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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 34

Section 15. Nothing in any license to take or kill imported game or 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, or on any land excepted from the operation of the notification declaring an open season for the district.

Section 39. Except as otherwise expressly provided, nothing in any license or other authority under the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, shall entitle the holder thereof to enter upon any private land without the consent of the owner or occupier thereof, or upon any State forest or provisional State forest.

Attention is drawn to section 33, Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Act, 1938, relative to Crown lands at Farewell Spit in the Nelson Acclimatization District, and to an Order in Council issued under that section on the 13th day of December, 1938, and appearing in the New Zealand Gazette of the 21st idem at page 2820, relative to certain tidal flats adjoining such Crown lands.

STOCK AMENDMENT ACT, 1927, SECTION 4 (1).

Every person commits an offence and is liable to a fine of five pounds who, without the authority of the occupier, goes upon any private land with dog or gun and disturbs any stock depastured thereon.

STATEMENT SHOWING THE KINDS OF IMPORTED GAME AND NATIVE GAME WHICH MAY BE KILLED IN EACH DISTRICT.

Acclimatization District. Imported and Native Game.
Ashburton .. Californian quail, chukor, mallard duck, grey duck, spoonbill duck, paradise duck, pukeko, Canadian goose, and black swan.
Auckland .. Cock pheasants, Californian and Australian quail, mallard duck, grey duck, spoonbill duck, pukeko, and black swan.
Buller .. Hares, grey duck, and pukeko.
Grey District .. Grey duck, shoveller duck, black swan, paradise duck, and pukeko.
Hawera .. Cock pheasants, Californian quail, grey duck, black swan, and pukeko.
Hawke’s Bay .. Cock pheasants, Californian and Australian quail, mallard duck, grey duck, spoonbill duck, paradise duck, pukeko, and black swan.
Lakes District .. Californian quail, grey duck, paradise duck, pukeko, black swan, and Canadian goose.
Marlborough .. Californian quail, grey duck, spoonbill duck, paradise duck, black swan, pukeko, and chukor.
Nelson .. Californian quail, grey duck, paradise duck, pukeko, and black swan.
North Canterbury .. Cock pheasants, chukor, Californian quail, mallard duck, grey duck, spoonbill duck, black swan, pukeko, and Canadian goose.
Otago .. Cock pheasants, Californian quail, chukor, mallard duck, grey duck, spoonbill duck, pukeko, paradise duck, black swan, and Canadian goose
Rotorua .. Cock pheasants, Californian and Australian quail, mallard duck, grey duck, spoonbill duck, black swan, and pukeko.
South Canterbury .. Californian quail, grey duck, spoonbill duck, paradise duck, pukeko, and black swan.
Southland .. Mallard duck, grey duck, spoonbill duck, black swan, pukeko, and paradise duck.
Stratford .. Cock pheasants, Californian and Australian quail, grey duck, black swan, and pukeko.
Taranaki .. Cock pheasants, Californian and Australian quail, grey duck, and pukeko.
Waiapu .. Cock pheasants, Californian, Virginian, and Australian quail, grey duck, shoveller duck, black swan, and pukeko.
Waimate .. Californian quail, mallard duck, grey duck, spoonbill duck, black swan, pukeko, and paradise duck.
Waitaki .. Californian quail, grey duck, spoonbill duck, black swan, pukeko, and paradise duck.

Acclimatization District. Imported and Native Game.
Wanganui .. Cock pheasants, Californian and Australian quail, mallard duck, grey duck, spoonbill duck, pukeko, and black swan.
Wellington .. Cock pheasants, Californian and Australian quail, hares, mallard duck, grey duck, shoveller duck, pukeko, and black swan.
Westland .. Grey duck, black swan, and paradise duck.

Particulars regarding the number and kinds of imported game and native game that may be taken or killed by any one person in any one day and the period and area within which such game may be taken or killed are specified in the notification fixing the open season in each district.

Shooting may begin not earlier than one hour before sunrise and must cease not later than one hour after sunset.

The open season for waterfowl this year has been restricted to the period 2nd to 17th May (both days inclusive).

A short open season for paradise duck has been declared from 2nd to 17th May in certain acclimatization districts.

A short open season for pukeko from 2nd to 17th May has been declared in certain acclimatization districts.

Native pigeon is absolutely protected.

Godwits and Knots are absolutely protected.

SALE OF NATIVE AND IMPORTED GAME.

No sale this season.

(I.A. 46/16/33.)

Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22. — Protection of Native Birds.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 27th March, 1942.

THE public are earnestly requested to assist in preserving for posterity the native birds of New Zealand.

Under the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, it is illegal for any person to take or kill any protected birds, or have in possession the skins, feathers, or eggs of any such birds, without the consent of the Minister of Internal Affairs.

It is also illegal for any person to rob or destroy the nest of any bird to which the Act applies.

Every person who offends against such provisions is liable to a fine of £25 for every such offence.

NATIVE GAME.

Native game can only be shot during the open season, and then only such kinds of native game as are specified in the annual shooting-season warrants.

The following is a list of native game :—

Black swan (except in Chatham Islands County).
Duck—
Grey duck.
Shoveller duck.
Paradise duck.
Pukeko.

ABSOLUTELY PROTECTED BIRDS.

The following is a list of the absolutely protected birds :—

Albatross—
Black-browed mollymawk (Thalassarche melanophrys).
Bounty Island mollymawk (Thalassogeran cautus).
Campbell Island mollymawk (Thalassogeran chrysostomus).
Chatham Island mollymawk (Thalassarche eremita).
Royal albatross (Diomedea epomophora).
Snares Island mollymawk (Thalassarche bulleri).
Sooty albatross (Phoebetria palpebrata. P. Fusca).
Wandering albatross (tora) (Diomedea exulans).
Yellow-nosed mollymawk (Thalassogeran chlororhynchus).
Australian tree-swallow (Petrochelidon nigricans).
Avocet (Recurvirostra novae-hollandiae).
Bell-bird, or mocky (korimako) (Anthornis melanura).
Auckland Island bell-bird (Anthornis melanura incoronata).
Chatham Island bell-bird (Anthornis melanocephala).
Bittern (matuku-hurepo) (Botaurus poeciloptilus).
Little bittern (kioriki) (Ixobrychus minutus).
Canary—
Bush canary (mohua) (Mohua ochrocephala).
White-head canary (popokotea) (Certhiparus albicillus).
Creeper (South Island) (pipipi, toitoi) (Finschia novae-zealandiae).
Crow—
North Island crow (kokako) (Callaeas wilsoni).
South Island crow (kokako) (Callaeas cinerea).