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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 96

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 Buller Acclimatization Society, Westport, 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 acclimati-
   zation 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 con-
   ditions is liable, on conviction, to a fine of £20.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

All that area comprising the Buller and Inangahua Counties,
bounded towards the north-west generally by a line starting
at a point on the Tasman Sea coast at Kohaihai Bluff, in
Block XIII, Whakapoi Survey District, and proceeding up
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 Puna-
kaiki 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 red-deer stags,
of not less than eight points, and an unlimited number of
hinds, within the Buller Acclimatization District from the
18th day of March, 1929, to the 1st day of July, 1929 (both
days inclusive), subject to the provisions of the Animals Pro-
tection and Game Act, 1921–22, and all regulations and
notifications affecting red-deer stags and hinds made there-
under 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 acclima-
tisation 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 19th day of
December, 1928.

THOMAS M. WILFORD,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 25/20/5.)

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Authorizing the Laying-off of a Road of less Width than 66 ft.

WHEREAS in the opinion of the Minister of Lands it
is inexpedient, by reason of the fact that the land
shown upon the plan of Town of Mervyn, affecting part
Sections 26 and 27, Upper Harbour East District, in the
Land District of Otago, and prepared by Latham Osborn
Beal, Licensed Surveyor, is intended to be used wholly for
residential purposes, that the roads named Howard Street
and Stanley Street shown therein should be of the width of
66 ft. :

Now, therefore, I, George William Forbes, Minister of
Lands, do hereby, in pursuance of the powers conferred upon
me by section 17, subsection (1), of the Land Act, 1924, and
of every other power me thereunto enabling, authorize the
laying-off of such road of a width of 40 ft. : Provided always
that it shall not be lawful for any person to erect or cause
to be erected any building at a less distance than 33 ft. from
the middle of such road.

Given under my hand, this 14th day of December, 1928,

GEO. W. FORBES, Minister of Lands.

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Notification of the Number of Valid Votes recorded in respect
of National Prohibition at the Licensing Poll taken on the
14th Day of November, 1928, and of the Result thereof.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 17th December, 1928.

IN pursuance of the provisions of section 16 of the Licensing
Amendment Act, 1910, as modified by section 58 of the
Licensing Amendment Act, 1918, I, Thomas Mason Wilford,
Minister of Justice, do hereby notify that the total number
of valid votes recorded at the poll throughout New Zealand,
taken in accordance with Part II of the Licensing Amendment
Act, 1918, was 733,231.

And I do further notify that the total number of valid
votes recorded throughout New Zealand in respect of the
proposals submitted under section 56 of the Licensing Amend-
ment Act, 1918, was as under, viz. :

For national continuance .. .. 374,502
For State purchase and control .. .. 64,276
For national prohibition .. .. 294,453

As the total number of valid votes recorded in favour of
either of the proposals for State purchase and control or for
national prohibition without compensation does not amount
to more than one-half of all the valid votes recorded at the
poll, I hereby notify, under section 59 of the Licensing
Amendment Act, 1918, that the result of the poll is that
national continuance is deemed to have been carried.

THOMAS M. WILFORD, Minister of Justice.

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Justices of the Peace authorized to exercise Jurisdiction in
Children’s Courts.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 14th December, 1928.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to authorize the Justices of the Peace named in the
first column of the Schedule hereto to exercise jurisdiction
in the Children’s Courts established at the places named
in the second column of the Schedule opposite the name of
each such Justice of the Peace respectively.

SCHEDULE.

First Column. Second Column.
Charles Ernest Smith, Esquire .. .. Tolaga Bay.
Edward Brabazon Boland, Esquire .. Tolaga Bay.
William Oates, Esquire .. .. Tolaga Bay.

THOMAS M. WILFORD, Minister of Justice.

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By-laws of the Putaruru Town Board confirmed under the
By-laws Act, 1910.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 13th December, 1928.

THE following certificate has been executed on the sealed
copy of the by-laws made by the Putaruru Town
Board on the 11th day of April, 1927.

P. A. DE LA PERRELLE,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

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CERTIFICATE OF CONFIRMATION.

In pursuance of the By-laws Act, 1910, I hereby confirm the
within-written by-laws, and declare that the same came into
force on the 27th day of November, 1927.

Dated this 13th day of December, 1928.

P. A. DE LA PERRELLE,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 19/20/28.)

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Cancellation of Notices under the Shops and Offices Act,
1921–22, and its Amendment, fixing the Closing-hours of
Fruiterers’ Shops within the Combined District of Auckland.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing has been forwarded
to me from the occupiers of fruiterers’ shops within
the Combined District of Auckland, pursuant to section 32
of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22 :

Now, therefore, in pursuance of the said section 32, I,
William Andrew Veitch, Minister of Labour, do hereby