22 FEBRUARY
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
387

Pukeko —— —— —— 21 April to 17 June 1979 incl.
Black swan —— —— 21 April to 17 June 1979 incl.
California quail —— —— 21 April to 26 August 1979 incl.
Cock pheasant —— —— 2 June to 4 June 1979 incl.

Daily Bag Limits
Grey duck, 15.
Shoveler (or spoonbill), 15.
Mallard duck, 20.
Paradise duck, 5, only in that portion of the Nelson Acclimatisation District south of a line from Top-house to Hope Saddle taking in the Buller River drainage system excluding all land within Nelson Lakes National Park; 2 in the remainder of the district.

Shooting hours: 6.15 a.m. to 6.15 p.m.
Decoy limit: No limit.

Closed Game Areas
Delete:
No. (2) Mr S. H. Cooper’s Farm, Matiri Survey District.
No. (3) part Sections 2 and 3 of 22, parts Sections 23, 25, and 2 of 24, District of Waimca South, Sections 9, 11, 13, 1 of 8, and 1 of 12, and part 36 and 8, and parts Sections 2, of 12, District Wai-iti Hills, Section 6, Block XVI, Wai-iti S.D.; Block IV, Gordon S.D. Occupier, D. C. Parkes and Sons Ltd.

Add:
No. (2). All that area in the Nelson Land District, being Lots 2 and 7, Plan 2637, Block IX, Wai-iti S.D., and containing approximately 58 acres, the property of Mr R. N. Howes.

No. (3). The property of G. A. Palmer, Lower Moutere.

NORTH CANTERBURY ACCLIMATISATION DISTRICT
Reference to Description: Gazette, No. 68, 28 September 1933, at p. 2463.

Game That May be Hunted or Killed
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), and mallard duck ——
Paradise duck. High Country—those watersheds upstream from and lying west of a line joining points: (1) the Lake Coleridge Powerhouse on the Rakaia River at the Southern Boundary of the North Canterbury Acclimatisation District, (2) Woodstock on the Waimakariri River, (3) the junction of the South Branch with the Hurunui River, (4) Marble Point Quarry south of Hanmer at the Waiau River, (5) the junction of Palmer Stream with the Clarence River at the Northern Boundary of the North Canterbury Acclimatisation District. Low Country—that part of the North Canterbury Acclimatisation District excluding High Country areas described above.

Pukeko —— —— —— 21 April to 17 June 1979 incl.
Canada goose (only in the counties of Wairewa and Ellesmere east of State Highway No. 1) —— —— 21 April to 17 June 1979 incl.

Duration of 1979–80 Season
21 April to 17 June 1979 incl.

Canada goose (in the remainder of the North Canterbury Acclimatisation District) —— —— 21 April to 28 October 1979 incl., and midnight 1 February 1980 to 23 March 1980 at midnight incl.

California quail —— —— 21 April to 26 August 1979 incl.
Cock pheasant —— —— 2 June to 9 June 1979 incl.
Chukor —— —— 21 April to 26 August 1979 incl.

Daily Bag Limits
Grey duck, 25.
Shoveler (or spoonbill), 5.
Mallard duck, 25.
Paradise duck, 2, Low Country; 6, High Country.
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), mallard, and paradise duck, 25 in all.

Shooting hours: 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. or any period within these hours except that during the period 18 June 1979 to 28 October 1979 inclusive, and midnight 1 February 1980 to 23 March 1980 at midnight inclusive, Canada goose may be hunted or killed 24 hours per day.

Decoy limit: No limit.

Special Conditions

1. No hut, mudhole, stand, hide, shelter, maimai, boat, louvre, or cylinder or other contrivance shall be used for the hunting or killing of game in any part of Lake Ellesmere in which the water is of a greater depth than 60 centimetres, excepting such areas as may be decided upon by the North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society, provided that nothing in this special condition shall prevent any person using any vessel for the purpose of retrieving game that has been killed or wounded.

OTAGO ACCLIMATISATION DISTRICT
Reference to Description: Gazette, No. 50, of 26 July 1945,

Game That May be Hunted or Killed
Grey, shoveler (or spoonbill), and mallard duck ——
Paradise duck (shooting of paradise ducks is prohibited in the area south-west of the Clutha River from the Cromwell Gorge to the Beaumont Bridge and also the areas east and south of the Lammerlaw Range, Rock and Pillar Range, and a direct line from Hyde to Morrisons) ——
California quail —— —— 21 April to 26 August 1979 incl.
Pheasant —— —— 21 April to 26 August 1979 incl.
Chukor —— —— 21 April to 26 August 1979 incl.

Duration of 1979–80 Season
21 April to 17 June 1979 incl.

Daily Bag Limits
Grey duck, 25.
Shoveler (or spoonbill), 25.
Mallard duck, 25.
Paradise duck, 3 (except that 5 may be hunted or killed in the county of Maniototo south and east of State Highway No. 85).

Shooting hours: 6.30 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Decoy limit: No limit.

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 a distance of 10 metres from the margin of such water in non-tidal waters, or from the low-water mark in tidal waters or, where raupo abounds, 10 metres from the outside edge of such raupo.