May 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1355

the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that opossums may be taken or killed within the Buller 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-three, to the thirty-first day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, both days inclusive, subject to the general regulations made by Order in Council dated the tenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three.

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 Chief Postmaster at Westport is appointed to sign and issue such licenses to take or kill opossums.

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SCHEDULE.

BULLER ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT.

ALL that area comprising the Buller and part of the Inangahua Counties, in the Nelson Land District, bounded towards the north-west generally by a line starting at a point on the Tasman Sea coast at Kohaihai Bluff, in Block XIII, Whakapoi Survey District, and proceeding up a leading spur and along the summit of a range over Mount Domett to Mount Cobb; thence towards the north-east generally by a line along the summit of the western ranges over Mount Snowdon and Mount Peel to Mount Arthur; thence towards the south-east by a line along the summit of a leading range over Mount Luna and along the summit of Lyell Range to Bald Hill; thence by a line down a leading spur on the western side of Eight-mile or Boundary Stream to the mouth of that stream; thence down the left bank of the Buller River and up the right bank of the Inangahua River to a point due north of Mount Haast; thence by a right line to Mount Haast; thence by a right line to the nearest point of the Grey River; thence towards the south-west generally by a line down the middle of the Grey River to its confluence with the Otututu River; thence by a line up the middle of the Otututu River to its source near Mount Faraday; thence by a right line to Mount Faraday; thence towards the south-east by a line along the summit of the Paparoa Range to a point near the source of the Puna-kaiki or Deadman’s River; thence towards the south-west generally by a right line to that source, and by a line down the middle of that river to the sea; thence towards the north-west by the Tasman Sea to Kohaihai Bluff, the place of commencement.

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

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

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JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 10th day of May, 1923.

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 may be taken or killed within the Grey District 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-three, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, both days inclusive, subject to the general regulations made by Order in Council dated the tenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three.

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 Chief Postmaster at Greymouth, and the Postmasters at Ahaura, Blackball, Brunnerton, Moana, Nelson Creek, Nga-here, Otira, Roa, Runanga, Stillwater, Totara Flat, and Waiutu, are hereby appointed to sign and issue such licenses to take or kill opossums.

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SCHEDULE.

GREY DISTRICT ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT.

ALL that area comprising the County of Grey.

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

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

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JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 10th day of May, 1923.

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 may be taken or killed within the Hawera 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-three, to the thirty-first day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, both days inclusive, subject to the general regulations made by Order in Council dated the tenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three.

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 Eltham, Hawera, Normanby, and Patea are hereby appointed to sign and issue such licenses to take or kill opossums.

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SCHEDULE.

HAWERA ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT.

ALL that area comprising the counties of Hawera, Waimate West, Patea, and Eltham, together with that portion of the County of Egmont lying to the eastward of the Taungatara River, being the Oeo Riding of the said County of Egmont.

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

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

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JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 10th day of May, 1923.

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 may be taken or killed within the Lakes District 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-three, to the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, both days inclusive, subject to the general regulations made by Order in Council dated the tenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three.

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 Queenstown, Arrowtown, Kingston, and Pembroke are hereby appointed to sign and issue such licenses to take or kill opossums.

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SCHEDULE.

LAKES DISTRICT ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT.

ALL that area comprising the County of Lake.

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