island, from the day of
, 1924, to the day of
, 1924 (both days inclusive), and two Virginian-deer bucks within the said part of the said district from the day of 1924, to the day of
, 1924 (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 and hinds and Virginian-deer bucks made thereunder and in force within the said district.

This license does not authorize the holder thereof to take or kill red-deer stags or hinds or Virginian-deer bucks 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.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 11th day of October, 1923.

RICH'D. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Open Season for Red-deer Shooting, Southland Acclimatization District (Stewart Island, excluding Doughboy).

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, I, Richard Francis Bollard, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare the period from the 24th day of March, 1924, to the 31st day of May, 1924 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the Southland Acclimatization District for the taking or killing of the following imported game—viz., red-deer stags and hinds—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 and hinds may be issued by the Chief Postmaster at Invercargill, on payment of a license fee of £4 4s., in the form prescribed in the Second Schedule hereto, and subject to the said Act and regulations thereunder and this notification. The number of such licenses to be issued by the said Chief Postmaster shall not exceed twelve. Provided that not more than one such license shall be issued to the same person.

2. No licensee shall take or kill more than four stags, and no stag shall be killed carrying antlers with less than eight points. A licensee may, pursuant to a license issued under this notification, take or kill an unlimited number of hinds. Ball cartridge only to be used; provided that no metal-patched or metal-cased bullet shall be used for killing such deer.

3. 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 Acclimatization Society, Invercargill, 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 and hinds shall authorize the holder thereof to take or kill red-deer stags or hinds 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 that area within the Southland Acclimatization District comprised within Stewart Island (excluding Doughboy).

SECOND SCHEDULE.

No.
License to take or kill Imported Game (Deer).
, of
, having this day paid the sum of £4 4s., is hereby authorized to take or kill four red-deer stags, of not less than eight points, and an unlimited number of hinds, within that part of the Southland Acclimatization District comprised within Stewart Island (excluding Doughboy), from the day of
, 1924, to the day of
, 1924 (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 and hinds made thereunder and in force within the said district.

This license does not authorize the holder thereof to take or kill red-deer stags or hinds 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.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 11th day of October, 1923.

RICH'D. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Open Season for Red-deer Shooting, Southland Acclimatization District (excepting Stewart Island).

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, I, Richard Francis Bollard, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare the period from the 24th day of March, 1924, to the 31st day of May, 1924 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the Southland Acclimatization District for the taking or killing of the following imported game—viz., red-deer stags and hinds—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 and hinds may be issued by the Chief Postmaster at Invercargill on payment of a license fee of £4 4s., in the form prescribed in the Second Schedule hereto, and subject to the said Act and regulations thereunder and this notification. The number of such licenses to be issued by the said Chief Postmaster shall not exceed fifty. Provided that not more than one such license shall be issued to the same person.

2. No licensee shall take or kill more than four stags, and no stag shall be killed carrying antlers with less than eight