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person on payment of the sum of ten shillings (10s.) each ;
and the Secretary of the Ashburton Acclimatization Society,
or any person authorized by such Secretary in that behalf,
is hereby authorized to sign and issue the said licenses.

4. No person shall in any one day take or kill more than—
   (a) Twenty head of Californian quail ;
   (b) Ten head of chukor ;
   (c) Ten head of mallard duck ;
   (d) Twenty-five head in all of grey duck, paradise duck,
   spoonbill duck, and black swan ;
   (e) Ten head in all of grey duck and spoonbill duck ;
   (f) Five head of paradise duck ;
   (g) Eight head of pukeko ; and
   (h) Ten head of Canadian goose.

5. Excepted area wherein imported game and/or native
   game shall not be taken or killed during the open season :—
   All that area of land in the Canterbury Land District,
   intersected by the Wakanui Creek, being Rural Sections
   15104, 15510, 17411, and 16673, the property of the late
   Mr. G. W. Leadley.

AUCKLAND ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT.

(As described in New Zealand Gazette No. 4 of 23rd January,
1930, at page 159.)

1. Season for cock pheasants, Californian quail, and
   Australian quail: 4th May to 30th June, 1940 (both days
   inclusive).

2. Season for grey duck, mallard duck, spoonbill duck,
   black swan, and pukeko: 4th May to 18th May, 1940
   (inclusive).

3. Season for godwits: 1st February to 14th February,
   1941 (both days inclusive).

4. Licenses to take or kill such imported game and native
   game, including godwits, within the Auckland Acclimatization
   District will be issued to any person on payment of the sum
   of thirty shillings (30s.) each: Provided that licenses to take
   or kill imported game and native game within the said district
   will be issued to persons receiving an age benefit or a miner’s
   benefit under the Social Security Act, 1938, on payment of the
   sum of twenty shillings (20s.) each ; and licenses to take or kill
   the following native game only—viz., godwits—will be issued
   to any person on payment of ten shillings (10s.) each ; and
   the Secretary of the Auckland Acclimatization Society,
   or any person authorized by such Secretary in that behalf,
   is hereby authorized to sign and issue the said licenses.

5. No person shall in any one day take or kill more than—
   (a) Nine head of cock pheasants ;
   (b) Fifteen head in all of grey duck, spoonbill duck, and
   mallard duck ;
   (c) Fifteen head of black swan ;
   (d) Eight head of pukeko ; and
   (e) Twenty head of godwit.

6. No person shall take or kill imported or native game on
   the 4th, 5th, or 6th days of May, 1940, while occupying any
   stand, hide, loo, or position as commonly used by duck-
   shooters (hereinafter referred to as “a stand”) which has
   been duly claimed by any other license-holder in accordance
   with the following provisions :—

(a) A stand may be claimed by the planting thereon at
any time after noon on the 28th day of April, 1940,
of a stake with a board attached having plainly
marked thereon the name and full postal address
of the claimant and the number of his license.
(b) No person shall claim more than one stand.
(c) No stand shall be claimed on or within 100 yards
of a stand which has already been duly claimed
by any other person, except with the consent of
such last-mentioned person :

Provided, however, that any stand which is not occupied
by the claimant within half an hour after sunrise on any of
the aforesaid days may be occupied on that day by any
other license-holder :

Provided further that nothing in this clause contained
shall be deemed to affect in any way whatsoever the rights of
owners or occupiers of any lands in respect of shooting on
such lands.

7. No person shall use or cause to be used for the taking
   or killing of imported and native game on Lake Waikare any
   fixed stand, pontoon, hide, mai-mai, or loo except within
   200 yard of the water’s edge of the said lake.

8. Excepted areas wherein imported game and/or native
   game shall not be taken or killed during the open season :—
   (1) Little Rotongaro Lake near Huntly.
   (2) Section 36, Selwyn Settlement, containing 3,400 acres,
   known as Afforestation Ltd., the property of New
   Zealand Perpetual Forests, Ltd.

(3) Sections 51 and 51A, Parish of Manurewa, being R. J.
Self’s Beachlea Downs property.
(4) Sections 78, part 79, W 81, S 93, and 94, Waiwera
Survey District, containing 334 acres, the property
of D. S. McCathie, Waiwera.
(5) All that area from an imaginary line across the Waikato
River, one chain down-stream from Potters’ Island
to the Waikato Heads, and a strip of land one chain
wide on both banks of such portion of the said river.
(6) Section 40, Block II, Aroha Survey District, containing
193 acres, the property of A. H. Boswell-Bowell.
(7) Section 13, Block X, Wharekawa Survey District,
containing 200 acres, the property of H. A. Torr.
(8) Lot 1 of Sections 6, 22, and 78, Hunua Parish, containing
188 acres, the property of W. Mackey.
(9) E. R. 267, Pukeatua, containing 174 acres, the property
of J. M. Richards.
(10) Sections 268, 269, and 271, Pukeatua, containing
429 acres, the property of A. B. Cameron.
(11) Sections 4 and 18, Block XVI, Piako Survey District,
containing 477 acres, the property of J. B. Woodyard.
(12) Section No. XV, Pirongia Parish, containing 526 acres,
the property of E. R. Mackenzie.
(13) Part 1, of Block XI, Pukemiro, containing 547 acres,
the property of J. A. Williams.
(14) Parts 61 and 85, Whangape Parish, containing 300
acres, the property of Alex Glass.
(15) Parts 23 and 23A, Wairoa Parish, containing 15 acres,
the property of Mrs. M. D. Sladdin.
(16) Part 8 of 465, 9 of 465, Sections 531, 324, 331, 332,
340, 341, 342, 467, and part 333, Taupiri Parish,
Block X, Hapuakohe Survey District, containing
1,140 acres, the property of W. S. Carter.
(17) All D.P. 4709, part Sections 172, 174, 179, 179A,
240/1, and 260/2, Pepepe Parish; Blocks XV and
XVI, Awaroa Survey District; Blocks III and IV,
Whaingaroa Survey District, containing 1,249 acres,
the property of H. W. Upton.
(18) Sections 105, 100, NP 99, 1/16, 23, 24, and part 27,
Brighams Claim, Waipereira Parish, containing 350
acres, the property of Sinton Bros.
(19) Parts Paeroa Nos. I and III Blocks, Kumeu Survey
District, containing 730 acres, the property of
S. Phillips.
(20) Part Allotment 1, 2, 3, and 254, Parish of Mangata-
whiri, Part allotment 7, Parish of Pukekohe, and
Allotments 256/7, Parish of Mangatawhiri, containing
260 acres, known as St. Stephens School, the property
of the General Trust Board.
(21) Section 2A, No. 2, 2B, and Section 2/3/4 of IIB,
Kinohaku West, containing 550 acres, the property
of J. E. Scott.
(22) Section 83, Waitoa Survey District, containing 800
acres, the property of Messrs. Fitzgerald, Watson,
and Henry.
(23) Part Lot 81, Waitoa Survey District, containing 100
acres, the property of A. S. Lamb.
(24) Lot 2 of 82, Te Puninga No. 1, and Whakatoro Block,
the property of G. Harvey.
(25) Lots 1 and 2, of Section I, Block III; Section 2,
Block III; and Section 6, Block IV, Piako Survey
District, containing 570 acres, the property of L. and
C. W. Schultz.
(26) Section 12, Block X, Wharekawa Survey District,
the property of Miss H. Torr, Waitakaruru.
(27) Subsections 1, 2, and 3, Section 14, 16, and 17, Block
VI, Aria Survey District, containing 735 acres, the
property of R. H. Cheesman.
(28) Lots 22, 23, and 24, Opaheke Parish, containing
15 acres, the property of V. H. McKenzie.
(29) Section 1A 1, 1A 2B 1, 1A 2A, 1A 2B 2, Section 10 of
Block II, and Section 7 of Block III, Waihi North
Survey District, containing 740 acres, the property
of A. H. Blackmore.
(30) Part Section N 96, Waipereira, containing 63 acres,
the property of G. L. Perry.
(31) Lots 3/11 of part 172/3, 209, 206, 206A, 277, 1/2 of
172, 172 A, B, C, and part 173, containing 215 acres,
the property of W. Cleary.
(32) The property of Mrs. Frances Crosbie, of Whitianga,
as under :—
(1) Section 6, Block V, Hastings Survey District, containing
500 acres 2 roods.
(2) Lot 1, D.P. 20889, and part Lot 1, D.P. 1167; Lots 1
and 2, D.P. 23264, of parts Weiti No. 1 and
Arerowhero Blocks, Blocks VII and X, Otama
Survey District, containing 411 acres 1 rood 35·7
perches.
(3) Ngarahutunoa and Moewai Blocks, Block XII,
Coromandel Survey District, and Block VII, Otama
Survey District, containing 1,051 acres.