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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 19

Daily Bag Limits
Grey and spoonbill duck, 10 in all.
Grey, spoonbill, mallard, and paradise duck, 15 in all.
Black swan, 5.

Pukeko, no limit.
Cock pheasants, 2.
Californian and Australian quail, 10 in all.

Shooting Hours: 6.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.

Closed Game Areas

Add:
(7) The property of J. H. A. Olsen, Titiokura.
(8) The Westshore Ponds.
(9) The property of Messrs Ford and Collins, Tangoio District.
(10) The property of Mr C. E. Lowe, Tangoio District.
(11) The property of Mr D. L. McKay, Tangoio District.
(12) The property of Mr F. Mahony, Tangoio District.
(13) The bush-covered area on the property of Mr C. L. Monckton, Ngahere, Ashley Clinton.
(14) The property of Mr S. J. Collins, Tangoio District.

Hobson Acclimatisation District
Reference to Description: New Zealand Gazette No. 17 of 12 March 1925 at page 750.

Game that May be Hunted or Killed
Grey, spoonbill, and mallard duck and black swan
Pukeko
Californian and Australian quail and cock pheasants

Duration of 1956 Season
5 May to 27 May incl.
5 May to 17 June incl.
5 May to 17 June incl.

Daily Bag Limits
Black swan, 2.
Pukeko, 15.
Californian and Australian quail, 20 in all.
Cock pheasants, 6.

Mallard and spoonbill duck, 2 in all.
Grey duck, 10.
Grey, spoonbill, mallard duck, black swan, and cock pheasant, 18 in all.

Shooting hours: 6.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.

Mangonui-Whangaroa Acclimatisation District
Reference to Description: New Zealand Gazette No. 17 of 12 March 1925 at page 751.

Game that May be Hunted or Killed
Grey, spoonbill, and mallard duck and black swan
Pukeko
Californian and Australian quail and cock pheasants

Duration of 1956 Season
5 May to 27 May incl.
5 May to 24 June incl.
5 May to 24 June incl.

Daily Bag Limits
Grey, spoonbill, and mallard duck, 10 in all.
Black swan, 4.
Pukeko, 15.

Californian and Australian quail, 20 in all.
Cock pheasants, 6.

Shooting Hours: 6.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.

Closed Game Areas

Add:
(45) Lot 2, D.P. 34669, of S.W. 59, and N. 59, N.E. 59, part 60, S.E. 62, Block V, Mangataniwha Survey District. Present occupier: W. A. Wyer.
(46) Allotments 62, 62A, 62B, 62C, 62D, and part 64, 64A, Allotment 189, S.I. part Takeke B; Lots 1 and 2, D.P. 33770, of Allotments 64 and 64A, Kaiaka Parish, Block VII, Takahue Survey District; Lot 4, D.P. 33770, of Allotments 64, 64A, Kaiaka Parish, Block VII, Takahue Survey District; occupied by T. W. Maugham.
(47) That portion of the Kaeo River between the Mangonui-Whangaroa junction bridge and the bridge on Hospital Road together with:
(a) All the land lying between this portion of the river and the Mangonui-Whangaroa to Kaeo Main Highway.
(b) The properties of Messrs B. M. Louisson (408 acres 2 roods) and A. W. Kenney (92 acres 3 roods 15 perches) on the western side of the river.

Marlborough Acclimatisation District
Reference to Description: New Zealand Gazette No. 17 of 12 March 1925 at page 751.

Game that May be Hunted or Killed
Grey, spoonbill, mallard, and paradise duck
Black swan and pukeko
Californian quail
Chukar (except in the area bounded on the west by the Taylor Pass, south by the Awatere River, north by the Opawa River, and east by the sea)

Duration of 1956 Season
5 May to 3 June incl.
5 May to 3 June incl.
2 June to 31 July incl.
2 June to 31 July incl.

Daily Bag Limits
Grey, spoonbill, paradise, and mallard duck, 10 in all.
Black swan, 15.
Pukeko, 20.

Californian quail, 15.
Chukar, 10.
Paradise duck, 5.

Shooting Hours: 6.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.

Nelson Acclimatisation District
Reference to Description: New Zealand Gazette No. 78 of 4 October 1951 at page 1465.

Game that May be Hunted or Killed
Grey, spoonbill, mallard, and paradise duck
Black swan (in Collingwood County only)
Pukeko
Californian quail

Duration of 1956 Season
5 May to 3 June incl.
5 May to 3 June incl.
5 May to 31 July incl.
5 May to 31 July incl.

Daily Bag Limits
Grey, mallard, and spoonbill duck, 6 in all.
Paradise duck, 10.

Black swan, 5.
Pukeko, 15.
Californian quail, 20.

Shooting Hours: Between one hour before sunrise and one hour after sunset.

Closed Game Areas

Delete:
(2) The Waimea Electric Co.’s two dams on the Wairoa River at Brightwater.

Add:
(6) All that area in the Nelson Land District, being part of Section 11, Block VI, Waitapu Survey District, owned by E. C., E. M., and B. N. Wadsworth, and containing approximately 150 acres, excluding therefrom the Blue Lake Wildlife Refuge as described in New Zealand Gazette No. 12 of 4 March 1948 at page 246.

North Canterbury Acclimatisation District
Reference to Description: New Zealand Gazette No. 68 of 28 September 1933 at page 2463.

Game that May be Hunted or Killed
Grey, spoonbill, mallard, and paradise duck
Black swan and Canada goose*
Pukeko
Cock pheasants
Chukar
Californian quail

Duration of 1956 Season
5 May to 4 June incl.
5 May to 29 July incl.
5 May to 4 June incl.
5 May to 4 June incl.
5 May to 29 July incl.
2 June to 1 July incl.

*Canada goose: Only in that portion of the North Canterbury Acclimatisation District which lies to the east of the South Island Main Trunk Railway line.

Daily Bag Limits
Grey and spoonbill duck, 10 in all.
Paradise duck, 5.
Grey, spoonbill, mallard, and paradise duck, 15 in all.

Black swan and Canada goose, no limit.
Californian quail, 10.
Chukar, 10.
Cock pheasants, 2.
Pukeko, 3.

Shooting Hours: 6.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.

Provided that during the period 1 July to 29 July (both days inclusive) Canada goose may be shot during the hours of 6.30 a.m. to midnight in that portion of Lake Ellesmere and on that portion of the lake’s margin which lies east of a straight line drawn from the mouth of the Selwyn River to the south-western corner of the lake in the vicinity of Taumutu.

Special Condition
A licence issued pursuant to this notification to hunt or kill game shall entitle the holder thereof to hunt or kill game on that portion of the Rakaia river bed and river bank which lies within the Ashburton Acclimatisation District during the period and subject, mutatis mutandis, to the conditions prescribed in the notification fixing the open season for that district.

Closed Game Areas

Add:
(19) Land at Ohoka, namely, all that area in the Canterbury Land District, Eyre County, containing 59 acres and 32 perches, more or less, being Lot 3, Deposited Plan No. 1641, and being part Rural Section 1115 (all certificate of title, Volume 545, folio 10); parts Rural Section 1114 (all certificate of title, Volume 148, folio 47); Rural Sections 8503, 8504, 8505, and parts Rural Sections 1114 and 1615 (all certificate of title, Volume 430, folio 179).
All situated in Block XIV, Rangiora Survey District, and as may be further defined by the erection of white-painted posts.
(20) Lake Constance, namely, all that area in the Canterbury Land District, Selwyn County, containing 50 acres, more or less, being Rural Section 5934, and being part Lot 1, Deposited Plan No. 3317, situated in Block VII, Fighting Hill Survey District, and as may be further defined by the erection of white-painted posts.