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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 43
Open Season for the Taking or Killing of Opossums in the
Marlborough Acclimatization District.
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.
I N 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 Marlborough Acclimati-zation 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 thou-sand 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 pay-ment of the sum of two pounds ten shillings each; and the
Postmasters at Blenheim, Havelock, Flat Creek, and Deep
Creek are hereby appointed to sign and issue such licenses
to take or kill opossums.
SCHEDULE.
MARLBOROUGH ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT.
All that area in the Nelson, Marlborough, and Canterbury
Land Districts bounded by a line commencing at Mount
Humboldt in the Spenser Mountains, and proceeding thence
north-easterly along that range and the St. Arnaud
Range to the Waimea County; thence following the
south-eastern boundary of the said Waimea County as
described in New Zealand Gazette, 1917, page 4194, to the
shore of Croisilles Harbour; thence following the sea-coast
generally easterly and southerly to the mouth of the Conway
River, and up that river to its source at Palmer Saddle;
thence along a right line to Barefell Pass and a right line
westerly to Mount Humboldt, the point of commencement;
including therein D'Urville Island and all islands adjacent
to the coast.
F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
Open Season for the Taking or Killing of Opossums in the
Nelson Acclimatization District.
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.
I N 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 Nelson 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 pay-ment of the sum of two pounds ten shillings each; and the
Chief Postmaster at Nelson, and the Postmasters at Motueka,
Kohatu, Wakefield, Murchison, and Reefton, are hereby
appointed to sign and issue such licenses to take or kill
opossums.
SCHEDULE.
NELSON ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT.
All that area comprising the Waimea, Takaka, Colling-wood, and Murchison Counties, and part of the Inangahua
County of present date, bounded towards the north-west
and north-east generally by the Tasman Sea, Golden
Bay, and Tasman Bay from Kohaihai Bluff, in Block
XIII, Whakapoai Survey District, to a point on the shore
of Croisilles Harbour due west of the westernmost point of
Elaine or Brown’s Bay; thence towards the north by a
right line running due east to said westernmost point of that
bay and by southern shore of that bay to its south head;
then towards the south-east generally by a right line to
Trig. Station (boundary trig.), and by a line along the
summit of the range over Mount McLaren, Editor Peak,
Mount Duppa, and Saddle Hill to the source of the Heringa
Stream; thence by a line down the middle of that stream
to its confluence with the Pelorus River; thence by a line up
the middle of the Pelorus River to its source near Red
Hills; thence by a right line to the summit; thence by a line
along the summit of the range over Red Hills, Mount Rintoul,
and Bush Cone to the summit of Ward’s Pass; thence by
a right line to Trig. Station Top 2 (Mangatawat); thence by
a line along the summit of St. Arnaud Range and the summit
of the Spenser Mountains; thence towards the south-west
by a line along the summit of the southern watershed of the
Maruia River to Mount Haast; thence by a line due north
to the right bank of the Inangahua River, and along
that bank to and along the left bank of the Buller River to
the mouth of the Eight-mile or Boundary Creek; thence by a
line up a leading spur on the western side of said Boundary
Creek to Bald Hill, and by a line along the summit of Lyell
Range and along the summit of a range over Mount Luna to
Mount Arthur; thence towards the south-west by a line along
the summit of the western ranges over Mount Peel and Mount
Snowdon to Mount Cobb; thence towards the south-east by a
line along the summit of range over Mount Domett and down
a leading spur to the Tasman Sea at Kohaihai Bluff, the place
of commencement.
F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council
Open Season for the Taking or Killing of Opossums in the
North Canterbury Acclimatization District.
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.
I N 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 North Canterbury Acclimatiza-tion District described in the Schedule hereto, except in any
sanctuary or public domain, from the second day of July,
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 pay-ment of the sum of two pounds ten shillings each; and the
Chief Postmaster at Christchurch is hereby appointed to sign
and issue such licenses to take or kill opossums.
SCHEDULE.
NORTH CANTERBURY ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT.
All that area in the Nelson, Marlborough, and Canterbury
Land Districts bounded by a line commencing at
Whitcombe Pass, and proceeding north-easterly along the
summit of the Southern Alps and the Spenser Mountains to
Mount Humboldt; thence along a right line to Barefell Pass,
a right line to Palmer Saddle, and thence down the Conway
River to its mouth; thence along the sea-coast to Rakaia
River, and up that river to its source at Whitcombe Pass,
the point of commencement.
F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council,