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to the mouth of the Waihi River, in Block III, Waihi North Survey District; then south-westerly along a right line to Mount Te Aroha Trig. Station; then 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; then 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; then south-easterly along a right line to Puwhenua Trig. Station (in Block VII, Tapapa East Survey District); then south-westerly along a right line to Rangitoto Mountain; then south-easterly along a right line to the source of the Onga-ruhe River; then southerly along a mountain range passing through Weraroa, Tuhingamata, Motere, and Hauhangaroa Trig. Stations to Maungaku Trig. Station; then southerly along the western boundary of the Waione Block to the Wanganui River; then down the middle of that river to its confluence with the Ohura River; then up the middle of the Ohura River to the 39th parallel of south latitude; then westerly along the said parallel of latitude to the western boundary of Block IV, Pouatu Survey District; then due north along that boundary and the western boundary of Block XVI, Waro Survey District, to the confiscation line; then north-easterly along that line to the Tangarakau Stream; then 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; then westerly along the Kotare Road to the south-west corner of Section 1, Block VII; then 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; then along the western boundaries 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; then northerly along that road to a stream which crosses the Mohakatino-Parininihi 1d East Block and flows into the Mohakatino Stream near the westernmost corner of Section 1, Block III, Waro Survey District; then 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 Tawhitiraupeka Trig. Station; then along the south-western and western boundaries of Mokau-Mohakatino 1h Block to the Mokau River; then down the middle of that river to the sea, the place of commencement: including in the hereinbefore-described area Great Barrier Island and all islands excepting Rangitoto within the Hauraki Gulf.

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

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

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 24th day of April, 1925.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR FRANCIS BELL 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 first day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, to the thirty-first day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, 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 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.

SCHEDULE.

BULLER ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT.

All that area in the Nelson and Westland Land Districts bounded towards the north-west generally by a line starting at a point on the Tasman Sea coast at Kohaihai Bluff in Block XIII, Whakapoa Survey District, and proceeding up a leading spur and along the summit of a range over Mount

Domett to Mount Cobb; then towards the north-east generally by a line along the summit of the western ranges over Mount Snowden and Mount Peel to Mount Arthur; then 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; then by a line down a leading spur on the western side of Eight-mile or Boundary Stream to the mouth of that stream; then 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; then by a right line to Mount Haast; then by a right line to the nearest point of the Grey River; then towards the south-west generally by a line down the middle of the Grey River to its confluence with the Otututu River; then by a line up the middle of the Otututu River to its source near Mount Faraday; then by a right line to Mount Faraday; then towards the south-east by a line along the summit of the Paparoa Range to a point near the source of the Punakaiki or Deadman’s River; then 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; then 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 Grey District Acclimatization District.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 24th day of April, 1925.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR FRANCIS BELL 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-five, to the thirty-first day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, 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 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.

SCHEDULE.

GREY ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Westland Land District bounded on the north by the Buller Acclimatization District, as described in New Zealand Gazette No. 17, of the 12th day of March, 1925, and the Nelson Acclimatization District, as described in New Zealand Gazette No. 17, of the 12th day of March, 1925, from the mouth of the Punakaiki River to the summit of the Southern Alps; then southerly along the summit of the range to the Hurunui Saddle, the source of the Taramakau River; then down the said Taramakau River to the sea-coast; and then northerly along the sea-coast to the mouth of the Punakaiki Stream, the place of commencement.

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

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

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 24th day of April, 1925.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR FRANCIS BELL 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