Game Hunting Regulations




MAR. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 613

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 condi-\
tions is liable, on conviction, to a fine of £20.

SCHEDULE.

All that area in the Taranaki Land District bounded by a\
line commencing on the summit of Mount Egmont and pro-\
ceeding thence along a right line to the intersection of the\
National Park Boundary Road and Surrey Road; thence\
along Surrey Road to Derby Road; along that road to\
Waipuku Stream; down that stream and up the Manganui\
Stream to the southern boundary of Block V, Huiroa Survey\
District; thence along the southern boundaries of Blocks\
V, VI, and VII, Huiroa Survey District to the Makino River;\
down that river to its confluence with the Waitara River;\
up that river to and along the south-eastern boundaries of\
Section 11, Block IV, Huiroa Survey District, and of Section\
22, Block I, Ngatimaru Survey District; thence along the\
southern boundary of said Block I to the Waitara River; up\
that river and along the south-western boundaries of Section\
11, Block V, Sections 38, 40, and 42, Block VI, the eastern\
boundary of said Section 42 and the southern boundaries of\
Sections 41 and 36, Block VI, Ngatimaru Survey District,\
to the confiscation line; thence north-easterly along that\
line and along the western boundaries generally of Sections\
11 and 9, Block XV, Upper Waitara Survey District, and\
Sections 1 and 2, Block XVI, Upper Waitara Survey\
District, to the Waitara River; thence up that river to\
and along the northern boundaries of Sections 1 and 2,\
Block XII, Upper Waitara Survey District, the nor-\
thern boundary of Section 8, Block IX, Pouatu Survey\
District, the western boundaries generally of Sections 2, 3,\
and 4, Block V, Pouatu Survey District, to the Makino North\
Road; along a right line to the south-western corner of\
Section 6, Block I; thence along the western boundaries\
generally of Sections 6, 7A, and 4, Block I, Pouatu Survey\
District, Sections 2 and 9, Block XIII, Waro Survey District,\
the northern boundaries of Sections 9 and 10, Block XIII,\
and Sections 5, 8, and 9, Block XIV, Waro Survey District,\
to Mount Damper Road; along that road to Mount Damper,\
and thence along a line due east to the Tangarakau River;\
thence southerly down the Tangarakau River to the con-\
fiscation line; thence south-westerly along the confiscation\
line to the western boundary of Block XVI, Waro Survey Dis-\
trict; thence southerly along that said western boundary and\
its production to the 39th parallel south latitude; thence\
easterly along that parallel to the Ohura Stream; thence\
down the Ohura Stream to the Wanganui River; thence\
down the Wanganui River to the mouth of the Tangarakau\
River; thence by a right line from the mouth of the Ta-\
ngarakau River to Whakaihuwaka (Mount Humphries) Trig.\
Station; thence in a south-east direction along the north-\
eastern boundary of Section 1 (Forest Reserve), Block III,\
Turakawa Survey District, to the Whakaihuwaka Road;\
thence south-easterly along the said Whakaihuwaka Road\
to Te Mapou Trig.; thence southerly along the range and\
passing through Kotikiekie, Manaianahi, and Taungatahi\
to Rautauwhiri; thence by a right line to the south-eastern\
corner of Block VII, Taurakawa Survey District; thence\
westerly along the southern boundaries of Blocks VII, VI,\
and V, Taurakawa Survey District, to the south-western\
corner of Section 2, Block V aforesaid; thence northerly\
along the western boundaries of Sections 2 and 1, Block V\
aforesaid, to the north-western corner of the last-mentioned\
section; thence across the Moeawatea Road and westerly\
along the southern boundaries of Section 5, Block VIII,\
Omona Survey District, across the Karewa Road, and along\
the southern boundaries of Sections 12 and 11, Block VII,\
Omona Survey District, to the south-western corner of the\
said Section 11; thence by the western boundaries of Sec-\
tions 11 and 14, Block VII aforesaid, the southern boundaries\
of Section 8, Block II, Omona Survey District, to the north-\
ernmost corner of Section 1 of Subdivision 1 of Matemate-\
onga Block; thence by the eastern boundaries of Subdivi-\
sions 6 and 7 and the southern boundary of Subdivision 7,\
Matemateonga Block, to the Patea River; thence by the\
Patea River to a point in line with the northern boundary\
of Section 11, Block VIII, Ngaire Survey District; thence\
to and by that section and by Block XII to Trig. Station B,\
Rahui, by Subdivision 15, Pukengahu Block, to the north-\
eastern corner of that subdivision; thence along the northern\
boundary of the said Subdivision 15 to the easternmost corner\
of Subdivision 16, along the eastern boundary of the said\
Subdivision 16 to the Pukengahu Road, by that road to a\
point due west of Trig. Station B, Rahui; thence by a line\
running due west to its intersection with the south-western\
boundary of Subdivision 11, Pukengahu Block, and by that\
subdivision to the northern boundary of Block XI, Ngaire\
Survey District; by that block to the northernmost corner

of Section 35, and by that section to Oru Road; by that\
road to and by Ngaire Road to its junction with Karepo\
Road; by Karepo Road and by the northern boundary of\
Block X, Ngaire Survey District, to the middle of the\
Waingongoro River; thence by a line along the middle of\
that river to the middle of Finnerty Road; thence by a line\
along the middle of Finnerty Road to Hastings Road;\
thence by a line along the middle of Hastings Road to a\
point opposite the northern boundary of Section No. 32,\
Block VIII, Kaupokonui Survey District; thence by a right\
line to the north-eastern corner of that section; thence by\
Sections Nos. 32 and 31, Block VIII aforesaid, to Duthie\
Road; across that road, and by Section No. 29, Block VIII\
aforesaid, and the production of the northern boundary\
of that section to the middle of Palmer Road; thence by a\
line along the middle of that road to the north-eastern\
corner of Block XI, Kaupokonui Survey District; thence\
by Blocks XI and X to the south-eastern corner of Section 1,\
Block VI, Kaupokonui Survey District; thence towards\
the west generally by the last-mentioned section to Opunake\
Road; and by the southern side of that road to a point in\
line with the eastern boundary of Section 16, Block VI,\
aforesaid; thence across the Opunake Road, and by Sec-\
tions Nos. 16, 13, and 11, Block VI aforesaid, to the north-\
eastern corner of the last-mentioned section; and thence\
by a right line to the summit of Mount Egmont, 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. 25/17/18.)

Open Season for Imported Game and Native Game, License\
Fees, &c., Taranaki 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 Taranaki 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., cock\
pheasants, Californian quail, Australian quail, grey 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\
    Secretary of the Taranaki 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 six cock pheasants, six grey ducks, and\
    nineteen 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 pur-\
    pose 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 2½ 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.



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