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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 78

March, 1927, to the 31st day of May, 1927 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the Southland Acclimatization District for the taking or killing of the following imported game—viz., wapiti—within that part of the said acclimatization 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 payment 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 six, of which not more than two shall be issued for each block : Provided that not more than one such license shall be issued to the same person. 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. Licenses to be issued only to parties of two stalkers.
2. No licensee shall take or kill more than two wapiti stags, and no stag shall be killed carrying antlers with less than ten points.
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 Postmaster 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 £10.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Block No. 1.

That portion of Southland Acclimatization District bounded towards the north-east by the watershed between George and Caswell Sounds to Mount Murrell ; towards the south-east by the watershed 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 the watershed from Castle Mountain to Mount Murrell; towards the south-west by Block No. 1; 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; and towards the north-east by the Glaisnock River.

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 of not less than ten points upon Block No. , Fiordland National Park, Southland, from the 1st day of March, 1927, to the 31st day of May, 1927 (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 22nd day of November, 1926.

RICH'D. 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, 1927, to the 31st day of May, 1927, both days inclusive), to be an open season in the Southland Acclimatization District for the taking or killing of the following imported game—viz., red-deer stags and hinds—and the period from the lst day of March, 1927, to the 31st day of May, 1927 (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 22nd day of November, 1926, 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 Postmaster at Invercargill, pursuant to the Warrants of 22nd day of November, 1926, 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 22nd day of November, 1926.

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

Open Season for Deer-shooting, Westland Acclimatization District (Haast, Wills, and Landsborough Valleys, South Westland).

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, 1927, to the 30th day of April, 1927 (both days inclusive) to be an open season in that part of the Westland Acclimatization District described in the First Schedule hereto, for the taking or killing of the following imported game—viz., red-deer stags and hinds—subject to the following conditions.

CONDITIONS.

1. LICENSES to take or kill red-deer stags and hinds may be issued by the Postmaster at Hokitika on the recommendation of the Secretary of the Westland Acclimatization Society at Hokitika, on payment of a license fee of £5, in the form prescribed in the Second Schedule hereto, and subject to the said Act and regulations thereunder and this notification. The number of such licenses to be issued by the said Postmaster shall not exceed twenty-two: Provided that not more than one such license shall be issued to the same person, and also that stalkers shall shoot only on the blocks specified in their respective licenses, and if the number of applications received for licenses exceed 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 four stags. A licensee may also, pursuant to a license issued under this notification, take or kill an unlimited number of old hinds and stags with deformed heads. Ball cartridge only to be used: Provided that no metal-patched or metal-cased bullet shall be used for killing such deer.
3. Nothing herein contained shall extend to authorizing any person to sell any deer or portion thereof.
4. 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 Postmaster at Hokitika 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.
5. Nothing in any license to take or kill red-deer stags and hinds shall authorize the holder thereof to take or kill red-deer stags or hinds 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 ex-