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3. Licenses to take or kill such imported game and native game within the East Coast 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 the Secretary of the East Coast Acclimatization District, 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-five head in all of cock pheasants, Californian, Australian, and Virginian quail, grey duck, shoveller duck, and black swan;
   (b) Fifteen head in all of grey duck and shoveller duck;
   (c) Nine head of cock pheasants; and
   (d) Eight head of pukeko.

5. Excepted areas wherein imported game and/or native game shall not be taken or killed during the open season:—
   (1) Haumataku Block 4c 63AB and Mangaone Block 113 and C 1A and 1D, being the property of William Morris.

(2) Gisborne Borough Council’s Waterworks Reserve: All that area comprising parts 3, 4, and 6 of Marataha No. 2, Nuhaka Survey District, containing 2,561 acres.

(3) The property of the J. T. A. Orr estate as under:—
(a) Haumataku iNo. 7 Block, containing 506 acres 3 roods 28·9 perches, being the whole of the land comprised in certificate of title, Volume 82, folio 153, Gisborne Registry.

(b) The Mangaone No. 2b 3 Block, Situated in the County of Waikohu, containing 463 acres, more or less, and being the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 45, folio 200, Gisborne Registry.

(c) The Mangaone 2b Block, delineated on the public map of Block XIV, Waingaromia Survey District, containing 129 acres 1 rood, and being the land comprised in certificate of title, Volume 43, folio 99, Gisborne Registry.

(d) The Mangaone 2c Block, delineated on the public map of Waingaromia Survey District, containing 144 acres 3 roods 11 perches, and being the land comprised in certificate of title, Volume 45, folio 176, Gisborne Registry.

(e) The Papakokoro No. 10 Block, delineated on the public map of Block XIV, Waingaromia Survey District, containing 256 acres, more or less, and being the land in certificate of title, Volume 39, folio 189, Gisborne Registry.

(f) The Papakokoro 9A Block, delineated on the public map of Block XIV, Waingaromia Survey District, containing 18 acres 3 roods 9 perches, and being the land in certificate of title, Volume 46, folio 180, Gisborne Registry.

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GREY DISTRICT ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT.
(As described in New Zealand Gazette No. 17 of 12th March, 1925, at page 750.)

1. Season for grey duck, shoveller duck, pukeko, and black swan: 4th May to 18th May, 1940 (both days inclusive).

2. Season for paradise duck: 4th May to 18th May, 1940 (both days inclusive): Provided that these birds may not be taken or killed in the area bounded as follows: Commencing at a point at the junction of Coal Creek with the Grey River; thence in an easterly direction for approximately two miles to Gentle Annie Bluff; thence in a northerly direction in a straight line for a distance of approximately two miles to Camp Railway Crossing; thence in a westerly direction along the foot of the Rupahoe Range to the junction of Coal Creek and the Grey River the point of commencement.

3. Licenses to take or kill such native game within the Grey District Acclimatization District will be issued to any person on payment of the sum of ten shillings (10s.) each; and the Secretary of the Grey District 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 in all of grey duck, shoveller duck, paradise duck, and black swan;
   (b) Fifteen head in all of grey duck, shoveller duck, and paradise duck;
   (c) Fifteen head of black swan;
   (d) Five head of paradise duck; and
   (e) Eight head of pukeko.

HAWERA ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT.
(As described in New Zealand Gazette No. 17 of 12th March, 1925, at page 750.)

1. Season for cock pheasants and Californian quail: 4th May to 31st July, 1940 (both days inclusive).

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

3. Licenses to take or kill such imported game and native game within the Hawera 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 the Secretary of the Hawera 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) Ten head of cock pheasants;
   (b) Fifteen head in all of grey duck and black swan;
   (c) Ten head of grey duck; and
   (d) Eight head of pukeko.

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HOBSON ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT.
(As described in New Zealand Gazette No. 17 of 12th March, 1925, at page 750.)

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

2. Season for grey duck, black swan, and pukeko: 4th May to 18th May, 1940 (both days 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 Hobson Acclimatization District will be issued to any person on payment of the sum of thirty shillings (30s.): 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 the sum of ten shillings (10s.) each; and the Secretary of the Hobson 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) Twenty-five head in all of cock pheasants, grey duck, and black swan;
   (b) Eight head of cock pheasants;
   (c) Two head of black swan;
   (d) Fifteen head of grey duck;
   (e) Twenty-five head of Californian and/or Australian quail;
   (f) Eight head of pukeko; and
   (g) Twenty head of godwit.

6. No person shall take or kill native or imported 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 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.