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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 12

Open Season for Deer-shooting, Ashburton (Rangitata Gorge)
Acclimatization District.

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 2nd day of
April, 1924, to the 10th day of May, 1924 (both days inclusive),
to be an open season in the Ashburton 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 Postmaster at Ashburton, upon the recommendation of the secretary of the Ashburton Acclimatization
   Society, on payment of a license fee of £5, 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 to be issued by the said Postmaster shall not
   exceed four. Provided that not more than one such license
   shall be issued to the same person; and also 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 three stags, and
   no stag shall be killed carrying antlers with less than ten
   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
   Ashburton Acclimatization Society, Ashburton, 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 in the Ashburton Acclimatization District
known as the Rangitata Gorge.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

License to take or kill Imported Game (Deer).

, of , having this day paid the sum of
£5, is hereby authorized to take or kill three red-deer stags,
of not less than ten points, and an unlimited number of
hinds, within that part of the Ashburton Acclimatization
District known as the Rangitata Gorge, 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 , 1924.

……………, Postmaster.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 21st day of
February, 1924.

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

Open Season for Deer-shooting, Ashburton (Rakaia Gorge)
Acclimatization District.

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 2nd day of
April, 1924, to the 10th day of May, 1924 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the Ashburton 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 Postmaster at Ashburton, upon the recommendation of the secretary of the Ashburton Acclimatization
   Society, on payment of a license fee of £5, 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 to be issued by the said Postmaster shall not
   exceed twelve. Provided that not more than one such license
   shall be issued to the same person; and also 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 three stags, and
   no stag shall be killed carrying antlers with less than ten
   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
   Ashburton Acclimatization Society, Ashburton, 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 in the Ashburton Acclimatization District
known as the Rakaia Gorge.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

License to take or kill Imported Game (Deer).

, of , having this day paid the sum of
£5, is hereby authorized to take or kill three red-deer stags,
of not less than ten points, and an unlimited number of
hinds, within that part of the Ashburton Acclimatization
District known as the Rakaia Gorge, 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 , 1924.

……………, Postmaster.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 21st day of
February, 1924.

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