EXTRACTS FROM NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XLVI, Issue 46, 23 November 1921, Page 718

EXTRACTS FROM NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

(From New Zealand Gazette, 1921, page 2756.)

Shooting Season for Imported and Native Game, License Fee,

(fee., Auckland Acclimatization District.

JELLICOE, Governor-General

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection Act, 1908, I, John Rushwortb, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby notify that the following imported game—viz., cock pheasants and Californian and Australian quailmay be killed within the Auckland Acclimatization District, comprising all that area in the North Auckland, Auckland, Taranaki, and Wellington Land Districts bounded by a line commencing at the mouth of the Mokau River, and proceeding thence along high-water mark, Tasman Sea, in a northerly direction generally (crossing the mouths of all harbours and rivers by the way) to the Kaipara Harbour entrance to a point midway between Kaipara Heads ; thence up the centre of the channels, Kaipara Harbour, leading to the mouth of Oruawhero River; thence up the middle of that river, Topuni River, and Hakaru River to the north-west corner of Section 33, Oruawhero Parish : thence along the south-western boundaries of Sections 65, 64, 61, 60, 57, 56, 51, and 50, all in Mangawhai Parish, and along the eastern boundary of the last-mentioned section to a public road ; thence south-easterly along that road to a point opposite south-west corner of Section 92 in the aforesaid parish ; thence across that road and proceeding along the western boundaries generally of said Section 92 and Sections 90, 89, 88, 87, and 86 in the aforesaid parish to a public road; thence north-westerly along that road to a stream near the headwaters of the Mangawhai Harbour; thence down the middle of that stream and the middle of that harbour to the sea ; thence along high-water mark of the sea, Hauraki Gulf and Firth of Thames (crossing the mouths of all harbours and rivers by the way), to the mouth of the Waikawau River in Block VI, Hastings Survey District; thence up the middle of that river to its source, and along a right line from said source to Northhead, Tairua Harbour; thence southerly along high-water mark, Bay of Plenty (crossing the mouths of all harbours and rivers by the way), to the mouth of the Waihi River in Block 111, Waihi North Survey District; thence south-westerly along a right line to Mount Te Aroha Trig. Station ; thence north-easterly along a right line (in the direction of Ngakuriawhare Trig. Station, Block I, Katikati North) to the western boundary of the Tauranga Confiscation Block ; thence south-easterly by right lines from hill to hill along the summit of the range forming the western boundary of the aforesaid Tauranga Confiscation Block and passing over Ngatamahinerau, Mimiotohanga, and Waianuanu to Te Weraiti Trig. Station ; thence south-easterly along a right line to Puwhenua Trig. Station (in Block VIII, Tapapa Survey District) ; thence southwesterly along a right line to Rangitoto Mountain ; thence south-easterly along a right line to the source of the Ongaruhe River ; thence southerly along a mountain range passing through Weraroa, Tuhingamata, Motere, and Hauhangaroa Trig. Stations to Maungaku Trig. Station; thence southerly along the western boundary of the Waione Block to the Wanganui River; thence down the middle of that river to its confluence with the Ohura River; thence up the middle of the Ohura River to the 39th parallel of south latitude ; thence easterly along the said parallel of latitude to the western boundary of Block IV, Pouatu Survey District; thence due north along that boundary and the western boundary of Block XVI, Waro Survey District, to the confiscation line ; thence north-easterly along that line to the Tangarakau Stream ; thence up the middle of that stream and up the middle of the Waitaanga Stream to the Kotare Road at the southern boundary of Section 2, Block VII, Waro Survey District; thence westerly along the Kotare Road to the south-west comer of Section 1, Block VII; thence along the south-west boundary of the said section and along the southern, western, and northern boundaries of Section 3, Block VI, Waro Survey District, to the western boundary of Section 4, Block VI, Waro Survey District ; thence along the western boundaries generally of Sections 4 and 5, and along the south-western and northern boundaries of Section 6 (all in Block VI, Waro Survey District) to the Mohakatino Road ; thence northerly along that road to a stream which crosses the Mohakatino-Parininihi Id East Block and flows into the Mohakatino Stream near the westernmost corner of Section 1, Block 111, Waro Survey District ; thence down that stream to the said confluence and up the said Mohakatino Stream and along the northern boundary of Section 3, Block 111, Waro Survey District, to Tawhitirau Trig. Station; thence along the south-western and western boundaries of Mokau-Mohakatino In Block to the Mokau River; thence

down the middle of that river to the sea, the place of commencement : including in the hereinbefore - described area the islands of Waiheke and Ponui and Great Barrier Island (except in the areas mentioned in the Schedule hereto), from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, 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 Postmasters at Auckland and Thames, and the Postmasters at Ahuroa, Aria, Avondale, Awakino, Awhitu, Bombay, Buckland, Cambridge, Clevedon, Devonport, Drury, East Tamaki, Ellerslie, Erankton Junction, Glen Murray, Gordonton, Hairini, Hamilton, Hamilton East, Helensville, Henderson, Hikutaia, Hinuera, Hobsonville, Howick, Hunua, Huntly, Kaipara Flats, Karangahake, Karekare, Kaukapakapa, Kawhia, Kihikihi, Kingsland, Kinohaku, Komata, Kumeu, Leigh, Manawaru, Mangaiti, Mangapehi, Manurewa, Marakopa, Maramarua, Makatana, Matamata, Matiere, Mauku, Mercer, Morrinsville, Mount Albert, Newmarket, Newton, Ngaruawahia, Northcote, Ohaupo, Ohura, Okoroire, Omahu, Onehunga, Onewhero, Ongaruhe, Otahuhu, Otorohanga, Paeroa, Pakuranga, Papakura, Papatoetoe, Parakakau, Paterangi, Patumahoe, Pipiroa, Pirongia, Point Chevalier, Pokeno, Port Albert, Puhoi, Pukekawa, Pukekohe, Putaruru, Raglan, Rangiriri, Silverdale, Tahuna, Tairua, Takapuna, Tangitu, Taupiri, Te Aroha, Te Awamutu, Te Hana, Te Kuiti, Te Mata, Te Rauamoa, Te Uku, Tirau, Tuakau, Turua, Waerenga, Waharoa, Waihi, Waihou, Waikino, Waikumete, Waimauku, Waiorongomai, Waitekauri, Waitoa, Waitomo Caves, Waiuku, Waiwera, Walton, Waotu, Warkworth, Wellsford, Whatawhata, Whawharua, and Whitford, are hereby appointed to sign and issue the said licenses to kill imported game ; and do hereby restrict the number of cock pheasants that may be killed by any one person in any one day to twelve head. And I do further notify that the following native game —viz., grey duck, spoonbill duck, brown teal, pukeko, and black swan 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 twenty - two, to the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, both days inclusive, and that no live birds of any species shall be used as decoys on or near any waters within the Auckland Acclimatization District, nor shall more than twenty-five artificial decoys be used at any one time, whether by one or several persons, on any particular water within an area of less than 100 square yards; and 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.

SCHEDULE

Areas wherein Imported and Native Game shade 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. (See New Zealand Gazettes of 26th June, 1919, and 6th May, 1921.) 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 five 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 Game Farm at Cambridge. 13. Area near Te Kuiti (see New Zealand Gazette No. 20, of the 24th February, 1916, page 568). 14. Certain land at Tuakau, Waikato (see Gazette No. 81, of 10th May, 1917, page 1987). 15. Certain additional area at Tuakau (Waikato), (see New Zealand Gazette No. 120, of sth September, 1918, page 3129). 16. Certain area, Parish of Manurewa (see New Zealand Gazette No. 92, of 27th October, 1921, page 2560). 17. 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 GovernorGeneral, this 14th day of November, 1921.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART, Minister of Internal Affairs

Declaring a certain Area, Welca Pass, to be a Sanctuary for Imported and Native Game. JELLICOE, Governor-

PURSUANT to the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection Act, 1908, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby notify and declare that the area described in the Schedule hereto shall be a sanctuary for the purposes of the said Animals Protection Act, and that no imported or native game shall be taken or killed within the said area.

SCHEDULE.

All that area in the Canterbury Land District, being Rural Sections 4300, 4357, 4591, 4592, and 5235, situated in Block XVI, Waipara Survey District.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the GovernorGeneral, this 12th day of November, 1921.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART, Minister of Internal Affairs