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paraoa No. 1 Block, the point of commencement; and including White and Whale Islands and the Ru Rima Rocks.

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:—

1. Lakes Okataina, Rotokaua or Bitter Lake near Taupo, and Rotoaira, and the land within one mile of the shores of these lakes.

2. All land and water within half a mile of the Okere Power-station.

3. All that area of land and water in the Auckland Land District comprised in the properties of Messrs. Gee and Sons and G. W. Vaughan, Esq., on the Rotorua-Maketu Road, including Lake Rotokawa and adjacent lands. (Note: The plan of this area has been supplied to the Department of Internal Affairs.)

4. The property of Alexander McLean, Esq., of Awakeri.

5. The property of John B. Lawrie, Esq., comprising 100 acres on the Taupo and Atiamuri Roads, near Rotorua.

6. Section 2, Block III, and Sections 10 and 11, Block VII, all of Tarawera Survey District.

7. All that area between Lakes Rotoehu and Rotoma, being part of Block X, Rotoma Survey District, containing approximately 40 acres, as shown on plan No. 13034, in the Native Land Court, being the property of Samuel Emery, of Rotoiti.

8. That portion of Opoho Block, Wairoa, Block V, Nuhaka Survey District, lying between the Wairoa-Gisborne Road and the sea, being an area of approximately 350 acres, the property of T. W. G. Tombleson, Esq.

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

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

(I.A. 25/17/15.)

Open Season for Imported Game and Native Game, License Fees, &c., South Canterbury 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 South Canterbury 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 native game—viz., grey duck, spoonbill duck, black teal, 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 that portion of the County of Mackenzie forming part of the South Canterbury Acclimatization District for the taking or killing of the following native game—viz., paradise duck; and the period from the 1st day of January to the 31st day of March, 1932 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the said district for the taking or killing of the following native game—viz., godwits—subject to the following conditions.

CONDITIONS.

1. LICENSES to take or kill native game, including godwits, will be issued to any person on payment of ten shillings (10s.) each; and licenses to take or kill godwits only will be issued to any person on payment of the sum of ten shillings (10s.) each; and the Secretary of the South Canterbury 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, spoonbill duck, black teal, black swan, and paradise duck: Provided that not more than ten head in all of grey duck and black teal, nor more than fifteen head of black swan, nor more than 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, including godwits (or godwits only), shall authorize the holder thereof to take or kill native game, including godwits (or godwits 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 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, and no cartridge shall 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 by a line commencing at Mount Cook, and proceeding thence along the summits of the Southern Alps and the Two Thumbs Range to the source of the Forest Creek; thence down that stream and the middle of the Rangitata River to the sea; thence along the sea-coast to the Pareora River, and up the Pareora River to its source; by a right line to the summit of Mount Nimrod; thence by a right line to Trig. Station F; thence northerly along the summit of the range to Trig. K; thence by a line due west to the Hakataramea River; thence up the Hakataramea River and Dalgety Creek to Hakataramea Pass, thence by a right line passing through Trig. Station N1 to Stony Stream; thence down Stony Stream to the Waitaki River; and on the west by a line up the middle of the Waitaki and Pukaki Rivers to Pukaki Lake; thence up the middle of Pukaki Lake to the Tasman River; thence up the middle of the Tasman River to the Tasman Glacier; thence along the western boundary of the said Tasman Glacier to a point in line with a line from Mount Cook and passing through Ball Hut; thence by that line to Mount Cook and the summit of the Southern Alps, 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:—

Milford Lagoon.

Mackenzie County Council’s hydro-electric dam at Fairlie.

All that area in the Canterbury Land District being Run 77, and known as Richmond Station. Bounded on the east by the summit of the Two Thumb Range; on the south by Boundary Creek from its source to Lake Tekapo; on the west by Lake Tekapo to the mouth of Coal River; thence by that river to its source; and thence by a right line to the summit of the Two Thumb Range, the place of commencement.

All that area in the Canterbury Land District being S.G.R. 94, and known as Mount Hay Station. Bounded on the east by the summit of the Two Thumb Range; on the south by Runs 209 and 76; on the west by Lake Tekapo; and on the north generally by Boundary Creek from its mouth to its source in the Two Thumb Range; thence by a right line to the summit of the said range, the place of commencement.

All that area in the Canterbury Land District being Run 78, and known as Lilybank Station. Bounded on the east by the summit of the Two Thumb Range from McClure Peak to the Thumbs Mountain; thence on the south-east by a right line to a stream having its source on the Thumbs and by that stream to the Macaulay River; thence by the right bank of the Macaulay River to its confluence with the Godley River; thence on the west by the left bank of the Godley River; and on the north by the Godley Glacier to McClure Peak, 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. 25/17/16.)

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