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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 17

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 10lb. in weight.

5. A license issued pursuant to this notification to take or
   kill imported and native game or native game only shall
   entitle the holder thereof to take or kill native game in the
   Southland Acclimatization District, during the period and
   subject, mutatis mutandis, to the conditions prescribed in the
   notification fixing an open season for native game in that
   district.

6. Shooting may begin not earlier than one hour before
   sunrise and must cease not later than one hour after sunset ;
   provided that no shooting by the aid of artificial light will be
   permitted.

7. 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 par-
   ticular water within an area of less than 100 yards square.

8. No person shall use any power boat or launch in connec-
   tion with the taking or killing of imported or native game.

9. 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 in the Otago and Southland Land Districts
bounded by a line commencing at Broderick’s Pass and pro-
ceeding along the summit of the range passing through Mount
Huxley, Lindis Pass, to Mount St. Bathans ; along a right
line due east to and along the summit of the Hawkdun Range,
through Mount Domet and along the summit of the Kakanui
Range to the source of the Waianakarua River ; down that
river to the eastern boundary of Section 27, Block III, Wai-
hemo Survey District ; south-westerly along that boundary
to a public road ; south-easterly along that road to the
eastern boundary of Section 4, Block XIV, Moeraki Survey
District ; along that boundary, along the northern and
eastern boundaries of Block XII, Moeraki Survey District,
to the northern boundary of Section 31 ; easterly along that
boundary to the north-eastern corner of said Section 31 ;
thence along a public road to the southern boundary of
Section 43, Block IX, Moeraki Survey District ; along the
southern boundaries of Sections 43, 44, and 45, all of Block
IX, and along the western boundary of Section 1 of 20, Block
III, Moeraki, to the sea ; thence by the sea to the mouth of
the Mataura River ; thence up the Mataura River to the
north-western boundary of Section 4, Block III, Nokomai
Survey District ; thence north-easterly along that boundary
and the north-western boundary of Section 3, Block III
aforesaid, to a public road ; across that road, and northerly
along same to the northern boundary of Section 2, Block III,
Nokomai Survey District ; thence north-easterly along the
summit of the Hector Mountains passing through Lorn Peak,
James Peak, and Ben Nevis to Ben Cruachan ; thence
easterly through Mount Edward to Mount Rosa ; thence by
a right line to the confluence of the Nevis and Kawarau Rivers ;
thence down the Kawarau River to its junction with the
Roaring Meg Stream ; thence up the Roaring Meg Stream
to its source on Mount Pisa ; thence by a right line to the
summit of Mount Pisa ; thence by a right line northerly to
the south-eastern corner of Block I, Lower Wanaka Survey
District ; thence northerly along the eastern boundary of
the said Block I to the north-eastern corner of the said Block
I ; thence due west along the northern boundary of Block I
aforesaid to the Cardrona River ; thence down the Cardrona
and up the Clutha River to Lake Wanaka ; thence up the
centre of Lake Wanaka to the mouth of the Wilkin River ;
thence up the centre of the Wilkin River to the foot of a spur
leading to Mount Kuri ; thence by a right line to Mount
Kuri, from Mount Kuri to the summit of the Southern Alps,
and by the Southern Alps to Broderick’s Pass, the place of
commencement.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Areas in addition to those referred to in condition No. 3.
excepted from the open season wherein imported game and
native game (or native game only) shall not be taken or
killed :—

The Lagoon known as Tomahawk Lagoon (Otago Peninsula).
Section 22, Block IV, Sutton District, being the property
of Mr. E. J. Docherty.

The property owned by Mr. R. Acton Adams, known as
“Wilden,” Tuapeka County, containing 8,890 acres.

Section 121c, Block 9, Dunback and Hummockside Dis-
tricts, the property of Mr. John Philip, Palmerston.

Run 238E, Wakefield Survey District, known as Worthburn
Station, being the property of Mr. D. S. Middleton.

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

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

(I.A. 25/17/14.)

Open Season for Imported Game and Native Game, License
Fees, &c., Rotorua 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 Rotorua 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., cock pheasants, Californian quail,
Virginian quail, Australian quail, grey duck, spoonbill duck,
eastern golden plover, turnstone, and black swan ; and the
period from the 1st day of February to the 30th day of April,
1930 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the said
district, except as above, for the taking or killing of the fol-
lowing native game—viz., godwits and knots—subject to the
following conditions.

CONDITIONS.

1. LICENSES to take or kill such imported game and native
   game, including godwits and knots, 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 and knots—will be issued to
   any person on payment of ten shillings (10s.) each ; and the
   General Manager of the Tourist and Health Resorts Depart-
   ment, Wellington, or any person authorized by the said General
   Manager in that behalf, is hereby authorized to sign and issue
   the said licenses.

2. The number of such imported and native game that
   may be taken or killed by any one person in any one day
   shall not exceed ten cock pheasants, and twenty head in all
   of grey duck, spoonbill duck, eastern golden plover, turnstone,
   and black swan.

3. Nothing in any license to take or kill imported game
   and native game, including godwits and knots, or the following
   native game only—viz., godwits and knots—shall authorize
   the holder thereof to take or kill imported game and native
   game, including godwits and knots, or godwits and knots
   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
   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 : Provided that no person
   engaged in shooting from any shelter, mai-mai, mud-hole,
   boat, louver, or other contrivance shall have or use more
   than one gun as above described.

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 or cause to be used on any lake,
   pond, lagoon, mere, estuary, or other dead water any power-
   boat for the purpose of taking or killing, whether by himself
   or any other person by driving, chasing, frightening, or stalking
   any imported or native game. For the purposes of this clause
   “power-boat” means and includes any launch, boat, canoe,
   or other similar craft propelled either wholly or partly by
   mechanical power : Provided always that this clause shall
   not be so construed as to prohibit the use of any power-boat
   for camping purposes or for the purpose of travelling to or
   from a rendezvous or generally, or to prohibit shooting from
   a moored power-boat.

8. It shall be an offence for any person to aid, incite,
   abet, or procure the commission of any act prohibited under
   section 7 hereof.

9. 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 in the Auckland, Gisborne, Hawke’s Bay, and
Wellington Land Districts bounded by a line commencing at
the Puwhenua Trig. Station (situated in Block VII, Tapapa
East Survey District), and proceeding north-west along a
right line in the direction of Weraiti Trig. Station in Block XVI,
Otanewainuku Survey District ; thence due east along a