Num. 22.

SUPPLEMENT

TO THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

OF

THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1925.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1925.

Notice respecting Native and Imported Game.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, lst April, 1925.

THE attention of sportsmen and others is called to the following provisions of the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921-22.

RICHD. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

THE ANIMALS PROTECTION AND GAME ACT, 1921-22.

SECTION 6. (3.) Every reserve under the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908, shall be deemed to be a sanctuary under the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921-22.

(4.) Every person who unlawfully takes or kills any animal within a sanctuary is liable to a fine of ten pounds for every such offence, and to a further fine of one pound for each animal so taken or killed.

Section 9. The season for taking and killing imported or native game opens on the lst day of May, 1925, and closes on the 31st day of July, 1925, unless otherwise specified in the Warrant fixing the open season in any district.

Section 11. (1.) No imported or native game shall be trapped or taken by means of traps or by any other means than by hunting or shooting, nor shall any trap, net, or snare be erected or set for the purpose of such trapping or taking at any time whatever, except by any person duly authorized under section thirty-one of the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921-22.

Section 12. (1.) No person shall kill or destroy any imported game or native game, or shoot at, or attempt to shoot at, any imported game or native game, with any swivel gun or pump gun, or use any gun other than a shoulder gun.

(2.) No gun shall be used for the purposes aforesaid the bore of which is larger than the size known as number twelve at the muzzle, nor shall any gun be used which exceeds ten pounds in weight.

In addition to the above the use of any automatic or auto-loading gun has been prohibited unless it is converted into a gun capable of carrying two cartridges only.

The use of any rifle or pea-rifle, or punt-gun, in the taking or killing of game is also prohibited.

Section 13. (1.) No person shall use any cylinder for the purpose of taking or killing imported or native game in any lake or river; nor shall the apparatus known as a silencer be used on any gun in the taking or killing of imported game or native game.

(2.) No person shall use any live decoys for the purpose of taking or killing imported game or native game.

Section 14. (1.) No person shall take or kill any imported game or native game during an open season in any district unless he is the holder of a license under the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921-22, to take or kill imported game or native game in such district during that season:

Provided, however, that the occupier of property, and any one son or daughter of such occupier, may take or kill without license during an open season imported or native game which may be taken in the acclimatization district in which such property is situated, or the occupier may in writing appoint one other person to shoot in his stead.

The fee for a license to take or kill both imported and native game is one pound (£1): Provided that in the Lakes, Nelson, Otago, and South Canterbury Acclimatization Districts a separate license to take or kill native game only may be