3642

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 84

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, Maui Pomare, Acting Minister of Internal Affairs of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare the period from the 1st day of March, 1928, to the 30th day of April, 1928 (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. 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 Westland Acclimatization Society, 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.

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 on any land excepted from the operation of the notification declaring any open season for the district.

7. Any person committing a breach of any of these conditions is liable, on conviction, to a fine of £20.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

ALL that area comprised in the Westland Acclimatization District, known as Haast, Wills, and Landsborough Valleys, South Westland.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

No.

License to take or kill Imported Game (Deer).

, of , having this day paid the sum of £5, is hereby authorized to take or kill four red-deer stags, also an unlimited number of old hinds and stags with deformed heads, within that part of the Westland Acclimatization District known as Haast, Wills, and Landsborough Valleys, South Westland, upon Block No. , from the 1st day of March, 1928, to the 30th day of April, 1928 (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 Hokitika this day of , 1928.

, Postmaster.

As witness my hand at Wellington, this 30th day of November, 1927.

M. POMARE,

Acting Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 25/20/3.)

Open Season for Deer-shooting, Westland Acclimatization District (Kokatahi and Arahura Districts).

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921-22, I, Maui Pomare, Acting Minister of Internal Affairs of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare the period from the 1st day of March, 1928, to the 30th day of April, 1928 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the Westland 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 Hokitika, 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: Provided that not more than one such license shall be issued to the same person.

2. 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 Westland Acclimatization Society, 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.

6. Nothing in any license to take or kill red-deer stags or 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.

7. Any person committing a breach of any of these conditions is liable, on conviction, to a fine of £20.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

All those areas comprised within the Westland Acclimatization District known as the Kokatahi and Arahura Districts.

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 within that part of the Westland Acclimatization District known as the Kokatahi and Arahura Districts, from the 1st day of March, 1928, to the 30th day of April, 1928 (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 Hokitika, this day of , 1928.

, Postmaster.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 30th day of November, 1927.

M. POMARE,

Acting Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 25/20/3.)

Open Season for Red-deer Shooting, Southland Acclimatization District.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921-22, I, Maui Pomare, Acting Minister of Internal Affairs of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare the period from the 24th day of March, 1928, to the 31st day of May, 1928 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the Southland Acclimatization