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the eastern boundary of Section No. 31A, Block X, Opoiti Survey District; thence by the said eastern boundary to the southernmost corner of the said Section No. 31A; thence by a right line to the source of the Kauhouroa Stream; thence by that stream to its confluence with the Wairoa River; thence by that river to the sea; thence by the sea to the mouth of the Waihua River; thence towards the south-west generally by the Waihua River to the 39th parallel of south latitude; thence by the said 39th parallel to the Mohaka River, at the mouth of the Arakanihi Stream; thence by the Mohaka River to its confluence with Te Hoe River; thence by the last-mentioned river to the westernmost corner of the Maungataniwha Block; and thence by a right line to the south-western corner of Whakatane County, the place of commencement: excluding the Clyde Town District.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this third day of June, one thousand nine hundred and nine.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Land at Foxton, Wellington Land District, to be a Sanctuary for Imported and Native Game.

PLUNKET, Governor.

PURSUANT to the powers vested in me by “The Animals Protection Act, 1908,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor 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 game or native game shall be taken or killed within the said area.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement about 1,500 acres, situated in Block III, Moutere Survey District, and Block IX, Mount Robinson Survey District. Bounded towards the east by the Foxton-Levin Road from the southernmost corner of Oturoa No. 3 Block to the southernmost corner of Wawa Block; thence towards the south-west by Subdivision No. 1 of Manawatu-Kukutauaki No. 7D Block to its northernmost corner; thence towards the south-east by Subdivisions Nos. 1 and 2 of Manawatu-Kukutauaki No. 7D Block to the westernmost corner of the last-mentioned subdivision; thence towards the north-east by that subdivision for a distance of 70 chains; thence again towards the south-east by a right line at right angles to the south-western boundary of the said Subdivision No. 2, running through Subdivisions Nos. 3, 4, and 5, to the north-eastern boundary of Ngawhakahiamoe Block; thence towards the south-west and south-east by the last-mentioned block to its westernmost corner; thence towards the north by Waitarere No. 1 Block to its north-western corner; thence again towards the south-east by the last-mentioned block and Subdivision 2B of Manawatu-Kukutauaki No. 7D Block to the north-eastern corner of Kahukura Block; thence again towards the south-west by the said Kahukura Block for a distance of 50 chains; thence towards the north-west by a right line to a point on the north-eastern boundary of Whirokino No. 2 Block, distant 70 chains from the easternmost corner of that block, and the said right line produced to a point in line with the south-western boundary of Totara No. 3 Block; thence again towards the north-east by a right line to the westernmost corner of the last-mentioned block; and thence by that block and Oturoa No. 3 Block to the Foxton-Levin Road, the place of commencement.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this fifth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and nine.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Amended Notification respecting Shooting Season for Imported and Native Game, Wellington Acclimatisation District.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS it is expedient to amend, in manner hereinafter provided, the notification made under “The Animals Protection Act, 1908,” dated the second day of April, one thousand nine hundred and nine, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the fifth day of the said month of April:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby notify that the following native game—viz., pukeko—may, from the date of the publication hereof to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and nine, be killed in the area described in the Schedule hereto, the said area being part of the Wellington Acclimatisation District.

SCHEDULE.

BEING an area contained within a line starting from Shannon on the Manawatu Railway line; thence following the line to Palmerston North; thence by a right line to Kairanga; thence to Glen Oroua, and thence to Carnarvon and the sea; thence along the sea boundary to the south bank of the Manawatu River; thence following the river to the bridge on the Foxton and Shannon Road; and thence to Shannon.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this tenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and nine.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Extending Period within which the Timber Commissioners shall Report.

PLUNKET, Governor.

To all to whom these presents shall come, and to James Frederick Arnold, Esquire, M.P., of Dunedin; William Henry Peter Barber, Esquire, of Wellington; Samuel Isaac Clarke, Esquire, of Auckland; Hon. Thomas Young Duncan, M.P., of Oamaru; Henry George Ell, Esquire, M.P., of Christchurch; William Hughes Field, Esquire, M.P., of Wellington; Josiah Alfred Hanan, Esquire, M.P., of Invercargill; William Thomas Jennings, Esquire, M.P., of New Plymouth; William Brack Leyland, Esquire, of Auckland; Francis Mander, Esquire, M.P., of Whangarei; William Morris, Esquire, of Greymouth; and John Stallworthy, Esquire, M.P., of Dargaville: Greeting.

WHEREAS by a commission bearing date the ninth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and nine, you, the said

JAMES FREDERICK ARNOLD,
WILLIAM HENRY PETER BARBER,
SAMUEL ISAAC CLARKE,
THOMAS YOUNG DUNCAN,
HENRY GEORGE ELL,
WILLIAM HUGHES FIELD,
JOSIAH ALFRED HANAN,
WILLIAM THOMAS JENNINGS,
WILLIAM BRACK LEYLAND,
FRANCIS MANDER,
WILLIAM MORRIS, and
JOHN STALLWORTHY,

were appointed to be Commissioners, with the powers mentioned therein, for the purpose of making inquiry into matters affecting the timber and timber-building industries:

And whereas by the said commission you were directed and required to transmit to me your report and recommendations in respect to the several matters inquired into not later than the thirty-first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and nine:

And whereas it is expedient that the said period should be extended as hereinafter provided:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council thereof, and in exercise and pursuance of every power and authority enabling me in this behalf, do hereby extend the period within which you shall (using all diligence) report to me, as by the said commission provided, to the tenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and nine.

And with the like advice and consent, and in further pursuance of the said power and authority, I do hereby confirm the said commission, except as altered by these presents.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable William Lee, Baron Plunket, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over His Majesty’s Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Dominion, at the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this thirty-first day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nine.

J. G. WARD.

Approved in Council.

J. HISLOP,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.