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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 16

6. No person engaged in shooting from any shelter, mai-mai, mud hole, boat, louver, or other contrivance shall have or use more than one gun.

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 shall not be taken or killed :—
Lakes Rotoaira and Rotokaua (or bitter lake, near Taupo), and the land within one mile of the shores of these lakes.

As witness my hand this 2nd day of March, 1932.
ADAM HAMILTON, 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, 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 South Canterbury Acclimatization District, as described in New Zealand Gazette No. 17, of 12th March, 1925, at page 752, except in the areas referred to in the 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 2nd day of May to the 8th day of May, 1932 (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 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 native game, including godwits, will be issued to any person on payment of the sum 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. 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 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.

6. 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 :—
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 2nd day of March, 1932.
ADAM HAMILTON, Minister of Internal Affairs.
(I.A. 25/17/16.)

Open Season for Native Game, License Fees, &c., Southland 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 Southland Acclimatization District, as described in New Zealand Gazette No. 17, of 12th March, 1925, at page 752, excepting therefrom all that country to the north of a line starting at Lake Monowai, and thence down the south side of the Monowai River to the Waiau River, up the east side of the Waiau River to the Manapouri accommodation-house; thence along the main road to the hatchery at Te Anau, and along the said road to the Mararoa Bridge; thence up the east side of the Mararoa River to the junction of the old Te Anau – Mavora Road; thence along the old Te Anau Road to the Oreti River; thence down the western side of the Oreti River to Centre Hill; thence in a straight line to the Township of Athol for the taking or killing of the following native game—viz., grey duck, spoonbill duck, and black swan; and the period from the 2nd day of May to the 8th day of May, 1932 (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; and the period from the 1st day of February 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 native game (including godwits) will be issued to any person on payment of ten shillings (10s.) each; and the Secretary of the Southland 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 head in all of grey duck, spoonbill duck, black swan, and paradise duck: Provided that not more than five head of paradise duck may be taken or killed by any one person in any one day.

3. A license issued pursuant to this notification to take or kill native game shall entitle the owner thereof to take or kill native game in the Otago 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.

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 any 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 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 or £20.

As witness my hand this 2nd day of March, 1932.
ADAM HAMILTON, Minister of Internal Affairs.
(I.A. 25/17/17.)