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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 22

Manukaiapu; thence south-westerly along right lines through Trig. Station 24 on Te Rotete, C on Auahitotara, and A on Totem to the junction of the Waiouru-Tokaanu Road with the Waiouru-Moawhango Road; thence south-easterly along the middle of the last-mentioned road to a point in line with the northern boundary of Raketa pauma No. 11 Block; thence to and along said northern boundary in a north-westerly direction, and along the northern boundaries of Raketa paumu Nos. 10, 1A, and 3A Blocks, and along the production of the last named to the middle of the Turakina River; thence down the middle of that river to a point in line with the northern boundary of Section 4, Block II, Maungakaretu Survey District; thence to and along said northern boundary and the northern boundaries of Sections 3, 2, and 1, in Block II afore-mentioned, and along the northern boundaries of Sections 4, 3, and 2, across a road, and along the northern and north-western boundaries of Section 1, all in Block I, Maungakaretu Survey District, to the Owhakura Road; thence to and along the middle of that road in a westerly direction to the confluence of the Waipapa and Maketu Streams; thence along the northern boundaries of Sections 8 and 1, Block IV, Ngamatea Survey District, and along the north boundary of said Section 1 produced to the middle of the Whangaehu River; thence down the middle of that river and up the middle of the stream forming the north-eastern boundary of Ohotu 6A No. 1 Block to Field’s Track crossing; thence to and along the middle of said Field’s Track in a general south-westerly direction to the middle of the Rangitataua Stream; thence down the middle of said stream to its confluence with the Mangawhero River; thence up the middle of that river to a point in line with the south-western boundary of Ohotu No. 9 Block; thence to and along the said south-western boundary and along the southern boundary of Section 1, Block IX, Ngamatea Survey District, the south-eastern and south-western boundaries of Section 1, Block XII, Tauakira Survey District, and the south-eastern boundaries of Sections 3 and 9, Block XI, to the Paparoa Stream; thence down the middle of that stream to its confluence with the Wanganui River; thence up the middle of that river to its confluence with the Ongaruhe River, being 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 Native Game, License Fee, &c., Waimate 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 Waimate 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 native game—viz., grey duck, spoonbill duck, 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 part of the said district extending from the Waitaki Bridge to Kurow for the taking or killing of the following native game—viz., paradise duck; 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 the taking or killing of the following native game—viz., pukeko; subject to the following conditions.

CONDITIONS.

1. Licenses to take or kill such native game within the said district will be issued to any person on payment of the sum of ten shillings (10s.) each; and the secretary of the Waimate 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, pukeko, and black swan, and six paradise duck.

3. Nothing in any license to take or kill native game shall authorize the holder thereof to take or kill 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 native game, or shoot at or attempt to shoot at any such 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 the conditions is liable, on conviction, to a fine of £20.

SCHEDULE.

All that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded on the north by the South Canterbury Acclimatization District, hereinbefore described, on the east by the sea, and on the south and south-west by a line up the centre of the Waitaki River to its junction with Stony Stream, 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 Native Game, License Fee, &c., Waitaki 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 Waitaki 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 native game—viz., grey duck 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 the localities known as Roborough Downs and Omarama, being part of the said district, for the taking or killing of the following native game—viz., paradise duck; subject to the following conditions.

CONDITIONS.

1. Licenses to take or kill such native game within the said district will be issued to any person on payment of ten shillings (10s.) each; and the secretary of the Waitaki 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 and black swan and six head of paradise duck.

3. Nothing in any license to take or kill native game shall authorize the holder thereof to take or kill 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 native game, or shoot at or attempt to shoot at any such 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 Canterbury and Otago Land Districts bounded on the west by the Westland Acclimatization District, hereinafter described; on the north-east and north by the South Canterbury and Waimate Acclimatization Districts, hereinbefore described; and on the east by the sea from Mount Cook to the north-western corner of Section 1 of 20, Block III, Moeraki Survey District; thence southerly along the western boundary of the said section, and westerly along the southern boundaries of Sections 45, 44, and 43, Block IX, Moeraki Survey District, to the public road forming the western boundary of the last-mentioned section; thence north-westerly along that road to the north-eastern corner of Section 31, Block XI, Moeraki Survey District; thence westerly along the northern boundary of the said Section 31 to the eastern boundary of Block XII, Moeraki Survey District; thence northerly along that boundary to the north-eastern