Shooting hours: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. except that during the period of
4 June 1974 to 6 October 1974 inclusive, and midnight 7 February
1975 to 23 March 1975 at midnight inclusive, Canada goose may
be shot 24 hours per day.

Decoy limit: No limit.

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.

SOUTHLAND ACCLIMATISATION DISTRICT

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

Game That May be Hunted
or Killed

Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), and
mallard duck . . . . . 4 May to 3 June 1974
incl.

Paradise duck (only in that portion
of the Southland Acclimatisation
District north of a direct line
commencing at Paddock Hill, on
the Society’s western boundary, to
the summit of Mount Hamilton,
situated at the eastern end of the
Takitimu Mountains, then in a
direct line to the Te Anau-
Lumsden Highway at Centre Hill
Station, then along the Te Anau-
Lumsden Highway to the road-rail
bridge over the Oreti River near
Lumsden, then in a direct line to
East Dome on the Society’s eastern
boundary) . . . . . 4 May to 5 May 1974
incl.
Pukeko . . . . . 4 May to 3 June 1974
incl.
Pheasants . . . . . 4 May to 28 July 1974
incl.
Chukor (only in that portion of the
Southland Acclimatisation District
north of the main highway between
Gore and Te Anau) . . . . 4 May to 28 July 1974
incl.
Canada goose (only in that portion
of the Southland Acclimatisation
District north of a direct line
commencing at Paddock Hill, on
the Society’s western boundary, to
the summit of Mount Hamilton
situated at the eastern end of the
Takitimu Mountains, then in a
direct line to the Te Anau -
Lumsden Highway at Centre Hill
Station, then along the Te Anau -
Lumsden Highway to the road-rail
bridge over the Oreti River near
Lumsden, then in a direct line to
East Dome on the Society’s eastern
boundary) . . . . . 4 May to 3 June 1974
incl.

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 5.
Shoveler (or spoonbill), 5.
Mallard duck, 15.
Paradise duck, 2.
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), paradise,
and mallard duck, 15 in all.

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

Special Conditions

In the Southland Acclimatisation District not more than 4
persons shall, at any one time, hunt or kill, or attempt to hunt or
kill, game over the same set of decoys.

WAITAKI VALLEY ACCLIMATISATION DISTRICT

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

Game That May be Hunted
or Killed

Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), and
mallard duck . . . . . 4 May to 3 June 1974
incl.
Paradise duck (only in that portion
of the Waitaki Valley Acclimatisation
District that lies west of the
WAITAKI VALLEY ACCLIMATISATION DISTRICT—continued

Game That May be Hunted

or Killed

Lake Waitaki Dam and the area
upstream of the main road bridge
on the Hakataramea River)

Black swan (only in that portion of
the Waitaki Valley Acclimatisation
District that lies to the eastward
of the South Island main trunk
railway line)

Canada goose (Area A—that part
of the Waitaki Valley Acclimatisation
District excluding Area B)

Canada goose (Area B—that part of
the Waitaki Valley Acclimatisation
District described as follows:
(i) That area of land and water comprising
the Waitaki River, from the top
of the Lake Waitaki Dam to the sea,
the bed of that portion of the Waitaki
River, and all islands in that portion;
(ii) That portion of the Waitaki
Valley Acclimatisation District that
lies to the eastward of the South Island
main trunk railway line.)

California quail . .
Chukor . .

Daily Bag Limits

Grey duck, 15.
Shoveler (or spoonbill), 15.
Mallard duck, 15.
Paradise duck, 2.
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), mallard,
and paradise duck, 15 in all.

Shooting hours: 6.45 a.m. to 7 p.m. except that during the period
4 June 1974 to 6 October 1974 inclusive, and midnight 7 February
1975 to 23 March 1975 at midnight inclusive, Canada goose may
be shot 24 hours per day.

Decoy limits: 20, of which not more than 10 may be duck decoys,
except that in Area A, from 4 June 1974 there will be no limit on the
number of Canada goose decoys.

Special Conditions

1. No person shall, for the purposes of hunting or killing game,
   build, or attempt to build, any stand, hide, shelter, maimai, mud-
   hole, loo, louvre, or position before 9 a.m. on 6 April 1974.

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 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.

Closed Game Areas

Delete:

(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.

(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 S.D.

WEST COAST 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

Paradise duck

Duration of
1974–75 Season

4 May to 5 May 1974
incl.

4 May to 3 June 1974
incl.

4 May to 6 October 1974
incl., and midnight 7
February 1975 to 23
March 1975 at midnight
incl.

4 May to 16 June 1974
incl.

4 May to 28 July 1974
incl.

4 May to 28 July 1974
incl.

Duration of
1974–75 Season

4 May to 3 June 1974
incl.

4 May to 3 June 1974
incl.

Duration of
1974–75 Season

4 May to 3 June 1974
incl.