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 notification shall, after deducting the cost of and incidental to
the issue of such licenses, and any other expenses in connection 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 conditions is liable on conviction to a fine of £20.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Block No. 1.

That portion of Southland Acclimatization District bounded
towards the north-east by George Sound and a straight line
from the mouth of Katherine Creek to Mount Murrell;
towards the south-east by a straight line from Mount Murrell
to the summit of the range between the Rea River and the
Esk Burn; towards the south-west by a straight line to the
head of and by Nancy Sound; towards the north-west by the
sea.

Block No. 2.

That portion of Southland Acclimatization District bounded
towards the north-east by the straight line forming the
boundary between Lake and Wallace Counties to Castle
Mountain; towards the south-east by a straight line from
Castle Mountain to Mount Murrell; towards the south-west
by a straight line from Mount Murrell to the mouth of
Katherine Creek and by George Sound; towards the north-
west by the sea.

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, and bounded towards the north-
west by Blocks Nos. 1 and 2 hereinbefore described.

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 (both days inclusive), subject to the provisions of the
Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, and all regulations 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 15th day of
January, 1926.

RICHD. F. BOLLARD,

Minister of Internal Affairs.

[NOTE.—The above notification is published in substitution
for that published on page 2577 of the New Zealand Gazette
No. 64 of the 17th September, 1925.]

Open Season for Deer-shooting, Tauranga 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 2nd day of
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April, to the 2nd day of May, 1926 (both days inclusive),
to be an open season in the Tauranga Acclimatization District,
described in the First Schedule hereto, for the taking or
killing of the following imported game—viz., red-deer stags—
subject to the following conditions.

CONDITIONS.

1. LICENSES to take or kill red-deer stags may be issued by
   the Postmaster at Tauranga, on payment of a license fee of
   £2 2s., in the form prescribed in the Second Schedule hereto,
   and subject to the said Act and regulations thereunder and
   this notification. The number of licenses to be issued by the
   said Postmaster shall not exceed ten : Provided that not
   more than one such license shall be issued to the same person.
2. No licensee shall take or kill more than two red-deer
   stags ; no stag shall be killed carrying antlers with less than
   eight points. Ball cartridge only to be used; provided that
   no metal-patched or metal-cased bullets shall be used for
   killing such deer.
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
   secretary of the Acclimatization Society, Tauranga, 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. Nothing in any license to take or kill red-deer stags
   shall authorize the holder thereof to take or kill red-deer
   stags 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.
7. Any person committing a breach of these conditions is
   liable, on conviction, to a fine of £20.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

All that area comprising the County of Tauranga.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

License to take or kill Imported Game (Deer).

, of , having this day paid the sum of
£2 2s., is hereby authorized to take or kill two red-deer stags
of not less than eight points within the Tauranga Acclimatization District, from the 2nd day of April, 1926, to the 2nd day
of May, 1926 (both days inclusive), subject to the provisions
of the Animal Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, and all
regulations and notifications affecting red-deer stags made
thereunder and in force within the said district.

This license does not authorize the holder thereof to take
or kill red-deer stags 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 , 1926.

………, Postmaster.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 20th day of
January, 1926.

RICHD. F. BOLLARD,

Minister of Internal Affairs.

Open Season for Deer-shooting, Waimarino 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 26th day of
March, 1926, to the 26th day of April, 1926 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the Waimarino Acclimatization District, described in the First Schedule hereto, for
the taking or killing of the following imported game—viz.,
red-deer stags—subject to the following conditions.

CONDITIONS.

1. LICENSES to take or kill red-deer stags may be issued by
   the Postmaster at Raetihi, on payment of a license fee of
   £1 1s., in the form prescribed in the Second Schedule hereto.