Mab. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 691

Waihi Riding.

All that area in the Auckland Land District, Ohinemuri County, commencing at the south-west corner of Section 8, Block XII, Ohinemuri Survey District; thence by the west and part of north-east boundary of Section 8 aforesaid; thence by the south-east boundaries of Sections 20 and 6, Block XII of aforesaid survey district, across a road, and by the south and part east boundaries of Section 16 of said Block XII, across a road, and by the south boundaries of Sections 15, 17, and 1 (Uriwha Reserve) of said Block XII, and the east boundary of said Section 1 to and by the south boundary of Mataora Block to the east boundary of the Ohinemuri County; thence by the said east and the south-east boundaries of said county to the Waikino Riding above described; thence by the said Waikino Riding and the centre of the Ohinemuri River to the Waihi Borough as described in the New Zealand Gazette of the 20th February, 1902, page 413; thence by said Borough of Waihi to the place of commencement.

Waitekauri Riding.

All that area in the Auckland Land District, Ohinemuri County, commencing at Trig. Station No. 89, Ngapuketurua; thence by the northern and eastern boundaries of the Ohinemuri County to the Waihi Riding above described; thence by the said Waihi Riding and the Waihi Borough above described to the Waikino Riding above described, by parts of the last said riding and the Karangahake and Paeroa Ridings above described to the northernmost point of Section 13, Block X, Ohinemuri Survey District ; thence by a right line to Trig. Station 1863; thence by a right line to Trig. Station 1858, Whakamoehau ; thence by the top of range in a northerly direction to Trig. Station 89, the place of commencement.

Kaimanawa Riding.

All that area in the Auckland Land District, Ohinemuri County, commencing at the north-west corner of the Ohinemuri County; thence by the northern boundary of said county to Trig. Station 89, Ngapuketurua; thence by the Waitekauri Riding above described; thence by the Paeroa Riding above described; thence by the western boundary of the Ohinemuri County to the place of commencement.

Certified correct.—J. D. Thomson, for Chief Surveyor 19/10/22.

I, Robert Walter Evans, Clerk of the Ohinemuri County Council, do hereby certify that the above special order was made at a special meeting of the said Council held for that purpose on the 2nd day of November, 1922, and was duly confirmed at the ordinary monthly meeting held at the Council Chambers, Paeroa, on Friday, the 1st day of December, 1922; and that the said special order was duly made in conformity with the Counties Act, 1920, and the amendments thereof.

Dated at Paeroa this 4th day of December, 1922.

R. W. EVANS,

Clerk, Ohinemuri County Council.

Special Order made by the Ohura County Council altering Riding Boundaries and adjusting Representation.

Department of Internal Affairs,

Wellington, 1st March, 1923.

THE following special order, made by the Ohura County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Counties Act, 1920.

Pursuant to section 100 of that Act, as amended by section 3 of the Counties Amendment Act, 1921-22, I hereby fix the 31st day of March, 1923, as the date from which the special order shall take effect.

W. FRASER,

For Minister of Internal Affairs.

OHURA COUNTY COUNCIL.

SPECIAL ORDER ADJUSTING REPRESENTATION IN THE COUNCIL.

In exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 23 of the Counties Act, 1920, the Ohura County Council resolves by way of special order as follows:

1. The present division of the County of Ohura into ten ridings is revoked, and in lieu thereof the said county shall be divided into nine ridings, to be called respectively Kururau Riding, Matiere Riding, Nihoniho Riding, Ohura Riding, Ongarue Riding, Otangiwai Riding, Tatu Riding, Turoto Riding, and Waitewhena Riding, such reduction to be made by joining Mangaroa and Mangakara Ridings into one riding to be called the Ohura Riding. And all that portion of Fullerton-Smith Bros. properties being parts Rangitoto-Tuhua 3G 5C and 3G 5B Blocks in Block XII, Aria Survey District, and part of Rangitoto-Tuhua 3F Block, Blocks VIII and XI, Tangitu Survey District, now shown as in the Otangiwai Riding to be transferred to Ongarue Riding.

2. The said Ohura County Council shall consist of nine members; the electors of each riding shall elect one Councillor. Such special order to come into full force and effect only at the next county election in May, 1923, except only in so far and to such extent as may be necessary for preparing any rolls or otherwise providing for such election.

The above special order was adopted by the Ohura County Council at a special meeting held on Wednesday, the 6th day of September, 1922, and confirmed at a subsequent meeting held on the 4th day of October, 1922.

JOHN F. McCLENA GHAN, County Clerk.

I hereby certify that the above boundaries, where they affect the Taranaki Land District, can be followed on the office record maps.—D. M. WILSON, for Chief Surveyor.

I hereby certify that the above special order has been duly made.

JOHN F. McCLENA GHAN, County Clerk.

Open Season for Red-deer Shooting, Otago Acclimatization District (Greenvale, Wart Hill, Upper Pomahaka, and Whitecomb Districts).

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), I, William Downie Stewart, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare the period from the 24th day of March, 1923, to the 13th day of May, 1923 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the Otago Acclimatization District for the taking or killing of the following imported game—viz., red-deer stags —within that part of the said acclimatization district described in the First Schedule hereto, subject to the following conditions.

CONDITIONS.

1. LICENSES to take or kill red-deer stags may be issued by the Chief Postmaster at Dunedin, on the recommendation of the secretary of the Otago Acclimatization Society, on payment of a license fee of £4, in the form prescribed in the Second Schedule hereto, and subject to the said Act and regulations thereunder and this notification. Provided that not more than one such license shall be issued to the same person; and also that stalkers shall shoot only on the blocks specified in their respective licenses.

2. No licensee shall take or kill more than two stags, and no stag shall be killed carrying antlers with less than ten points. Ball cartridge only to be used; provided that no metal-patched or metal-cased bullet shall be used for killing such deer.

3. No hind or fawn shall be taken or killed on any pretext whatever, and no licensee shall allow any dog to accompany either himself or any attendant he may have with him.

4. Nothing herein contained shall extend to authorizing any person to sell any deer or portion thereof.

5. Regulations as to deer “tags,” contained in the New Zealand Gazette of the 20th May, 1909, page 1408, shall be strictly adhered to by each licensee, who, in addition thereto, shall return all unused “tags” to the secretary of the Otago Acclimatization Society, Dunedin, immediately he has finished stalking for the season for which such “tags” have been issued, together with a statement of the number of deer shot.

6. Nothing in any license to take or kill red-deer stags shall authorize the holder thereof to take or kill red-deer stags on lands actually and exclusively used by any registered acclimatization society for acclimatization purposes, or on any sanctuary or public domain, or on any land excepted from the operation of the notification declaring an open season for the district.

7. The licensee must give notice to the said Chief Postmaster of the date on which it is his intention to stalk deer; such notice to be posted, or delivered, or telegraphed three clear days before such date.

8. Any person committing a breach of any of these conditions is liable, on conviction, to a fine of £20.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

All that area known as Greenvale, Wart Hill, Upper Pomahaka, and Whitecomb Districts.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

No.

License to take or kill Imported Game (Deer).

, of , having this day paid the sum of £4, is hereby authorized to take or kill two red-deer stags,