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2. Hen pheasants (except in the area commencing from the bridge across Taieri River at Outram on the main Mosgiel-Middlemarch Highway; following this highway to where it crosses the Deep Stream; thence down the Deep Stream to its junction with the Taieri River; thence down the Taieri River to the bridge at Outram)
3. Californian quail and chukor
4. Mallard, grey, and spoonbill duck, and black swan
5. Pukeko
6. Paradise duck | 2 June to 1 July, 1951
   2 June to 1 July, 1951
   5 May to 1 July, 1951
   5 May to 27 May, 1951
   5 May to 1 July, 1951
   5 May to 13 May, 1951 | 1. Cock pheasants, 2.
7. Hen pheasants, 1.
8. Californian quail, 20.
9. Chukor, 10.
10. Paradise duck, 5.
11. Mallard duck, 12.
12. Grey and spoonbill duck, 10 head in all.
13. Mallard, spoonbill, paradise, and grey duck, 15 head in all.
14. Pukeko, no limit.
15. Black swan, no limit. |

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 5th, 6th, or 7th days of May, 1951, 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 7th day of April, 1951, 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 7 a.m. 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.

4. No person shall commence shooting water fowl, quail, or chukor earlier than 7 a.m., nor pheasants earlier than 8.30 a.m., and shall not continue shooting after 7 p.m. on any day during the open season.

| Rotorua | New Zealand Gazette No. 62 of 16th October, 1947, at page 1680. (For reference to excepted areas see Second Schedule) | 1. Cock pheasants
2. Australian and Californian quail (in that part of the Taupo County which is within the district)
3. Australian and Californian quail (in the whole of the remaining portion of the district)
4. Grey, mallard, spoonbill, and paradise duck, pukeko, and black swan | 5 May to 9 July, 1951
5 May to 31 July, 1951
5 May to 9 July, 1951
5 May to 20 May, 1951 | 1. Cock pheasants, 6.
2. Paradise duck, 5.
3. Pukeko, 20.
4. Mallard duck, 5.
5. Grey, spoonbill, and mallard duck, 10 head in all.
6. No limit on black swan or quail. |

| South Canterbury | New Zealand Gazette No. 17 of 12th March, 1925, at page 752. (For reference to excepted areas see Second Schedule) | 1. Grey and spoonbill duck, pukeko, and black swan
2. Paradise duck (in the area east of a line extending from the Mackenzie Pass to the mouth of the Rangitata Gorge only) | 5 May to 27 May, 1951
5 May to 20 May, 1951 | 1. Grey and spoonbill duck, 10 head in all.
2. Paradise duck, 5.
3. Pukeko, 25.
4. Black swan, 15.
5. Grey, spoonbill, and paradise duck, and black swan, 20 head in all. |

| Southern Lakes.. | New Zealand Gazette No. 50 of 26th July, 1945, at page 945. (For reference to excepted areas see Second Schedule) | 1. Californian quail, chukor
2. Grey, spoonbill, paradise, and mallard duck, pukeko
3. Canada goose | 5 May to 8 July, 1951
5 May to 27 May, 1951
5 May to 31 July, 1951 | 1. Californian quail, 20.
2. Chukor, 10.
3. Paradise duck, 10.
4. Mallard duck, 10.
5. Spoonbill duck, 5.
6. Pukeko, 10.
7. Grey and spoonbill duck, 10 head in all.
8. Grey, mallard, paradise, and spoonbill duck, 15 head in all.
9. Canada goose, no limit. |