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4. The head or antlers of any stag, or the venison or skins of any deer, taken or killed pursuant to this Warrant may be disposed of subject to the regulations made under the said Act by Order in Council dated the 3rd day of November, 1922, and gazetted on the same date.

5. Any person who commits a breach of any of the provisions of these regulations is liable to a penalty not exceeding £20.

As witness my hand at Wellington, this 28th day of May, 1924.

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

Approval of Fees for Licensing Vehicles fixed by By-laws.—Patea County Council.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 31st May, 1924.

IT is hereby notified, in accordance with section 109 of the Counties Act, 1920, that so much of the by-laws made by the Patea County Council and sealed on the 11th day of March, 1924, as appoints the several sums to be paid to the Patea County funds for the licensing of vehicles plying for hire has this day been approved by His Excellency the Governor-General.

G. JAS. ANDERSON,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

Shooting Season for Imported Game (Sambur or Ceylon Deer), Counties of Manawatu, Oroua, Kairanga, Rangitikei, and Horowhenua.

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 notify that the following imported game—viz., Sambur or Ceylon deer—may be taken or killed within the counties of Manawatu, Oroua, Kairanga, Rangitikei, and Horowhenua (hereinafter called the said district), subject to the following conditions.

CONDITIONS.

1. Such deer may be taken or killed within the said district from the 10th day of June, 1924, to the 31st day of July, 1924, both days inclusive.

2. A license to take or kill such deer may be issued to any person applying for same on payment of the sum of £2, 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 such licenses.

3. The form of license shall be as prescribed in the Schedule hereto, and shall be subject to the provisions of the said Act and regulations made thereunder.

4. No licensee shall be allowed to take or kill more than two stags or bucks of not less than six points and one hind; and not more than one license to take or kill such deer shall be issued to any one person.

5. No licensee shall allow any dog to accompany either himself or any attendant he may have with him.

6. Nothing herein contained shall extend to authorizing any person to sell any such deer or portion thereof.

SCHEDULE.

No. .
License to take or kill Imported Game (Sambur or Ceylon Deer).

, of ; having this day paid the sum of two pounds (£2), is hereby authorized to take or kill Sambur or Ceylon deer (two stags or bucks and one hind) within the counties of Manawatu, Oroua, Kairanga, Rangitikei, and Horowhenua from the 10th day of June, 1924, to the 31st day of July, 1924 (both days inclusive), subject to the provisions of the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, and the regulations made thereunder.

This license shall not authorize the holder thereof to take or kill deer on lands actually and exclusively used by any registered acclimatization society for acclimatization purposes, or on any sanctuary or public domain.

Dated this day of , 19 .

Secretary, Wellington Acclimatization Society.
[or Person authorized to issue Licenses].

As witness my hand at Wellington, this 4th day of June, 1924.

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

Defence Rifle Club disbanded.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 31st May, 1924.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has approved of the disbandment of the undermentioned Defence Rifle Club, under section 43, Defence Act, 1909.

Waimate Defence Rifle Club, with headquarters at Waimate (Southern Command).

Date of disbandment, 27th April, 1924.

F. H. D. BELL, for Minister of Defence.

Defence Rifle Club accepted.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 31st May, 1924.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept, under section 43, Defence Act, 1909, the services of the undermentioned Defence Rifle Club:—

Railway Defence Rifle Club, with headquarters at Christchurch.

Date of acceptance, 23rd April, 1924.

F. H. D. BELL, for Minister of Defence.

Special Order made by the Matakaoa County Council declaring Plants to be Noxious Weeds.—Notice No. Ag. 2385.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 29th May, 1924.

THE following special order, made by the Matakaoa County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of section 2 of the Noxious Weeds Amendment Act, 1910.

W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Agriculture.

SPECIAL ORDER.

THAT, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, the Matakaoa County Council hereby resolves and declares, by way of special order, that the plants mentioned in the Schedule hereto (being plants mentioned in the Third Schedule to the said Act, as extended from time to time by the Governor-General in Council) are noxious weeds within the County of Matakaoa.

Schedule.

Bathurst Burr, foxglove, gorse, milk thistle, Japanese wineberry.

Removal of Prohibition of Money-order and Postal Correspondence for Edgar Booth, Katoomba, New South Wales.

THE Postmaster-General of the Dominion of New Zealand being satisfied that the person whose name and addresses are shown in the Schedule hereunder is no longer engaged in promoting or carrying out a lottery or scheme of chance, hereby rescinds the order made under the authority of section 28 of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, on the 18th day of April, 1923, and gazetted on the 3rd day of May, 1923, forbidding that any money-order in favour of the said person shall be issued, and that any postal packet addressed to the said person (either by his own or any fictitious or assumed name), or addressed to either of the addresses shown in the Schedule hereunder without a name, shall be registered or forwarded by the Post Office of New Zealand, and orders that such money-orders shall be issued, and that such postal packets shall be registered and forwarded in the usual course.

SCHEDULE.

EDGAR BOOTH, “Cadzow,” Katoomba, New South Wales.
Edgar Booth, Tweedie’s Chambers, Main Street, Katoomba, New South Wales.

Dated this 29th day of May, 1924.

J. G. COATES, Postmaster-General.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 29th May, 1924.

THE Court Julius, No. 9866, situated at Waikanae, is registered as a branch of the Wellington District of the Ancient Order of Foresters, Friendly Society, under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, this 29th day of May, 1924.

WILLIAM M. WRIGHT,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.