22 MARCH
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
423

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

Game That May be Hunted or Killed
Duration of 1967 Season

Grey, shoveler, (or spoonbill), mallard, and paradise duck .... 6 May to 5 June incl.
Black swan .... .... .... 6 May to 5 June incl.
Pukeko .... .... .... 6 May to 5 June incl.
California quail .... .... .... 6 May to 31 July incl.
Chukar .... .... .... 6 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.
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.

Closed Game Areas

Delete:

No. (1). Opawa River, from Blenheim Boundary to dairy factory at Riverlands.

Add:

No. (1). Opawa River, from the Grove Road bridge to dairy factory at Riverlands.

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 1967 Season

Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), and mallard duck, and black swan .... .... .... 6 May to 5 June incl.
Pukeko .... .... .... 6 May to 11 June incl.
California quail .... .... .... 6 May to 31 July incl.
Cock pheasant .... .... .... 4 June to 5 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 7 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 1967 Season

Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), mallard, and paradise duck .... 6 May to 5 June incl.
Black swan .... .... .... 6 May to 30 July incl.
Pukeko .... .... .... 6 May to 5 June incl.
(except that the shooting of pukeko is prohibited in the following areas on Lake Ellesmere:
(a) Kaituna Point—that area opposite the Kaituna Railway Station defined by the erection of white painted posts;
(b) Areas on either side of the L2 River mouth defined by the erection of white painted posts; and
(c) All that area adjacent to the Kaituna Railway Station between the old railway line and State Highway No. 75.)

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). .... 6 May to 30 July incl.
California quail .... .... .... 6 May to 30 July incl.
Cock pheasant .... .... .... 6 May to 12 May incl.
Chukar .... .... .... 6 May to 30 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), 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 that during the period 14 June to 30 July (inclusive) Canada goose 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 northern mouth of the Selwyn River to a marker post situated at the lake outlet at Taumutu.

Decoy limit: 20, of which not more than 10 shall be other than Canada goose decoys, except that after 5 June 1967 the limit may be 20, all of which must be Canada goose 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 swan(s) shot, or the mutilated bodies of any swan(s) 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.

Closed Game Areas

Delete:

No. (18). That portion of the Weka Stream flowing through, or bounding, the properties of Messrs E. C. S. Murchison, C. H. Bethell, L. W. Ferguson, R. G. Forbes, F. J. Bain, E. C. Topp, and estate of R. B. Johnston, in the Waikari Survey District.

Add:

No. (18). That portion of the Weka Stream flowing through the properties of Messrs D. Antill, F. J. Bain, C. H. Bethell, L. W. Ferguson, R. G. Forbes, estate of R. B. Johnston, E. C. S. Murchison, and E. C. Topp, in the Waikari Survey District.

No. (21). Rangiora Borough Council oxidation ponds, and area of farmland in the immediate vicinity, being the properties of Messrs K. J. Brosman, H. C. Welsford, and Spark Brothers, comprising 102 acres 0 roods 12.5 perches, more or less, and as 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 1967 Season

Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), and mallard duck .... .... 6 May to 5 June incl.
Paradise duck (except in that portion of the Southland County which lies within the Otago Acclimatisation District) .... 6 May to 5 June incl.
Black swan (except in Maniototo County) .... .... .... 6 May to 5 June incl.
Pukeko .... .... .... 6 May to 10 June incl.
California quail .... .... .... 6 May to 6 August incl.
Pheasants .... .... .... 3 June to 6 August incl.
Chukar .... .... .... 6 May to 27 August 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: 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.