Mar. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 463

SCHEDULE.

Areas excepted from the open season wherein imported game and native game shall not be taken or killed :—

1. All that area in the County of Akaroa, situated in the Akaroa and Ellesmere Survey Districts, Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 1,540 acres, more or less, being the lake known as Lake Forsyth, including all roads fronting on the shores of the said lake; and all those reserves in the said county and survey districts numbered 3186, 3187, 3185, 2903, 890, and 157, excluding therefrom Native Reserve 385 adjoining Lake Forsyth, and those portions of R.S. 2474, 4804, and 6012, being the flat land adjoining Okute and Little River Streams and Lake Forsyth.

2. Ahuriri Lagoon.

3. Horse-shoe Lake.

4. Glenmark Lagoon.

5. Cheviot Lagoon.

6. All that area within one mile on each side of the West Coast (Christchurch — Hokitika) Road from Springfield to Dillmanstown.

7. All that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded by a line commencing at the south-western corner of Rural Section 17571; thence north-easterly generally along Fairweather Road, Harper’s Road, and Dixon’s Road to the northern boundary of Reserve 3415; thence along that boundary to a point due west of the easternmost corner of Rural Section 14341; thence along a right line to that point; thence westerly generally along the road forming the southern boundary of that section and of Rural Section 5785 to Heyward’s Road; thence north-westerly along Heyward’s Road to its intersection with the south-eastern boundary of Reserve 3415; thence south-westerly generally along that boundary to a point in line with the southern boundary of Rural Section 17571; thence to and along that boundary to the south-western corner of the said Section 17571, the point of commencement.

As witness my hand this 2nd day of March, 1932.

ADAM HAMILTON, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 25/17/29.)

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

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, I, Adam Hamilton, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare the period from the 2nd day of May to the 31st day of July, 1932 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the Otago Acclimatization District as described in New Zealand Gazette No. 17, of 12th March, 1925, at page 751, except in the areas referred to in the Schedule hereto, for the taking or killing of the following imported game and native game—viz., Californian quail, mallard duck, grey duck, spoonbill duck, and black swan; and the period from the 2nd day of May to the 15th day of May, 1932 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in that portion of the said district comprising the Counties of Maniototo, Taieri, and Bruce for the taking or killing of the following native game—viz., pukeko; and the period from the 2nd day of January to the 31st day of March, 1933 (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 such imported game and native game, including godwits, 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, including godwits, will be issued to any person on payment of the sum of ten shillings (10s.) each; and the Secretary of the Otago 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 twenty head of Californian quail, twelve head of mallard duck, twelve head of pukeko, and twenty head in all of grey duck and spoonbill duck.

3. A license issued pursuant to this notification to take or kill imported and native game or native game only shall entitle the holder thereof to take or kill native game in the Southland Acclimatization District, during the period and subject, mutatis mutandis, to the conditions prescribed in the notification fixing an open season for native game in that district.

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4. Shooting may begin not earlier than one hour before sunrise and must cease not later than one hour after sunset on each and every day during the open season.

5. 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.

6. No person shall use or cause to be used any motor-vehicle 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 motor-vehicle for the purpose of travelling either generally or to or from a rendezvous.

7. Any person committing a breach of any of these conditions is liable, on conviction, to a fine of £20.

SCHEDULE.

Areas excepted from the open season wherein imported game and native game (or native game only) shall not be taken or killed :—

The Lagoon known as Tomahawk Lagoon (Otago Peninsula).

Section 22, Block IV, Sutton District, being the property of Mr. E. J. Docherty.

Section 121c, Block 9, Dunback and Hummockside Districts, the property of Mr. John Philip, Palmerston.

Run 238E, Wakefield Survey District, known as Worthburn Station, being the property of Mr. D. S. Middleton.

The Brighton River (known as Boat Harbour Creek) from Duff’s Bridge on the top of Lobb’s boundary to the sea.

The lake on Section 1, Wilden Settlement, Wart Hill Survey District, and all the land included in an area of three-quarters of a mile surrounding the said lake (the property of Mr. Geo. R. Young).

As witness my hand this 2nd day of March, 1932.

ADAM HAMILTON, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 25/17/14.)

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

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, I, Adam Hamilton, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare the period from the 2nd day of May to the 30th day of June, 1932 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the Rotorua Acclimatization District, as described in New Zealand Gazette No. 46, of 20th June, 1929, at page 1721, except in the County of Opotiki and in the areas referred to in the Schedule hereto, for the taking or killing of the following imported game and native game—viz., cock pheasants, Californian quail, Virginian quail, Australian quail, mallard duck, grey duck, spoonbill duck, and black swan; and the period from the 1st day of February to the 31st day of March, 1933, both days inclusive) to be an open season throughout the district (including Opotiki County) 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 the licenses to take or kill the following native game only—viz., godwits and knots—will be issued to any person on payment of the sum of ten shillings (10s.) each; and the Under-Secretary of the Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, or any person authorized by the said Under-Secretary in that behalf, is hereby authorized to sign and issue the said licenses.

2. The number of such imported and native game that may be taken or killed by any one person in any one day shall not exceed six cock pheasants, and twenty head in all of mallard duck, spoonbill duck, grey duck, and black swan.

3. Shooting may begin not earlier than one hour before sunrise and must cease not later than one hour after sunset on each and every day during the open season.

4. 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.

5. No person shall use or cause to be used any motor-vehicle 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 motor-vehicle for the purpose of travelling either generally or to or from a rendezvous.