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(Auahitotara), a right line to Trig. Station 24 (Te Rotete), and a right line to Trig. Station 28 (Manukaiapu); then easterly along a right line to Trig. Station 27 and a right line in the direction of Trig. Station 26 (Tawaki Tohunga) to its intersection with the middle of the Rangitikei River; then down the middle of that river to its intersection with a right line between Trig. Stations 32 and 30 (Aorangi), and easterly along the said right line to Trig. Station 30; then along a right line in the direction of the confluence of the northern branch of the Waipawa River with the Makaroro River to the summit of the Ruahine Range; then southerly along the summit of the said range to the source of the Pourangaki Stream, and down that stream to its confluence with the Kawhatau Stream, down the middle of the said Kawhatau Stream to its confluence with the Rangitikei River; then down the middle of the Rangitikei River to the Awahuri–Bull’s Road, and easterly along that road to the Oroua River; then up the middle of the Oroua River to the Wellington–New Plymouth Railway line; then south-easterly along said railway-line and Stony Creek Road to the Palmerston–Ashhurst Road; then north-easterly along that road to the northernmost corner of Section 454, Block VIII, Kairanga Survey District; then south-easterly along the Raukawa Road fronting Sections 454 and 455 of the said block to the centre of the Manawatu River; then up the middle of that river to and along the northern boundary of the Wellington Land District to the mouth of the Waimata River; then southerly along the sea-coast to Cape Palliser, westerly generally along the sea-coast to Cape Terawhiti, and northerly along the sea-coast to the mouth of the Wangaehu River, the point of commencement: including all adjacent islands except Kapiti.

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

F. H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Rotorua Acclimatization District redefined.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the Animals Protection Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint those parts of the said Dominion described in the Schedule hereto to be a district under and for the purposes of the said Act; and I do hereby declare that such district shall be known as the “Rotorua Acclimatization District”; and I do hereby revoke the previous notification defining the said district.

SCHEDULE.

ROTORUA ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Auckland, Hawke’s Bay, and Wellington Land Districts bounded by a line commencing at the Puwhenua Trig. Station (situated in Block VIII, Tapapa Survey District), and proceeding north-west along a right line in the direction of Weraiti Trig. Station (situated in Block VII, Tapapa East Survey District, to a point due west from Otane-Wainuku Trig. Station in Block XVI, Otanewainuku); then due east along a right line to that trig. station and again due east along that line produced to a point due south of Trig. Station II in Block IV, Waihi South Survey District; then along a right line running due north through Trig. II aforesaid to high-water mark, Bay of Plenty; then along high-water mark, Bay of Plenty, in a south-easterly direction to the western side of Maraetotara Road (Block III, Whakatane Survey District); then along the western side of that road to its junction with the Nukuhou–Maraetotara Road (Whakatane–Opotiki main road); then along the western side of the last-named road to its junction with the Nukuhou (Waimana–Ohiwa) Road; then along the western side of that road to the “confiscation line”; then south-easterly along the north-eastern boundary-line of Waimana 1E Block; then along the north-eastern and south-eastern boundaries of Section 21, Block IV, Waimana Survey District, and the south-eastern side of Waimana 1c and 1d to Paitaua; then along the south-western boundary of Waimana 1d Block to the Waimana or Tauranga River; then up that river to its source; then south-westerly along summit of range to Maungapohatu Trig. Station; then south-easterly along a right line in the direction of Puketapu Trig. Station to its intersection with the Ruakituri River in Block VII, Tuahu Survey District; then down that river to the northern boundary of S.G.R. 84, and then along the northern boundary of said S.G.R. 84 and along the northern and south-eastern boundaries of Section 1, Block VIII, Tuahu Survey District, to the Gisborne–Waikaremoana Road; then north-easterly along the middle of that road to Bushy Knoll Road; then along the middle of that road to the northernmost corner of Section 2, Block IX, Hangaroa Survey District; then along the eastern boundary of Section 1, Block IX aforesaid; then south-easterly generally along the north-eastern boundaries of Sections 3 and 4, Block IX aforesaid; then north-easterly along the north-western boundary of Tauwharetoi 4B Block; then along the north-eastern boundaries of said block and Tauwharetoi 3B Block, and along the south-eastern boundary of Tauwharetoi 3A Block to the Hangaroa River; then down the middle of that river to its confluence with the Ruakiture River; then along a right line to the sea at Paritu (Block XIII, Paritu Survey District); then southerly along high-water mark of the sea to the southernmost point of Mahia Peninsula; then along high-water mark, Hawke’s Bay, to Moengiangi (Block XI, Moengiangi Survey District); then up a leading spur and along the southern watershed of the Waikare River to the summit of Taraponui Mountain; then down a leading spur to the confluence of the Mohaka and Waipunga Rivers; then along a right line to the summit of Tataroakina Mountain; then along the eastern watershed of the Mokomokonui Stream to the summit of Pohokura Mountain; then along a right line running due east to Pukahunui or Hautapu Stream; then up a leading spur and along the western watershed of Te Hoe River to Maungataniwha Trig. Station (Tuatawhata Survey District); then along the north-eastern boundary of Heruiwi No. 4 Block to its intersection with a right line running from the northernmost point of Lake Waikaremoana through a point 180 chains due north of Maungataniwha Trig. Station; then south-westerly along that line to the Taupo–Napier Road; then along a right line to the north-western corner of Wharetoto No. 8 Subdivision B Block (Block V, Maruanui Survey District); then down the Taharua and Mohaka Rivers to a point in line with Trig. Stations 68A and 65A; then along that line to said Trig. Station 65A; then westerly along a right line to Trig. Station 26, Tawaki Tohunga, in Block XII, Mangamaiire Survey District; then south-westerly along a right line to Trig. Station 27; then westerly along a right line to Trig. Station 28, Manukaiapu; then north-westerly along a right line to Ruapehu Trig. Station; then north-easterly along a right line to Paretetaitonga Trig. Station; then towards the north-east along a right line to Ngaruhoe Trig. Station; then northerly along a right line to Tongariro Trig. Station; then north-easterly along a right line in the direction of the mouth of the Waihi Stream, Lake Taupo, to the Wanganui River; then down the middle of that river to the western boundary of the Waione Block, and northerly along that boundary to Maungaku Trig. Station; then northerly along a mountain range passing through Hauhangaroa, Motere, Tuhingamata, and Weraroa Trig. Stations to the source of the Ongaruhe River; then north-westerly along a right line to Rangitoto Mountain; and then north-easterly along a right line to Puwhenua Trig. Station, the place of commencement.

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

F. H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Close Season for Imported and Native Game, Opotiki.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection Act, 1908, and in compliance with written application from the Opotiki Acclimatization Society, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby notify that the season for taking or killing imported game and native game shall be closed absolutely during the year 1920 in the district comprised in the County of Opotiki, and that no imported game or native game of any species shall be taken or killed in the said district during such close season.

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

F. H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.