MAY 11. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1293

Open Season for the Taking or Killing of Opossums in the Rotorua Acclimatization District.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 8th day of May, 1922.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that opossums of the species Trichosurus vulpecula or of the subspecies Trichosurus fuliginosus may be taken or killed within the Rotorua Acclimatization District described in the Schedule hereto, except in any sanctuary or public domain, from the first day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, to the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, both days inclusive, subject to the general regulations made by Order in Council dated the eighth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two.

And I do further notify that licenses to take or kill opossums within the said district shall be issued to any person on payment of the sum of two pounds ten shillings each; and the General Manager of the Tourist and Health Resorts Department, Wellington, or any person authorized by the said General Manager in that behalf, is hereby appointed to sign and issue such licenses to take or kill opossums.

SCHEDULE.

ROTORUA ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT.

COMPRISING 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 Otanewainuku Trig. Station in Block XVI, Otanewainuku; thence 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; thence along a right line running due north through Trig. II aforesaid to high-water mark, Bay of Plenty; thence along high-water mark, Bay of Plenty, in a south-easterly direction to the western side of Maraetotara Road (Block III, Whakatane Survey District); thence along the western side of that road to its junction with the Nukuhou-Maraetotara Road (Whakatane–Opotiki main road); thence along the western side of the last-named road to its junction with the Nukuhou (Waimana–Ohiwi) Road; thence along the western side of that road to the “confiscation line”; thence south-easterly along the north-eastern boundary-line of Waimana 1E Block; thence 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; thence along the south-western boundary of Waimana 1D Block to the Waimana or Tauranga River; thence up that river to its source; thence south-westerly along summit of range to Maungapohatu Trig. Station; thence 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; thence down that river to the northern boundary of S.G.R. 84, and thence 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; thence north-easterly along the middle of that road to Bushy Knoll Road; thence along the middle of that road to the northernmost corner of Section 2, Block IX, Hangaroa Survey District; thence along the eastern boundary of Section 1, Block IX aforesaid; thence south-easterly generally along the north-eastern boundaries of Sections 3 and 4, Block IX aforesaid; thence north-easterly along the north-western boundary of Tauwharetoi 4B Block; thence 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; thence down the middle of that river to its confluence with the Ruakiture River; thence along a right line to the sea at Paritu (Block XIII, Paritu Survey District); thence southerly along high-water mark of the sea to the southernmost point of Mahia Peninsula; thence along high-water mark, Hawke’s Bay, to Moeangiangi (Block XI, Moeangiangi Survey District); thence up a leading spur and along the southern watershed of the Waikare River to the summit of Taraponui Mountain; thence down a leading spur to the confluence of the Mohaka and Waipunga Rivers; thence along a right line to the summit of Tatarakina Mountain; thence along the eastern watershed of the Mokomokonui Stream to the summit of Pohokura Mountain; thence along a right line running due east to Pukahunui or Hautapu Stream; thence up a leading spur and along the western watershed of Te Hoe River to Maungataniwha Trig. Station (Tuatawhata Survey District); thence 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; thence south-westerly along that line to the Taupo–Napier Road; thence along a right line to the north-western corner of Wharetoto No. 8 Subdivision B Block (Block V, Maruanui Survey District); thence down the Taharua and Mohaka Rivers to a point in line with Trig. Stations 68A and 65A; thence along that line to said Trig. Station 65A; thence westerly along a right line to Trig. Station 26, Tawaki Tohunga, in Block XII, Mangamaiere Survey District; thence south-westerly along a right line to Trig. Station 27; thence westerly along a right line to Trig. Station 28, Manukaiapu; thence north-westerly along a right line to Ruapehu Trig. Station; thence north-easterly along a right line to Paretetaitonga Trig. Station; thence towards the north-east along a right line to Ngaruhoe Trig. Station; thence northerly along a right line to Tongariro Trig. Station; thence north-easterly along a right line in the direction of the mouth of the Waihi Stream, Lake Taupo, to the Wanganui River; thence down the middle of that river to the western boundary of the Waione Block, and northerly along that boundary to Maungaku Trig. Station; thence northerly along a mountain-range passing through Hauhangaroa, Motere, Tuhingamata, and Weraroa Trig. Stations to the source of the Ongaruhe River; thence north-westerly along a right line to Rangitoto Mountain; and thence north-easterly along a right line to Puwhenua Trig. Station, the place of commencement.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Open Season for the Taking or Killing of Opossums in the Taranaki Acclimatization District.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 8th day of May, 1922.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that opossums of the species Trichosurus vulpecula or of the subspecies Trichosurus fuliginosus may be taken or killed within the Taranaki Acclimatization District described in the Schedule hereto, except in any sanctuary or public domain, from the first day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, to the thirty-first day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, both days inclusive, subject to the regulations made by Order in Council dated the eighth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two.

And I do further notify that licenses to take or kill opossums within the said district shall be issued to any person on payment of the sum of two pounds ten shillings each; and the Postmasters at Inglewood, Waitara, Okato, Pungarehu, Rahotu, Tariki, Urunui, Uruti, and Opunake are hereby appointed to sign and issue such licenses to take or kill opossums.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT.

ALL that area comprising the counties of Taranaki, Clifton, and the County of Egmont (excepting the Oeo Riding).

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council