Dec. 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3441

Open Season for Deer-shooting, Waitaki Acclimatization District.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, I, Maui Pomare, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare the period from the 2nd day of April, 1929, to the 21st day of May, 1929 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the Waitaki 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 Oamaru, on the recommendation of the secretary of the Waitaki Acclimatization Society at Oamaru, on payment of a license fee of £3, 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 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 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 Waitaki Acclimatization Society at Oamaru 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 Canterbury and Otago Land Districts bounded by a line commencing at Mount Cook and proceeding thence along a right line through Ball Hut to the western edge of the Tasman Glacier; along that edge of Tasman Glacier; down the middle of the Tasman River, the middle of Pukaki Lake, and the middle of Pukaki River and Waitaki River to the sea; thence along the sea-coast to the north-western corner of Section 1 of 20, Block III, Moeraki Survey District; thence southerly along the western boundary of the said section, and westerly along the southern boundaries of Sections 45, 44, and 43, Block IX, Moeraki Survey District, to the public road forming the western boundary of the last-mentioned section; thence north-westerly along that road to the north-eastern corner of Section 31, Block XI, Moeraki Survey District; thence westerly along the northern boundary of the said Section 31 to the eastern boundary of Block XII, Moeraki Survey District; thence northerly along that boundary to the north-eastern corner of the said Block XII; thence westerly along the northern boundary of that block to the eastern boundary of Section 4, Block XIV, Moeraki Survey District; thence northerly along the said eastern boundary to the road forming the northern boundary of the said Section 4; thence north-westerly along that road to the eastern boundary of Section 27, Block III, Waihemo Survey District; thence north-easterly along that boundary to the Waianakarua River, up that river to its source; thence to the summit of the Kakanui Mountains; thence generally northerly along the summits of the Kakanui and the Hawkdun Mountains to a point due east of Mount St. Bathans; thence by a right line to Mount St. Bathans; thence northerly along the summit of the range passing through Double Peak, Lindis Pass, Pavilion Peak, Mount Martha, Mount Gladwish, and Mount Huxley in Brodrick Pass; thence along the summit of the Southern Alps to Mount Cook, the place of commencement.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

License to take or kill Imported Game (Deer).

, of , having this day paid the sum of £3, is hereby authorized to take or kill red-deer stags and hinds within the Waitaki Acclimatization District, upon Block No. , from the 2nd day of April, 1929, to the 21st day of May, 1929 (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 , 1929.

………………, Chief Postmaster.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 4th day of December, 1928.

M. POMARE,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 25/20/13.)

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

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, I, Maui Pomare, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare the period from the 15th day of March, 1929, to the 14th day of May, 1929 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the Lakes District 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 Queenstown, on the recommendation of the Secretary of the Lakes District Acclimatization Society, on payment of a license fee of £4, 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 Lakes District Acclimatization Society, Queenstown, 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. The licensee must give notice to the said 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.

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 the Aspiring, Upper Wanaka, Wilkins, and Matukituki Districts.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

License to take or kill Imported Game (Deer).

, of , having this day paid the sum of £4, is hereby authorized to take or kill red-deer stags and hinds within that part of the Lakes District Acclimatization District known as the Aspiring, Upper Wanaka, Wilkins, and Matukituki Districts, from the 15th day of March, 1929, to the 14th day of May, 1929 (both days inclusive), subject to the provisions of the Animals Protection and Game Act,