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that the total number of such imported game and native game that may be taken by any one person in any one day shall not exceed twenty-five.

3. Nothing in any license to take or kill imported game and native game, including godwits or native game only—viz., godwits—shall authorize the holder thereof to take or kill imported game and native game, including godwits, or native game only (viz., godwits) 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.

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 aeroplane in connection with the taking or killing of imported or native game, or 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 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. 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 North Auckland Land District commencing on the sea-coast at the north-western corner of Block V, Waipoua Survey District, and bounded by the southern boundaries of Blocks I, II, III, and IV, Waipoua Survey District, to a public road ; across that road ; and by the western, southern, and south-eastern boundaries of Section 10, Block I, Tutamoe Survey District, to the north-eastern corner of the last-mentioned section ; across a public road, and by the north-eastern boundaries of Sections 5, 6, and 7, Block V, Tutamoe Survey District, to the south-western corner of Section 5, Block I, Tutamoe Survey District ; thence by the south-eastern boundaries of Sections 5, 4, 3, and 14 of the last-mentioned block, and part of the southern boundary of Section 5, Block II, Tutamoe Survey District, to the intersection of a line running between the north-western corner of Section 3, Block XIII, Punakitere Survey District, and Tutamoe Trig. Station ; thence by the last-mentioned line to Tutamoe Trig. Station ; thence by a right line running in the direction of Trig. Station No. 18 on Tarai-o-Rahiri to the western boundary of Section No. 26, Block IX, Mangakahia Survey District ; thence south-easterly along the western boundaries generally of Sections 26, 23, and 22, Block IX aforesaid, to the road forming the eastern boundary of Section No. 22 aforesaid ; across that road and along its eastern side to the southernmost corner of Section 11 of Block IX aforesaid ; thence north-easterly along the south-eastern boundary of said Section 11 to its easternmost corner ; thence south-easterly along that part of the western boundary of Section 2 and the western and southern boundaries generally of Sections 8A and 9 to the westernmost corner of the reserve forming the northern boundary of Section 2, Block XIII, Mangakahia Survey District ; thence south-easterly along the southern boundary of the said reserve to a public road, across that road, and southerly along the eastern side of the aforesaid road and the south-western boundaries of Sections 11, 10, 9, and 8, Block XIV, Mangakahia Survey District, to the Wairoa River ; thence down the Wairoa River to its junction with the Tangihua River ; thence up the Tangihua River to its junction with the Waiotama River ; and thence up the Waiotama River to its intersection by the road forming the eastern and southern boundaries of Section 1, Block I, Tangihua Survey District ; thence southerly and westerly along that road to a point in line with the western boundary of Section 7A, Block I, Tangihua Survey District ; thence southerly along the western boundaries of Sections 7A and 7 to the westernmost corner of the last-mentioned section ; thence southerly along the western boundaries of Sections 16, 15A, and 14 to Horokaka Trig. Station ; thence by a right line to the north-eastern corner of Allotment No. 1A, Walton’s Grant ; thence down the stream forming the eastern boundary of Allotment No. 1A aforesaid to the Tauraroa River ; thence down the said Tauraroa River to its junction with the Mangonui River ; thence up the said Mangonui River to its junction with the north-western boundary of Section 1, Block II, Matakohe Survey District ; thence north-easterly along the north-western boundaries of the said Section 1, Block II aforesaid, the south-eastern boundaries of Sections 44, 51, 63, Block III, Matakohe Survey District, the south-eastern boundaries of Sections 59, 61, 65, 66, and part of 67, Block XV, Tangihua Survey District, the south-eastern boundaries of part of Section 67 and Sections 68, 159, 157, 156, 155, and 154, Block XVI, Tangihua Survey District, to the easternmost corner of the last-mentioned section ; thence by the eastern boundaries of the parishes of Mareretu and Wairau to the main road to Waipu ; thence by the western side of that road through Maungaturoto to the Great North Road ; along the western side of that road to the Hakaru River ; thence down the middle of that river, the middle of the Topuni River, the middle of Oruawharo River, and the middle of the channel of the Kaipara Harbour to its entrance ; thence northerly along the sea-coast to the north-western corner of Block V, Waipoua Survey District, the point of commencement.

As witness my hand this 20th day of March, 1930.

JAS. B. DONALD,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 25/17/9.)

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

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, I, Philip Aldborough de la Perelle, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare the period from the 1st day of May to the 31st day of July, 1930 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the Lakes District 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., Californian quail, grey duck, and black swan, and the period from the 1st day of May to the 7th day of May, 1930 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the localities known as Garston, Nicholas, Greenstone, and Glenorchy, being part of the said district for the taking or killing of the following native game—viz., paradise duck—subject to the following conditions.

CONDITIONS.

1. LICENSES to take or kill such imported game and native game 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 will be issued to any person on payment of the sum of ten shillings (10s.) each ; and the Postmasters at Queenstown, Arrowtown, Kingston, and Pembroke are hereby authorized to sign and issue the said licenses.

2. The number of such native game that may be taken or killed by any one person in any one day shall not exceed ten head of grey duck and twenty-five head of Californian quail, and six head of paradise duck : Provided that the number of grey duck and paradise duck that may be taken or killed by any one person in any one day shall not exceed ten.

3. Nothing in any license to take or kill imported game and native game (or native game only) 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.

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.