Mar. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 619

Trig. Stations to Maungaku Trig. Station; thence southerly along the western boundary of the Waione Block to the Wanganui River; thence down the middle of that river to its confluence with the Ohura River; thence up the middle of the Ohura River to the 39th parallel of south latitude; thence westerly along the said parallel of latitude to the western boundary of Block IV, Pouatu Survey District; thence due north along that boundary and the western boundary of Block XVI, Waro Survey District, to the confiscation line; thence north-easterly along that line to the Tangarakau Stream; thence up the middle of that stream and up the middle of the Waitaanga Stream to the Kotare Road, at the southern boundary of Section 2, Block VII, Waro Survey District; thence westerly along the Kotare Road to the south-west corner of Section 1, Block VII; thence along the south-west boundary of the said section and along the southern, western, and northern boundaries of Section 3, Block VI, Waro Survey District, to the western boundary of Section 4, Block VI, Waro Survey District; thence along the western boundaries generally of Sections 4 and 5, and along the south-western and northern boundaries of Section 6 (all in Block VI, Waro Survey District) to the Mohakatino Road; thence northerly along that road to a stream which crosses the Mohakatino-Parininihi 1D East Block and flows into the Mohakatino Stream near the westernmost corner of Section 1, Block III, Waro Survey District; thence down that stream to the said confluence and up the said Mohakatino Stream and along the northern boundary of Section 3, Block III, Waro Survey District, to Tawhitiraupeka Trig. Station; thence along the south-western and western boundaries of Mokau-Mohakatino 1H Block to the Mokau River; thence down the middle of that river to the sea, the place of commencement; including in the hereinbefore - described area Great Barrier Island and all islands excepting Rangitoto within the Hauraki Gulf.

As witness my hand this 14th day of March, 1927.

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

Open Season for Imported Game and Native Game, License Fee, &c., Bay of Islands Acclimatization District.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921-22, I, William Francis Bollard, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare the period from the 2nd day of May to the 30th day of June, 1927 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the Bay of Islands 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 game and native game—viz., cock pheasants, Californian quail, Australian quail, grey duck, black teal, and black swan; and the period from the 2nd day of May 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 Native game—viz., pukeko; subject to the following conditions.

CONDITIONS.

1. LICENSES to take or kill such imported game and native game within the said district will be issued to any person on payment of the sum of twenty shillings (20s.) each; and the secretary of the Bay of Islands 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 ten cock pheasants, twenty Californian quail, and Australian quail, and twenty head in all of grey duck, pukeko, black teal, and black swan.

3. Nothing in any license to take or kill imported game and native game shall authorize the holder thereof to take or kill imported game and native game 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 one hour before sunrise and must cease not later than one hour after sunset.

6. No live birds of any species shall be used as decoys, nor shall more than twenty-five artificial decoys be used at any one time (whether by one or several persons) on any particular water within an area of 100 yards square.

7. No person shall use any power-boat or launch in connection with the taking or killing of imported or native game.

8. 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 bounded by a line commencing at the entrance to the Whangape Harbour and proceeding thence up the middle of that harbour and of the Awaroa River to the south-western corner of Section 3, Block XIV, Takahue Survey District; thence along the northern watershed of the Tarai re and Mangamuka Rivers, passing through Raetea, Kumetewhiwhia, and Maungataniwha, to Ratakamaru; thence along the northern boundaries of Timber Sections 2, 6, and 16, of the Omahuta State Forest, to the northern boundary of Block XVI, Maungataniwha Survey District; along that boundary and down the Whakateretereka and Mangapapa Streams; thence up the Waipapa River and Pukatea Stream, along the north-western boundaries of Sections 9 and 8, Block XIV, Kaeo Survey District, Sections 35 and 15, Puketi Settlement, Section 5, Block XV, Kaeo Survey District, and Old Land Claim 28; along the western boundaries of Section 16, Block XVI, Kaeo Survey District, and of Sections 28, 27, Pungaere K.G.R., Sections 10 and 14, Block XII, along the northern boundaries of Sections 14 and 26, the north-western boundaries of Sections 17 and 16, Block XII, Kaeo Survey District, Sections 1, 3, and 5, Block II, Kerikeri Survey District; along the north-western boundary of Otaha No. 4 Block to the Takou River; thence down that river to the sea and along the sea-coast to Helena Bay; thence along the north-western boundaries of Sections 11, 14, 2, 1, 15, and 16, Block I, Opuawhanga Survey District, and of Section 1, Block IV, Hukerenui Survey District, to the north-western corner of the last named section; along a right line to Trig. Station 18, Taraio-Rahiri; along a right line to Trig. Station Tutamoe; along a right line in the direction of the north-western corner of Section 3, Block XIII, Punakitere Survey District, to its intersection with the southern boundary of Section 5, Block II, Tutamoe Survey District; thence along the southern boundaries generally of said Section 5 and of Section 14, 3, 4, and 5, Block I, Tutamoe Survey District; along the north-eastern boundaries of Sections 7, 6, and 5, Block V, Tutamoe Survey District; across a public road, and along the south-eastern, southern, and western boundaries of Section 10 to the southern boundary of Block IV, Waipoua Survey District; thence along the southern boundaries of Blocks IV, III, II, and I, Waipoua Survey District, to the sea-coast; thence along the sea-coast to the entrance to the Whangape Harbour, the point of commencement, including all adjacent islands.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Areas, in addition to those referred to in condition No. 3, excepted from the open season wherein imported game and native game shall not be taken or killed:—

All that area in the North Auckland Land District, being Lots 141, 191, 184, 185, 186, and 187, those portions of Lots 188 and 189 lying within a distance of 40 chains from the nearest point of Lot 141, all of Kawakawa Parish; together with Oropa No. 2B Block, Te Moke Block, containing 302 acres, and part of Tiakapara Block, containing 71 acres 3 roods, both adjoining the before-mentioned land, all situated in Block XII, Kawakawa Survey District.

All that area, being Lots 168, 169, and 170, Parish of Kawakawa, containing 447 acres, the property of Richard Augustus Hall.

Also all those areas situate in Hukerenui Survey District, being Section 79, Block 5, and Section 6, Block 1, containing 184 acres 2 roods 25 perches, Section 73 and 74, Block 5, containing 100 acres, the property of J. and C. Smith, and Sections 4 and 5, Block 1, containing 380 acres, the property of J. P. Keogh, and Section 8, Block 1, containing 571 acres 3 roods 21 perches, being Crown land.

All those areas situate in Block XV, Kawakawa Survey District, comprising part Section 140, Block 15, Kawakawa Survey District, containing 167 acres 1 rood 24 perches, part Waipuna Block, containing 373 acres 2 roods 17 perches, Taumataumaukuku No. 1, 196 acres 2 roods 30 perches, Section 45, Kawakawa Parish, 40 acres, Sections 47, 48, 49, and 50, Kawakawa Parish, 160 acres, Lot part 1, 2, 3 on D.P. 12753 of 140 of Block 15, Kawakawa Survey District, and part Waipuna Block, containing 499 acres 3 roods 9 perches, the property of the Auckland Farmers Freezing Co., Ltd.

Also all those areas in Blocks 4 and 8, Omapere Survey District, comprising Whakataha 3B 2, 107 acres 3 roods