448 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE [No. 22

4. Licenses to take or kill such imported game and native game within the Waitaki Acclimatization District will be issued to any person on payment of the sum of twenty-five shillings (25s.) each; and licenses to take or kill such native game only 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 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 native game only within the said district will be issued to such persons on payment of the sum of ten shillings (10s.) each; and the Secretary of the Waitaki 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 head of Californian quail;
   (b) Seventeen head in all of grey duck, spoonbill duck, paradise duck, and black swan;
   (c) Twelve head in all of grey duck, spoonbill duck, and paradise duck;
   (d) Five head of paradise duck;
   (e) Eight head of pukeko;
   (f) Ten head of black swan; and
   (g) Ten head of chukor.

6. Excepted areas wherein imported game and native game shall not be taken or killed during the open season:—
   Block 7, Otepopo District, Parts 4, 5, and 8;
   Block 6, Otepopo District, Part 1;
   Block 8, Oamaru District, Parts 7 and 53;
   Block I, Kauroo District, Part 49;
   Being the property of Mr. A. C. Nichols.
   A strip of land to a depth of 20 chains from the main road running parallel with the main road from the Elderslie Lake to Elderslie No. 2 Road, being contained in part Sections 46 and 47, Block IX, Awamoko Survey District, part Section 2, Block XVI, Oamaru Survey District, and part of Section 3A, Elderslie No. 2 Settlement, being the property of the Elderslie Stud, Ltd.

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WANGANUI ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT
(As described in New Zealand Gazette No. 60 of 15th September, 1932, at page 1998.)

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 (or shoveller), 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 Wanganui 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 any person 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 Wanganui 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) Three head of cock pheasants;
   (b) Fifteen head in all of mallard duck, grey duck, spoonbill duck, and black swan; and
   (c) Eight head of pukeko.

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WELLINGTON ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT
(As described in New Zealand Gazette No. 54 of 19th August, 1937, at page 1847.)

1. Season for hares, cock pheasants, Californian quail, and Australian quail: 4th May to 31st July, 1946 (both days inclusive).

2. Season for grey duck, mallard duck, shoveller 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 Wellington 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 any person 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 Wellington 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) Two head of cock pheasants;
   (b) Five head of black swan;
   (c) Fifteen head in all of grey duck, mallard duck, and/or spoonbill duck; and
   (d) Ten head of pukeko.

5. Nothing herein shall apply to hares in the counties of Akitio, Castlepoint, Masterton, Pahiatua, Featherston, and Wairarapa South, or in the area formerly included in the Feilding and District Acclimatization District, as described in New Zealand Gazette No. 17 of 12th March, 1925, at page 750, wherein these animals are not protected.

6. 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 27th 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 by 7 a.m. 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. Excepted areas wherein imported game and/or native game shall not be taken or killed during the open season:—
   (a) The Awapuni Lagoon situated on the property of the Manawatu Racing Club.
   (b) Lot 1, D.P. 3184, part Rural Section 364, Palmerston North, containing 23 acres 1 rood 20 perches, the property of the Kairanga County Council.
   (c) The Glenmorven Estate, situated in the Paraekaretu Block, being Section 1, Block XI, Onga Survey District; Sections 124 and 125, Paraekaretu Block, and closed road and Lots 1/4, D.P. 9948, being part Section 2, Block XI, Onga Survey District, and part Hapapo Block; also Sections 118/9, 121/2, and part Sections 114/5, 116/7, Paraekaretu Block, and closed road, Block XI, Onga Survey District; also Sections 113 to 120, Block XI, Onga Survey District, being the property of Mr. Grant Simpson, of Hunterville.
   (d) All the land contained in Proclamation No. 1561, being Block IV, Belmont Survey District, and being part of Section 179, Hutt District, and contained in certificate of title, Vol. 358, folio 34, Wellington Registry, being the property of the Hutt River Board.

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WESTLAND ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT
(As described in New Zealand Gazette No. 50 of 26th July, 1945, at page 945.)

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

2. Licenses to take or kill such native game within the Westland 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 a miner’s benefit under the Social Security Act, 1938, on payment of the sum of ten shillings (10s.) each; and the Secretary of the Westland 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) Fifteen head in all of grey duck, black swan, and paradise duck;
   (b) Twelve head in all of grey duck and paradise duck;
   (c) Five head of paradise duck; and
   (d) Ten head of pukeko.

4. Excepted area wherein native game shall not be taken or killed during the open season:—
   Okarito Township Reserve No. 654, Block XI, Okarito Survey District.

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WHANGAREI ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT
(As described in New Zealand Gazette No. 17 of 12th March, 1925, at page 754.)

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 Whangarei 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 any person 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 Whangarei 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 and grey duck;
   (b) Six head of cock pheasants;
   (c) Fifteen head of grey duck;
   (d) Two head of black swan;
   (e) Twenty-five head of Californian and/or Australian quail; and
   (f) Twenty head of pukeko.