EXTRACT FROM NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XXXIII, Issue 21, 27 May 1908, Page 240

EXTRACT FROM NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

(Erom Gazette , 1908, page 1485.) Regulations for Coursing Hares, Southland District. PLUNKET, Governor. IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection Act, 1907, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby make and prescribe the following regulations prescribing the conditions under which and the season at which hares may be coursed in the Southland Acclimatisation District.

REGULATIONS. 1. No person shall course hares within the Southland District unless he holds a license so to course in the form set forth in the Schedule hereto. 2. For every such license a fee of 10s. shall be paid, and, subject to the provisions of these regulations, such licenses may be issued by the Postmasters at Invercargill, Riverton, Wairio, and Otautau respectively. 3. The season within which such coursing may take place shall begin on the ninth day of May, 1908, and terminate on the 31st day of July, 1908. 4. No person shall course hares in the said district with more than two dogs at any one time, and such dogs shall be under proper control of the owner or person in charge. 5. Nothing herein contained shall extend to prevent any person who holds a valid license to take or kill game within the said district from coursing hares therein during the game season, or necessitate the taking-out by such person of a coursing license in respect of such season. 6. Any person committing a breach of any of these regulations shall be liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding £5. Schedule. 10s. Hare-coursing License. A. 8., [Name], of [Address] , in the Provincial District of Otago, [Occupation] , having this day paid the sum of 10s , is hereby licensed to course hares within the Southland Acclimatisation District, from the day of May, 1908, until the 31st day of July, 1908, subject to the provisions of the Animals Protection Act, 1907, and any regulations made thereunder. Dated this day of , 1908. Postmaster. As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this ninth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and eight. JOHN G. FINDLAY, Minister of Internal Affairs.