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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 27

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-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 pay-
ment 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 in the Taranaki and Wellington Land Districts
bounded on the north-east and north by the Taranaki and
Stratford Acclimatization Districts, as described in New
Zealand Gazette No. 17, of the 12th day of March, 1925,
from the mouth of the Taungatara Stream to the north-
eastern corner of Block XI, Taurakawa Survey District;
then by a right line to the range forming the county bound-
ary, and along that range passing through Waitu and Manga-
rau trig. to the Pokeka Road; then by the Pokeka—Pipiriki
Road to the Watershed Road forming the western boundary
of Section 5, Block IV, Momahaki Survey District; then
southerly along Watershed Road to the southern boundary of
Mangapapa No. 1c Block; then westerly along the said
southern boundary to the western boundary of Lot 1, Manga-
papa 1b Block; then generally southerly along the western
boundaries of Lots 1 and 3, Mangapapa 1b Block, to the
Manganui-o-tahu Stream; then down that stream to the
western boundary of the Manganui-o-tahu Block; then by
the western and southern boundaries of the Manganui-o-tahu
Block to Pakira Trig. Station; then westerly to Orangi-
hongi Trig. Station; then southerly along the western
boundaries of Lots 14 and 17 on plan 918, deposited in the
office of the District Land Registrar at Wellington, and the
eastern boundary of Lot 4, plan 659 deposited as aforesaid
to south-eastern corner of Lot 4 aforesaid; then down the
Mangaone Stream to the eastern boundary of Section 16,
Block V, Nukumaru Survey District; then along the said
eastern boundary to Wharekaranga Trig. Station; then
westerly along the southern boundary of the said Section 16
to the Mangaone Stream; then down the Mangaone Stream
to the Waitotara River; then down the Waitotara River
to the sea-coast; and then north-westerly along the sea-
coast to the mouth of the Taungatara Stream, 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
Nelson Acclimatization District.

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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 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-five, to the thirty-first
day of July, 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 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.

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SCHEDULE.

NELSON ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Nelson Land District bounded towards
the north-west and north-east generally by Tasman Sea,
Golden Bay, and Tasman Bay, from Kohaihai Bluff, in Block
XIII, Whakapoi Survey District, to a point on shore of
Croisilles Harbour due west of the westernmost point of
Elaine Bay; then 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 Y
(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; then by a line
down the middle of that stream to its confluence with the
Pelorous River; then by a line up the middle of the Pelorous
River to its source near Red Hills; then by a right line to
the summit; then by a line along the summit of the range
over Red Hills, Mount Rintoul, and Bush Cone to the summit
of Wards Pass; then by a right line to Trig. Station Top 2
(Mangatawai); then by a line along the summit of St.
Arnaud Range and the summit of the Spencer Mountains;
then towards the south-west by a line along the summit of
the southern watershed of the Maruia River to Mount Haast;
then by a line due north to the right bank of the Inangahua
River and along that bank to and up the left bank of the
Buller River to the mouth of the Eight-mile or Boundary
Creek; then 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; then towards the south-
west by a line along the summit of the Western Ranges over
Mount Peel and Mount Snowdon to Mount Cobb; then
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.

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

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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 North Canterbury Acclimatiza-
tion District described in the Schedule hereto, except in any
sanctuary or public domain, from the fifteenth day of June,
one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, to the fifteenth
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 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.

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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 Spencer Mountains to Mount Humboldt;
then along a right line to Barefell Pass, a right line to
Palmer Saddle, and then down the Conway river to its
mouth; then southerly 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.