ENDORSEMENT.

All that area in the Rotorua Acclimatization District being the land situated within the Mahia Peninsula.

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

Open Season for Deer-shooting, Rotorua Acclimatization District (Whakatane Red-deer Herd Area).

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 26th day of March, 1925, to the 26th day of April, 1925 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the Rotorua 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 Postmaster at Taneatua, on payment of a license fee of £3, 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.
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 Government Tourist Agent at Rotorua 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. Any person committing a breach of any of these conditions is liable, on conviction, to a fine of £20.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Whakatane Red-deer Herd Area.

All that area within the County of Whakatane commencing at a point on the sea-coast at the boundary between the Whakatane and Opotiki Counties; thence by that boundary-line to its intersection with the Waimana River near Kairakau Trig. Station; thence in a westerly direction by a right line from that trig. station to the point of intersection with the Tarawera River, on the boundary of Rotorua County; thence by the Tarawera River to the sea-coast; thence easterly by the coast-line to the corner of the Opotiki County boundary, being the point of commencement.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

License to take or kill Imported Game (Deer).

of , having this day paid the sum of £3, is hereby authorized to take or kill red-deer stags and hinds within that part of the Rotorua Acclimatization District as described in the endorsement hereon, from the 26th day of March, 1925, to the 26th day of April, 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 Taneatua this day of , 1925.
Postmaster.

ENDORSEMENT.

District to which License relates. Whakatane Red-deer Herd Area.

All that area within the County of Whakatane commencing at a point on the sea-coast at the boundary between the Whakatane and Opotiki Counties; thence by that boundary-line to its intersection with the Waimana River near Kairakau Trig. Station; thence in a westerly direction by a right line from that trig. station to the point of intersection with the Tarawera River, on the boundary of Rotorua County; thence by the Tarawera River to the sea-coast; thence easterly by the coast-line to the corner of the Opotiki County boundary, being the point of commencement.

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

Open Season for Deer-shooting, Rotorua Acclimatization District (Rotoiti-Okareka Red-deer Herd Area), Rotorua County.

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 26th day of March, 1925, to the 26th day of April, 1925 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the Rotorua 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 Government Tourist Agent at Rotorua, on payment of a license fee of £3, 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.
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 be each licensee, who, in addition thereto, shall return all unused “tags” to the Government Tourist Agent at Rotorua 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. 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 boundaries of the County of Rotorua, excluding declared game sanctuaries or game reserves.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

License to take or kill Imported Game (Deer).

, of , having this day paid the sum of £3, is hereby authorized to take or kill red-deer stags and hinds within that part of the Rotorua Acclimatization District as described in the endorsement hereon from the 26th day of March, 1925, to the 26th day of April, 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 Rotorua this day of , 1925.
Government Tourist Agent.