958
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 22

Lake Taupo, to the Wanganui River; thence down the middle of that river to the western boundary of the Waione Block, and northerly along that boundary to Maungaku Trig. Station; thence northerly along a mountain range passing through Hauhangaroa, Motere, Tuhingamata, and Weraroa Trig. Stations to the source of the Ongaruhe River; thence north-westerly along a right line to Rangitoto Mountain and thence north-easterly along a right line to Puwhenua Trig. Station, the place of commencement: and including White and Whale Islands and the Ru Rima Rocks.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Areas, 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:—

1. Lakes Ngahewa, Okataina, Rotokawa or Bitter Lake near Taupo, and Rotoaira, and the land within one mile of the shores of these lakes.
2. All land and water within one mile of the Okere Wharf.
3. All that area of land and water in the Auckland Land District comprised in the properties of Messrs. Gee and Sons, and G. W. Vaughan, Esq., on the Rotorua-Maketu Road, including Lake Rotokawa and adjacent lands. (Note: The plan of this area has been supplied to the Department of Internal Affairs.)
4. That portion of Lake Taupo bounded by right line commencing at a point at the mouth of the Kurutau River and running in an easterly direction across the lake in a right line to the mouth of the Tauranga-Taupo River; thence by the shore of Lake Taupo in a south-western direction to Waihi; thence in a northerly direction to the mouth of the Kouratau River, being the point 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., South 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 31st day of July, 1925 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the South 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 imported game and native game—viz., mallard duck, grey duck, spoonbill duck, black teal, and black swan; 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 that portion of the County of Mackenzie forming part of the South Canterbury Acclimatization 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; 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 ten shillings (10s.) each; and the secretary of the South 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 imported game and native game, or native game only, that may be taken or killed by any one person in any one day shall not exceed twelve mallard duck, ten godwits, six paradise duck, twenty head in all of grey duck, spoonbill duck, black teal, and 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, 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 Canterbury Land District bounded on the north-west by the Westland Acclimatization District, hereinafter described; on the north-east by the Ashburton Acclimatization District, hereinbefore described; and on the east by the sea; on the south by a line up the Paeroa River to its source; by a right line to the summit of Mount Nimrod; thence by a right line to Trig. Station F; thence northerly along the summit of the range to Trig. K; thence by a line due west to the Hakataramea River; thence up the Hakataramea River and Dalgety Creek to Hakataramea Pass; thence by a right line passing through Trig. Station N1 to Stony Stream; thence down Stony Stream to the Waitaki River; and on the west by a line up the middle of the Waitaki and Pukaki Rivers to Pukaki Lake; thence up the middle of Pukaki Lake to the Tasman River; thence up the middle of the Tasman River to the Tasman Glacier; thence along the western boundary of the said Tasman Glacier to a point in line with a line from Mount Cook and passing through Ball Hut; thence by that line to Mount Cook and the summit of the Southern Alps, the place 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, or native game only, shall not be taken or killed:—
Milford Lagoon.
Mackenzie County Council’s hydro-electric dam at Fairlie.

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

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

Open Season for Native Game, License Fee, &c., Southland 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 Southland 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 7th day of May, 1925 (both days inclusive) to be an open season in that part of the said district comprising all that area bounded on the east by the railway-line from Kingston to Lumsden, on the south by the road from Lumsden to Manapouri, on the west by the Fiordland National Park, and on the north by the Lakes Acclimatization District, for the taking or killing of the following native game—viz., paradise duck; and the period from the 1st day of February 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 native game (including godwits) will be issued to any person on payment of ten shillings (10s.) each; and the secretary of the Southland 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 head in all of grey duck, spoonbill duck (or shoveller), and black swan, and six head of paradise duck.
3. Nothing in any license to take or kill native game (including godwits) shall authorize the holder thereof to take or kill native game (including godwits) an 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.