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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 13

Daily Bag Limits—continued
Grey, Shoveler (or spoonbill), Cock pheasant, 6.
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.

Closed Game Areas
Delete:
No. (1). Mount Denby Golf Links.
No. (2). The property of R. K. Trimmer, being part Lot 6,
Lots 7, 12, and 13, D.P. 1583, of Allotment 51, Whangarei Parish,
Block VIII, Purua Survey District, and Block V, Whangarei
Survey District, containing 158 acres 1 rood 13 perches.
No. (6). The property of R. Chilcott: area, 142 acres 2 roods
34.8 perches, Allotments 56 and 60, part 57, part 59, part 61,
Whangarei Parish, Blocks VIII and XII, Purua S.D.
No. (20). The property of E. M. and R. W. McDonald: area,
61 acres approximately, part Lot 2, D.P. 372737, Block VIII,
Purua S.D., Lot 1, D.P. 43540, Whangarei Parish, Block VIII,
Purua S.D., part Lot 2, D.P. 39273, of Allotment 51, Parish of
Whangarei, Lots 1, 2, 5, 8, and 9, D.P. 43392, of Allotment 51,
Parish of Whangarei, and D.P. 42835.
Add:
No. (6). The property of M. L. Forsyth: area, 142 acres 2 roods
34.8 perches, Allotments 56 and 60, part 57, part 59, part 61,
Whangarei Parish, Blocks VIII and XII, Purua S.D.
Dated at Wellington this 19th day of February 1968.
DAVID C. SEATH, Minister of Internal Affairs.
(I.A. 46/17)

Open Season for Game in Acclimatisation Districts—South Island
IMPORTANT—The closed game areas published in the supplement,
dated 26 March 1965, to the Gazette of 25 March 1965, and in any
subsequent Gazette notice, apply to the 1968 open season for game,
subject to any amendments thereto and deletions therefrom published
in this notice.
This notice applies only to the open season for game in those
acclimatisation districts which fall within the South Island.
PURSUANT to the Wildlife Act 1953, the Minister of Internal
Affairs declares an open season for game of the kinds specified
in the acclimatisation districts specified in the Second Schedule
hereto, and during the periods and shooting hours set forth in
relation to each district, except in the closed game areas published
in the supplement, dated 26 March 1965, to the Gazette of 25 March
1965, and any subsequent Gazette notice, and in this notice,
and subject to the special conditions published in this notice;
and hereby calls the attention of sportsmen and others to the
daily game possession limits set forth in the First Schedule hereto,
and to the provisions set forth or referred to in the Fourth Schedule
of the supplement, dated 26 March 1965, to the Gazette of 25 March
1965. Any person hunting or killing game otherwise than in the
terms of this notification (including the special conditions specified
in relation to any acclimatisation district) is liable on conviction
to a fine of $100.

FIRST SCHEDULE
Daily Game Possession Limit
EXCEPT where all game is labelled with the following details:
(a) The name and address of the person by whom the game was
taken;
(b) The number of the licence to hunt or kill game held by the
person by whom the game was taken;
(c) The name of the acclimatisation society by which that
licence was issued; and
(d) The date on which the game was taken,
no person shall have in his possession on any one day game in
excess of the following numbers;
Saturday, 4 May 1968: A number of game corresponding to
the number specified in this notification as the daily bag
limit in respect of grey, mallard, shoveler (or spoonbill), and
paradise ducks.
Sunday, 5 May 1968: Twice the number of game specified for
Saturday, 4 May 1968.
Every subsequent day: As for Saturday, 4 May 1968.

SECOND SCHEDULE
Ashburton Acclimatisation District
Reference to Description: Gazette, No. 68, of 28 September 1933,
at page 2463.
Game That May be Hunted
or Killed
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), mallard,
and paradise duck, and pukeko
Black swan
Californian quail and chukor

Duration of
1968 Season
.. 4 May to 3 June incl.
.. 4 May to 28 July incl.
.. 4 May to 31 July incl.

Daily Bag Limits
Grey duck, 10.
Shoveler (or spoonbill), 5.
Mallard duck (female), 10.
Mallard drake, 15.
Black swan, 8.
Pukeko, 2.
Californian quail, no limit.
Chukor, no limit.

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: 20.

Special Conditions

1. A licence issued subject 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 North Canterbury Acclimatisation District during the period
   and subject, mutatis mutandis, to the conditions prescribed in this
   notification fixing an open season for game in 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 Rangitata River which lies within the South Canterbury
   Acclimatisation District during the period and subject, mutatis
   mutandis, to the conditions prescribed in this notification fixing
   the open season for that district.

Marlborough Acclimatisation District
Reference to Description: Gazette, No. 17, of 12 March 1925,
at page 751.
Game That May be Hunted
or Killed
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), mallard,
and paradise duck
Black swan
Pukeko
Californian quail
Chukor

Duration of
1968 Season
.. 4 May to 3 June incl.
.. 4 May to 3 June incl.
.. 4 May to 3 June incl.
.. 4 May to 31 July incl.
.. 4 May to 31 July incl.

Daily Bag Limits
Grey duck, 10.
Black swan, 5.
Shoveler (or spoonbill) duck, 5.
Pukeko, 5.
Mallard duck (female), 10.
Californian quail, no limit.
Mallard drake, 15.
Chukor, no limit.
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: 25.

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
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), and
mallard duck, and black swan
Pukeko
Californian quail
Cock pheasant

Duration of
1968 Season
.. 4 May to 3 June incl.
.. 4 May to 3 June incl.
.. 4 May to 31 July incl.
.. 2 June to 3 June incl.

Daily Bag Limits
Grey duck, 7.
Black swan, 5.
Shoveler (or spoonbill) duck, 3.
Pukeko, 5.
Mallard duck (female), 7.
Californian quail, no limit.
Mallard drake, 12.
Cock pheasant, 1.
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: 25.

Closed Game Areas
Delete:
No. (4). All that area in the Nelson Land District, being part
of Section II, 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 Gazette, No. 12 of 4 March 1948, at page 246.

North Canterbury Acclimatisation District
Reference to Description: Gazette, No. 68, of 28 September 1933,
at page 2463.
Game That May be Hunted
or Killed
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), mallard,
and paradise duck
Black swan

Duration of
1968 Season
.. 4 May to 3 June incl.
.. 4 May to 28 July incl.