SEPT. 17.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

2577

Acclimatization District known as Pegasus, Stewart Island,
from the 1st day of March, 1926, to the 31st day of May,
1926 (both days inclusive), subject to the provisions of the
Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921-22, and all regula-
tions and notifications affecting white-tailed Virginian-deer
bucks made thereunder and in force within the said district.
This license does not authorize the holder thereof to take
or kill white-tailed Virginian-deer bucks on lands actually
and exclusively used by any registered acclimatization society
for acclimatization purposes, or on any sanctuary or public
domain, or on any land excepted from the operation of the
notification declaring an open season for the district.
Dated at this day of , 192 .
................., Chief Postmaster.
As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 21st day of
August, 1925.
RICHD. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Open Season for Deer (Wapiti) Shooting, Southland Acclimati-
zation District (Fiordland National Park).

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
March, 1926, to the 31st day of May, 1926 (both days
inclusive), to be an open season in the Southland Acclimatiza-
tion District for the taking or killing of the following imported
game—viz., wapiti—within that part of the said acclimatiza-
tion district described in the First Schedule hereto, being the
areas hereinafter described as Blocks Nos. 1, 2, and 3, subject
to the following conditions.

CONDITIONS.

1. LICENSES to take or kill wapiti stags may be issued by the
   Chief Postmaster, Invercargill, on the recommendation of the
   secretary of the Southland Acclimatization Society, on pay-
   ment of a license fee of £10, in the form prescribed in the
   Schedule hereto, and subject to the said Act and regulations
   thereunder and this notification. The number of such licenses
   shall not exceed eight, of which not more than three shall be
   issued for Blocks Nos. 1 and 2 respectively, and not more
   than two for Block No. 3: Provided that not more than
   one such license shall be issued to the same person, and a
   notification shall first be published in a newspaper circulating
   in the district intimating the number of licenses to be issued
   for each block and the fee payable therefor. Also providing
   that if the number of applications received for licenses exceeds
   the number of available licenses, then the persons to whom
   such licenses are to be issued shall be decided by ballot.
2. No licensee shall take or kill more than two wapiti stags.
3. No hind or fawn shall be taken or killed on any pretext
   whatever; and no licensee shall allow any dog to accompany
   either himself or any attendant he may have with him.
4. Nothing herein contained shall extend to authorizing
   any person to sell any deer or portion thereof.
5. Regulations as to the use of marks of identification of
   deer-heads, contained in section 6 of the regulations under
   the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921-22, published
   in the New Zealand Gazette of the 7th February, 1924, page 437,
   shall be strictly adhered to by each licensee, who, in addition
   thereto, shall return all unused “tags” to the Chief Post-
   master at Invercargill immediately he has finished stalking
   for the season for which such “tags” have been issued,
   together with a statement of the number of deer shot.
6. The fees paid for licenses issued pursuant to this noti-
   fication shall, after deducting the cost of and incidental to
   the issue of such licenses, and any other expenses in connec-
   tion therewith, be paid to the Department of Tourist and
   Health Resorts and the Southland Acclimatization Society
   in equal proportions.
7. Any person committing a breach of any of these condi-
   tions is liable on conviction to a fine of £20.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Block No. 1.

That portion of Southland Acclimatization District bounded
on the south by a line from the mouth of Katherine Creek to
Mount Murrell, on the east by a line Mount Murrell to Castle
Mountains, and the north by Milford Sound.

Block No. 2.

That portion of Southland Acclimatization District bounded
on the north by a line from the mouth of Katherine Creek
to Mount Murrell, on the east by a line Mount Murrell to
Solitary Cone, and on the south by Smith Sound.

Block No. 3.

That portion of the Southland Acclimatization District
west of Lake Te Anau, being the country between the north
and south arms of that lake.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

License to take or kill Imported Game (Deer).

, of , having this day paid the sum of £10,
is hereby authorized to take or kill two wapiti stags upon
Block No. , Fiordland National Park, Southland,
from the 1st day of March, 1926, to the 31st day of May,
1926 (10th days inclusive), subject to the provisions of the
Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921-22, and all regula-
tions and notifications affecting wapiti deer made thereunder
and in force within the Southland Acclimatization District.
Dated at this day of , 192 .

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 21st day of
August, 1925.

RICHD. F. BOLLARD,

Minister of Internal Affairs.

Open Season for Deer-shooting, Southland Acclimatization
District (Fiordland National Park).

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 24th day of
March, 1926, to the 31st day of May, 1926, both days in-
clusive), to be an open season in the Southland Acclimatiza-
tion District for the taking or killing of the following imported
game—viz., red-deer stags and hinds—and the period from the
1st day of March, 1926, to the 31st day of May, 1926 (both
days inclusive) to be an open season in the said district for the
taking or killing of the following imported game --- viz.,
wapiti stags—within that part of the said acclimatization
district comprising the Fiordland National Park, subject to
the following conditions.

CONDITIONS.

NOTWITHSTANDING anything contained in the Warrant made
under the Animals Protection Act, 1908, dated the 19th day
of October, 1909, and in the Warrants dated the 21st day of
August, 1925, red deer (stags and hinds), and wapiti stags
may be taken or killed within the Fiordland National Park,
Southland, during the period hereinbefore mentioned, by
persons to whom licenses may be issued by the Chief Post-
master at Invercargill, pursuant to the Warrants of 21st
August, 1925, declaring an open season for deer-shooting in
the Southland Acclimatization District, subject, however, to
the conditions fixed in those Warrants.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 21st day of
August, 1925.

RICHD. F. BOLLARD,

Minister of Internal Affairs.

Redefining Boundaries of the Borough of Waitara, the County
of Taranaki, and the Waitara West Riding of the County
of Taranaki.

Department of Internal Affairs,

Wellington, 10th September, 1925.

PURSUANT to the provisions of section 141 of the Muni-
cipal Corporations Act, 1920, the boundaries of the
Borough of Waitara are hereby defined as set out in the
First Schedule hereto, the boundaries of the said borough
having been altered by Order in Council dated the 22nd
day of June, 1925, made under the Municipal Corporations
Act, 1920, and published in Gazette No. 49 of the 25th day
of June, 1925.

And also in pursuance of the provisions of the said section
141 of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, the boundaries
of the County of Taranaki affected by the said Order in
Council dated the 22nd day of June, 1925, are hereby defined
as set out in the Second Schedule hereto.

And in further pursuance of the provisions of the said
section 141 of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, the
boundaries of the Waitara West Riding of the County of
Taranaki affected by a Proclamation dated the 27th day of