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along that boundary to a point in line with the southern boundary of Rural Section 17571; thence to and along that boundary to the south-western corner of the said Section 17571, the point of commencement.

As witness my hand this 12th day of March, 1929.

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

(I.A. 25/17/29.)

Open Season for Imported Game and Native Game, License Fees, &c., Opotiki Acclimatization District.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, I, Philip Aldborough de la Perrelle, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare the period from the 1st day of May to the 30th day of June, 1929 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the Opotiki Acclimatization District, as described in the Schedule hereto, except in the areas referred to in condition No. 3, for the taking or killing of the following imported game and native game—viz., cock pheasants, Californian quail, Australian quail, grey duck, and black swan—and the period from the 1st day of February to the 31st day of March, 1930 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the said district for the taking or killing of the following native game—viz., godwits—subject to the following conditions.

CONDITIONS.

1. LICENSES to take or kill such imported game and native game, including godwits, within the said district will be issued to any person on payment of the sum of twenty shillings (20s.) each, and licenses to take or kill the following native game only—viz., godwits—will be issued to any person on payment of the sum of ten shillings (10s.) each, and the Secretary of the Opotiki Acclimatization Society, or any person authorized by such Secretary in that behalf, is hereby authorized to sign and issue the said licenses.

2. The number of such imported game and native game that may be taken or killed by any one person in any one day shall not exceed twelve cock pheasants and twenty-five head in all of grey duck and black swan.

3. Nothing in any license to take or kill imported game and native game, including godwits, or the following native game only—viz., godwits—shall authorize the holder thereof to take or kill imported game and native game, including godwits, or godwits only, on lands actually and exclusively used by any registered acclimatization society for acclimatization purposes, or on any sanctuary or public domain.

4. No person shall kill or destroy any such imported game or native game, or shoot at or attempt to shoot at any such imported game or native game, with any automatic or auto-loading gun, unless it is converted into a gun capable of carrying two cartridges only, or with any rifle or pea-rifle, swivel-gun, punt-gun, or pump-gun, or shall use any gun other than a shoulder-gun; and no gun shall be used for the purpose aforesaid the bore of which is larger than the size known as No. 12 at the muzzle, nor shall any gun be used which exceeds 10 lb. in weight.

5. Shooting may begin not earlier than one hour before sunrise and must cease not later than one hour after sunset.

6. No live birds of any species shall be used as decoys, nor shall more than twenty-five artificial decoys be used at any one time (whether by one or several persons) on any particular water within an area of less than 100 yards square.

7. No person shall use any power-boat or launch in connection with the taking or killing of imported game.

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

SCHEDULE.

All that area in the Auckland and Gisborne Land Districts bounded by a line commencing at the point where the Maraetotara Road touches the sea-coast in Block III, Whakatane Survey District, and proceeding thence along the sea-coast to the south-western corner of Whangaparaoa No. 1 Block; thence along the southern boundary of said No. 1 Block, the western boundary of Whangaparaoa No. 3a Block, and Waikura No. 2 Block, to Pakira Trig. Station; along a right line to Whanakaoa Trig. Station; along a right line to Kapua Trig. Station; along a right line to Arowhana Trig. Station; along a right line to Trig. Station 139a (Tuanui o te Kahakaha); along a right line passing through Trig. Station 140 (Pungarehu) to the Motu River, and up the Whakapaupakihi Stream to its source at Trig. Station 149a; along a right line to Trig. Station Pokaikiri; along the north-western boundaries of Section 2, Block V, Motu Survey District, Sections 2, 1, and Block IX, Motu Survey District, Sections 3 and 2, Block XII,

Moanui Survey District, Small Grazing-runs 90 and 89, to a point in line with the western boundary of Tahora 2c 3 Section 2; thence to and along that boundary to a point lying in the right line between Maungatapere and Maungapohatu Trig. Stations; thence along that right line to Maungapohatu Trig. Station; along the summit of the range to the source of the Waimana (or Tauranga) River; down that river to and along the south-western boundary of Waimana 1d Block; along the south-eastern boundaries of Waimana Nos. 1d and 1c Blocks, Section 21, Block IV, Waimana Survey District, along the north-eastern boundary of said Section 21; along the north-eastern boundary of Waimana No. 1e Block; along the western side of the Nukuhou (Waimana–Ohiwa) Road, the western side of the Nukuhou-Maraetotara Road (Whakatane–Opotiki Main Road), and the western side of the Maraetotara Road to the sea-coast at the point of commencement.

As witness my hand this 12th day of March, 1929.

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

(I.A. 25/17/13.)

Open Season for Imported Game and Native Game, License Fees, &c., Otago Acclimatization District.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, I, Philip Aldborough de la Perrelle, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare the period from the 1st day of May to the 30th day of June, 1929 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the Otago Acclimatization District as described in the First Schedule hereto, except in the areas referred to in condition No. 3 and in the Second Schedule hereto, for the taking or killing of the following imported game and native game—viz., mallard duck, Canadian goose, grey duck, spoonbill duck (or widgeon), Californian quail, and black swan; and the period from the 1st day of May to the 7th day of May (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the said district, except as above, for the taking or killing of the following native game—viz., paradise duck; and the period from the 2nd day of January to the 12th day of February, 1930 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the said district, except as above, for the taking or killing of the following native game—viz., godwits—subject to the following conditions.

CONDITIONS:

1. LICENSES to take or kill such imported game and native game, including godwits, within the said district will be issued to any person on payment of the sum of twenty shillings (20s.) each, and licenses to take or kill such native game only, including godwits, will be issued to any person on payment of the sum of ten shillings (10s.) each; and the Secretary of the Otago Acclimatization Society, or any person authorized by such Secretary in that behalf, is hereby authorized to sign and issue the said licenses.

2. The number of such imported game and native game that may be taken or killed by any one person in any one day shall not exceed twenty-five head in all of mallard duck, Canadian goose, Californian quail, grey duck, and spoonbill duck (or widgeon); provided that not more than twelve head per day of Canadian goose or twenty head per day of Californian quail shall be taken by any one person; provided further that Californian quail shall not be taken or killed in the following districts—viz., Waikai, Heriot, Hindon, Maungatua, Waihola, Waipori, Salisbury, Pukerangi, and Puerua; provided, further, that the number of black swan which may be taken or killed by any one person in any one day shall not be limited; provided also that not more than six head of paradise duck may be taken or killed by any one person in any one day, nor may more than twenty-five head of paradise duck be taken by any one person during the period for which an open season for such birds has been declared.

3. Nothing in any license to take or kill imported game and native game, including godwits (or native game only, including godwits), shall authorize the holder thereof to take or kill imported game and native game (or native game only) on lands actually and exclusively used by any registered acclimatization society for acclimatization purposes, or on any sanctuary or public domain, or any land mentioned in the Second Schedule hereto.

4. No person shall kill or destroy any such imported game or native game, or shoot at or attempt to shoot at any such imported game or native game, with any automatic or auto-loading gun, unless it is converted into a gun capable of carrying two cartridges only, or with any rifle or pea-rifle, swivel-gun, punt-gun, or pump-gun, or shall use any gun