EXTRACTS FROM NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XXXII, Issue 13, 3 April 1907, Page 129

EXTRACTS FROM NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

(From Gazette, 1907, pages 1045, 1046, 1047, 1048, 1049, and 1050.) Notice respecting Native and Imported Game. Colonial Secretary’s Office, Wellington, 27th March, 1907. THE attention of sportsmen, game-dealers, and others is called to the provisions of “ The Animals Protection

Act Amendment Act, 1889,” “ The Animals Protection Act Amendment Act, 1895,” “ The Animals Protection Acts Amendment Act, 1900,” and “ The Animals Protection Amendment Act, 1903,” which are now in force. A digest of the chief of such provisions is subjoined, viz. : “The Animals Protection Act Amendment Act, 1889.” Section 4. No person shall kill, destroy, or shoot at any game or native game with anything but a shoulder-gun, and no such gun must exceed size No. 10 at muzzle, or be fitted with barrels exceeding 36 in. in length. No gun shall exceed 101 b. in weight. Any person offending against this provision is liable to a penalty not exceeding £lO. Section 5. No person shall sell any native game, or take or kill any native game for the purpose of sale, without previously taking out the required license. Penalty not exceeding £2O. Section 6. No sale of native game shall take place except during the period within which such native game may be taken or killed. If any person hold a license to sell game— i.e., imported game—he is not liable to pay a second fee on taking out a license to sell native game. But both licenses must be taken out if it is intended to sell both kinds of game.

“ The Animals Protection Act Amendment Act, 1895.” Section 6. Section 12 of “ The Animals Protection Act, 1880, ” is repealed. No person can noiv sell game, or dispose thereof for any gain or reward, unless he he the holder of a license to sell such game. Penalty not exceeding £2O. “ The Animals Protection Acts Amendment Act, 1900.” Section 3. No game or native game to be exported without the written consent of the Colonial Secretary, nor held in possession for a greater period than seven days after close of season, whether such game or native game be frozen, chilled, or not. Section 4. Native pigeon, pukeko, and kaka not to be taken or killed this year. “ The Animals Protection Amendment Act, 1903.” Section 2. Season for taking or killing native and imported game (other than deer and godwits), Ist May to 31st July. Section 5. Fee for license to take or kill game (other than deer) to be £l. JOHN G. FINDLAY, Colonial Secretary.

Officers for signing and issuing Licenses under Animals Protection Acts, Auckland District, appointed. PLUNKET, Governor.

XN exercise of the powers vested in me by 1 ‘ The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and its amendments, T, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the Chief Postmasters at Auckland and Thames, and the Postmasters at Cambridge, Hamilton, Mercer, Papakura, Pukekohe, Whitianga, and Coromandel, to sign and issue licenses to take or kill imported game—namely, cock pheasants, and Californian and Australian quail—within the Auckland District, consisting of the Counties of Rodney, Waitemata, Manukau, Coromandel, Thames, Ohinemuri, Raglan, Waikato, Waipa, Kawhia, Awakino, Waitomo, and parts of the Counties of Piako and West Taupo (excepting the areas described in the Schedule hereto), to any person on the payment of the sum of one pound.

SCHEDULE. 1. All that area in the County of Waitemata bounded on the north by the Wairau Creek from its mouth to the main road from Devonport to Waiwera ; on the west by the said road to its junction with the Sea View Road ; on the south by that road to the sea; and on the east by the sea to the point of departure. 2. All those areas at Waitakerei, Nihotapu, and Huia, in the County of Waitemata, vested in or under the control of the Auckland City Council for the purposes of waterworks, recreation, or the conservation of the native flora and fauna. 3. Little Barrier Island, Hauturu, Auckland (see Neiv Zealand Gazette No. 104, of the 14th December, 1899, page 2266). 4. Hen and Chickens Islands. 5. The whole of the area comprised in the County of Eden.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-seventh day of Maroh, one thousand nine hundred and seven. JAMES McGOWAN, For Colonial Secretary.

Officers for signing and issuing Licenses under Animals Protection Acts, Bay of Islands District, appointed. PLUNKET, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “ The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and its amendments, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the Postmasters at Russell, Kohukohu, Kaikohe, Kawakawa, Rawene, Herekino, and Ohaeawai to sign and issue licenses to take or kill imported game—namely, cock pheasants and Californian quail—within the Bay of Islands District, consisting of the Counties of Bay of Islands and Hokianga, to any person on the payment of the sum of one pound. As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred and seven. JAMES McGOWAN, For Colonial Secretary.

Officer for signing and issuing Licenses under the Animals Protection Acts, Buller District, appointed. PLUNKET, Governor. IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “ The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and its amendments, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the Chief Postmaster at Westport to sign and issue licenses to take or kill imported game —namely, hares—within the Buller District, consisting of the County of Buller, to any person on the payment of the sum of one pound. As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred and seven. JAMES McGOWAN, For Colonial Secretary.

Officer for signing and issuing Licenses under Animals Protection Acts, Cook County District, appointed. PLUNKET, Governor. IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “ The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and its amendments, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the Chief Postmaster at Gisborne to sign and issue licenses to take or kill imported game namely, cock pheasants and Californian quail—within the Cook County District, consisting of the Counties of Cook and Waiapu, to any person on the payment of the sum of one pound.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred and seven. JAMES McGOWAN, For Colonial Secretary.

Officers for signing and issuing Licenses under Animals Protection Acts, Peilding District, appointed. PLUNKET, Governor. IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “ The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and its amendments, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, tbe Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the Postmasters at Feilding, Kimbolton, Apiti, and Ashhurst to sign and issue licenses to take or kill imported game—namely, hares, cock pheasants, and Californian quail—within the Feilding District, described in the Schedule hereto, to any person on the payment of the sum of one pound.

SCHEDULE. Feilding and District Acclimatisation District. All that area in the Wellington Land District bounded towards the north by the Kawhatau and Pourangaki Streams from the Rangitikei River to the summit of the Ruabine Range : thence towards the east generally by the summit of that range to the Manawatu Gorge, and by the Manawatu River to the Raukawa Road: thence towards the south generally by that road which forms the north-eastern

boundaries of Sections Nos. 455 and 454, Block VIII, Kairanga Survey District, to the Palmerston-Ashhurst Road 1 thence by that road to Stony Creek Road; thence by that road and the railway-line to the Oroua River ; thence by that river to Awahuri; and thence by the Awahuri-Bull’s Road to the Rangitikei River : and towards the north-west generally by the Rangitikei River to the Kawhatau Stream aforesaid. As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred and seven. JAMES McGOWAN, For Colonial Secretary.

Officer for signing and issuing Licenses under Animals Pro tection Acts, Grey District, appointed. PLUNKET, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “ The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and its amendments, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the Chief Postmaster at Greymouth to sign and issue licenses to take or kill imported game—namely, hares—within the Grey District, consisting of the County of Grey, to any person on the payment of the sum of one pound ; and also to sign and issue to any person licenses to sell native and imported game within the said district on payment of the sum of five pounds. As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred and seven. JAMES McGOWAN, For Colonial Secretary.

Officers for signing and issuing Licenses under Animals Protection Acts, Hciwera District, appointed. PLUNKET, Governor. IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “ The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and its amendments, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the Postmasters at Hawera, Patea, Pibama, Otakeho, Manaia, Awatuna East, Kaponga, Mangatoki, Okaiawa, Nonnanby, Eltham, Manutahi, Alton, Hurleyville, Waverley, and Waitotara to sign and issue licenses to take or kill imported game namely, cock pheasants and quail—within the Hawera District, consisting of the Counties of Hawera, Patea, and Eltham, together with that portion of the County of Egmont lying to the eastward of the Taungatara River, being the Oeo Riding of the said County of Egmont, to any person on the payment of the sum of one pound.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred and seven. JAMES McGOWAN, For Colonial Secretary.

Officers for signing and issuing Licenses under Animals Protection Acts, Hawke’s Bay District, appointed. PLUNKET, Governor. IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “ The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and its amendments, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the Chief Postmaster at Napier, and the Postmasters at Waipawa, Woodville, Dannevirke, Hastings, Waipukurau, Norsewood, Ormondville, Porangabau, Wimbledon, and Takapau, to sign and issue licenses to take or kill imported game—-namely, cock pheasants and Californian quail—within the Hawke’s Bay District, consisting of the Counties of Hawke’s Bay, Patangata, Woodville, Waipawa, and Weber, and part of the County of Wairoa, together with all the town districts and boroughs therein, to any person on the payment of the sum of one pound.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred and seven. JAMES McGOWAN, For Colonial Secretary.

Officers for signing and issuing Licenses under Animals Protection Acts , Hobson District , appointed. PLUNKET, Governor. IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “ The Animals Protection Act, 1880, and its amendments, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the Postmasters at Maungaturoto, Paparoa, Pahi, Matakohe, Dargaville, Te Kopuru, Aratapu, and Tokatoka to sign and issue licenses to take or kill imported game—namely, cock pheasants and Californian quail—within the Hobson District, consisting of the County of Hobson, and parts of the Counties of Otamatea and Hokianga, to any person on the payment of the sum of one pound.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred and seven. JAMES McGOWAN, For Colonial Secretary.

Officer for signing and issuing Licenses under the Animals Protection Acts, Inangahua District, appointed. PLUNKET, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “ The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and its amendments, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the Postmaster at Reefton to sign and issue licenses to take or kill imported game—namely, hares—within the Inangahua District, consisting of the County of Inangahua, to any person on the payment of the sum of one pound.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred and seven. JAMES McGOWAN, For Colonial Secretary.

Officer for signing and issuing Licenses under Animals Protection Acts, Lake District, appointed. PLUNKET, Governor. IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “ The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and its amendments, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the Chief Postmaster at Queenstown to sign and issue licenses to take or kill imported game —namely, quail—within the Lake District, consisting of the County of Lake, to any person on the payment of the sum of one ppund.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred and seven. JAMES McGOWAN, For Colonial Secretary.

Officers for signing and issuing Licenses under Animals Protection Acts, Mangonui-Whangaroa District, appointed. PLUNKET, Governor. IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “ The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and its amendments, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the Postmasters at Mangonui, Whangaroa, Totara, and Kaitaia to sign and issue licenses to take or kill imported game—namely, cock pheasants and quail—within the Mangonui-Whangaroa District, consisting of the Counties of Mongonui and Whangaroa, except in the areas described in the Schedule hereto, to any person on the payment of the sum of one pound.

SCHEDULE. All that area situated in Blocks VI, VII, IX, and X, Maungataniwha Survey District, and described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 62, of the 7th August, 1902. The Tongonge Lake, Ahipara, and an area of half a mile from the shore thereof.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred and seven. JAMES McGOWAN, For Colonial Secretary.

Officer for signing and issuing Licenses Under Animals ' Protection Acts, Marlborough District, appointed. PLUNKET, Governor. IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “ The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and its amendments, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the Chief Postmaster at Blenheim to sign and issue licenses to take or kill imported game—namely, Californian quail and hares—within the Marlborough District, consisting of the Counties of Marlborough and Sounds, excepting therefrom the areas described in the Schedule hereto, to any person on the payment of the sum of one pound.

SCHEDULE. All that area in the Marlborough Land District bounded towards the north-east by the ocean from the north-western end of the Boulder Bank, at the mouth of the Wairau River, to the south-eastern end of the Boulder Bank, at the northeastern corner of Section No. 10 of Block 11, Omaka, situate in Block 111, Clifford Bay Survey District: thence towards the south generally by that section, Section 8 of Block I, Wakefield Downs, and Section 9 of Block 11, Omaka, both of which sections are situate in Block 111, Clifford Bay Survey District, to a point 5 chains distant from high-water mark of the Big Lagoon ; thence by a line parallel to and 5 chains distant from high-water mark of the Big Lagoon through Section 9 of Block 11, Omaka, and 7 of Block I, Wakefield Downs, both of which sections are situate in Block 111, Clifford Bay Survey District, to the channel between the Big Lagoon and Chandler’s Lagoon: thence towards the west generally by the said channel to a small lagoon in Section's, Opawa, situate in Block I, Clifford Bay Survey District; thence by the western side of that lagoon and a line parallel to and 5 chains distant from high-water mark of the Big Lagoon through Section 5 Opawa, public road, Crown land, and Section 3 Opawa, all of which sections are situate in Block I, Clifford Bay Survey District, aforesaid, to the channel in Section 3 Opawa, situate in Block I, Clifford Bay Survey District; thence by that channel through Sections 3, 4,6, 9, Opawa, situate in Block I, Clifford Bay Survey Dis-~ trict, aforesaid, and a line parallel to and 5 chains distant from high-water mark, through Section 9 Opawa, public road, 7 Opawa, public road, 8 Opawa, all of which are situate in Block I, Clifford Bay Survey District, aforesaid, to the southern side of the estuary of the Wairau River ; thence by. a right line across the said estuary in the direction of the Pilot-station to the west side of the mouth of the Wairau River; and thence by a right line to the north-western end of the Boulder Bank, the place of commencement, Also all that area in the Marlborough Land District known as Lake Grassmere, and the area within a line running parallel to and 5 chains distant from the margin of the said lake. Also all that area in the Marlborough Land District, situated in Blooks VI and VII, Cape Campbell Survey District, being the lake known as Lake Elterwater, and the area surrounding the said lake included within a line running parallel to and 40 chains distant from the margin of the said Lake Elterwater.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred and seven.

JAMES McGOWAN, For Colonial Secretary

Officer for signing and issuing Licenses under Animals Protection Acts, Nelson District, appointed. PLUNKET, Governor. * IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “ The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and its amendments, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the Chief Postmaster at Nelson to sign and issue licenses to take or kill imported game—namely, quail—within the Nelson District, consisting of the Counties of Waimea, Takaka, and Collingwood, to any person on the payment of the sum of one pound.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred and seven.

JAMES McGOWAN, For Colonial Secretary

Officer for signing and issuing Licenses under Animals Protection Acts, North Canterbury District, appointed. PLUNKET, Governor. IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and its amendments, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the Chief Postmaster at Christchurch to sign and issue licenses to take or kill imported game—namely, Californian quail—within the North Canterbury District, consisting of the Counties of Cheviot, Ashley, Akaroa, Selwyn, and Mount Herbert (excepting the areas described in the Schedule hereto), to any person on the payment of the sum of one pound; and also to sign and issue to any person licenses to sell native game on and after the first day of June next within the said district on payment of the sum of five pounds.

SCHEDULE. All that area in the County of Akaroa situated in the Akaroa and Ellesmere Survey Districts, Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 1,540 acres, more or less, being the lake known as Lake Forsyth, including all roads fronting on the shores of the said lake. Also all those reserves in the said county and survey districts numbered 3186, 3187, 3185, 2903, 250, 810, 890, and 157. Also that area situated at Woodend, in the Mandeville and Rangiora Road District, and defined in notification published in Gazette No. 93, of Bth November, 1900. Also that area known as Yarr’s Lagoon, near Greenpark, and defined in Gazette No. 52, of 23rd June, 1904. Also all that area within one mile on each side of the West Coast (Christchurch-Hokitika) road from Springfield to Dillmanstown.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred and seven. JAMES McGOWAN, For Colonial Secretary.

Officer for signing and issuing Licenses under Animals Protection Acts, Otago District, appointed. PLUNKET, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “ The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and its amendments, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the Chief Postmaster at Dunedin to sign and issue licenses to take or kill imported game namely, hares and Californian quail within the Otago District, being all that area in the Provincial District of Otago bounded on the east and south by the ocean from Shag Point to the mouth of the Mataura River; on the west, south-west, and south by the Mataura River and the Counties of Southland and Wallace; on the north-west by the ocean ; and on the north, north-west, and north-east by the Gounties of Westland and Waitaki (excepting therefrom the County of Lake and the areas described in the Schedule hereto), to any person on the payment of the sum of one pound.

SCHEDULE. Areas within which Game and Native Game may not be TAKEN OR KILLED. 1. All that area in the Greenvale Survey District described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 81, of the sth October, 1899, page 1870. 2. The Lagoon Reserve in the Borough of Hawksbury (see New Zealand Gazette No. 4, of the 10th January, 1901, page 70). 3. All that area between Milford Sound and Lake Te Anau (see New Zealand Gazette No. 10, of the 6th February, 1902, page 240).

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred and seven. JAMES McGOWAN, For Colonial Secretary.

Officers for signing and issuing Licenses render Animals Pro tection Acts, Rotorua District, appointed. PLUNKET, Governor.

IN exeroise of the powers vested in me by “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and its amendments, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the General Manager of the

Tourist and Health Resorts Department, or any one authorised in writing by the said General Manager in that behalf, to sign and issue licenses to take or kill imported game—namely, cock pheasants, and Californian and Australian quail —within the Rotorua District, as defined in the New Zealand Gazette No. 6, of the twenty-fourth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and seven, consisting of the Counties of Rotorua and East Taupo, and parts of the Counties of West Taupo and Piako (excepting the area described in the Schedule hereto), to any person on the payment of the sum of one pound.

SCHEDULE. 1. All that portion of the County of Rotorua described in the Warrant under “ The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” dated 2nd June, 1904, and published in Neio Zealand, Gazette No. 48, of the 9th June, 1904, page 1492.

As witness the hand ol His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred and seven. JAMES McGOWAN, For Colonial Secretary.

Officer for signing and issuing Licenses under Animals Protection Acts, Southland District, appointed. PLUNKET, Governor. IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “ The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and its amendments, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the Chief Postmaster at Invercargill to sign and issue licenses to take or kill imported game namely, hares within the Southland District, consisting of so much of the County of Southland as lies to the westward of the Mataura River, together with the Counties of Fiord, Wallace, and Stewart Island (excepting therefrom the areas mentioned in the Schedule hereto), to any person on the payment of the sum of one pound.

SCHEDULE. Areas within which Game and Native Game may not BE TAKEN OR KILLED. 1. Resolution Island, off Dusky Sound. 2. Seotion 27, Block IV, Invercargill Hundred, 3. Sections 41 and 42, Block VII, Jacob’s River Hundred. 4. Sections 3,4, and 5, Block XIV, New River Hundred (of which Mr. Philip A. Vyner is the owner). 5. The following blocks of land on the west side of the Oreti River, situated south of Oporo—namely, Sections, 6,7, 8,9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, Block XVI, New River Hundred. 6. All that area in the Paterson Survey District, Stewart Island, containing about 120 acres, being a strip of land 10 chains in width, 5 chains on each side of Duck Creek, Paterson’s Inlet, extending from the mouth of the stream to the western boundary of Paterson Survey District, a distance of about a mile and a half.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred and seven. JAMES McGOWAN, For Colonial Secretary.

Officers for signing and issuing Licenses under Animals Protection Acts, Taranaki District, appointed. PLUNKET, Governor. IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and its amendments, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the Chief Postmaster at New Plymouth and the Postmasters at Stratford, Inglewood, Waitara, and Opunake, to sign and issue licenses to take or kill imported game—namely, cock pheasants and Californian quail—within the Taranaki District, consisting of the Counties of Taranaki, Clifton, Stratford, and the County of Egmont, excepting the Oeo Riding (excepting therefrom the reserve known as Mount Egmont Forest Reserve, being the area included within the circumference of a eircle haying a radius of six miles from the summit of the said Mount Egmont), to any person on the payment of the sum of one pound.

As witness the hand of His Exeellency the Governor, this twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred and seven. JAMES McGOWAN, For Colonial Secretary.

Officers for signing and issuing Licenses under Animals Protection Acts, Tauranga District, appointed. PLUNKET, Governor. IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “ The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and its amendments, I, William Lee, Baron PluDket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the Postmasters at Tauranga and Opotiki to sign and issue licenses to take or kill imported game—namely, cock pheasants and Californian quail within the Tauranga District, consisting of the Counties of Tauranga, Opotiki, and Whakatane, to any person on the payment of the sum of one pound.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred and seven. JAMES McGOWAN, For Colonial Secretary.

Officer for signing and issuing Licenses under Animals Protection Acts, Waimarino District, appointed. PLUNKET, Governor. IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “ The Animal Protection Act, 1880,” and its amendments, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the Postmaster at Raetihi to sign and issue lioenses to take or kill imported game—namely, cock pheasants—within the Waimarino District, consisting of the County of Waimarino, to any person on the payment of the sum of one pound.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred and seven. JAMES McGOWAN, For Colonial Secretary.

Officers for signing and issuing Licenses under Animals Protection Acts, Wairoa Acclimatisation District, appointed. PLUNKET, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “ The Animals . Protection Act, 1880,” and its amendments, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the Postmasters at Wairoa, Mohaka, and Frasertown to sign and issue licenses to take or kill imported game—namely, cock pheasants and Californian quail—within the Wairoa Acclimatisation District, described in the Schedule hereto (excepting therefrom the Nuhaka Thermal - springs Reserve and the area described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 54, of the second day of July, one thousand nine hundred and three, page one thousand five hundred and thirty), to any person on the payment of the sum of one pound; and also to sign and issue to any person licenses to sell imported game within the said district on payment of the sum of five pounds.

SCHEDULE. All that area in the Hawke’s Bay and Auokland Land Districts bounded towards the north generally by the Whakatane County from the north-eastern boundary of Heruiwi No. 4 Block to the watershed between the Te Waiotukapiti and Mangainuiohou Rivers; thence by the watershed to Whakatakaa Trig. Station ; thence by the watershed between Waikaremoana and the Whakatane River, over Huiarau and Maungapohatu and Manuaha Trig. Stations, to the southern boundary of the Whakatane County ; thenoe again by that county and by Cook County to the sea : thence towards the east and south-east generally by the sea to Moeangiangi: thence towards the south generally by the leading spur and the southern watershed of the Waikare River to Taraponu Mountain ; thence by the leading spur to the confluence of the Mohaka River with the Waipunga River ; thence by a right line to Tataraokino Mountain; and thence towards the west generally by the eastern watershed of the Mokomokonui Stream to Pohokino Mountain; thence by a line running due east to the Pukahunui Stream ; thence by the leading spur and the western watershed of the Te Hoe River to Maungataniwha Trig. Station ; and thence by the north-eastern boundary of Heruiwi No. 4 Block to the place of commencement.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred and seven.

JAMES McGOWAN, For Colonial Secretary

Officer for signing and issuing Licenses under Animals Protection Acts, County of Waitaki, appointed. PLUNKET, Governor. IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “ The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and its amendments, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the Chief Postmaster at Oamaru to sign and issue licenses to take or kill imported game—namely, hares—within the County of Waitaki, excepting that area described in the Schedule hereto, to any person on the payment of the sum of one pound.

SCHEDULE.

Lake Ohau and its watershed, as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 10, of the 6th February, 1902, page 240.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred and seven.

JAMES McGOWAN, For Colonial Secretary

Officer for signing and issuing Licenses under Animals Protection Acts, Waitaki-Waimate District (Waimate), appointed. PLUNKET, Governor. IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and its amendments, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the Postmaster at Waimate to sign and issue licenses to take or kill imported game—namely, cock pheasants and Californian quail—within that portion of Waitaki-Waimate District, consisting of the County of Waimate, and that portion of the County of Mackenzie lying to the west of a line commencing at Mount Cook and proceeding by a right line over the Ball Hut to the Tasman Glacier, thence aiong the western boundary of the Tasman Glacier to the Tasman River, thence by a line along the middle of that river and the middle of Lake Pukaki and the middle of the Pukaki River to the Waitaki River, to any person on the payment of the sum of one pound.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor’ this twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred and seven.

JAMES McGOWAN, For Colonial Secretary.

Officers for signing and issuing Licenses under Animals Protection Acts, Wellington District, appointed. PLUNKET, Governor. IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “ The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and its amendments, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the Chief Postmaster at Wellington, and the Postmasters at Palmerston North, Sandon, Woodville, Pahiatua, Eketahuna, Masterton, Carterton, Greytown, Martinborough, Featherston, Upper Hutt, Lower Hutt, Petone, Foxton, Otaki, Bull’s, Hunterville, and Marton, to sign and issue licenses to take or kill imported game—namely, cock pheasants and Californian quail—within the Wellington Acclimatisation District, as described in the Schedule hereto, and hares within the said district (excepting therefrom the County of Eketahuna), to any person on the payment of the sum of one pound ; and also to sign and issue to any person licenses to sell native and imported game within the said district on payment of the sum of five pounds: Provided that neither native nor imported game shall be taken or killed within the Wainui Forest Reserve, near Paraparaumu, Akatarawa Survey District, described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 12, of the nineteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and three, or within the area in the Haurangi, Waipawa, and Kaiwaka Survey Districts, described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 12, of the nineteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and three, or within the area known as the “mallard district,” near Martinborough, described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 25, of the ninth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, or upon the area known as the Lansdowne Dam, near Masterton, or upon the Island of'Kapiti, in the Kapiti Survey District, Land District of Wellington,