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a leading spur and along the summit of a range over Mount Domett to Mount Cobb; thence towards the north-east generally by a line along the summit of the western ranges over Mount Snowdon and Mount Peel to Mount Arthur; thence towards the south-east by a line along the summit of a leading range over Mount Luna and along the summit of Lyell Range to Bald Hill; thence by a line down a leading spur on the western side of Eight-mile or Boundary Stream to the mouth of that stream; thence down the left bank of the Buller River and up the right bank of the Inangahua River to a point due north of Mount Haast; thence by a right line to Mount Haast; thence by a right line to the nearest point of the Grey River; thence towards the south-west generally by a line down the middle of the Grey River to its confluence with the Otututu River; thence by a line up the middle of the Otututu River to its source near Mount Faraday; thence by a right line to Mount Faraday; thence towards the south-east by a line along the summit of the Paparoa Range to a point near the source of the Punakaiki or Deadman's River; thence towards the south-west generally by a right line to that source, and by a line down the middle of that river to the sea; thence towards the north-west by the Tasman Sea to Kohaihai Bluff, the place of commencement.
SECOND SCHEDULE.
License to take or kill Imported Game (Deer).
, of , having this day paid the sum of £1, is hereby authorized to take or kill four red-deer stags, of not less than eight points, and an unlimited number of hinds, within the Buller Acclimatization District from the 17th day of March, 1928, to the 30th day of June, 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, 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 16th day of February, 1928.
F. J. ROLLESTON,
Acting Minister of Internal Affairs.
(I.A. 25/20/5.)
Open Season for Deer-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, Francis Joseph Rolleston, 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 District for the taking or killing of the following imported game—viz., red-deer stags and hinds—and 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 said district for the taking or killing of the following imported game—viz., wapiti stags—within that part of the said acclimatization district comprising the Fiordland National Park, subject to the following conditions.
CONDITIONS.
NOTWITHSTANDING anything contained in the Warrant made under the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, published in the New Zealand Gazette of 22nd April, 1925, and in the Warrants published in the New Zealand Gazette of 8th December, 1927, red deer (stags and hinds), and wapiti stags may be taken or killed within the Fiordland National Park, Southland, during the periods hereinbefore mentioned, by persons to whom licenses may be issued by the Chief Post-master at Invercargill, pursuant to the Warrants published in the New Zealand Gazette of 8th December, 1927, declaring an open season for deer-shooting in the Southland Acclimatization District, subject, however, to the conditions fixed in those Warrants.
As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 16th day of February 1928,
F. J. ROLLESTON,
Acting Minister of Internal Affairs.
[Issued in substitution for Warrant dated the 30th day of November, 1927, and gazetted on the 8th day of December, 1927, making special provision as to deer in the Fiordland National Park.]
(I.A. 25/20.)
Population of the Dominion.
RETURN of the Estimated Population of the Dominion of New Zealand, Dependencies, and Mandated Territory.
| | Males. | Females. | Total. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Estimated population (including Maoris) of New Zealand proper, 31st December, 1927 | 740,797 | 709,317 | 1,450,114 |
| Estimated population of Cook Islands, Niue, &c., 30th September, 1927 | 7,207 | 6,971 | 14,178 |
| Population of Tokelau Islands, census of 1926 | 523 | 510 | 1,033 |
| Estimated population of the Mandated Territory of Western Samoa, 30th September, 1927 | 22,271 | 20,371 | 42,642 |
| Estimated total population of the Dominion of New Zealand, Dependencies, and Mandated Territory | 770,798 | 737,169 | 1,507,967 |
| New Zealand proper, 31st December, 1927:— | | | |
| (a) Estimated population (excluding Maoris) | 707,067 | 678,444 | 1,385,511 |
| (b) Estimated Maori population | 33,730 | 30,873 | 64,603 |
| North Island,— | | | |
| (a) Estimated population (including Maoris) | 475,928 | 448,254 | 924,182 |
| (b) (excluding Maoris) | 443,709 | 418,729 | 862,438 |
| South Island,— | | | |
| (a) Estimated population (including Maoris) | 264,869 | 261,063 | 525,932 |
| (b) (excluding Maoris) | 263,358 | 259,715 | 523,073 |
Census and Statistics Office, Wellington, 13th February, 1928.
MALCOLM FRASER, Government Statistician.