May 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1267

Open Season for Imported Game and Native Game, License Fees, &c., Whangarei 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, 1926 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the Whangarei 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 and native game—viz., cock pheasants, Californian and Australian quail, grey duck, black teal, and black swan; and the period from the 1st May to the 31st May, 1926 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the said district for the taking or killing of the following native game—viz., pukeko; and the period from the 1st day of January to the 31st day of March, 1927 (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 the following native game—viz., godwits and knots—will be issued to any person on payment of ten shillings (10s.) each; and the secretary of the Whangarei 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 that may be taken or killed by any one person in any one day shall not exceed twelve cock pheasants and twelve 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 and knots, or the following native game only—viz., godwits and knots—shall authorize the holder thereof to take or kill imported game and native game, including godwits and knots, or godwits and knots 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 North Auckland Land District commencing at a point on the sea-coast opposite the mouth of the Mangawai Harbour; thence proceeding generally southerly up that harbour and along the stream, the eastern boundary of Section 15, Block III, Mangawai Survey District, and Section 31, Block I, Pakiri Survey District; thence southerly along the eastern boundaries of Sections 16 and 78, Block I aforesaid, to the southernmost corner of the last-mentioned section; thence westerly along the southern boundaries of Section 78 and again southerly along the eastern boundary of Section 50; thence westerly along the southern boundaries of Sections 50, 51, and 56, Block I aforesaid, the southern boundaries of Sections 57, 60, 61, 64, and 65 to the Hakaru River; thence down the Hakaru River to its intersection with the Great North Road; thence generally northerly along the western side of the Great North Road and the Main Road, Mangaturoto–Waipu, to the eastern boundary of the Wairau Parish; thence along the eastern boundaries of the Wairau and Mareretu Parishes, the south-eastern boundaries of Sections 154, 155, 156, 157, 159, 68, and 67, Block XVI, Tangihua Survey District; Sections 66, 65, 61, and 59, Block XV, Tangihua Survey District, Sections 63, 51, and 44, Block III, Matakohe Survey District, and the production of the last-named boundary to the Mangonui River; thence down the middle of that river, and up the middle of the Tauraroa River to the eastern boundary of Allotment 1A, Waltons Grant; along that boundary to the north-eastern corner of Allotment 1A, and along a right line to Trig. Station Horokaka; along the western boundaries of Sections 14, 15A, 16, 7, and 7A to a public road; north-easterly generally along that public road to the Waiotama River; down the middle of that river and the middle of the Tangihua River, and up the middle of the Wairoa River; along the south-western boundaries of Sections 8, 9, 10, and 11, Block XV, Mangakahia Survey District; north-westerly along a public road; along the southern boundary of a public reserve, along the southern boundaries of Sections 9 and 8A, Block X, Mangakahia Survey District, Sections 2, 22, 23, and 26, Block IX, Mangakahia Survey District, to a right line between Trig. Stations 43 (Tutamoe) and 18 (Te Tarai o Rahiri); thence north-easterly along that line to said Trig. Station 18; thence north-easterly along a right line to the north-western corner of Section 1, Block IV, Hukerenui Survey District, and along the north-western boundaries of said Section 1, and of Sections 16, 15, 1, 2, and 14, Block I, Opuawhanga, to the sea-coast at Opuawhanga; thence generally southerly along the sea-coast to the Mangawai Harbour, the place of commencement.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Areas, 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:—

All that area in Block No. 3743B; Maunu No. 1B.
Dobie’s and Mair Parks.

As witness my hand this 8th day of May, 1926.

RICH. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

[NOTE.—The above notification is published in substitution for that published on page 651 of New Zealand Gazette No. 14, of 14th March, 1926.]

By Authority: W. A. G. Skinner, Government Printer, Wellington.

Price, 6d.