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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 15

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 10.
Shoveler (or spoonbill) duck, 5.
Mallard duck (female), 10.
Mallard drake, 15.
Paradise duck, 10.
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), paradise and mallard (male and female) duck, 10 in all, except that 5 extra mallard drakes only may be taken.
Shooting hours: 6.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.
Decoy limit: 10.

Special Conditions

A licence issued pursuant to this notification shall entitle the holder thereof to hunt or kill game on that portion of the bank and bed of the Conway River which lies within the North Canterbury Acclimatisation District during the period and subject, mutatis mutandis, to the conditions prescribed in the notification fixing an open season in that 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 1966 Season
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), mallard, and black swan .. 7 May to 6 June incl.
Pukeko .. 7 May to 12 June incl.
California quail .. 7 May to 31 July incl.
Pheasant .. 5 June to 6 June incl.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 7.
Shoveler (or spoonbill) duck, 3.
Mallard duck (female), 7.
Mallard drake, 12.
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), and mallard (male and female) duck, 7 in all, except that 5 extra mallard drakes only may be taken.
Shooting hours: 6.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.
Decoy limit: 10.

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 1966 Season
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), mallard duck, and paradise duck .. 7 May to 6 June incl.
Black swan .. 7 May to 31 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). .. 7 May to 31 July incl.
California quail .. 7 May to 31 July incl.
Chukar .. 7 May to 31 July incl.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 10.
Shoveler (or spoonbill) duck, 5.
Mallard duck (female), 10.
Mallard drake, 15.
Paradise duck, 3.
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), mallard (male and female) duck, and paradise duck, 10 in all, except that 5 extra mallard drakes only may be taken.
Shooting hours: 6.30 a.m. to 7 p.m. except 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 and its 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.
Decoy limit: 10, except that after 6 June 1966 the limit may be 20 all of which must be Canada geese decoys.

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, and on that portion of the bank and bed of the Conway River which lies within the Marlborough Acclimatisation District, during the period and subject, mutatis mutandis, to the conditions prescribed in the notification fixing an open season for game in those districts respectively.

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 1966 Season
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), and mallard duck .. 7 May to 6 June incl.
Paradise duck (except in that portion of the Southland County which lies within the Otago Acclimatisation District) .. 7 May to 6 June incl.
Black swan (except in Maniatoto County) .. 7 May to 6 June incl.
Pukeko .. 7 May to 12 June incl.
California quail .. 4 June to 31 July incl.
Hen and cock pheasants .. 4 June to 31 July incl.
Chukar .. 4 June to 31 July incl.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 10.
Shoveler (or spoonbill) duck, 5.
Mallard duck (female), 10.
Mallard drake, 15.
Paradise duck, 8.
Grey shoveler (or spoonbill), paradise, and mallard (male and female) duck, 10 in all, except that 5 extra mallard drakes only may be taken.
Shooting hours: 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. for pheasants; 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. for waterfowl, quail, and chukar.
Decoy limit: 10.

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 1966 season
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), and mallard duck .. 7 May to 6 June incl.
Paradise duck (in the area west of a line extending from the McKenzie Pass to the mouth of the Rangitata Gorge only) .. 7 May to 6 June incl.
Black swan .. 7 May to 31 July incl.
Pukeko .. 7 May to 6 June incl.
Chukar .. 7 May to 28 August incl.
California quail .. 7 May to 31 July incl.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 10.
Shoveler (or spoonbill) duck, 5.
Mallard duck (female), 10.
Mallard drake, 15.
Paradise duck, 5.
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), paradise, and mallard (male and female) duck, 10 in all, except that 5 extra mallard drakes only may be taken.
Shooting hours: 6.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. except that, in that portion of Lake Benmore and its shore line one half a mile in depth which lies within the South Canterbury Acclimatisation District, the hours shall be 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Decoy limit: 20 of which not more than 10 shall be other than Canada goose decoys.

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 flood 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 Acclimatisation District during the period and subject, mutatis mutandis, to the conditions prescribed in the notification fixing the open season for that district.