May 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1359

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 Wanganui and the Postmasters at Fordell and Mangamahu are hereby appointed to sign and issue such licenses to take or kill opossums.

SCHEDULE.

WANGANUI ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT.

COMPRISING all that area in the Wellington and Taranaki Land Districts bounded by a line commencing on the sea-coast at the mouth of the Waitotara River, and proceeding thence up the middle of that river to and up the middle of the Mangaone Stream to a point in line with the southern boundary of Section 16, Block V, Nukumaru Survey District; thence to and along the said southern boundary to the trig. station on Wharekarangi; thence along the eastern boundary of Section 16 aforesaid to and up the middle of the Mangaone Stream to a point in line with the south-eastern boundary of Lot 4 on plan No. 659, deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Wellington; thence along the said south-eastern boundary to and across the Waitotara Road and along the western boundaries of Lots 14 and 17 on plan No. 918 deposited as aforesaid to trig. station on Orangihoangi; thence along the south-eastern and north-eastern boundaries of Section 11, Block XIV, Momahaki Survey District, and along the production of the last-named boundary to the middle of the Mangamingi Stream; thence down the middle of that stream and up the middle of Te Korokio Stream, and along the western and northern boundaries of the Manga-nui-o-Tahu Block to Watershed Road near trig. station on Taurangapiopio; thence to the middle of that road and northerly along the middle of that road and Pipiriki and Pokeka Roads, and along the summit of the range, passing through trig. station on Maungarau to the trig. station on Mount Humphries; thence north-easterly along a right line, running in the direction of the confluence of the Tangarakau and Wanganui Rivers, to its first intersection with the said Wanganui River; thence to and down the middle of that river and up the middle of the Paparoa Stream in Block XI, Tauakira Survey District, to a point in line with the south-eastern boundary of Section 9, Block XI, Tauakira Survey District; thence to and along the said south-eastern boundary, and along the south-eastern boundary of Section 3, Block XI, the south-western and south-eastern boundaries of Section 1, Block XII, the southern boundary of Section 1, Block IX, Ngamatea Survey District, and the south-western boundary of Ohotu No. 9 Block and its production to the middle of the Mangawhero River; thence down the middle of that river and up the middle of the Rangitatau Stream to Fields Track crossing; thence along the middle of Fields Track in a north-easterly direction generally to the middle of the stream forming the north-eastern boundary of Ohotu No. 6A No. 1 Block; thence down the middle of that stream and up the middle of the Wangaehu River to the northern boundary of Block IV, Ngamatea Survey District; thence easterly along that boundary and the northern boundaries of Blocks I and II, Maungakaretu Survey District, to the middle of the Turakina River, and up that river to the northern boundary of the Raketapauma No. 3A Block; thence easterly along the northern boundaries of the Raketapauma Nos. 3A, 1A, 1C, and 11 Blocks to the middle of the Waiouru-Moawhango Road; thence northerly along that road to its junction with the Tokaanu Road at Waiouru; thence north-easterly along a right line to Totem Trig. Station and a right line to Auahitotara Trig. Station; thence southerly along a right line to Trig. Station 16 and a right line to Trig. Station 32; thence westerly along a right line to the junction of the Panemango and the Tomakomako Streams; thence up the middle of the Panemango Stream to and along the southern boundary of Ruanui No. 2 Block; thence along the south-western boundary of Section 1, Block X, Maungakaretu Survey District, to the middle of the Turakina River; thence along a right line to the Maungakaretu Trig. Station on the summit of the eastern watershed of the Wangaehu River; thence in a south-westerly direction generally by lines from hill to hill along the summit of that watershed to and along a right line which runs in a north-westerly direction through trig. station on Okaiepe (Block XIV, Mangawhero Survey District) to a point in the middle of the Wangaehu River due west about eighteen chains from the western boundary of Block XIV, Mangawhero Survey District; thence down the middle of the said river to the sea; thence in a north-westerly direction along the sea-coast to the point of commencement.

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

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

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 10th day 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 Wellington Acclimatization 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 eleventh 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 Wellington, and the Postmasters at Featherston, Paraparaumu, Lower Hutt, Petone, Palmerston North, Upper Hutt, Levin, Taihape, Bull's, Marton, Masterton, Eketahuna, Carterton, Greytown, and Waikanae, are hereby appointed to sign and issue such licenses to take or kill opossums.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT.

COMPRISING all that area in the Wellington Land District bounded by a line commencing at the mouth of the Wangaehu River, and proceeding thence up the middle of that river to a point due west about 18 chains from the western boundary of Block XIV, Mangawhero Survey District; thence along a right line through Okaiepe Trig. Station to the summit of the eastern watershed of the Wangaehu River; thence north-westerly by lines from hill to hill along that summit to the Maungakaretu Trig. Station; thence south-easterly along a right line to a point in the middle of the Turakina River in line with the south-western boundary of Section 1, Block X, Maungakaretu Survey District; thence along that boundary, the southern boundary of the Ruanui No. 2 Block, and down the centre of the Panemango Stream to its confluence with the Tomakomako Stream; thence easterly along a right line to Trig. Station 32; thence northerly along a right line to Trig. Station 16, a right line to Trig. Station 17 (Auahitotara), a right line to Trig. Station 24 (Te Rotete), and a right line to Trig. Station 28 (Manukaiapu); thence 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; thence 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; thence 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; thence 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; thence down the middle of the Rangitikei River to the Awahuri-Bull's Road, and easterly along that road to the Oroua River; thence up the middle of the Oroua River to the Wellington-New Plymouth Railway line; thence south-easterly along said railway-line and Stony Creek Road to the Palmerston-Ashhurst Road; thence north-easterly along that road to the northernmost corner of Section 454, Block VIII, Kairanga Survey District; thence south-easterly along the Raukawa Road fronting Sections 454 and 455 of the said block to the centre of the Manawatu River; thence up the middle of that river to and along the northern boundary of the Wellington Land District to the mouth of the Waimata River; thence 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.

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