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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 23

ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICTS.

ASHBURTON ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT.

(As described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 68 of the 28th September, 1933, at page 2463.)

1. Season for Californian quail and chukor: 1st May to 31st July, 1943 (inclusive).

2. Season for grey duck, mallard duck, spoonbill duck, paradise duck, pukeko, Canadian goose, and black swan: 1st May to 16th May, 1943 (inclusive).

3. Licenses to take or kill the above imported game and native game within the Ashburton Acclimatization District will be issued to any person on payment of the sum of twenty shillings (20s.) each, and licenses to take or kill the above native game only within the said district will be issued to any 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; and
   (g) Eight head of pukeko.

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.

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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, Australian quail, grey duck, mallard duck, spoonbill duck, black swan, and pukeko: 1st May to 16th May, 1943 (inclusive).

2. Licenses to take or kill such imported game and native game 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 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.

3. 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; and
   (d) Eight head of pukeko.

4. No person shall take or kill imported or native game on the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd days of May, 1943, 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 10 a.m. on the 25th day of April, 1943, 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 occupier of any lands in respect of shooting on such lands.

6. 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 yards of the water’s edge of the said lake.

7. 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) Sections 51 and 51A, Parish of Manurewa, being R. J. Self’s Beachlea Downs property.
   (3) Sections 78, part 79, W81, S93, and 94, Waiwera Survey District, containing 334 acres, the property of D. S. McCathie, Waiwera.
   (4) All that area from an imaginary line across the Waikato River, one chain down-stream from Potter’s Island to the Waikato Heads, and a strip of land one chain wide on both banks of such portion of the said river.
   (5) Section 40, Block II, Aroha Survey District, containing 193 acres, the property of A. H. Boswell-Bowell.

(6) Section 13, Block X, Wharekawa Survey District, containing 200 acres, the property of H. A. Torr.
(7) Lot I of Sections 6, 22, and 78, Hunua Parish, containing 188 acres, the property of W. H. Mackey.
(8) Sections 4 and 18, Block XVI, Piako Survey District, containing 477 acres, the property of J. B. Woodyard.
(9) Section No. XV, Pirongia Parish, containing 526 acres, the property of E. R. Mackenzie.
(10) Part 8 of 465, 9 of 465, Sections 531, 324, 331, 332, 340, 341, 342, 467, and part of 333, Taupiri Parish, Block X, Hapuakohe Survey District, containing 1,140 acres, the property of W. S. Carter.
(11) Part Allotment 1, 2, 3, and 254, Parish of Mangatawhiri, part Allotment 7, Parish of Pukekohe, and Allotments 256/7, Parish of Mangatawhiri, containing 260 acres, known as St. Stephen’s School, the property of the General Trust Board.
(12) Section 2A, No. 2, 2B, and Section 2/3/4 of IIB, Kinohaku West, containing 550 acres, the property of J. E. Scott.
(13) Section 12, Block X, Wharekawa Survey District, the property of Miss H. Torr, Waitakaruru.
(14) Subsections 1, 2, and 3, Sections 14, 16, and 17, Block VI, Aria Survey District, containing 735 acres, the property of R. H. Cheesman.
(15) Lots 22, 23, and 24, Opaheke Parish, containing 145 acres, the property of V. H. McKenzie.
(16) Lots 3/11 of part 172/3, 209, 206, 206A, 277, 1/2 of 172, 172A, B, C, and part 173, containing 215 acres, the property of W. Cleary.
(17) Part Allotment 58, Wairoa Parish, containing 226 acres, the property of R. J. Hale.
(18) Sections M, J, and S, Rangitoto-Tupua Survey District, containing 403 acres, the property of J. G. Howie.
(19) Lot I of 45, 56/7 of Section I, Kariotahi, and Section 97/99, Waipipi Parish, containing 84 acres, the property of R. J. Harris.
(20) Part Section 23, 23A, Wairoa Parish, containing 14 acres, the property of Mrs. D. M. Sladdin, of Clevedon.
(21) Lots 48, part 49, Allotments 25, 28, and 46, Parish of Opaheke, and Allotments 194, 197, Parish of Hunua, containing 435 acres, the property of Rev. A. J. Seamer.
(22) Section 1B, 65B, Rangiriri Survey District, containing 360 acres, the property of J. A. A. Ridgley, Tiko Tiko.
(23) Allotment 137, and part Allotment 13, Parish of Manurewa known as Grange Golf Links, the property of the Otahuhu Golf Club.
(24) Sections 20, 20A, 132, Koheroa Parish, Block I and II, Maramarua Survey District, containing 323 acres, the property of W. H. Dean.
(25) That portion of the Mangatawhiri River lying between the Great South Road and the north-eastern boundary of Section 20, Maramarua Survey District.
(26) Section Nos. 5, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 25, 27, 28, 29, 33, 42, 45, 56, 58, 59, 60, and 61, Glendowie Golf Links Estate, Tamaki, containing approximately 110 acres, the property of W. E. Daly.
(27) Sections 17, 18, 169, 188, 189, 215, 216, 408, Waipipi Parish, containing 1,380 acres, the property of W. Goodrich, Kohekohe, Waiuku.

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BULLER ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT.

(As described in New Zealand Gazette No. 17 of 12th March, 1925, at page 749.)

1. Season for grey duck and pukeko: 1st May to 16th May, 1943 (both days inclusive).

2. Licenses to take or kill such native game—viz., grey duck and pukeko—within the Buller Acclimatization District will be issued to any person on payment of the sum of ten shillings (10s.) each; and the Secretary of the Buller Acclimatization Society, or any person authorized by such Secretary in that behalf, is hereby authorized to sign and issue the said licenses.

3. No person shall in any one day take or kill more than—
   (a) Ten head of grey duck; and
   (b) Eight head of pukeko.

4. No person shall take or kill native game during the period commencing on 1st May and terminating on 16th May, 1943 (inclusive), 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 16th day of April, 1943, 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 by 7 a.m. on any of the aforesaid days may be occupied 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.