Oct. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2657

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 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 con-
ditions is liable, on conviction, to a fine of £20.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

All that area comprised within the Southland Acclimatiza-
tion District, consisting of so much of the County of Southland
as lies to the westward of the Mataura River, together with
the counties of Fiord and Wallace.

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 the Southland Acclimatization District
(excepting Stewart Island), 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 acclimatiza-
tion 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.

……………, Chief Postmaster.

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

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

Open Season for White-tailed Virginian-deer Shooting, South-
land Acclimatization District (Pegasus, 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 1st day of
March, 1924, to the 31st day of May, 1924 (both days in-
clusive), to be an open season in the Southland Acclimatiza-
tion District for the taking or killing of the following imported
game—viz., white-tailed Virginian-deer bucks—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 white-tailed Virginian deer (bucks
   only) may be issued by the Chief Postmaster at Invercargill,
   on payment of a license fee of £3 3s., 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 three bucks.
   Ball cartridge only to be used; provided that no metal-
   patched or metal-cased bullet shall be used for killing such
   deer.
3. No hind or fawn shall be taken or killed on any pretext
   whatever; and 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. Nothing in any license to take or kill Virginian-deer
   bucks shall authorize the holder thereof to take or kill Vir-
   ginian-deer bucks on lands actually and exclusively used by
   any registered acclimatization society for acclimatization pur-
   poses, 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.
6. Any person committing a breach of any of these con-
   ditions is liable, on conviction, to a fine of £20.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

All that area within the Southland Acclimatization District
known as Pegasus, Stewart Island.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

No. .

License to take or kill Imported Game (Deer).

, of , having this day paid the sum of
£3 3s., is hereby authorized to take or kill three white-tailed
Virginian-deer bucks, within that part of the Southland
Acclimatization District known as Pegasus, Stewart Island,
from the day of , 1924, to the day of , 1924 (both days inclusive), subject to the pro-
visions of the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22,
and all regulations and notifications affecting white-tailed
Virginian-deer bucks made thereunder and in force within the
said district.

This license does not authorize the holder thereof to take
or kill white-tailed 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.

……………, Chief Postmaster.

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

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

Open Season for Deer (Wapiti) Shooting, Southland Acclima-
tization District (Fiordland National Park).

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 1st day of
March, 1924, to the 31st day of May, 1924 (both days inclu-
sive), to be an open season in the Southland Acclimatization
District for the taking or killing of the following imported
game—viz., wapiti—within that part of the said acclimatiza-
tion district described in the First Schedule hereto, subject to
the following conditions.

CONDITIONS.

1. LICENSES to take or kill wapiti stags may be issued by the
   Chief Postmaster, Invercargill, on the recommendation of the
   secretary of the Southland Acclimatization Society, on pay-
   ment of a license fee of £10, in the form prescribed in the
   Schedule hereto, and subject to the said Act and regulations
   thereunder and this notification. The number of such licenses
   shall not exceed seven. Provided that not more than one such
   license shall be issued to the same person, and a notification
   shall first be published in a newspaper circulating in the
   district intimating the number of licenses to be issued and the
   fee payable therefor. Also providing that if the number of
   applications received for licenses exceeds the number of
   available licenses, then the persons to whom such licenses
   are to be issued shall be decided by ballot.
2. No licensee shall take or kill more than two wapiti stags.
3. No hind or fawn shall be taken or killed on any pretext
   whatever; and 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 Chief Postmaster at
   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.