Open Season for Game (Canada Goose) in North
Canterbury Acclimatisation District
Pursuant to the Wildlife Act 1953, the Minister of Internal
Affairs declares an open season for Canada geese only within
that portion of the North Canterbury Acclimatiser District
described in the First Schedule hereto, during the period and
subject to the conditions specified in the Second Schedule
hereto.
FIRST SCHEDULE
AREA FOR AN OPEN SEASON FOR CANADA GEESE
ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded by a
line commencing at a point on the sea coast in line with
the middle of Beach Road, near Poranui, Block VIII, Elles-
mere Survey District, and proceeding north-westerly gener-
ally to and along the middle lines of that road and the
Christchurch-Akaroa No. 75 State Highway to a point in
line with the middle of Duck Pond Road at Motukarara;
thence south-westerly to and along the middle of that road,
the crossing of the channel of the Halswell River, to a point
in line with the middle of Ridge Road; thence north-westerly
generally along the middle lines of Ridge Road, Neills Road,
Davidsons Road, and Pannetts Road to the right bank of
the Selwyn River at Coes Ford; thence north-westerly gener-
ally along that river bank to the middle of Leeston-Christ-
church road, thence south-westerly along the middle lines
of Leeston-Christchurch road, High Street, Feredays Road,
and Wabys Road to the middle of North Rakaia Road;
thence south-easterly along the middle of that road and its
production to the sea coast; thence easterly along the sea
coast to the point of commencement.
SECOND SCHEDULE
CONDITIONS TO APPLY DURING OPEN SEASON FOR CANADA
GEESE
Duration of season: Midnight 24 January to 8 March at
midnight.
Shooting hours: 24 hours per day.
Daily bag limit: No limit.
Dated at Wellington this 3rd day of December 1963.
LÉON GÖTZ, Minister of Internal Affairs.
(I.A. 46/17/23)
Amendments to the Scheme for the Control of the Whangarei
High School
Pursuant to section 92 of the Education Act 1914, the
Minister of Education hereby approves of the scheme for the
control of the Whangarei High School, published in the
Gazette of 15 July 1915, Volume II, page 2453, being
amended as follows:

1. By omitting from subclause (8) of clause 2 the word
   "tenth", and substituting the word “fourteenth”.
2. By omitting from subclause (9) of clause 2 the words
   "signed by the voter and enclosed in a sealed envelope,
   bearing on the outside thereof the words ‘Voting-paper’",
   and substituting the words "enclosed in a sealed envelope
   bearing on the outside the words 'Voting-paper', and on
   the inside of the flap of the envelope the signature of the
   voter".
3. By adding to clause 2 the following subclause:
   “(9A) When posting any voting-paper the Returning Officer
   shall enclose for the return of the voting-paper an
   envelope addressed to himself with a place inside
   the flap for the signature of the voter.”
4. By deleting paragraph (a) of subclause (11) of clause
   2, and substituting the following paragraph:
   “(a) If the voter fails to place his signature on the inside
   of the flap of the envelope; or ...”
5. By adding the following clause:
   “9. Every provision of this scheme applying to the Whangarei
   High School be deemed to apply to the Whangarei
   Boys' High School, the Whangarei Girls' High School,
   and any other school for the time being under the
   control of the Whangarei High School Board.”
   Dated at Wellington this 2nd day of December 1963.
   D. N. McKAY,
   Acting for the Minister of Education.
   Conscience Money Received
   £5 and £15 to the Army Department.
   £5 and £10 to the Inland Revenue Department.
   £1 10s. to the Ministry of Works.
   6s. to the New Zealand State Coal Depot.
   £10, £12, £75, and £20 to the Social Security Department.
   Dated at Wellington this 5th day of December 1963.
   E. L. GREENSMITH, Secretary to the Treasury.
   Plants Declared Noxious Weeds in the County of Franklin
   (Notice No. Ag. 7900)
   Pursuant to section 3 of the Noxious Weeds Act 1950 and
   to a delegation from the Minister of Agriculture under
   section 9 of the Department of Agriculture Act 1953 for
   the purposes of the said section, the following special orders,
   made by the Franklin County Council on the 27th day of
   November 1963, are hereby published.
   SPECIAL ORDERS
   THAT in exercise of powers conferred on it by the Noxious
   Weeds Act 1950, the Franklin County Council hereby resolves
   and declares by way of special order that nodding thistle
   (Carduus nutans), being a plant mentioned in the First
   Schedule to the Noxious Weeds Act 1950, is a noxious
   weed within the County of Franklin.
   THAT in exercise of the powers conferred on it by the Noxious
   Weeds Act 1950, the Franklin County Council hereby resolves
   and declares by way of special order that Barberry (Berberis
   darwinii and Berberis vulgaris), being plants mentioned in the
   Final Schedule to the Noxious Weeds Act 1950, are noxious
   weeds within the County of Franklin.
   Dated at Wellington this 4th day of December 1963.
   G. J. ANDERSON,
   Director (Administration).
   The Standards Act 1941-Draft New Zealand Standard
   Specification No. D 7639: School Paper Stationery
   (Revision of N.Z.S.S. 362:1956)
   Pursuant to subsection (3) of section 8 of the Standards
   Act 1941, notice is hereby given that the above-mentioned
   draft New Zealand standard specification is being circulated.
   All persons who may be affected by this specification and
   who desire to comment thereon may, on application, obtain
   copies on loan from the New Zealand Standards Institute,
   Bowen State Building, Bowen Street, or Private Bag, Welling-
   ton C. 1.
   The closing date for the receipt of comment is 17 January

6. Dated at Wellington this 5th day of December 1963.
   A. C. DAVYS,
   Acting Executive Officer, Standards Council.
   (S.I. 114/2-63098)
   Specification Declared to be a Standard Specification
   Pursuant to the Standards Act 1941 and the regulations
   made thereunder, the Minister of Industries and Commerce,
   on 23 October 1963, declared the under-mentioned specifica-
   tion to be a standard specification:
   Number and Title of Specification: N.Z.S.S. 1828:1963:
   Aluminium capping foil and strip for milk and cream bottles
   Part 1:1963: Aluminium capping foil for milk bottles; being
   B.S. 3313: Part 1 (amended to meet New Zealand require-
   ments).
   Price of Copy (Post Free): 3s. 6d.
   Application for copies should be made to the N.Z. Standards
   Institute, Bowen State Building, Bowen Street, or Private Bag,
   Wellington C. 1.
   Dated at Wellington this 10th day of December 1963.
   A. C. DAVYS,
   Acting Executive Officer, Standards Council.
   (S.I. 114/2-63099)
   The Standards Act 1941-Draft Amendment to the New
   Zealand Standard Specification for Battery-operated Electric
   Fences (N.Z.S.S. 635:1950)
   Pursuant to subsection (3) of section 8 of the Standards
   Act 1941, notice is hereby given that the above draft amend-
   ment is being circulated under the reference No. D 7682,
   All persons who may be affected by this amendment and
   who desire to comment thereon may, on application, obtain
   copies free of charge from the New Zealand Standards
   Institute, Bowen State Building, Bowen Street, or Private
   Bag, Wellington C. 1.
   The closing date for receipt of comment is 2 January 1963.
   Dated at Wellington this 10th day of December 1963.
   A. C. DAVYS,
   Acting Executive Officer, Standards Council.
   (S.I. 114/2-63100)