7 MARCH
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
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North Canterbury Acclimatisation District—continued
Pukeko (except that the shooting of pukeko is prohibited in the following area on Lake Ellesmere: Kaituna Point—that area opposite the Kaituna Railway Station defined by the erection of white painted posts) .. 4 May to 3 June 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) .. 4 May to 28 July incl.
Californian quail .. 4 May to 28 July incl.
Cock pheasant .. 4 May to 10 May incl.
Chukor .. 4 May to 28 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 11 June to 28 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: 25.

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. (5). All that area of land containing 126 acres, more or less, at Coutts Island, in the Land District of Canterbury, vested in the North Canterbury Catchment Board, and being parts of Rural Sections 2208, 2272, 2383, 2384, and a portion of closed road situated in Block II, of the Christchurch Survey District, as shown on plan marked I.A. 46/16/25, deposited in the Head Office of the Department of Internal Affairs at Wellington, and as may be further defined by the erection of white-painted posts.

Add:
No. (5). All that area of land containing 35 acres, more or less, on the property of Mr D. N. Halliday “Aborfield” adjoining the Selwyn River in the Ellesmere district and as further defined by the erection of white painted posts.
No. (23). All that area of Reserves 5240 and 5241 situated in Blocks II and III, Christchurch Survey District, and containing an area of 116 acres, more or less, and controlled by the North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society and known as the Silverstream Fish Hatchery.

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 1968 Season
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), and mallard duck .. 4 May to 3 June incl.
Paradise duck (except in that portion of the Southland County which lies within the Otago Acclimatisation District) .. 4 May to 3 June incl.
Black swan (except in Maniototo County) .. 4 May to 3 June incl.
Pukeko .. 4 May to 9 June incl.
Californian quail .. 1 June to 4 Aug. incl.
Pheasants .. 1 June to 4 Aug. incl.
Chukor .. 1 June to 25 Aug. 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 chukor.

Decoy limit: 25.

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 1968 Season
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), and mallard duck .. 4 May to 3 June incl.
Paradise duck (shooting of paradise duck(s) is prohibited on the seaward side of State Highway No. 72, from the Arundel Bridge to Geraldine; thence State Highway No. 79, from Geraldine to Fairlie; thence Highway No. 8, from Fairlie to Burkes Pass township; thence along Rollesby Road to the mouth of MacKenzie Pass at Lochharts Bridge; and thence along Lochharts Creek to its commencement) 4 May to 3 June incl.
Black swan .. 4 May to 28 July incl.
Pukeko .. 4 May to 3 June incl.
Chukor .. 4 May to 25 Aug. incl.
Californian quail .. 4 May to 28 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 of 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: 25.

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 Waitaki Valley Acclimatisation 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:
No. (13). The property of Mr W. T. Kitto, “Aylesbury Farm”, Seadown, No. 3.R.D., Timaru.

Southern Lakes Acclimatisation District
Reference to Description: Gazette, No. 39, of 9 July 1959, at page 903.

Game That May be Hunted or Killed
Duration of 1968 Season
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), mallard, and paradise duck .. 4 May to 3 June incl.
Pukeko .. 4 May to 3 June incl.
Chukor .. 1 June to 25 Aug. incl.
Californian quail .. 1 June to 31 July incl.

Daily Bag Limits
Grey duck, 6.
Shoveler (or spoonbill) duck, 5.
Mallard duck (female), 6.
Mallard drake, 10.
Paradise duck, 4.
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), paradise, and mallard duck, 10 in all.

Shooting hours: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Decoy limit: 10.

Closed Game Areas
Add:
No. (8). Approximately 49 acres, Section 15, Block 16, Tarras Survey District, being the property of Mr M. J. Cowie.