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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 13

Southland 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), and mallard duck .. .. .. 4 May to 3 June incl.
Pukeko .. .. .. 4 May to 3 June incl.
Black swan .. .. .. 4 May to 3 June incl.
Cock pheasant .. .. .. 1 June to 30 June incl.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 10.
Shoveler (or spoonbill) duck, 5.
Mallard duck (female), 10.
Mallard drake, 15.
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), and mallard duck, 10 in all, except that 5 extra mallard drakes only may be taken.

Shooting hours: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Decoy limit: 25.

Special Conditions

In the Southland Acclimatisation District not more than four persons shall, at any one time, hunt or kill, or attempt to hunt or kill, game over the same set of decoys.

Waimate Acclimatisation District

Reference to Description: Gazette, No. 17, of 12 March 1925, at page 754.

Closed Game Areas

Delete:

No. (1). The property owned by the estate of Robert Heaton Rhodes and occupied by Airini Elizabeth Woodhouse, and known as “Bluecliffs Station”, and described as follows: R.S. 9254, 10509–10, 14117, 14744, 14850–1, 15221, 17215–6, 18380, 18834, 18998–90, 19210, 19668–9, 22286, 22686–9, 22849, 22850, 24705–6, 24707, 24709, 29020, 31131, 32266, 33151–2, 35013, 35562, 36504, 36594, parts R.S. 16087, 17020, 17733, 1900, 20031, 22690, 24143, 24708, 28854, Blocks IX, X, XII, Otaio Survey District.

No. (2). Those portions of A. R. and B. E. Evans’ property at “Alpine”, Pareora, that lie within the Waimate Acclimatisation District.

Waitaki Acclimatisation District

Reference to Description: Gazette, No. 17, of 12 March 1925, at page 754.

Closed Game Areas

Delete:

No. (1). The artificial lake and a strip of land 5 chains in width along the margin thereof, situated in Section 39, Block I, Kauru Survey District.

No. (2). Land comprised in the Kuriheka Trust, being all those parcels of land containing together an area of 490 acres, more or less, being parts of Section 4, Block 7, Otepopo Survey District, parts of Section 7 and 9, Block 8, Oamaru Survey District, and parts of Sections 47 and 49; Block I, Kauru Survey District, and being all land described in certificate of title, Volume 241, folio 242; also those parcels of land containing 69 acres 2 roods 18 poles, more or less, being part of Section 53, Block 8, Oamaru Survey District, and being all the land in certificate of title, Volume 241, folio 270.

Waitaki Valley Acclimatisation District

Reference to Description: Gazette, No. 54, of 31 August 1967, at page 1453.

Game That May be Hunted or Killed
Duration of 1968 Season

Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), and mallard duck, and black swan .. 4 May to 3 June incl.
Canada goose .. .. .. 4 May to 3 June incl.
Californian quail .. .. .. 4 May to 31 July incl.
Chukor .. .. .. 4 May to 31 July incl.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 10.
Shoveler (or spoonbill) duck, 5.
Mallard duck (female), 10.
Mallard drake, 15.
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), and mallard (male and female) duck, 10 in all, except that 5 extra mallard drakes only may be taken.

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

Decoy limit: 10; except in that portion of the district above the Benmore Dam, and including Lake Benmore, where the limit may be 20, of which not more than 10 shall be other than Canada goose decoys.

Special Conditions

1. Canada goose is game in that part of the Waitaki Valley Acclimatisation District which lies: east of the Otematata River and Blue Duck Creek, plus that area of land and water comprising the Waitaki River (including Lake Waitaki) from the Benmore Dam to the sea, the bed of that portion of the Waitaki River and all the islands in that portion, and a strip of land comprising 100 yd wide around the margin for the time being of Lake Waitaki, and that portion of the district which lies east of the South Island Main Trunk Railway.

2. No person shall, for the purposes of hunting or killing game, build, or attempt to build, any stand, hide, shelter, maimai, mudhole, loo, louvre, or position before 9 a.m. on 6 April 1968.

3. 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 South Canterbury 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

Add:

No. (1) That portion of the properties of Messrs A. R. and B. E. Evans, “Alpine”, Pareora, contained in certificates of title 305/263, 136/199, 98/111, 126/232, 151/149, 696/100, A1/935, 131/288, 154/75, 95/284, 96/167, and 235/287.

No. (2). The property owned by the Estate of Robert Heaton Rhodes and occupied by Airini Elizabeth Woodhouse, and known as “Bluecliffs Station”, and described as follows: R.S. 9254, 10509–10, 14117, 14744, 14850–1, 15221, 17215–6, 18380, 18834, 18998–90, 19210, 19668–9, 22286, 22686–9, 22849, 22850, 24705–6, 24707, 24709, 29020, 31131, 32266, 33151–2, 35013, 35562, 36504, 36594, parts R.S. 16087, 17020, 17733, 1900, 20031, 22690, 24143, 24708, 28854, Blocks IX, X, XII, Otaio Survey District.

No. (3). Land comprised in the Kuriheka Trust, being all those parcels of land containing together an area of 490 acres, more or less, being parts of Section 4, Block 7, Otepopo Survey District, parts of Sections 7 and 9, Block 8, Oamaru Survey District, and parts of Sections 47 and 49; Block 1, Kauru Survey District, and being all land described in certificate of title, Volume 241, folio 242; also those parcels of land containing 69 acres 2 roods 18 poles, more or less, being part of Section 53, Block 8, Oamaru Survey District, and being all the land in certificate of title, Volume 241, folio 270.

West Coast Acclimatisation District

Reference to Description: Gazette, No. 78, of 4 October 1951, at page 1465.

Game That May be Hunted or Killed
Duration of 1968 Season

Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), and mallard duck, and black swan .. 4 May to 3 June incl.
Pukeko .. .. .. 4 May to 16 June incl.
Californian quail .. .. .. 4 May to 3 June incl.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 10.
Shoveler (or spoonbill) duck, 5.
Mallard duck (female), 10.
Mallard drake, 15.
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), 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.

Westland 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, and black swan .. 4 May to 3 June incl.
Pukeko .. .. .. 4 May to 9 June incl.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 10.
Shoveler (or spoonbill) duck, 2.
Mallard duck, 10.
Black swan, 8.
Pukeko, 5.
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), and mallard (male and female) duck, 10 in all.

Shooting hours: 6.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.
Decoy limit: 10.

Special Conditions

Persons holding valid game shooting licences for the Westland Acclimatisation District may, without taking out a further game licence, shoot in that portion of the Southern Lakes Acclimatisation District included in the Westland Land District. The conditions prescribed in this notification in respect of the Southern Lakes Acclimatisation District shall apply in this area.

Dated at Wellington this 29th day of February 1968.

DAVID C. SEATH, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 46/17)