22 MARCH

Closed Game Areas
Add:

1. All that portion of the Opawa River situated in the Marl-
   borough County, from the eastern boundary of the Borough of
   Blenheim to the western boundary of Mr M. B. Hope's property,
   known as Blink Bonnie, being Section 33, Opawa Registration
   District, Block XVII, Cloudy Bay Survey District.

Nelson Acclimatisation District
Reference to Description: Gazette No. 78 of 4 October 1951,
at page 1465.
Game that May be Hunted or Killed Duration of
1962 Season
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), mallard, and 5 May to 4 June
paradise duck, and black swan incl.
Pukeko . . ... . 5 May to 10
June incl.
Californian quail . . ... . 5 May to 31 July
incl.

Daily Bag Limits
Grey duck, 8. Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill),
Shoveler (or spoonbill) duck, 5. mallard, and paradise duck,
Mallard duck, 8. 13 in all.
Paradise duck, 8. Black swan, 5.
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), Pukeko, 10.
and mallard duck, 8 in all. Californian quail, no limit.
Shooting Hours: 6.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.

North Canterbury Acclimatisation District
Reference to Description: Gazette No. 68 of 28 September 1933,
at page 2463.
Game that May be Hunted or Killed Duration of
1962 Season
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), mallard, and 5 May to 4 June
paradise duck incl.
Black swan . . ... . 5 May to 31
July incl.
Pukeko . . ... . 5 May to 4 June
incl.
Canada goose (only in that portion of the North 5 May to 31
Canterbury Acclimatisation District which lies July incl.
to the east of the South Island Main Trunk
Railway line)
Californian quail . . ... . 5 May to 31 July
incl.
Chukar . . ... . 5 May to 31 July
incl.

Daily Bag Limits
Grey duck, 10. Black swan, no limit.
Shoveler (or spoonbill) duck, 5. Pukeko, 3.
Mallard duck, 10. Californian quail, 10.
Paradise duck, 3. Chukar, no limit.
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), Canada goose, no limit.
mallard, and paradise duck,
15 in all.
Shooting Hours: 6.30 a.m. to 7 p.m. except that during the period
14 June to 31 July (incl.) Canada geese may be shot between 6.30
a.m. and midnight in that portion of Lake Ellesmere 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 Conditions

1. No hut, mud hole, maimai, or cylinder shall be used in any
   part of Lake Ellesmere in which the water is of a greater depth
   than 24 in.
2. It shall be an offence for any person to wilfully leave any
   swans shot, or the mutilated bodies of any swans shot, in or around
   Lake Ellesmere.
3. 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 bank and bed of the Rakaia River which lies within
   the Ashburton Acclimatisation District during the period and
   subject, mutatis mutandis, to the conditions prescribed in the
   notification fixing an open season for game in that district.

Closed Game Areas
Add:
(22) All that area in the Canterbury Land District, Eyre County,
containing 126 acres, more or less, commencing at peg No. VI,
S.O. Plan 6325, the said peg being on the north-western boundary
of Lot 1, D.P. 11001, Block II, Christchurch Survey District, and
proceeding south-westerly along that boundary to Storers Road;
thence along a right line across that road to the northern boundary
of part Lot 1, D.P. 10459; thence westerly generally along that
boundary for a distance of 6956-2 links to the eastern side of a
road passing through part Lot 1, D.P. 10459; thence north-westerly
along the roadside to a line parallel to and distant 5 chains north
of the right bank of the Waimakariri River; thence easterly along
that line to a point due north to Peg VI, S.O. Plan 6325; thence
due south to the commencing point.
As shown on the plan marked I.A. 52/513 deposited in the Head
Office, Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, and thereon
edged red.
(23) An area of land R. 3938 situated in the Canterbury Land
District and known as the Coutts Island Reserve, being an area
of 23 acres.
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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
Delete:
(18) R.S. 1352, 1269, part 1439, Block X, Rangiora Survey
District, comprising 71 acres, and part R.S. 1462, Block X, Rangiora
Survey District, comprising 77 acres 1 rood 17 perches, situated
at Southbrook, being the property of Donaghys Rope and Twine
Co. Ltd., and as may be further defined by the erection of white-
painted posts.

Otago Acclimatisation District
Reference to Description: Gazette No. 50 of 26 July 1945, at
page 945.
Game that May be Hunted or Killed Duration of
1962 Season
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), mallard, and paradise 5 May to 4
June incl.
Black swan (except in Maniatoto County) . . 5 May to 4
June incl.
Pukeko . . ... . 5 May to 4
June incl.
Californian quail and chukar . . ... . 2 June to 31
July incl.
Hen and cock pheasants . . ... . 2 June to 31
July incl.

Daily Bag Limits
Grey duck, 10. Black swan, 8.
Shoveler (or spoonbill) duck, 5. Pukeko, 10.
Grey and shoveler (or spoonbill) Californian quail, 15.
duck, 10 in all.
Mallard duck, 15. Cock Pheasant, 3.
Paradise duck, 8. Hen pheasant, 2.
Chukar, no limit.
Shooting Hours: 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. for pheasant; 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
for waterfowl, quail, and chukar.

Special Conditions

1. No person shall use or cause to be used on any water within
   the district for the hunting or killing of game any fixed stand,
   ponToon, hide, maimai, or loo except within the distance of half
   a chain from the margin 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. A licence issued pursuant to this notification to hunt or kill
   game shall entitle the holder thereof to hunt or kill game in the
   Southland Acclimatisation District during the period and subject,
   mutatis mutandis, to the conditions prescribed in the notification
   fixing an open season for game in that district.

South Canterbury Acclimatisation District
Reference to Description: Gazette No. 17 of 25 March 1925, at
page 752.
Game that May be Hunted or Killed Duration of
1962 Season
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), and mallard duck 5 May to 4
June incl.
Paradise duck (in the area west of a line extending 5 May to 4
from the McKenzie Pass to the mouth of the June incl.
Rangitata Gorge only)
Black swan . . ... . 5 May to 31
July incl.
Pukeko . . ... . 5 May to 10
June incl.
Californian quail and chukar . . ... . 5 May to 31
July incl.

Daily Bag Limits
Grey duck, 10. Black swan, 8.
Shoveler (or spoonbill) duck, 5. Pukeko, 10.
Mallard duck, 15. Chukar, no limit.
Paradise duck, 5. Californian quail, no limit.
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill),
mallard, and paradise duck,
15 in all.
Shooting Hours: 6.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.

Special Conditions

1. A licence issued subject to this notification shall entitle the
   holder thereof to hunt or kill game on that portion of the bank
   and bed of the Rangitata River 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.
2. A licence issued subject to this notification shall entitle the
   holder thereof to hunt or kill game on that portion of the flood
   bed of the Pareora River which lies within the Waimate Acclimatisa-
   tion 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
Delete:
(1) All that area in the Canterbury Land District, being
S.G.R. 94, and known as Mount Hay Station, bounded on the
east by the summit of the Two Thumb Range, on the south by
Runs 209 and 76, on the west by Lake Tekapo, and on the north