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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.

SCHEDULE.

All that area in the Nelson and Westland Land Districts bounded towards the north-west generally by a line starting at a point on the Tasman Sea coast at Kohaihai Bluff in Block XIII, Whakapoai Survey District, and proceeding up a leading spur and along the summit of a range over Mount Domett to Mount Cobb; thence towards the north-east generally by a line along the summit of the western ranges over Mount Snowden and Mount Peel to Mount Arthur; thence towards the south-east by a line along the summit of a leading range over Mount Luna and along the summit of Lyell Range to Bald Hill; thence by a line down a leading spur on the western side of Eight-mile or Boundary Stream to the mouth of that stream; thence down the left bank of the Buller River and up the right bank of the Inangahua River to a point due north of Mount Haast; thence by a right line to Mount Haast; thence by a right line to the nearest point of the Grey River; thence towards the south-west generally by a line down the middle of the Grey River to its confluence with the Otututu River; thence by a line up the middle of the Otututu River to its source near Mount Faraday; thence by a right line to Mount Faraday; thence towards the south-east by a line along the summit of the Paparoa Range to a point near the source of the Punakaiki or Deadman’s River; thence towards the south-west generally by a right line to that source and by a line down the middle of that river to the sea; thence towards the north-west by the Tasman Sea to Kohaihai Bluff, the place of commencement.

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

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

(I.A. 25/17/4.)

Open Season for Imported Game and Native Game, License Fee, &c., East Coast 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 East Coast 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 and native game—viz., cock pheasants, Californian quail, Australian quail, Virginian quail, grey duck, shoveller duck, and black swan—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 the Chief Postmaster at Gisborne, and the Postmasters at Motu, Te Karaka, and Patutahi 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 twenty-five head in all of grey duck, shoveller duck, and black swan.

3. Nothing in any license to take or kill imported game and native game shall authorize the holder thereof to take or kill imported game or 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 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, 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 bird 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 Gisborne Land District bounded by a line commencing at Maungapohatu Trig. Station and proceeding thence along a right line towards Maungatapere Trig. Station to the south-western boundary of Tahoma No. 2c 3, Section 2 Block; thence north-westerly along that boundary and its production to a point in line with the north-western boundary of S.G. Run 89; thence to and along that boundary, the north-western boundary of S.G. Run 90, the north-western boundaries of Sections 2 and 3, Block XII, Moanui Survey District, Sections 4, 1, and 2, Block IX, and Section 2, Block V, Motu Survey District, to Pokaikiri Trig. Station; thence along a right line to Trig. Station 149A; thence to and along the Whakapauakihi Stream, to and down the Motu River to a point in line with Trig. Stations 140 (Pungarehu) and 139A (Tuanui o te Kahakaha); thence along a right line passing through said Station 140 to aforesaid Trig. Station 139A; thence along a right line to Arowhana Trig. Station, and along a right line towards Kapua Trig. Station to the western boundary of Huiarua No. 3 Block; thence along the western and southern boundaries of Huiarua No. 3 Block to the Mata River; thence up the Mata River to the south-eastern boundary of Section 1, Block VI, Tutamoe Survey District; thence along the south-eastern boundaries of Section 1, Block VI, Section 2, Block V, and Section 1, Block IX, Tutamoe Survey District, to the southernmost corner of the last-mentioned section; thence along the north-eastern boundaries of Waipaoa Nos. 2 and 3B to the Waingaromia River; thence down that river to the south-western boundary of Section 1, Block VII, Waingaromia Survey District; thence along that boundary to the public road intersecting the said Section 1; thence north-easterly generally along that road to the northernmost corner of S.G.R. 42; thence along the north-eastern and south-eastern boundaries of the said S.G.R. 42, the north-eastern and south-eastern boundaries of Lot 1 of S.G.R. 43A to a public road; thence south-easterly and south-westerly along that road to the northern boundary of S.G.R. 58; thence along that boundary to the south-western boundary of Section 1, Block XVI, Waingaromia Survey District; thence along that boundary and along the southern and eastern boundaries of Section 1, Block XIII, Uawa Survey District, to the Pakarae River; thence down the Pakarae River to the northern boundary of the Pakarae Block; thence along the northern and north-eastern boundaries of that block to the sea; thence southerly generally along the sea-coast to Paritu; thence along a right line to the confluence of the Hangaroa and Ruakituri Rivers; thence up the Hangaroa River to the southern boundary of Tauwharetoi No. 3A Block, along that boundary and the north-eastern boundaries of Tauwharetoi No. 3B 1 and 4B Blocks, the north-western boundary of the last-named block, along the north-eastern and eastern boundaries generally of Sections 4, 3, and 1, Block IX, Hangaroa Survey District, to the Bushy Knoll Road; north-westerly along that road to the Gisborne-Waikaremoana Road, and westerly along that road to Section 1, Block VIII, Tuahu Survey District; thence along the south-eastern and northern boundaries of said Section 1, and along the northern boundary of S.G.R. 84 to the Ruakituri River, up that river to its intersection with a right line between Puketapu and Maungapohatu Trig. Stations; thence north-westerly along that right line to Maungapohatu, the point 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 shall not be taken or killed:—

Hauomatuku Block 4C 63A8 and Mangaore Block 113 and C 1A and 1D, being the property of William Morris.