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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 13

Open Season for Deer-shooting, North Canterbury Acclimatization District (Rakaia Gorge Deer Forest).

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 April, 1925, to the 15th day of May, 1925 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the North Canterbury 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 secretary of the North Canterbury Acclimatization Society, on payment of a license fee of £5, 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 secretary shall not exceed twenty-eight. 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 red-deer 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 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 North Canterbury Acclimatization Society, Christchurch, 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.

Rakaia Gorge Deer Forest.

The watershed of the Rakaia and tributaries on the north side of the main stream from Lake Coleridge to the main alpine range.

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 North Canterbury Acclimatization District known as the Rakaia Gorge Deer Forest, as described in the endorsement hereon, from the 1st day of April, 1925, to the 15th 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.

Secretary, North Canterbury Acclimatization Society.

ENDORSEMENT.

Rakaia Gorge Deer Forest.

The watershed of the Rakaia and tributaries on the north side of the main stream from Lake Coleridge to the main alpine range.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 21st day of February, 1925.

RICHD. F. BOLLARD,

Minister of Internal Affairs.

Open Season for Deer-shooting, North Canterbury Acclimatization District (Waimakariri Deer Forest).

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 April, 1925, to the 15th day of May, 1925 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the North Canterbury 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 secretary of the North Canterbury Acclimatization Society, on payment of a license fee of £5, 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 secretary shall not exceed ten. 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 red-deer 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 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 North Canterbury Acclimatization Society, Christchurch, immediately he has finished stalking for the season for which “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.

Waimakariri Deer Forest.

The watershed of the Poulter and Esk Rivers, and that portion of the Craigieburn Run lying between the Waimakariri River and the Midland Railway line.

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 North Canterbury Acclimatization District known as the Waimakariri Deer Forest, as described in the endorsement hereon, from the 1st day of April, 1925, to the 15th 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, 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.

Secretary, North Canterbury Acclimatization Society.

ENDORSEMENT.

Waimakariri Deer Forest.

The watersheds of the Poulter and Esk Rivers, and that portion of the Craigieburn Run lying between the Waimakariri River and the Midland Railway line.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 21st day of February, 1925.

RICHD. F. BOLLARD,

Minister of Internal Affairs.