Season for killing Hares in North Canterbury extended.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume IX, Issue 16, 5 August 1885, Page 131

Season for killing Hares in North Canterbury extended.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor.

WHEREAS by a warrant made under “ The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and “ The Animals Protection Act Amendment Act, 1881,” dated the twentieth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the twenty-sixth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, it was notified, amongst other things, that hares might be taken or killed, within the North Canterbury District, from the first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and

eighty-five, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five : And whereas it is expedient to extend the time for taking or killing hares within the said district: Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers vested in me by the said “ Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and “ The Animals Protection Act Amendment Act, 1881,” do hereby notify that hares may be taken or killed within the said North Canterbury District until the thirty-first day of August, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five. As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-eighth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five. P. A. BUCKLEY.