Weraroa Trig. Stations to the source of the Ongaruhe River ;
then north-westerly along a right line to Rangitoto Mountain
and thence north-easterly along a right line to Puwhenua Trig.
Station, the place of commencement : and including White and
Whale Islands and the Ru Rima Rocks.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

AREA WHEREIN OPOSSUMS MAY NOT BE TAKEN.

All that area in the Gisborne Land District commencing at
Mautakitaki Point, near the old accommodation-house known
as Goodall's, thence by the shore of Lake Waikaremoana to
the mouth of the Okereru Creek; thence by that creek to
its source ; thence by a right line to Ngamoko Trig. Station;
and thence by a right line from Ngamoko to the point of
commencement at Mautakitiki Point.

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

Open Season for the Taking or Killing of Opossums in the
Stratford 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 Stratford Acclimatization District
described in the Schedule hereto, except in any sanctuary or
public domain, from the sixteenth 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
Postmasters at Stratford and Midhirst are hereby appointed
to sign and issue such licenses to take or kill opossums.

SCHEDULE.

STRATFORD ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT.

All that area in the Taranaki Land District bounded on the
north generally by the Taranaki Acclimatization District
from the summit of Mount Egmont to a point on the Ta-
ngarakau Stream due east of Mount Damper; thence south-
erly down the Tangarakau Stream to the confiscation line;
then e south-westerly along the confiscation line to the
western boundary of Block XVI, Waro Survey District;
then e southerly along that said western boundary and its
production to the 39th parallel south latitude; then e
easterly along that parallel to the Ohura Stream; then e
down the Ohura Stream to the Wanganui River; then e
down the Wanganui River to the mouth of the Tangarakau
River; then e by a right line from the mouth of the Tan-
garakau River to Whakaihuwaka (Mount Humphries) Trig.
Station; then e in a south-east direction along the north-
eastern boundary of Section 1 (Forest Reserve), Block III,
Turakawa Survey District, to the Whakaihuwaka Road;
then e south-easterly along the said Whakaihuwaka Road
to Te Mapou trig.; then e southerly along the range and
passing through Kotikiekie, Manaianahi, and Taungatahi
to Rautauwhiri; then e by a right line to the south-eastern
corner of Block VII, Taurakawa Survey District; then e
westerly along the southern boundaries of Blocks VII, VI,
and V, Taurakawa Survey District, to the south-western
corner of Section 2, Block V, aforesaid; then e northerly
along the western boundaries of Sections 2 and 1, Block V
aforesaid, to the north-western corner of the last-mentioned
section; then e across the Moeawatea Road and westerly
along the southern boundaries of Section 5, Block VIII,
Omona Survey District, across the Karewa Road, and along
the southern boundaries of Sections 12 and 11, Block VII,
Omona Survey District, to the south-western corner of the
said Section 11; then e by the western boundaries of Sec-
tions 11 and 14, Block VII aforesaid, the southern boundaries
of Section 8, Block II, Omona Survey District, to the north-
ernmost corner of Section 1 of Subdivision 1 of Matemate-
onga Block; then e by the eastern boundaries of Subdivi-

sions 6 and 7 and the southern boundary of Subdivision 7,
Matemateonga Block, to the Patea River; then e by the
Patea River to a point in line with the northern boundary
of Section 11, Block VIII, Ngaire Survey District; then e
to and by that section and by Block XII to Trig. Station B,
Rahui, by Subdivision 15, Pukengahu Block, to the north-
eastern corner of that subdivision; then e along the northern
boundary of the said Subdivision 15 to the easternmost corner
of Subdivision 16, along the eastern boundary of the said
Subdivision 16 to the Pukengahu Road, by that road to a
point due west of Trig. Station B, Rahui; then e by a line
running due west to its intersection with the south-western
boundary of Subdivision 11, Pukengahu Block, and by that
subdivision to the northern boundary of Block XI, Ngaire
Survey District; by that block to the northernmost corner
of Section 35, and by that section to Oru Road; by that
road to and by Ngaire Road to its junction with Karepo
Road; by Karepo Road and by the northern boundary of
Block X, Ngaire Survey District, to the middle of the
Waingongoro River; then e by a line along the middle of
that river to the middle of Finnerty Road; then e by a line
along the middle of Finnerty Road to Hastings Road;
then e by a line along the middle of Hastings Road to a
point opposite the northern boundary of Section No. 32,
Block VIII, Kaupokonui Survey District; then e by a right
line to the north-eastern corner of that section; then e by
Sections Nos. 32 and 31, Block VIII aforesaid, to Duthie
Road; across that road, and by Section No. 29, Block VIII
aforesaid, and the production of the northern boundary
of that section to the middle of Palmer Road; then e by a
line along the middle of that road to the north-eastern
corner of Block XI, Kaupokonui Survey District; then e
by Blocks XI and X to the south-eastern corner of Section 1,
Block VI, Kaupokonui Survey District; then e towards
the west generally by the last-mentioned section to Opunake
Road; and by the southern side of that road to a point in
line with the eastern boundary of Section 16, Block VI,
aforesaid; then e across the Opunake Road, and by Sec-
tions Nos, 16, 13, and 11, Block VI aforesaid, to the north-
eastern corner of the last-mentioned section; and then e
by a right line to the summit of Mount Egmont, the place
of commencement.

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

Open Season for the Taking or Killing of Opossums in the
Taranaki 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 Taranaki 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-five, to the thirty-
first day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-
five, both days inclusive, subject to the regulations made
by Order in Council dated the 13th 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 Inglewood, Waitara, Okato, Pungarehu,
Rahotu, Tariki, Urunui, Uruti, and Opunake are hereby
appointed to sign and issue such licenses to take or kill
opossums.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT.

All that area in the Taranaki Land District commencing
at the mouth of the Mokau River and proceeding then e up
the middle of that river to a point in line with the eastern
boundary of Mokau-Mohakatino No. 1A Block; then e pro-
ceeding generally southerly along the said eastern boundary
through Trig. Station Tawhitiraupeka to and down the
Mohakatino Stream to its confluence with a stream inter-
secting the Mohakatino-Parininihi No. 1B East, the said
confluence being near the westernmost corner of Section 1,
Block III, Waro Survey District; then e up the latter