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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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between Kaipara Heads; thence up the centre of the channels,
Kaipara Harbour, leading to the mouth of Oruawhero River;
thence up the middle of that river, Topuni River, and Hakaru
River to the north-west corner of Section 33, Oruawhero
Parish; thence along the south-western boundaries of Sections
65, 64, 61, 60, 57, 56, 51, and 50, all in Mangawhai Parish,
and along the eastern boundary of the last-mentioned section
to a public road; thence south-easterly along that road to
a point opposite south-west corner of Section 92 in the afore-
said parish; thence across that road and proceeding along
the western boundaries generally of said Section 92 and
Sections 90, 89, 88, 87, and 86 in the aforesaid parish to a
public road; thence north-westerly along that road to a
stream near the headwaters of the Mangawhai Harbour;
thence down the middle of that stream and the middle of that
harbour to the sea; thence along high-water mark of the sea,
Hauraki Gulf and Firth of Thames (crossing the mouths of
all harbours and rivers by the way), to the mouth of the
Waikawau River in Block VI, Hastings Survey District;
thence up the middle of that river to its source, and along a
right line from said source to Northhead, Tairua Harbour;
thence southerly along high-water mark, Bay of Plenty
(crossing the mouths of all harbours and rivers by the way),
to the mouth of the Waihi River in Block III, Waihi North
Survey District; thence south-westerly along a right line
to Mount Te Aroha Trig. Station; thence north-easterly
along a right line (in the direction of Ngakuriawhare Trig.
Station, Block I, Katikati North) to the western boundary
of the Tauranga Confiscation Block; thence south-easterly
by right lines from hill to hill along the summit of the range
forming the western boundary of the aforesaid Tauranga
Confiscation Block and passing over Ngatamahinerau, Mimio-
tohanga, and Waianuanu to Te Weraiti Trig. Station; thence
south-easterly along a right line to Puwhenua Trig. Station
(in Block VIII, Tapapa Survey District); thence south-
westerly along a right line to Rangitoto Mountain; thence
south-easterly along a right line to the source of the Onga-
ruhe River; thence southerly along a mountain range passing
through Weraroa, Tuhingamata, Motere, and Hauhangaroa
Trig. Stations to Maungaku Trig. Station; thence southerly
along the western boundary of the Waione Block to the
Wanganui River; thence down the middle of that river to
its confluence with the Ohura River; thence up the middle
of the Ohura River to the 39th parallel of south latitude;
thence easterly along the said parallel of latitude to the
western boundary of Block IV, Pouatu Survey District;
thence due north along that boundary and the western
boundary of Block XVI, Waro Survey District, to the con-
fiscation line; thence north-easterly along that line to the
Tangarakau Stream; thence up the middle of that stream
and up the middle of the Waitaanga Stream to the Kotare
Road at the southern boundary of Section 2, Block VII,
Waro Survey District; thence westerly along the Kotare
Road to the south-west corner of Section 1, Block VII; thence
along the south-west boundary of the said section and along
the southern, western, and northern boundaries of Section 3,
Block VI, Waro Survey District, to the western boundary of
Section 4, Block VI, Waro Survey District; thence along the
western boundary generally of Sections 4 and 5, and along
the south-western and northern boundaries of Section 6 (all
in Block VI, Waro Survey District) to the Mohakatino Road;
thence northerly along that road to a stream which crosses
the Mohakatino-Parininihi 1n East Block and flows into
the Mohakatino Stream near the westernmost corner of
Section 1, Block III, Waro Survey District; thence down
that stream to the said confluence and up the said Mohakatino
Stream and along the northern boundary of Section 3, Block
III, Waro Survey District, to Tawhitirau Trig. Station;
thence along the south-western and western boundaries of
Mokau-Mohakatino 1n Block to the Mokau River; thence
down the middle of that river to the sea, the place of com-
mencement: including in the hereinbefore - described area
the islands of Waiheke and Ponui and Great Barrier Island.

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

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

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 26th day
of May, 1924.

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 Buller Acclimatization
District described in the Schedule hereto, except in any
sanctuary or public domain, from the thirty-first day of May,
one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, to the thirty-first
day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four,
both days inclusive, subject to the general regulations made
by Order in Council dated the thirteenth day of May, one thou-
sand nine hundred and twenty-four.

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

SCHEDULE.

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, Whakapoai 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.

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 26th day
of May, 1924.

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 North Canterbury Acclimatiza-
tion District described in the Schedule hereto, except in any
sanctuary or public domain, from the first day of July,
one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, to the thirty-
first day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-
four, both days inclusive, subject to the general regulations
made by Order in Council dated the thirteenth day of May,
one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four.

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 Canter-
bury Land Districts bounded by a line commencing at
Whitcombe Pass, and proceeding north-easterly along the