598

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 20

Open Season for Native Game, License Fee, &c., Ashburton 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 31st day of July, 1931 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the Ashburton 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., Californian quail, grey duck, and black swan; and the period from the 1st day of May to the 7th day of May, 1931 (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—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 twenty shillings (20s.) each; and licenses to take or kill such native game only within the said district will be issued to any person on payment of the sum of ten shillings (10s.) each; and the Secretary of the Ashburton 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 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 grey duck, black swan, and paradise duck: Provided that not more than ten head of grey duck and five head of paradise duck may be taken or killed by any one person in any one day.

3. Nothing in any license to take or kill native game shall authorize the holder thereof to take or kill native game 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 native game, or shoot at or attempt to shoot at any such 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, nor shall any cartridge be used the length of which exceeds 2¾ in.

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 any aeroplane in connection with the taking or killing of imported game or native game:

Provided that this condition shall not be so construed as to prohibit the use of any aeroplane for the purpose of travelling either to or from a rendezvous.

8. 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 by some other person or persons at his direction, by driving, chasing, frightening, or stalking any imported game or native game. For the purpose of this condition, power-boat means and includes any launch, boat, canoe, or other similar craft propelled either wholly or partly by mechanical power:

Provided that this condition shall not be so construed as to prohibit the use of any power-boat for camping purposes or for the purpose of travelling either to or from a rendezvous or generally or to prohibit shooting from a moored power-boat.

9. 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 on the north-west by the summit of the Southern Alps; on the north-east by the Rakaia River from its mouth to its source at Whitcombe Pass; on the south-east by the sea; and on the south-west generally by the middle of the Rangitata River to Forest Creek, by the Forest Creek to its source in the Two Thumbs Range; thence by a line along the summit of the Two Thumbs Range to the summit of the Southern Alps, the point of commencement.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

All that area of land in the Canterbury Land District intersected by the Wakanui Creek, being Rural Sections 15104, 15510, 17411, and 16673, the property of Mr. G. W. Leadley.

As witness my hand this 12th day of March, 1931.

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

(I.A. 25/17.)

Open Season for Imported Game and Native Game, License Fees, &c., Auckland 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, 1931 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the Auckland 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—viz., cock pheasants, Californian quail, and Australian quail; and the period from the 1st day of May to the 14th day of June, 1931 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the said district except as above for the taking or killing of the following imported game and native game—viz., mallard duck, grey duck, spoonbill duck, and black swan; and the period from the 1st day of January to the 31st day of March, 1932, to be an open season in the said district for the taking or killing of the following 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 Secretary of the Auckland 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 nine cock pheasants and twenty-five head in all of grey duck, spoonbill duck, mallard duck, 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 or 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 live birds of any species shall be used as decoys, nor shall more than fifteen 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.

5. No person shall use or cause to be used any aeroplane in connection with the taking or killing of imported game or native game: Provided that this condition shall not be so construed as to prohibit the use of any aeroplane for the purpose of travelling either to or from a rendezvous.

6. 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 by some other person or persons at his direction, by driving, chasing, frightening, or stalking any imported game or native game. For the purpose of this condition power-boat means and includes any launch, boat, canoe, or other similar craft propelled either wholly or partly by mechanical power: Provided that this condition 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.

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

8. 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