APRIL 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 955

Nelson Acclimatization District, hereinafter described, from Mount Humboldt to the shore of Croisilles Harbour; thence northerly, easterly, and southerly generally along the sea-coast to the mouth of the Conway River, up that river to its source at Palmer Saddle; thence by a right line to Barefell Pass; thence by a right line to Mount Humboldt, the point of commencement.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Area, in addition to those referred to in condition No. 3, excepted from the open season wherein imported game and native game shall not be taken or killed:—
Big Lagoon at Vernon.

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

RICH'D. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Open Season for Imported Game and Native Game, License Fees, &c., 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 1st day of May to the 31st day of July, 1925 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the Nelson 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., Californian quail, grey duck, 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 such native game only (including godwits) will be issued to any person on payment of the sum of ten shillings (10s.) each; and the Chief Postmaster at Nelson, and the Postmasters at Motueka, Kohatu, Wakefield, Murchison, and Reefton, are hereby authorized to sign and issue the said licenses.

2. The number of such imported game and native game that may be taken or killed by any one person in any one day shall not exceed forty Californian quail, ten grey duck, and four black swan.

3. Nothing in any license to take or kill imported game and native game (including godwits), or native game only (including godwits), shall authorize the holder thereof to take or kill imported game and native game (including godwits), or native game only (including godwits), 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 Nelson Land District bounded towards the north-west and north-east generally by Tasman Sea, Golden Bay, and Tasman Bay, from Kohaihai Bluff, in Block XIII, Whakapoaï Survey District, to a point on shore of Croisilles Harbour due west of the westernmost point of Elaine 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 Wards 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 watershed 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 up 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 Snowdon 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.

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

RICH'D. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Open Season for Imported Game and Native Game, License Fees, &c., North Canterbury 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 1st day of May to the 30th day of June, 1925 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the North Canterbury 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 native game—viz., grey duck, spoonbill duck (or shoveller), and black swan; and 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 said district for the taking or killing of the following imported game—viz., Californian quail; and the period from the 1st day of May to the 7th day of May, 1925 (both days inclusive), to be an open season for the taking or killing of the following imported game—viz., Canadian goose; and the period from the 1st day of May to the 7th day of May, 1925 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the said district for the taking or killing of the following native game—viz., paradise duck; 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 and knots; subject to the following conditions.

CONDITIONS.

1. LICENSES to take or kill such imported game and native game, including godwits and knots, 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 such native game only—viz., godwits and knots—will be issued to any person on payment of ten shillings (10s.) each; and the secretary of the North Canterbury Acclimatization Society, or any person authorized by such secretary in that behalf, is 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, spoonbill duck (or shoveller), and five head of paradise duck, and two head of Canadian goose.

3. Nothing in any license to take or kill imported game and native game, including godwits and knots (or native game only, including godwits and knots), shall authorize the holder thereof to take or kill imported game and native game, including godwits and knots (or native game only, including godwits and knots), 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.