FEB. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 599

CONDITIONS.

1. LICENSES to take or kill Virginian-deer bucks may be issued by the Postmaster at Queenstown, on the recommendation of the secretary of the Lakes District Acclimatization District, on payment of a license fee of £2, in the form prescribed in the Second Schedule hereto, and subject to the said Act and regulations thereunder and this notification: 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 Virginian-deer 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 doe 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, shall be strictly adhered to by each licensee, who, in addition thereto, shall return all unused "tags" to the Secretary of the Lakes District Acclimatization Society, Queenstown, 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. The licensee must give notice to the said Postmaster of the date on which it is his intention to stalk deer; such notice to be posted, or delivered, or telegraphed three clear days before such date.

8. Any person committing a breach of any of these conditions is liable, on conviction, to a fine of £20.

FIRST SCHEDULE.
All that area known as Rees Valley, Upper Wakatipu.

SECOND SCHEDULE.
No.
License to take or kill Imported Game (Deer).
, of , having this day paid the sum of £2, is hereby authorized to take or kill three Virginian-deer bucks within that part of the Lakes District Acclimatization District known as Rees Valley, Upper Wakatipu, from the 26th day of March, 1925, to the 21st 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 Virginian-deer bucks made thereunder and in force within the said district.
This license does not 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.
Dated at this day of , 1925.
...................., Postmaster.

As witness my hand at Wellington this 21st day of February, 1925.
RICHD. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Open Season for Deer-shooting, Nelson 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 March, 1925, to the 31st day of May, 1925 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the Nelson Acclimatization District, described in the First Schedule hereto, for the taking or killing of the following imported game—viz., red-deer stags and hinds—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 Nelson and the Postmaster at Motueka, on payment of a license fee of £1 5s., in the form prescribed in the Second Schedule hereto, and subject to the said Act and regulations thereunder and this notification: Provided that not more than one such license shall be issued to the same person.

2. No licensee shall allow any dog to accompany either himself or any attendant he may have with him. Ball cartridge only to be used; provided that no metal-patched or metal-cased bullet shall be used for killing such deer.

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

4. 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 Nelson Acclimatization Society, Nelson, 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.

5. 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.

6. Nothing in this Warrant shall apply to deer within the areas described in the Warrant dated 8th November, 1923, and published in Gazette No. 80, of 15th November, 1923, in which areas protection is removed from deer.

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 bounded towards the north-west and north-east generally by Tasman Sea, Golden Bay, and Tasman Bay from Kohaihai Bluff, in Block XIII, Whakapoai Survey District, to a point on shore of Croisilles Harbour due west of the westernmost point of Elaine or Brown's Bay; thence towards the north by a right line running due east to said westernmost point of that bay and by southern shore of that bay to its south head; thence towards the south-east generally by a right line to Trig. Station Y (boundary trig.), and by a line along the summit of the range over Mount McLaren, Editor Peak, Mount Duppa, and Saddle Hill to the source of the Heringa Stream; thence by a line down the middle of that stream to its confluence with the Pelorus River; thence by a line up the middle of the Pelorus River to its source near Red Hills; thence by a right line to the summit; thence by a line along the summit of the range over Red Hills, Mount Rintoul, and Bush Cone to the summit of Ward's Pass; thence by a right line to Trig. Station Top 2 (Mangatawai); thence by a line along the summit of St. Arnaud Range and the summit of the Spencer Mountains; thence towards the south-west by a line along the summit of the southern water-shed of the Maruia River to Mount Haast; thence by a line due north to the right bank of the Inangahua River, and along that bank to and along the left bank of the Buller River to the mouth of the Eight-mile or Boundary Creek; thence by a line up a leading spur on the western side of said Boundary Creek to Bald Hill, and by a line along the summit of Lyell Range and along the summit of a range over Mount Luna to Mount Arthur; thence towards the south-west by a line along the summit of the western ranges over Mount Peel and Mount Snowden to Mount Cobb; thence towards the south-east by a line along the summit of range over Mount Domett and down a leading spur to the Tasman Sea at Kohaihai Bluff, the place of commencement.

SECOND SCHEDULE.
Licence to take or kill Imported Game (Deer).
, of , having this day paid the sum of £1 5s., is hereby authorized to take or kill red-deer stags and hinds within the Nelson Acclimatization District, 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 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 , 1925.
...................., (Chief) Postmaster.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 21st day of February, 1925.
RICHD. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.