APRIL 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 855

the south-west and west by Waihemo, Maniototo, and Vincent Counties to the summit of the Southern Alps, the place of commencement.

As witness my hand this 9th day of April, 1924.

RICH. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Open Season for Imported Game and Native Game, License Fees, &c.. Wanganui 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 1st day of May to the 31st day of July, 1924 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the Wanganui 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, spoonbill duck (or shoveller), 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 Chief Postmaster at Wanganui and the Postmasters at Fordell and Mangamahu 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 six cock pheasants and twenty head in all of Californian quail, Australian quail, grey duck, spoonbill duck (or shoveller), black teal, and black swan.

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 and Taranaki Land Districts bounded by a line commencing on the sea-coast at the mouth of the Waitotara River, and proceeding thence up the middle of that river to and up the middle of the Mangaone Stream to a point in line with the southern boundary of Section 16. Block V, Nukumaru Survey District; thence to and along the said southern boundary to the trig. station on Wharekarangi; thence along the eastern boundary of Section 16 aforesaid to and up the middle of the Mangaone Stream to a point in line with the south-eastern boundary of Lot 4 on plan No. 659, deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Wellington; thence along the said south-eastern boundary to and across the Waitotara Road and along the western boundaries of Lots 14 and 17 on plan No. 918 deposited as aforesaid to trig. station on Orangihoangi; thence along the south-eastern and north-eastern boundaries of Section 11, Block XIV, Momahaki Survey District, and along the production of the last-named boundary to the middle of the Mangamingi Stream; thence down the middle of that stream and up the middle of Te Korokio Stream, and along the western and northern boundaries of the Manganui-o-Tahu Block to Watershed Road near trig. station on Taurangapiopio; thence to the middle of that road and northerly along the middle of that road and Pipiriki and Pokeka Roads, and along the summit of the range, passing through trig. station on Maungarau to the trig. station on Mount Humphries; thence north-easterly along a right line, running in the direction of the confluence of the Tangarakau and Wanganui Rivers, to its first intersection with the said Wanganui River; thence to and down the middle of that river and up the middle of the Paparoa Stream in Block XI, Tauakira Survey District, to a point in line with the south-eastern boundary of Section 9, Block XI, Tauakira Survey District; thence to and along the said south-eastern boundary, and along the south-eastern boundary of Section 3, Block XI, the south-western and south-eastern boundaries of Section 1,

Block XII, the southern boundary of Section 1, Block IX, Ngamatea Survey District, and the south-western boundary of Ohotu No. 9 Block and its production to the middle of the Mangawhero River; thence down the middle of that river and up the middle of the Rangitatau Stream to Fields Track crossing; thence along the middle of Fields Track in a north-easterly direction generally to the middle of the stream forming the north-eastern boundary of Ohotu No. 6A No. 1 Block; thence down the middle of that stream and up the middle of the Wangaehu River to the northern boundary of Block IV, Ngamatea Survey District; thence easterly along that boundary and the northern boundaries of Blocks I and II, Maungakaretu Survey District, to the middle of the Turakina River, and up that river to the northern boundary of the Raketapauma No. 3A Block; thence easterly along the northern boundaries of the Raketapauma Nos. 3A, 1A, 1c, and 1I Blocks to the middle of the Waiouru–Moawhango Road; thence northerly along that road to its junction with the Tokaanu Road at Waiouru; thence north-easterly along a right line to Totem Trig. Station and a right line to Auahitotara Trig. Station; thence southerly along a right line to Trig. Station 16 and a right line to Trig. Station 32; thence westerly along a right line to the junction of the Panemango and the Tomakomako Streams; thence up the middle of the Panemango Stream to and along the southern boundary of Ruanui No. 2 Block; thence along the south-western boundary of Section 1, Block X, Maungakaretu Survey District, to the middle of the Turakina River; thence along a right line to the Maungakaretu Trig. Station on the summit of the eastern watershed of the Wangaehu River; thence in a south-westerly direction generally by lines from hill to hill along the summit of that watershed to and along a right line which runs in a north-westerly direction through trig. station on Okaipe (Block XIV, Mangawhero Survey District) to a point in the middle of the Wangaehu River due west about eighteen chains from the western boundary of Block XIV, Mangawhero Survey District; thence down the middle of the said river to the sea; thence in a north-westerly direction along the sea-coast to the point of commencement.

As witness my hand this 9th day of April, 1924.

RICH. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Open Season for Imported Game and Native Game, License Fees, &c., Wellington 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 1st day of May to the 31st day of July, 1924 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the Wellington 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, hares, Californian quail, Australian quail, mallard duck, grey duck, spoonbill duck (or shoveller), and black swan; and the period from the 1st day of February to the 31st day of March, 1925 (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 secretary of the Wellington 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 native game that may be taken or killed by any one person in any one day shall not exceed twenty head in all of grey duck, spoonbill duck (or shoveller), and black swan.

3. Nothing in any license to take or kill imported game and native game (including godwits), or native game only (including godwits), shall authorize the holder thereof to take or kill imported and native game (including godwits), or native game only (including godwits), 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.