EXTRACTS FROM NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XLI, Issue 16, 26 April 1916, Page 284

EXTRACTS FROM NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

(From Gazette , 1916, pages 1027-1034.) Special Shooting Season for Imported and Native Game, License Fee, &c., Auckland Acclimatization District.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby exempt from the operation of section twenty-six of the said Act the Auckland Acclimatization District, and do hereby notify that the following imported game—viz., cock pheasants and Californian and Australian quail—may be killed within the Auckland Acclimatization District, comprising all that area bounded towards the north-west generally by Kaipara Harbour and Otamatea County, thence towards the north-east by the sea to the south-western corner of Coromandel County, thence by Coromandel County to its south-eastern corner, thence towards the east generally by the sea to the northernmost corner of Tauranga County, thence by Tauranga County and Rotorua County to the summit of Puwhenua Mountain, thence by a right line to the summit of Rangitoto Mountain, thence by West Taupo County and Kaitieke County to the north-eastern corner of Whangamomona County, thence towards the south by Wbangamomona County to Clifton County, thence towards the west and again towards the south by Clifton County to the sea, and thence again towards the west generally by the sea to Kaipara Harbour, the place of commencement, including Great Barrier Island (except in the areas mentioned in the Schedule hereto), from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, both days inclusive; and do hereby restrict the number of cock pheasants that may be killed by any one person in any one day to twelve. And I do further notify that licenses to kill such imported game within the said district shall be issued to any person on payment of the sum of twenty shillings each; and the Chief Postmasters at Auckland and Thames, and the Postmasters at Cambridge, Hamilton, Mercer, Papakura, Aria, Kawhia, Awbitu, Matamata, Morrinsville, Devonport, Drury, East Tamaki, Putaruru, Te Awamutu, Gordonton, Tuakau, Waiwera, Henderson, Hinuera, Te Aroha, Howick, Karekare, Kinohaku, Leigh, Maramarua, Mauku, N ewmarket, Ohaupo, Omahu, Ongarue, Pakuranga, Paterangi, Pirongia, Puhoi, Ahuroa, Huntly, Avondale, Mangapehi, Bombay, Buckland, Otahuhu, Raglan, Glenmurray, Tirau, Hamilton East, Warkworth, Hikutaia, Karangahake, Paeroa, Hunua, Kihikihi, Komata, Manawaru, Marakopa, Mount Albert, Newton, Ohura, Onehunga, Papatoetoe, Patumahoe, Point Chevalier, Pukekawa, Clevedon, Helensville, Kaukapakapa, Awakino, Manurewa, Ngaruawahia, Otorohanga, Port Albert, Ellerslie, Frankton Junction, Te Kuiti, Hairini, Waitoa, Wellsford, Hobsonville, Kaipara Flats, Kingsland, Kuineu, Mangaiti, Matiere, Matakana, Northcote, Okoroire, Onewhero, Parakakau, Pipiroa, Pokeno, Rangiriri, Silverdale, Tangitu, Te Mata, Tairua, Waharoa, Waikino, Waitekauri, Walton, Waiorongomai, Tahuna, Taupiri, Te Rauamoa, Turua, Waihi, Waikumete, Waitomo Caves, Whatawhata, Whawharua, Takapuna, Te Hana, Te Uku, Waerenga.Waihou, Waimauku, Waiuku, Whitford, Waotu, and Pukekohe, are hereby appointed to sign and issue the said licenses to kill imported game. And I do further notify that the following native game —viz., grey duck, spoonbill duck, teal, pukeko, and black swan—may be killed within the above-mentioned district (except in the areas mentioned in the Schedule hereto) from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, to the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, both days inclusive; and do hereby restrict the number of such native game that may be killed by any one person in any one day to not more than twentyfive head in all.

SCHEDULE

Areas wherein Imported and Native Game shall not

BE KILLED. 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 New Zealand Gazette No. 104, of the 14th December, 1899, page 2266).

4. Hen and Chickens Islands. 5. All that area within a radius of three miles from the General Post-office, Auckland. 6. The Rangiriri (or Karaka) Lake, Waikato. 7. St. John’s Lake and area adjacent (see New Zealand Gazette, No. 43, of the 2nd May, 1901, page 986). 8. All that section, containing by admeasurement 141 acres, more or less, being the Hamilton Domain, including the Rotoiti or Hamilton Lake, Borough of Hamilton. 9. Fresh-water Lake, known as Lake Hakanoa, near Huntly, Waikato, and an area of 5 chains in width surrounding the said lake. 10. All that part of the Waihou River between the Waiorongomai Bridge and the Mangaiti Bridge over such river. 11. Great Barrier Island County. 12. Auckland Acclimatization Society’s Farm at Drury. 13. Area near Te Kuiti (see Neio Zealand Gazette No. 20, of the 24th February, 1916, page 568). 14. All lands notified or set apart as sanctuaries or reserves for the preservation of imported or native game.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this seventh day of April, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

G. W. RUSSELL, Minister of Internal Affairs

Special Shooting Season for Imported and Native Game, License Fee, dc., Butter Acclimatization District.

LIVERPOOL, Governor

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby exempt from the operation of section twenty-six of the said Act the Buller Acclimatization District, and do notify that the following imported game—viz., hares —may be killed within the said Buller Acclimatization District, comprising the County of Buller (except in the areas mentioned in the Schedule hereto), from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, both days inclusive; and do hereby restrict the number of hares that may be killed by any one person in any one day to twenty. And I do further notify that licenses to kill such imported game within the said district shall be issued to any person on payment of the sum of twenty shillings each ; and the Chief Postmaster at Westport is hereby appointed to sign and issue the said licenses to kill imported game. And I do further notify that the following native game —viz., grey duck, pukeko, black swan, and teal—may be killed within the above-mentioned district (except in the areas mentioned in the Schedule hereto) from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, to the thirtyfirst day of July, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, both days inclusive; and do hereby restrict the number of such native game that may be killed by any one person in any one day to not more than twenty head in all.

SCHEDULE.

Areas wherein Imported and Native Game shall not BE KILLED. All lands notified or set apart as sanctuaries or reserves for the preservation of imported or native game. As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this seventh day of April, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen. G. W. RUSSELL, Minister of Internal Affairs.

Special Shooting Season for Imported Game, License Fee, dc., East Coast Acclimatization District.

LIVERPOOL, Governor

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby exempt from the operation of section twenty-six of the said Act the East Coast Acclimatization District, and do hereby notify that the following imported game viz., Californian and Australian quail may be killed within the East Coast Acclimatization District, comprising the Counties of Cook, Waikohu, and Waiapu (except in the areas mentioned in the Schedule hereto), from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, both days inclusive. And I do further notify

that licenses to kill such imported game within the said district shall be issued to any person on payment of the sum of twenty shillings each; and the Chief Postmaster at Gisborne is hereby appointed to sign and issue the said licenses to kill imported game.

SCHEDULE.

Areas wherein Imported Game and Native Game shall

NOT BE KILLED. All that area in the Hawke’s Bay Land District, being the Ratahi Lagoon, in the Township of Te Puia, Block XVI, Mata Survey District; also all lands notified or set apart as sanctuaries or reserves for the preservation of imported or native game.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this seventh day of April, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

G. W. RUSSELL, Minister of Internal Affairs

Special Shooting Season for Imported and Native Game, License Fee, dc., Grey District Acclimatization District.

LIVERPOOL, Governor

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection Aot, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby exempt from the operation of section twenty-six of the said Act the Grey District Acclimatization District, and do hereby notify that the following imported game—viz., bares—may be killed within the Grey District Acclimatization District, comprising the County of Grey (except in the areas mentioned in the Schedule hereto), from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, both days inclusive. And I do further notify that licenses to kill such imported game within the said district shall be issued to any person on pavment of the sum of twenty shillings each ; and the Chief Postmaster at Greymouth and the Postmasters at Ahaura, Blackball, Brunnerton, Moana, Nelson Creek, Ngahere, Otira, Roa, Runanga, Stillwater, Totara Flat, and Waiuta are hereby appointed to sign and issue the said licenses to kill imported game. And I do further notify that the following native game—viz., grey duck, leal, spoonbill duck, pukeko, and black swan may be killed within the above-mentioned district (except in the areas mentioned in the Schedule hereto) from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, both days inclusive; and do hereby restrict the number of such native game that may be killed by any one person in any one day to not more than twenty-five head in all.

SCHEDULE. Areas wherein Imported Game and Native Game shall NOT BE KILLED. All lands notified or set apart as sanctuaries or reserves for the preservation of imported or native game. As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this seventh day of April, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen. G. W. RUSSELL, Minister of Internal Affairs.

Special Shooting Season for Imported and Native Game, License Fee, dc., Hawke’s Bay Acclimatization District.

LIVERPOOL, Governor

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection Act, 1908,1, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby exempt from the operation of section twenty-six of the said Act the Hawke’s Bay Acclimatization District, and do hereby notify that the following imported game—viz., cock pheasants and Californian quail—may be killed within the Hawke’s Bay Acclimatization District, described in the First Schedule hereto (except in the areas mentioned in the Second Schedule hereto), from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, to the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, both days inclusive; and do hereby restrict the number of cock pheasants and Californian quail that may be killed by any one person in any one day to twenty-five. And I do further notify that licenses to kill such imported game within the said district shall be issued to any person on payment of the sum of twenty shillings each; and the Chief Postmaster at Napier, and the Postmasters at Waipawa, Woodville, Dannevirke, Hastings, Waipukurau, Norsewood,

Ormondville, Porangahau, Wimbledon, Ashley-Clinton, Olive, Greenmeadows, Havelock Notth, Kumeroa, Makotuku, Otane, Puketapu, Taradale, Tikikino, and Takapau are hereby appointed to sign and issue the said licenses to kill imported game. And I do further notify that the following native game—viz., grey duck, teal, pukeko, and black swan—may be killed within the above-mentioned district (except in the areas mentioned in the Second Schedule hereto) from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, to the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, both days inclusive; and do hereby restrict the number of such native game that may be killed by any one person in any one day to not more than twenty-five head in all.

FIRST SCHEDULE

All that area bounded towards the north generally by East Taupo and Whakatane Counties; towards the north-east generally by the Rotorua Acclimatization District, as defined by Warrant published in the New Zealand Gazette of 14th May, 1908, page 1382; towards the east generally by the sea; towards the south generally by the Akitio and Pahiatua Counties ; and towards the west and north-west generally by the Pohangina, Kiwitea, and Rangitikei Counties to the southern boundary of East Taupo County aforesaid. The said area comprises the Counties of Hawke’s Bay, Patangata, Woodville, Waipawa, Dannevirke, Waipukurau, and Weber, and part of the County of Wairoa.

SECOND SCHEDULE. Areas wherein Imported and Native Game shall not BE KILLED. 1. The head of the Inner Harbour, near Petane. 2. Part of the Tuki Tuki River extending from Waimarama Bridge to a line running from the north of the Mangangara Stream to the road at the south-western corner of sections 9 and 15, Te Mata Survey District. 3. All lands notified or set apart as sanctuaries or reserves for the preservation of imported or native game. As witness tho hand of His Excellency the Governor, this seventh day of April, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen. G. W. RUSSELL, Minister of Internal Affairs.

Special Shooting Season for Imported Game, License Fee, dc., Hobson Acclimatization District.

LIVERPOOL, Governor

IN exeroise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby exempt from the operation of section twenty-six of the said Act the Hobson Acclimatization District, and do hereby notify that the following imported game—viz., cock pheasants, Australian and Californian quail—may be killed within the Hobson Acclimatization District, comprising the County of Hobson and parts of the Counties of Otamatea and Hokianga (except in the areas mentioned in the Schedule hereto), from the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, both days inclusive ; and do hereby restrict the number of cock pheasants that may be killed by any one person in any one day to twelve. And Ido further notify that licenses to kill such imported game within the said district shall be issued to any person on payment of the sum of twenty shillings each ; and the Postmasters at Maungaturoto, Paparoa, Pahi, Matakohe, Dargaville, Te Kopuru, Aratapu, Tangiteroria, Tangowahine, Kailiu, Mititai, Raupo, Ruawai, Batley, Hoanga, Mangawhare, Mareretu, Onetoa, Naumai, Otamatea, Rehia, l'utamoe, Wairere, Whakapirau, and Tokatoka are hereby appointed to sign and issue the said licenses to kill imported game.

SCHEDULE

Areas wherein Imported and Native Game shall not

be killed. All that area in the Auckland Land District, situated in Kai Iwi and Kaihu Survey Districts, Hobson County, being the lakes known as Lake Waikere, Lake Taharoa, and Lake Kai Iwi, and the area surrounding the said lakes included within a line running parallel to and 40 chains distant from the margins of the said lakes: also the Lighthouse Reserve

at Pouto Point (North Kaipara Head), containing 1,026 acres, more or less: also ali that area in the Auckland Land District, formerly known as Pouto No. 2d, situated at the north head of Kaipara Harbour, in North Head and Okaka Survey Districts, and containing by admeasurement 3,333 acres, more or less, bounded towards the north by Subdivision 10a of Pouto No. 2e Block from the sea to the north-western boundary of the Crown land on which the lighthouse and signal-station are situated ; thence towards the east by the above-mentioned Crown land to Kaipara Harbour ; thence towards the south by Kaipara Harbour, and towards the west by the sea to the place of 'commencement : also all that land in the Auckland Land District, being Subdivision No. 10a of Pouto No. 2e Block, situated in North Head and Okaka Survey Districts, to the north of the entrance to Kaipara Harbour, and containing by admeasurement 13,000 acres, more or less, bounded towards the northwest by Nos. 1 and 2 of the said Pouto No. 2e Block from the sea to the north-western corner of No. 10b of same block ; thence towards the north-east by tbe said No. 10b ; thence towards the south by a strip of Crown land adjoining Wahi Tapu Block, by the Crown land on which the lighthouse and signal-station are situated, and by the Crown land formerly known as Pouto No. 2d ; thence towards the west by the sea to the place of commencement: and also all lands notified or set apart as sanctuaries or reserves for the preservation of imported or native game.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this seventh day of April, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

G. W. RUSSELL, Minister of Internal Affairs

Special Shooting Season for Imported and Native Game, License Fee, dc., Marlborough Acclimatization District.

LIVERPOOL, Governor

IN exercise of tbe powers vested in me by the Animals Protection Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby exempt from the operation of section twenty-six of the said Act the Marlborough Acclimatization District, and do hereby notify that the following imported game —viz., Californian quail—may be killed within the Marlborough Acclimatization District, comprising the Counties of Marlborough, Awatere, and Sounds (except in the areas mentioned in the Schedule hereto), from the first day of June, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, to the fifteenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, both days inclusive. And Ido further notify that licenses to kill such imported game within the said district shall be issued to any person on payment of the sum of twenty shillings each ; and the Chief Postmaster at Blenheim and the Postmasters at Havelock, Canvastown, Mahakipawa, Renwicktown, Timatanga, Kekeranga, Pioton, Nydia Bay, Seddon, Spring Creek, Ward, and Wairau Valley are hereby appointed to sign and issue the said licenses to kill imported game.

And I do further notify that the following native game —viz., grey duck and black swan—may be killed within the above-mentioned district (except in the areas mentioned in the Schedule hereto) from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, both days inclusive ; and do hereby restrict the number of such native game that may be killed by any one person in any one day to not more than twenty-five head in all.

SCHEDULE

Areas wherein Imported Game and Native Game shall

NOT BE KILLED. 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 Sections 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 5, 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 District, 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 GrassmSre, 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 Blocks 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.

Also certain area in Ship’s Cove described in New Zealand Gazette No. 24, of the 27th March, 1913. Also Big Lagoon at Vernon. Also all lands notified or set apart as sanctuaries or reserves for the preservation of imported or native game.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this seventh day of April, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

G. W. RUSSELL, Minister of Internal Affairs

Special Shooting Season for Imported and Native Game, License Fee, dc., Nelson Acclimatization District.

LIVERPOOL, Governor

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection Act, 1908,1, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby exempt from the operation of section twenty-six of the said Act the Nelson Acclimatization District, and do hereby notify that the following imported game —viz., Californian quail—may be killed within the Nelson Acclimatization District, comprising the Counties of Waimea, Takaka, and Collingwood (except in the areas mentioned in the Schedule hereto), from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, to the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, both days inclusive, and do hereby restrict the number of quail that may be killed by any one person in any one day to forty. And I do further notify that licenses to kill such imported game within the said district shall be issued to any person on payment of the sum of twenty shillings each; and the Chief Postmaster at Nelson, and the Postmasters at Motueka, Kohatu, and Wakefield are hereby appointed to sign and issue the said licenses to kill imported game.

SCHEDULE.

Areas wherein Imported and Native Game shale not

BE KILLED. 1. Certain area in Gouland Downs (see Gazette No. 66, of the 6th May, 1915, page 1690). 2. All lands notified or set apart as sanctuaries or reserves for the preservation of imported or native game.

As witness the hand of His Exoellenoy the Governor, this seventh day of April, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

G. W. RUSSELL, Minister of Internal Affairs

Special Shooting Season for Imported and Native Game, License Fee, dc., Otago Acclimatization District.

LIVERPOOL, Governor

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection Act, 1908,1, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby exempt from the operation of section

twenty-six of the said Act the Otago Acclimatization District, and do hereby notify that the following imported game —viz., Californian quail and Mallard duck (English wild duck) may be killed within the Otago Acclimatization District (except with respect to Californian quail in the areas mentioned in the First Schedule hereto), comprising the Counties of Vincent, Maniototo, Waihemo, Waikouaiti, Taieri, Peninsula, Tuapeka, Bruce, Clutha, and part of the County of Southland, 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 Counties of Westland and Waitaki (excepting therefrom the County of Lake and the areas mentioned in the Se'cond Schedule hereto), from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, both days inclusive. And I do also notify that licenses to kill such imported game within the said district shall he issued to any person on payment of the sum of twenty shillings ; and the Chief Postmaster at Dunedin and the Postmasters at Alexandra, Clyde, Cromwell, and Roxburgh are hereby authorized to sign and issue the said licenses to kill imported game. And I do hereby restrict the number of Californian quail that may be killed by any one person in any one day to not more than twenty-five head in all. And I do hereby restrict the number of mallard duck that may be killed by any one person in any one day to not more than twelve head in all.

And I do hereby notify that the following native game—viz., grey duck, spoonbill duck (or widgeon), teal (except black teal), and black swan—may be killed within the above-mentioned district (except in the areas mentioned in the Second Schedule hereto) from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, both days inclusive.

And I do hereby further notify that the following native game—viz., pukeko—may be killed within the above-men-tioned district (except in the areas mentioned in the Second Schedule hereto) from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, to the fourteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, both days inclusive. And I do hereby restrict the number of native game that may be killed by any one person in any one day to not more than twenty-five head in all, exclusive of black swan. The number of black swan which may be killed is not limited.

FIRST SCHEDULE

Area wherein Californian Quail shall not be killed. A straight line commencing from the north-eastern corner of Macraes Township (Section 63, Block I, Highlay) to the mouth of the Shag River; thence by the ocean to the mouth of the Tokomariro River; thence by straight line to the most southern portion of Waipori Town; thence by the western boundary of the said town, then by straight line to the southern corner of the Town of Macraes ; thence by western boundary of the said town to the northern boundary of Section 54, Block I, Highlay; thence per line to the northwestern boundary of aforesaid district to the commencingpoint.

SECOND SCHEDULE

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. All that area in the Otago Land District known as the Hawksbury Domain (see Neiv Zealand Gazette No. 93, of the Bth November, 1900, page 2033). 3. The lagoon reserve in the Borough of Hawksbury (see New Zealand Gazette No. 4, of the 10th January, 1901, page 70).

4. All that area between Milford Sound and Lake Te Anau (see New Zealand Gazette No. 10, of the 6th February, 1902, page 240). 5. The lagoon known as the Tomahawk Lagoon, Otago Peninsula.

6. All that area in the Otago Land District described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 50, of the 26th May, 1910, page 1589, and known as the Outram Lagoons. 7. The Islands in the Otago Harbour used as quarantine stations (see New Zealand Gazette No. 102, of the 24th November, 1910, page 4069). 8. All that area near Middlemarch, in the Otago Land District, described in the Neio Zealand Gazette No. 60, of the 4th July, 1913, page 2146. 9. All the additional portion of the Hawksbury Domain in the Otago Land District described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 114, of the 29th October, 1914, page 3878.

10. All that area near the Waipiata Township, Maniototo Survey District, in the Otago Land District, described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 43, of the 30th April, 1914, page 1586.

11. All that area in the Otago Land District being that part of the Taieri River from the suspension bridge at Middlemarch to the bridge at Ngapuna, and the area included in lines running parallel to and 3 chains distant from the said part of the Taieri River on both sides of that river.

12. Also all that area in the said district being Section No. 9, Block 22, Strath-Taieri Survey District. 13. All that area in the Otago Land District, the properties of Mr. J. Crawford Anderson, of Stirling, and Mr. J. Witcocks, comprising Sections Nos. 6,7, 8,9, and 10, Block XIII, and part of Section No. 2, Block XIV, North Molyneux Survey District. 14. Area known as Balclutha Coronation Park. 15. All lands notified or set apart as sanctuaries or reserves for the preservation of imported or native game. As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this seventh day of April, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

G. W. RUSSELL, Minister of Internal Affairs

Special Shooting Season for Imported and Native Game, License Fee, &c., Southland Acclimatization District.

LIVERPOOL, Governor

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection Act, 1908,1, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby exempt from the operation of section twenty-six of the said Act the Southland Acclimatization District, and do hereby notify that the following imported game—viz., hares—may be killed within the Southland Acclimatization 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 (except in the areas mentioned in the Schedule hereto), from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, both days inclusive. And I do further notify that licenses to kill such imported game within the said district shall be issued to any person on payment of the sum of twenty shillings each ; and the Chief Postmaster at Invercargill, and the Postmasters at Awarua Plains, Balfour, Dipton, Gore, Lumsden, Mataura, Nightcaps, Orawia, Otautau, Riversdale, Riverton, Wairio, Winton, and Woodlands are hereby appointed to sign and issue the said licenses to kill imported game. And I do hereby notify that the following native game—viz., grey duck, teal (except black teal), spoonbill duck, and black swan—may be killed within the above mentioned distriot (except in the areas mentioned in the Schedule hereto) from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine and sixteen, both days inclusive. And I do hereby further notify that the following native game viz., pukeko may be killed within the abovementioned district (except in the areas mentioned in the Schedule hereto) from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, to the fourteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, both days inclusive ; and do hereby restrict the number of such native game that may be killed by any one person in any one day to not more than twenty-five head in all. The number of black swan which may be killed is not limited.

SCHEDULE.

Areas wherein Imported and Native Game shall not BE KILLED. 1. Resolution Island, off Dusky Sound. 2. Section 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,

7. Seotions 19, 20, 32, 37, 43, and parts 9 and 11, Block IV, Campbelltown Hundred (Mr. Thomas Maclean’s property). 8. Sections 2 and 3, Block VI, Lillburn Survey District, containing about 2,429 acres (Mr. Arthur Struan Gardner’s property). 9. All that area in the Southland Land District, containing 2,485,900 acres (approximately), and known as the Fiordland National Park.

10. All that area in the Southland Land District, containing by admeasurement 127 acres 0 roods 16 perches, more or less, and known as the Southland Racing Club’s Racecourse.

11. All that area in the Southland Land District comprising Sections 1, 27, 28, 29, 31, and 32, and part Sections 2, 3, and 30, Block IV, Invercargill Hundred, the properties of Messrs. R. A. Anderson, W. D. Hunt, and R. Russell. 12. All that area in the Southland Land District, containing 4 acres 0 roods 9 perches, more or less, being Sections Nos. 1 and 2, Block 11, Village of Morley. 13. All that area known as Croydon Bush Domain (see Gazette No. 70, of the 4th June, 1915, page 1998). 14. All lands notified or set apart as sanctuaries or reserves for the preservation of imported or native game.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this seventh day of April, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

G. W. RUSSELL, Minister of Internal Affairs

Special Shooting Season for Imported and Native Game, License Fee, dec., Stratford Acclimatization District.

LIVERPOOL, Governor

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby exempt from the operation of section twenty-six of the said Act the Stratford Acclimatization District, and do hereby notify that the following imported game—viz., cock pheasants and Californian quail—may be killed within the Stratford Acclimatization District, comprising the Counties of Stratford, Wbangamomona, and the Borough of Stratford (except in the areas mentioned in the Schedule hereto), from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, both days inclusive; and I do hereby restrict the number of cock pheasants that may be killed by any one person in any one day to twelve. And I do further notify that licenses to kill such imported game within the said district shall be issued to any person on payment of the sum of twenty shillings each; and the Postmasters at Stratford, Toko, Midhirst, Whangamomona, Ngaere, and Te Wera are hereby appointed to sign and issue the said licenses to kill imported game. And I do further notify that the following native game viz., teal, pukeko, grey duck, and black swan—may be killed within the above-mentioned district (except in the areas mentioned in the Schedule hereto) from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, to the thirtyfirst day of July, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, both days inclusive; and do hereby restrict the number of such native game that may be killed by any one person in any one day to not more than twenty-five head in all.

BCHEDDLE.

Areas wherein Imported and Native Game shall not be killed. At.t. lands notified or set apart as sanctuaries or reserves for the preservation of imported or native game. As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this seventh day of April, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen. G. W. RUSSELL, Minister of Internal Affairs.

Special Shooting Season for Imported and Native Game, License Fee, &c., Taranaki Acclimatization District.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby exempt from the operation of section twenty-six of the said Act the Taranaki Acclimatization District, and do hereby notify that the following imported game —viz., cook pheasants and Californian quail—may be killed

within the Taranaki Acclimatization District, comprising the Counties of Taranaki, Clifton, and the County of Egmont, excepting the Oeo Riding (except in the areas mentioned in the Schedule hereto), from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, to the thirtyfirst day of July, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, both days inclusive ; and do hereby restrict the number of cock pheasants that may be killed by any one person in any one day to twelve. And I do further notify that licenses to kill such imported game within the said District shall be issued to any person on payment of the sum of twenty shillings each ; and the Chief Postmaster at New Plymouth, and the Postmasters at Inglewood, Waitara, Okato, Pungarehu, Rahotu, Tariki, Urunui, Uruti, and Opunake are hereby appointed to sign and issue the said licenses to kill imported game. And I do further notify that the following native game viz., teal, grey duck, pukeko, and black swan—may be killed within the above-mentioned district (except in the areas mentioned in the Schedule hereto, from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, both days inclusive ; and do hereby restrict the number of such native game that may be killed by any one person in any one day to not more than twenty-five head in all.

SCHEDULE.

Abeas wherein Imported and Native Game shall not BE KILLED. The reserve known as Mount Egmont Forest Reserve, being the area included within the circumference of a circle having a radius of six miles from the summit of the said Mount Egmont, and all lands notified or set apart as sanctuaries or reserves for the preservation of imported or native game.

As witness the hand of His Excellenoy the Governor, this seventh day of April, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

G. W. RUSSELL. Minister of Internal Affairs

Special Shooting Season for Imported and Native Game, License Fee, <&c., Tauranga Acclimatization District.

LIVERPOOL, Governor

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do heieby exempt from the operation of section twenty-six of the said Act the Tauranga Acclimatization District, and do hereby notify that the following imported game — viz., cock pheasants and Californian quail—may be killed within the Tauranga Acclimatization District, comprising the County of Tauranga (except in the areas mentioned in the Schedule hereto), from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, both days inclusive ; and do hereby restrict the number of cock pheasants that may be killed by any one person in any one day to twelve. And Ido further notify that licenses to kill such imported game within the said district shall be issued to any person on payment of the sum of twenty shillings each, and that the Postmasters at Tauranga, Katikati, Paengaroa, and Te Puke are hereby appointed to sign and issue the said licenses to kill imported game. And 1 do further notify that the following native game viz., grey duck, teal, and black swan—may be killed within the above-mentioned district (except in the areas mentioned in the Schedule hereto) from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, both days inclusive; and do hereby restrict the number of such native game that may be killed by any one person in any one day to not more than twenty-five head in all.

SCHEDULE. Areas wherein Imported and Native Game shall not BE KILLED. Mayor Island. Also an area of about 700 acres of land at Rangiuru, owned by Messrs. T. Lemon and Jonathan Brown, of Te Puke. All lands notified or set apart as sanctuaries or reserves for the preservation of imported or native game. As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this seventh day of April, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen. G. W. RUSSELL, Minister of Internal Affairs. 2— P.G.

Special Shooting Season, for Imported a?ul Native Game, License Fee, dc., Waimarino Acclimatization District.

LIVERPOOL, Governor

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection Act, 1908,1, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby exempt from the operation of section twenty six of the said Act the Waimarino Acclimatization District, and do hereby notify that the following imported game—viz., cock pheasants and quail—may be killed within the Waimarino Acclimatization District, comprising the Counties of Waimarino and Kaitieke (except in the areas mentioned in the Schedule hereto), from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, to the thirtyfirst day of July, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, both days inclusive; and do hereby restrict the number of cock pheasants that may he killed by any one person in any one day to twelve. And I do further notify that lioenses to kill such imported game within the said district shall be issued to any person on payment of the sum of twenty shillings each ; and the Postmasters at Raetihi, Kaitieke, Manunui, Horopito, Owhango, Ohakune East, Pipiriki, Rangataua, Raurimu, Kakahi, and Ohakune are hereby appointed to sign and issue the said licenses to kill imported game.

And I do further notify that the following native game—viz., grey duck and black swan may be killed within the above mentioned district (except in the areas mentioned in the Schedule hereto) from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, both days inclusive; and do hereby restrict the number of such native game that may be killed by any one person in any one day to not more than twenty-five head in all.

SCHEDULE

Areas wherein Imported and Native Game shall not

be killed. The Rangataua Domain, and all forest and scenery-pre-servation reserves, and all lands notified or set apart as sanctuaries or reserves for the preservation of imported or native game. All that area in the Wellington Land District, containing about 380 acres, being the Main Trunk Railway Reserve at Raurimu, situated in Kaitieke and Tongariro Survey Districts, extending northwards from the one-hundred-and-sixth mile from Marton Junction to Arline Creek and the railway-crossing of the road immediately north of the Town of Raurimu.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this seventh day of April, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

G. W. RUSSELL, Minister of Internal Affairs

Special Shooting Season for Imported and Native Game, License Fee, dx., Wanganui Acclimatization District.

LIVERPOOL, Governor. IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brico Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby exempt from the operation of section twenty-six of the said Act the Wanganui Acclimatization District, and do notify that the following imported game—viz., cock pheasants, Californian and Australian quail, and hares—may be killed within the said Wanganui Acclimatization District, comprising the Counties of Wanganui and Waitotara (except in the areas mentioned in the Schedule hereto), from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, both days inclusive ; and I do hereby restrict the number of cock pheasants that may be killed by any one person in any one day to twelve. And I do further notify that licenses to kill such imported game within the said district shall be issued to any person on payment of the sum of twenty shillings each; and the Chief Postmaster at Wanganui, and the Postmasters at Fordell and Mangamahu, are hereby appointed to sign and issue the said licenses to kill imported game. And I do further notify that the following native game—viz., grey duck, teal, and black s.van—may be killed

within the above-mentioned district (except in the areas mentioned in the Schedule hereto) from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, both days inclusive; and do hereby restrict the number of such native game that may be killed by any one person in any one day to not more than twenty-five head in all.

SCHEDULE.

Areas wherein Imported and Native Game shall not BE KILLED. The lakes known as the Westmere and Virginia Lakes, and an area 10 chains in width surrounding the said lakes, and all lands notified or set apart as sanctuaries or reserves for the preservation of imported or native game. As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this seventh day of April, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

G. W. RUSSELL, Minister of Internal Affairs

Special Shooting Season for Imported and Native Game, License Fee, dc., Wellington Acclimatization District.

LIVERPOOL, Governor

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby exempt from the operation of section twenty-six of the said Act the Wellington Acclimatization District, and do hereby notify that the following imported game—viz., cock pheasants, hares, Californian and Australian quail—may be killed within the Wellington Acclimatization District, as described in the First Schedule hereto (except in the areas mentioned in the Second Schedule hereto), from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, both days inclusive. And I do further notify that licenses to kill such imported game within the said district shall be issued to any person on payment of the sum of twenty shillings each ; and that the Chief Postmaster at Wellington, and the Postmasters at Palmerston North, Sanson, Mangaweka, Taihape, Pahiatua, Eketahuna, Masterton, Carterton, Greytown, Martinborough, Featherston, Upper Hutt, Lower Hutt, Petone, Foxton, Otaki, Bull’s, Harwell's, Hunterville, Marton, Longburn, Alfredton, Bunnythorpe, Johnsnnville, Kaitoke, Makuri, Manakau, Mauriceville, Moawhango, Nireaha, Ohau, Pahautanui, Paraparaumu, Pongaroa, Porirua, Shannon, Te Horo, Terrace End, Te Wharau, Tinui, Turakina, Waikanae, Wangaehu, and Levin are hereby appointed to sign and issue the said licenses to kill imported game. And I do further notify that the following native game—viz., grey duck, black swan, and teal may be killed within the above-mentioned district (except in the areas mentioned in the Second Schedule hereto) from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, to the thirty-first day of July, ODe thousand nine hundred and sixteen, both days inclusive ; and do hereby restrict the number of such native game that may be killed by any one person in any one day to not more than twenty-five head in all.

FIRST SCHEDULE

All that area in the Wellington Land District bounded towards the north-west and north generally by the Counties of Wanganui, Waimarino, and East Taupo from the mouth of the Wangaehu River to the Rangitikei River, and the north-eastern corner of the County of Rangitikei; thence towards the east generally by the County of Hawse’s Bay and the summit of the Ruahine Range to (he Feilding and District Acclimatization District, as described in the Neiv Zealand Gazette No. 38, 4th May, 1899; thence towards the south-west, south-eas , and north-east generally by that district and the Counties of Dannevirke, Woodville, and Weber to the sea at the mouth of the Waimata River; and thence again towards the south-east, south, and west generally by the sea to the moutn of the Wangaehu River, the place of commencement: including adjacent islands (excepting Kapiti) The aforesaid area comprises the Counties of Hutt, Makaia, Masterton, Featherston, Castlepoint, Wairarapa South, Pahiatua, Eketahuna, Mauriceville, Akitio, Horowhenua, Kairanga, and Rangitikei, and parts of the Counties of Manawatu, Oroua, and Kiwitea, together with the Boroughs of Carterton, Foxton, Greytown, Karori, Levin, Lower Hutt, Marron, Masterton, Onslow, Palmerston North, Pahiatua, Petone, City of Wellington, Eastbourne, Miramar, Taihape, Eketahuna,

and Featherston, and the Town Districts of Hunterville, Johnsonviile, Martinborough, Upper Hutt, and Mangaweka.

SECOND SCHEDULE Areas wherein Imported and Native Game shall not

BE KILLED

The Wainui Forest Reserve, near Paraparaumu, Akatarawa Survey District, described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 12, of the 19th day of February, 1903; or within the area in the Haurangi, Waipawa, and Kaiwaka Survey Districts, described in the Neiv Zealand Gazette No. 12, of the 19ih day of February, 1903 ; or within the area known as the “ mallard district,” near Martinborough, described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 25, of the 9th day of April, 1896 ; 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 ; or upon Lake Hokowhitu, or Te Ngutu Lagoon, and the area adjacent thereto, situated in the Borough of Palmerston North, as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 10, of the 6th day of February, 1902 ; or in the Horowhenua Lake Reserve, as defined by the Horowbenua Lake Act, 1905; or upon the Totara Lake and the Kawhakahia Lake, in the County of Horowhenua, and an area of 5 chains surrounding the said lakes; or upon Sections 86, 87, 88 (and part of a closed road), 211, 266, and 267, and part of Section 89, Hutt District, part of which is owned and occupied by John Barton, Trentham, and the remainder is occupied as golf-links by the Wellington Golf Club, containing about 670 acres ; or within that area, containing 154 acres, being Section No. 374, and part of Sections Nos. 372 and 373, Palmerston North, the said area being owned and occupied by Charlotte Sarah Slack ; or within that area, containing 296 acres, at Longburn, being Sections Nos. 18, 20, and 21, Kairanga Survey District, the said area being owned and occupied by William Edward Arthur Slack and John Upton Gaskell Slack; or within that area in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 195 acres 3 roods 20 perches, more or less, and known as the Petone Waterworks Reserve; or within that area in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 209 acres 2 roods 29 perches, more or less, being Section No. 273, Block IV, Arawaru Survey District, and known as the Waterworks Reserve, Palmerston North ; or within that piece or parcel of land, containing by admeasurement 39 acres 2 roods 10 perches, more or less, being portion of Rural Section No. 1536 on the plan of the Borough of Palmerston North, and known as the Esplanade ; or within that area in the Wellington Land District, at Foxton, containing by admeasurement about 1,500 acres, situated in Blcck 111, Moutere Survey District, and Block IX, Mount Robinson Survey District, owned and occupied by Mr. Cresswell; or upon certain lagoons in Mangaone Survey District, the property of Mr. H. W. Bridge, Tatawai, and an area 10 chains in width surrounding the said lagoons; or within that area in the Wellington Land District, the property of Mr. T. Scrimshaw, comprising Sections Nos. 26, 27, 28, 90, 91, and 212, situated at Trentham ; or within that area, containing 981 acres 3 roods 6 perches, more or less, situated at Belmont, the property of the Belmont Land Company and Dr. H. W. M. Kendall respectively; also that part of Mangawharariki Stream and its bed as described in Gazette No. 66, of 9th July, 1914, page 2719. Also all lands notified or set apart as sanctuaries or reserves for the preservation of imported or native game.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this seventh day of April, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

Cx. W. RUSSELL, Minister of Internal Affairs

Certain Species of Birds indigenous to New Zealand not to be deemed protected.

LIVERPOOL, Governor. ORDER IN COUNCIL. At the Government House at Wellington, this tenth day of April, 1916.

Present : His Excellency the Governor in Council. IN pursuance and exorcise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the Animals Protection Act, 1908, as amended by the Animals Protection Amendment Act, 1910, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby suspend the operation of section ten of the said Animals Protec-

tion Amendment Act, 1910, for the period commencing on the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, and ending on the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, with respect to the species of birds indigenous to New Zealand mentioned in the Schedule hereto ; and, with the like advice doth declare that such suspension shall be subject to the provisions contained in the W arrants in respect of the shooting season in each acclimatization district.

SCHEDULE.

Pukeko, teal, grey duck, spoonbill duck, and black swan J. F. ANDREWS, Clerk of the Executive Council.

Notice. —Animals Protection Acts.—Protection of Native Birds.

Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, 11th April, 1916. THE public are earnestly requested to assist in preserving for posterity the birds of New Zealand. Under the Animals Protection Amendment Act of 1910 all indigenous birds are protected. Every person who destroys or injures or captures any bird which is indigenous to New Zealand, including the outlying islands, or robs or destroys the nest of any such bird, is liable to a fine not exceeding £2O. It is also illegal to keep native birds in captivity or to export the birds or their skins or feathers without the authority of the Minister of Internal Affairs.

Native Game.

Native game can only be shot during the open season, and then only such kinds of native game as are specified in the Annual Shooting-season Warrants.

Close Season.

Under the Animals Protection Act, the year 1916 and every third year thereafter is a close season for both imported and native game.

Birds not protected.

By a notification published in the New Zealand Gazette, protection has been removed for the period ending 31st December, 1916, from the kea, or mountain parrot, and from shags of the following species, namely : Black shag, whitethroated shag, sea shag. Native Game Protected in Close Seasons. Black stilt plover, black swan, curlew, doterel, godwit, native pigeon, pied stilt plover, pukeko, teal, wild duck, wild goose. i Indigenous Birds absolutely protected. Kiwis of all species, New Zealand quail and Chatham Island pigeon, rails and woodhens of all species, dabchick and grebe. Sea birds of all species, including penguins, petrels, storm petrels, shearwaters, fulmars, diving-petrels, albatross, terns, gulls, skuas, noddies, and shags (with exceptions noted above); also gannets, frigate-birds, and tropic birds. Wading-birds of all species, turnstones, oyster-catchers, plovers, wry-bill plovers, avocets, sandpipers, knots, snipe, herons, night-herons, reef-herons, and bitterns. Hawks, owls, and harriers of all species. Parakeets of all species, and the kaka and kakapoj kingfisher, shining cuckoo, and long-tailed cuckoo. Riflemen and wrens of all species, tomtits, warblers, robins, fantails, whiteheads, yellowheads, and fern-birds of all species. North and South Island thrushes and crows, creepers, stitch-birds, makomako, tui, silver-eye, pipit or native lark, huia, and saddleback. Blue mountain duck and Auckland Island duck. Southern merganser, moho (or takahe). G. W. RUSSELL, Minister of Internal Affairs.