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Zealand, do hereby declare the period from the 1st day of May to the 31st day of July, 1925 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the Coromandel Acclimatization District, as described in the First Schedule hereto, except in the areas referred to in condition No. 3 and in the Second Schedule hereto, for the taking or killing of the following imported game and native game-viz., cock pheasants, Californian quail, grey duck, black teal, and black swan ; and the period from the 1st day of January to the 31st day of March, 1926 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the said district for the taking or killing of the following native game-viz., godwits-subject to the following conditions.

CONDITIONS.

1. LICENSES to take or kill such imported game and native game, including godwits, within the said district will be issued to any person on payment of the sum of twenty shillings (20s.) each, and licenses to take or kill the following native game only-viz., godwits-will be issued to any person on payment of the sum of ten shillings (10s.) each; and the Postmasters at Whitianga, Colville, Kuaotunu, and Coromandel are hereby authorized to sign and issue the said licenses.

2. The number of such native game that may be taken or killed by any one person in any one day shall not exceed twenty-five head in all of grey duck, black teal, and black swan.

3. Nothing in any license to take or kill imported game and native game, including godwits (or the following native game only-viz., godwits), shall authorize the holder thereof to take or kill imported game and native game, including godwits (or godwits only), on lands actually and exclusively used by any registered acclimatization society for acclimatization purposes, or on any sanctuary or public domain, or any land mentioned in the Second Schedule hereto.

4. No person shall kill or destroy any such imported game or native game, or shoot at or attempt to shoot at any such imported game or native game, with any automatic or auto-loading gun, unless it is converted into a gun capable of carrying two cartridges only, or with any rifle or pea-rifle, swivel-gun, punt-gun, or pump-gun, or shall use any gun other than a shoulder-gun ; and no gun shall be used for the purpose aforesaid the bore of which is larger than the size known as No. 12 at the muzzle, nor shall any gun be used which exceeds 10 lb. in weight.

5. Shooting may begin not earlier than half an hour before sunrise and must cease not later than half an hour after sunset.

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 in the Auckland Land District commencing at the mouth of the Waikawau River, up that river to its source; thence by a right line to the northern head of the Tairua Harbour; thence generally northerly, westerly, and southerly round the sea-coast to the mouth of the Waikawau River, the place of commencement.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Area, in addition to those referred to in condition No. 2, excepted from the open season wherein imported game and native game shall not be taken or killed :-

Gannet Island.

As witness my hand this 1st day of April, 1925.

RICHD. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs

Open Season for Imported Game and Native Game, License Fee, &c., East Coast Acclimatization District.

N 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 May to the 30th day of June, 1925 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the East Coast Acclimatization District, as described in the Schedule hereto, except in the areas referred to in condition No. 3, for the taking or killing of the following imported and native game-viz., cock pheasants, Californian and Australian quail, grey duck, black teal, and black swan-subject to the following conditions.

CONDITIONS.

1. LICENSES to take or kill such imported game and native game within the said district will be issued to any person on payment of the sum of twenty shillings (20s.) each, and

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the Chief Postmaster at Gisborne, and the Postmasters at Motu, Te Karaka, and Patutahi are hereby authorized to sign and issue the said licenses.

2. The number of such native game that may be taken or killed by any one person in any one day shall not exceed twenty-five head in all.

3. Nothing in any license to take or kill imported game and native game shall authorize the holder thereof to take or kill imported game and native game on lands actually and exclusively used by any registered acclimatization society for acclimatization purposes, or on any sanctuary or public domain.

4. No person shall kill or destroy any such imported game or native game, or shoot at or attempt to shoot at any such imported game or native game, with any automatic or auto-loading gun, unless it is converted into a gun capable of carrying two cartridges only, or with any rifle or pea-rifle, swivel-gun, punt-gun, or pump-gun, or shall use any gun other than a shoulder-gun ; and no gun shall be used for the purpose aforesaid the bore of which is larger than the size known as No. 12 at the muzzle, nor shall any gun be used which exceeds 10 lb. in weight.

5. Shooting may begin not earlier than half an hour before sunrise and must cease not later than half an hour after sunset.

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

SCHEDULE.

All that area in the Gisborne Land District bounded by a line commencing at Maungapohatu Trig. Station and proceeding thence along a right line towards Maungarapere Trig. Station to the western boundary of Tahora No. 2c 3 Section 2 Block ; thence north-westerly along that boundary and its production to a point in line with the north-western boundary of S.G. Run 89 ; thence to and along that boundary, the north-western boundary of S.G. Run 90, the north-western boundaries of Sections 2 and 3, Block XII, Maonui Survey District, Sections 4, 1, and 2, Block IX, and Section 2, Block V, Motu Survey District, to Pokaikiri Trig. Station ; thence along a right line to Trig. Station 149A ; thence to and along the Whakapauakihi Stream to and down the Motu River to a point in line with Trig. Stations 140 (Pungarehu) and 139A (Tuanui o te Kahakaha); theence along a right line passing through said Station 140 to aforesaid Trig. Station, 139A ; thence along a right line to Arawhana Trig. Station, and along a right line to Kapua Trig. Station, a right line to Whanakaoa Trig. Station, and a right line to Pakira Trig. Station ; along the south-western and western boundaries of Waikura No. 2, the western boundary of Whangaparaoa No. 3A Block, and the southern boundary of Whangaparao No. 1 Block to the sea; thence easterly and southerly along the sea-coast to Paritu; thence along a right line to the confluence of the Hangaroa and Ruakituri Rivers ; thence up the Hangaroa River to the southern boundary of Tauwharetoi No. 3A, along that boundary and the north-eastern boundaries of Tauwharetoi 3B 1 and 4B Blocks, the north-western boundary of the last-named block, along the north-eastern and eastern boundaries generally of Sections 4, 3, and 1, Block IX, Hangaroa Survey District, to the Bushy Knoll Road; north-westerly along that road to the Gisborne-Waikaremoana Road, and westerly along that road to Section 1, Block VIII, Tuahu Survey District ; thence along the south-eastern and northern boundaries of said Section 1 and along the northern boundary of S.G. Run No. 84 to the Ruakituri River, up that river to its intersection with a right line between Puketapu and Maungapohatu Trig. Stations ; and thence north-westerly along said right line to Maungapohatu, the point of commencement.

As witness my hand this 1st day of April, 1925.

RICHD. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs

Open Season for Imported Game and Native Game, License Fee, &c., Feilding and District Acclimatization District.

N 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 May to the 31st day of July, 1925 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the Feilding and District Acclimatization District, as described in the Schedule hereto, except in the areas referred to in condition No. 3, for the taking or killing of the following imported game and native game-viz., cock pheasants, Californian quail, Australian quail, mallard duck, grey duck, and black swan ; and the period from the 1st day of May to the 31st day of May, 1925 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the said district for