DEC. 8.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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Open Season for Deer (Wapiti) 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, 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 31st day of May, 1928 (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 Secretary of the Southland Acclimatization Society, 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 £20.

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 bounded towards the north-west by Blocks Nos. 1 and 2 hereinbefore described; and towards the north-east by the summit of the Stuart Mountains and towards the south-west by the summits of the Murchison Mountains to Garden Point.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

License to take or kill Imported Game (Deer).

, of , having this day paid the sum of £4 4s., is hereby authorized to take or kill red-deer stags and hinds within the Southland Acclimatization District, from the 24th day of March, 1928, to the 31st day of May, 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 this day of , 1928.

……………. , Chief Postmaster.

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

M. POMARE,

(I.A. 25/20.) Acting Minister of Internal Affairs.

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Dec. 8.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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tion 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 Invercargill on payment of a license fee of £4 4s., 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 Chief Postmaster shall not exceed fifty: 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 Southland Acclimatization Society, 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. 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.

7. Nothing in this warrant shall apply to deer within the areas described in the warrants dated 8th November, 1923, and 4th August, 1926, in which areas 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 in the Southland Land District, bounded by a line commencing at the head of Bligh Sound and proceeding thence along a right line passing through Cloudy Pass and Castle Mount to the summit of the range forming the eastern watershed of the Clinton River; thence southerly along the summit of that range to Mount Eglinton, along a right line to Round Peaks, along the summit of the western watershed of Lake Wakatipu to Jane Peak; thence along a right line to Eyre Peak; thence along a right line to the source of the Mataura River, and down the middle of the Mataura River to the sea; thence westerly and northerly generally along the sea-coast to the point of commencement, including all adjacent islands.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

No. .

License to take or kill Imported Game (Deer).

, of , having this day paid the sum of £4 4s., is hereby authorized to take or kill red-deer stags and hinds within the Southland Acclimatization District, from the 24th day of March, 1928, to the 31st day of May, 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 this day of , 1928.

……………. , Chief Postmaster.

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

M. POMARE,

(I.A. 25/20.) Acting Minister of Internal Affairs.

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