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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 18

Honours conferred by His Majesty the King.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 7th March, 1929.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs the publication in the New Zealand Gazette of notification of the honours conferred by His Majesty the King, as follows:—

Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George—
The Honourable William Nosworthy.

Knight Bachelor—
Doctor Carrick Hey Robertson.

Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George—
Hugh Fraser Ayson, Esquire, Resident Commissioner of the Cook Islands and Chief Judge of the High Court and Native Land Court in those Islands.
John William Macdonald, Esquire, Public Trustee.

Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (Civil Division)—
John Baird Thompson, Esquire, Under-Secretary of the Lands and Survey Department.

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

(I.A. 12/4.)

Appeals for Subscriptions for Relief of Sufferers from Famine, China.

Office of Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 12th March, 1929.

IT is hereby notified for general information that the National Missionary Council of New Zealand, representing missionary interests of Christian congregations of the Dominion, with the approval of the Chinese Consul, has decided to issue an urgent appeal to the people of New Zealand for subscriptions, in order to relieve Chinese famine sufferers.

The organizers, in issuing the appeal, urge that subscriptions be sent at the earliest possible date to—
The Rev. David Calder, Secretary,
The Rev. F. B. Redgrave, Treasurer, Bible House, Wellington.

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

(I.A. 13/388/6.)

Open Season for Chamois and Thar Shooting, Waitaki Acclimatization District (Aorangi Domain and part Tasman Park).

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, 1929, to the 31st day of May, 1929 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the Waitaki Acclimatization District for the taking or killing of the following imported game—viz., chamois and thar—within those parts of the said acclimatization district described in the First Schedule hereto, subject to the following conditions.

CONDITIONS.

1. LICENSES to take or kill chamois bucks and thar bucks may be issued by the Chief Postmaster, Oamaru, on the recommendation of the Secretary of the Waitaki Acclimatization Society, on payment of a license fee of £10, in the form prescribed in the Second Schedule hereto, and subject to the said Act and regulations thereunder and this notification. The number of such licenses shall not exceed three: Provided that not more than one such license shall be issued to the same person: Also providing that if the number of applications received for licenses exceeds the number of available licenses, then the persons to whom such licenses are to be issued shall be decided by ballot: Provided, further, that no person shall be eligible to obtain a license under this Warrant who is the holder of a license to take or kill chamois bucks and thar bucks in the South Canterbury Acclimatization District issued under a Warrant of even date herewith and gazetted contemporaneously herewith.

2. No licensee shall take or kill more than two chamois bucks or two thar bucks, nor shall the total number of animals taken under this Warrant by any one licensee exceed two in all.

3. No doe or fawn shall be taken or killed on any pretext whatever; and 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 chamois or thar or any portion thereof.

5. The fees paid for licenses issued pursuant to this notification shall, after deducting the cost of and incidental to the issue of such licenses, and any other expenses in connection therewith, be paid to the Department of Tourist and Health Resorts and the Waitaki Acclimatization Society in equal proportions.

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 Land District bounded by a line commencing at the summit of Mount Cook; thence along a right line running through Ball Hut to the western edge of the Tasman Glacier; thence down the western edge of that glacier to the Tasman River; thence to and down the middle of the Tasman River to its intersection by a line running from the south-western corner of Run 216 to a point in the Hooker River due south of Trig. Q; thence along that line to the said point in the Hooker River; thence along a right line to Trig. Q; thence along a right line to Mount Wakefield, and thence along the summit of the Mount Cook Range to Mount Cook, the place of commencement.

And also all that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded on the east generally by Tasman Park, hereinbefore described, from the summit of Mount Cook to the Hooker River; thence down the right bank of the Hooker River to the Tasman River; thence down the Tasman River to Birch Hill Stream; thence up Birch Hill Stream to its source, and by a right line from its source to the summit of Jamieson’s Saddle; thence along the summit of the range to Mount Sealy; thence along the watershed to the summit of the Southern Alps, and along the Southern Alps and the Mount Cook Range to Mount Cook, the place of commencement.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

License to take or kill Imported Game (Chamois and Thar).

, of , having this day paid the sum of £10, is hereby authorized to take or kill two chamois bucks or two thar bucks, and in any case, not more than two animals in all, within those parts of the Waitaki Acclimatization District as described in the endorsement hereon, from the 1st day of May, 1929, to the 31st 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 chamois and thar made thereunder and in force within the Waitaki Acclimatization District.

Dated at Oamaru, this day of , 1929.

Chief Postmaster.

ENDORSEMENT.

Areas to which License relates.

All that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded by a line commencing at the summit of Mount Cook; thence along a right line running through Ball Hut to the western edge of the Tasman Glacier; thence down the western edge of that glacier to the Tasman River; thence to and down the middle of the Tasman River to its intersection by a line running from the south-western corner of Run 216 to a point in the Hooker River due south of Trig. Q; thence along that line to the said point in the Hooker River; thence along a right line to Trig. Q; thence along a right line to Mount Wakefield, and thence along the summit of the Mount Cook Range to Mount Cook, the place of commencement.

And also all that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded on the east generally by Tasman Park, hereinbefore described, from the summit of Mount Cook to the Hooker River; thence down the right bank of the Hooker River to the Tasman River; thence down the Tasman River to Birch Hill Stream; thence up Birch Hill Stream to its source, and by a right line from its source to the summit of Jamieson’s Saddle; thence along the summit of the range to Mount Sealy; thence along the watershed to the summit of the Southern Alps, and along the Southern Alps and the Mount Cook Range to Mount Cook, the place of commencement.

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

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

(I.A. 25/70/3.)