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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 21

2. Chukor, 12.
3. Paradise duck, 5.
4. Black swan, 15.
5. Pukeko, 20.
6. Grey, mallard, and spoonbill duck, 10 head in all.
7. Grey, spoonbill, and paradise duck, and black swan, 25 head in all. |
   | Nelson .. | New Zealand Gazette No. 17 of 12th March, 1925, at page 751. (For reference to excepted areas see Second Schedule) | 1. Californian quail .. ..
8. Grey and paradise duck, pukeko, and black swan (in Collingwood County only)- | 1st May to 31st July, 1948
   1st May to 30th May, 1948 | 1. Californian quail, 20.
9. Grey duck, 5.
10. Paradise duck, 10.
11. Pukeko, 10.
12. Black swan, 5. |
    | North Canterbury | New Zealand Gazette No. 68 of 28th September, 1933, at page 2463. (For reference to excepted areas see Second Schedule) | 1. Cock pheasants, Californian quail, and chukor
13. Grey, mallard, spoonbill, and paradise duck, black swan, pukeko, and Canadian goose | 1st May to 30th May, 1948
    1st May to 30th May, 1948
    For special conditions as to the daily closing-time for shooting see paragraph 1 of the General Conditions. | 1. Cock pheasants, 3.
14. Californian quail, 10.
15. Chukor, 10.
16. Paradise duck, 5.
17. Pukeko, 20.
18. Grey and/or spoonbill duck, 10 head in all.
19. Grey, paradise, mallard, and spoonbill duck, 15 head in all.
20. Black swan and Canadian goose, no limit. |

Special Conditions.—1. No person shall take or kill imported or native game during the period 1st May to 30th May, 1948 (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 licence-holder in accordance with the following provisions :—
(a) A stand may be claimed by the planting thereon at any time after noon on the 1st day of April, 1948, of a stake with a board attached having plainly marked thereon the name and address of the claimant and the number of his licence :
(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 the last-mentioned person :
Provided, however, that any stand which is not occupied by the claimant within two hours after sunrise on any of the aforesaid days may be occupied on that day by any other licence-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.
2. No device or structure other than a hut made of scrub or rushes or a mudhole or a mai-mai shall be used from or out of which native game may be taken or killed on or near Lake Ellesmere.
3. A mudhole shall be constructed solely by means of the excavation of the soil, and no timber, metal, or other materials shall be used in the construction thereof.
4. No hut, mudhole, or mai-mai shall be used in any part of Lake Ellesmere in which the water is of a greater depth than twenty-four inches.
5. Notwithstanding anything contained in conditions 2 to 4 hereof, a boat concealed among the vegetation growing along or near the margin of Lake Ellesmere may be used for the purpose of taking or killing native game on or near such lake, or such boat, provided it is not a power-boat as described in paragraph (3) of Regulation 6, Animals Protection and Game Regulations 1939, may be used for the purpose of recovering native game which has been shot : Provided that no boat so used shall be artificially dressed or covered in any way.

| Otago .. | New Zealand Gazette No. 50 of 26th July, 1945, at page 945. (For reference to excepted areas see Second Schedule) | 1. Cock pheasants .. ..
2. Californian quail .. ..
3. Chukor .. ..
4. Mallard, grey, spoonbill, and paradise duck, and black swan
5. Pukeko .. .. | 5th June to 4th July, 1948
1st May to 13th June, 1948
1st May to 31st July, 1948
1st May to 30th May, 1948
1st May to 27th June, 1948 | 1. Cock pheasants, 2.
2. Californian quail, 20.
3. Chukor, 10.
4. Paradise duck, 5 per day; 25 per season.
5. Mallard duck, 12.
6. Pukeko, 25.
7. Grey and spoonbill duck, 10 head in all.
8. Mallard, spoonbill, paradise, and grey duck, 15 head in all. |

Special Conditions.—1. No person shall use or cause to be used on any water within the district for the taking or killing of imported game and/or native game any fixed stand, pontoon, hide, mai-mai, or loo except within a distance of half a chain from the edge of such water in non-tidal waters, or half a chain from low-water mark in tidal waters, or, where raupo abounds, half a chain from the outside edge of such raupo.
2. No person shall take or kill imported or native game on the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd days of May, 1948, 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 licence-holder in accordance with the following provisions :—
(a) A stand may be claimed by the planting thereon at any time after noon on the 1st day of April, 1948, of a stake with a board attached having plainly marked thereon the name and address of the claimant and the number of his licence :
(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 licence-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.
3. A licence issued pursuant to this notification to take or kill imported game and native game shall entitle the holder thereof to take or kill imported game and native game in the Southland Acclimatization District during the period and subject, mutatis mutandis, to the conditions prescribed in the notification fixing an open season for imported game and native game in that district.