Feb. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 435

Open Season for Deer-shooting, South Canterbury 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 20th day of May, 1927 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the South Canterbury Acclimatization District, described in the First Schedule hereto, for the taking or killing of the following imported game—viz., red-deer stags and hinds and fallow-deer bucks and does—subject to the following conditions.

CONDITIONS.

1. LICENSES to take or kill red-deer stags and hinds and fallow-deer bucks and does may be issued by the Postmaster at Temuka, upon the recommendation of the secretary of the South Canterbury Acclimatization Society, on payment of a license fee of £2, in the form prescribed in the Second Schedule hereto, and subject to the said Act and regulations thereunder and this notification.

2. Ball cartridge only to be used; provided that no metal-patched or metal-cased bullet shall be used for killing such deer. No licensee shall allow any dog to accompany either himself or any attendant he may have with him.

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 at Temuka 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 and fallow-deer bucks and does shall authorize the holder thereof to take or kill red-deer stags and hinds or fallow-deer bucks and does 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 as defined in the New Zealand Gazette of the sixteenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, comprising the counties of Geraldine and Levels and part of the County of Mackenzie.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

License to take or kill Imported Game (Deer).

, of , having this day paid the sum of £2 is hereby authorized to take or kill red-deer stags and hinds and fallow-deer bucks and does within the South Canterbury Acclimatization District, from the 1st day of April, 1927, to the 20th 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 and fallow deer made thereunder and in force within the said district.

This license does not authorize the holder thereof to take or kill red-deer stags and hinds or fallow-deer bucks and does 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.

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

RICH. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Open Season for Red-deer Shooting, Otago Acclimatization District (Hunter Valley and Makarora Districts).

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), 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 24th day of April, 1927 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the Otago 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 Chief Postmaster at Dunedin, on the recommendation of the secretary of the Otago Acclimatization Society, on payment of a license fee of £6 for Blocks 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 35A, and 36 in the Makarora District, and on payment of a license fee of £3 for all other blocks in the Makarora and Hunter Valley Districts, 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; and also that stalkers shall shoot only on the blocks specified in their respective licenses.

2. No licensee shall take or kill more than five stags, and no stag shall be killed carrying antlers with less than ten points. 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 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 Otago Acclimatization Society, Dunedin, 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 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.

6. The licensee must give notice to the said Chief Postmaster of the date on which it is his intention to stalk deer; such notice to be posted, or delivered, or telegraphed three clear days before such date.

7. Nothing in this warrant shall apply to deer within the areas described in the warrant dated 8th November, 1923, and published in Gazette No. 80, of 15th November, 1923, in which area protection is removed from deer.

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 known as Hunter Valley and Makarora Districts.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

License to take or kill Imported Game (Deer).

, of , having this day paid the sum of , is hereby authorized to take or kill five red-deer stags, of not less than ten points, and an unlimited number of old hinds and stags with deformed heads, within that part of the Otago Acclimatization District known as the Hunter Valley and Makarora Districts, upon Block No. , from the 24th day of March, 1927, to the 24th day of April, 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.

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

RICH. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.