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 twelve shillings and sixpence (12s. 6d.) each :
   Provided that licenses to take or kill native game within the said
   district will be issued to any person receiving an age benefit or
   miner's benefit under the Social Security Act, 1938, 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) Ten 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, 1946 (both days inclusive).

2. Season for grey duck, black swan, and pukeko: 4th May
   to 26th May, 1946 (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.

HAWKE'S BAY 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 31st July, 1946 (both days inclusive).

2. Season for mallard duck, grey duck, spoonbill duck, paradise
   duck, pukeko, and black swan : 4th May to 26th May, 1946 (both
   days inclusive).

3. Licenses to take or kill such imported game and native game
   within the Hawke's Bay 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 Hawke's Bay 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-five head in all of cock pheasants, grey duck,
   shoveller duck, mallard duck, paradise duck, and black
   swan ;
   (b) Five head of cock pheasants ;
   (c) Fifteen head in all of mallard duck, grey duck, shoveller
   duck, and paradise duck ;
   (d) Ten head of paradise duck ;
   (e) Five head of black swan ; and
   (f) Five head of pukeko.

5. No person shall take or kill imported or native game on the
   4th, 5th, or 6th days of May, 1946, 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 3 p.m. on the 20th day of April, 1946, 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.

6. Excepted area wherein imported game and/or native game
   shall not be taken or killed during the open season:

All that parcel of land containing by admeasurement 2,428 acres
3 roods 29 perches, being Sections 1, 2, 3, and 4, Puketitiri
Bush, and Sections 5, 7, 10–25, 33, 34, 35, 40–46, 49, 51,
53, 54, 56, 57, part 60, and that part of Section 9A, marked
as Lot 1, D.P. 2217, all in Block XIV, Pohui Survey
District, and parts Sections 6 and 7 of Puketitiri Reserve,
being parts of Blocks 96 and 115, Patoka Crown Grant
District, situated in Blocks XIV and XV, Pohui Survey
District, and Blocks II and III, Patoka Crown Grant
District, being the property of John Holt, Ltd.

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, 1946 (both days inclusive).

2. Season for grey duck, black swan, and pukeko: 4th May to
   26th May, 1946 (both days inclusive).

3. Licenses to take or kill such imported game and native game
   within the Hobson 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 Hobson 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-three head in all of cock pheasants, grey duck, and
   black swan;
   (b) Six 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;
   and
   (f) Eight head of pukeko.

5. No person shall take or kill native or imported game on the
   4th, 5th, or 6th days of May, 1946, 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 20th day of April, 1946, 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.

MANGONUI-WHANGAROA ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT
(As described in New Zealand Gazette No. 17, of 12th March, 1925,
at page 751.)

1. Season for cock pheasants, Californian quail, and Australian
   quail: 4th May to 30th June, 1946 (both days inclusive).

2. Season for grey duck, black swan, and pukeko: 4th May to
   26th May, 1946 (both days inclusive).

3. Licenses to take or kill such imported game and native
   game within the Mangonui-Whangaroa 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 Mangonui-Whangaroa 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-three head in all of cock pheasants, grey duck, and
   black swan;
   (b) Six 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;
   and
   (f) Eight head of pukeko.

5. No person shall take or kill native or imported game on the
   4th, 5th, or 6th days of May, 1946, 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 license-holder in accordance with the following provisions:—

(a) A stand may be claimed by the planting thereon at any
time after 6 a.m. on the 20th day of April, 1946, 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: