Nov. 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2671

Member appointed to Taihape Scenic Reserves Board.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

WHEREAS by a Warrant dated the twenty-second day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, and published in the Gazette of the twenty-seventh day of that month, the control of certain reserves in the Wellington Land District, known as the Taihape Scenic Reserves, was vested in certain persons therein named, who were by the said Warrant constituted a special Board by the name of the Taihape Scenic Reserves Board, in pursuance of section thirteen of the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908: And whereas it is desirable that William McLennan should be appointed a member of the said Board in place of Robert John Loughnan, resigned:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by section thirteen of the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, doth hereby appoint the said William McLennan

to be a member of the Taihape Scenic Reserves Board constituted by the Warrant dated the twenty-second day of March hereinbefore referred to, in place of the said Robert John Loughnan.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 25th day of October, 1924.

A. D. McLEOD,
Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation.

Open Season for White-tailed Virginian-deer Shooting, Southland 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 2nd day of March, 1925, to the 31st day of May, 1925 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the Southland Acclimatization 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. Regulations as to the use of marks of identification of deer heads contained in section 6 of the regulations under the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 7th February, 1924, page 437, 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.

6. Nothing in any license to take or kill Virginian-deer bucks shall authorize the holder thereof to take or kill 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 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 2nd day of March, 1925, to the 31st day of May, 1925 (both days inclusive), subject to the provisions 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 , 192 .

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 30th day of October, 1924.

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, 1925, to the 31st day of May, 1925 (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. 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 the use of marks of identification of deer-heads contained in section 6 of the regulations under the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 7th February, 1924, page 437, 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 conditions is liable, on conviction, to a fine of £20.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

All that area comprised within the Southland Acclimatization 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 red-deer stags and hinds within the Southland Acclimatization District (excepting Stewart Island), from the 24th day of March, 1925, to the 31st day of May, 1925 (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-