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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 secretary of
   the Ashburton Acclimatization Society, Ashburton, 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 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
   excepted from the operation of the notification declaring
   an open season for the district.

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 Ashburton Acclimatization District
known as the Rangitata Gorge.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

License to take or kill Imported Game (Deer).

, of , having this day paid the sum
of £5, is hereby authorized to take or kill red-deer stags
and hinds within that part of the Ashburton Acclimatization
District known as the Rangitata Gorge, from the 1st day
of April, 1927, to the 10th 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 red-deer stags and hinds made thereunder and in
force within the said district.

This license does not 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 excepted from the operation of the
notification declaring an open season for the district.

Dated at this day of , 1927.

..............., Postmaster.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 9th day of February, 1927.

RICHD. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Open Season for Deer-shooting, Ashburton (Rakaia Gorge)
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
April, 1927, to the 10th day of May, 1927 (both days inclusive),
to be an open season in the Ashburton Acclimatization
District for the taking or killing of the following imported
game-viz., red-deer stags and hinds-within that part of the
said acclimatization district described in the First Schedule
hereto, subject to the following conditions.

CONDITIONS.

1. LICENSES to take or kill red-deer stags and hinds may be
   issued by the Postmaster at Ashburton, upon the recommendation
   of the secretary of the Ashburton Acclimatization
   Society, on payment of a license fee of £5, 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 to be issued by the said Postmaster shall
   not exceed eight. Provided that not more than one such
   license shall be issued to the same person; and also that if
   the number of applications received for licenses exceeds the
   number of available licenses, then the person to whom such
   licenses are to be issued shall be decided by ballot.

2. No licensee shall allow any dog to accompany either
   himself or any attendant he may have with him. 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 secretary of the Acclimatization Society, Ashburton, 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 excepted
   from the operation of the notification declaring an open season
   for the district.

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 Ashburton Acclimatization District known
as the Rakaia Gorge.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

License to take or kill Imported Game (Deer).

, of , having this day paid the sum of £5,
is hereby authorized to take or kill red-deer stags and
hinds within that part of the Ashburton Acclimatization
District known as the Rakaia Gorge, from the 1st day of
April, 1927, to the 10th 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 red-deer stags and hinds made thereunder and in
force within the said district.

This license does not 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 excepted from the operation of the
notification declaring an open season for the district.

Dated at this day of , 1927.

..............., Postmaster.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 9th day of February, 1927.

RICHD. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Open Season for Deer-shooting, Buller 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 17th day of March, 1927, to the 30th day of June, 1927 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the Buller 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 Chief Postmaster at Westport, on payment of a license fee of £1, in the form prescribed in the Second
   Schedule hereto, and subject to the said Act and regulations thereunder and this notification. Provided that not more than one such license shall be issued to the same person.

2. No licensee shall take or kill more than four red-deer stags, and no stag shall be killed carrying antlers with less than eight points. A licensee may, pursuant to a license issued under this notification, take or kill an unlimited number of hinds. Ball cartridge only to be used; provided that no metal-patched or metal-cased bullet shall be used for killing such deer.

3. 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 Buller Acclimatization Society, Westport, 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 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