May 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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.

PORTION OF BULLER ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT WHEREIN OPOSSUMS MAY BE TAKEN OR KILLED.

THAT portion of the Buller Acclimatization District lying south of a line drawn from the mouth of the Waimangaroa River on the west to Bald Hill in the Lyell Range on the east.

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.

By his Deputy,
CHARLES PERRIN SKERRETT.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 8th day of May, 1926.

Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE J. G. COATES, 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 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-six, to the thirty-first day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six, both days inclusive, subject to the general regulations made by Order in Council dated the eighth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six.

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, Brunner, Moana, Nelson Creek, Ngahere, Otira, Roa, Runanga, Stillwater, Totara Flat, and Waiutu, are hereby appointed to sign and issue such licenses to take or kill opossums.

SCHEDULE.

GREY DISTRICT 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; thence southerly along the summit of the range to the Hurunui Saddle, the source of the Taramakau River; thence down the said Taramakau River to the sea-coast; and thence 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.

By his Deputy,
CHARLES PERRIN SKERRETT.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 8th day of May, 1926.

Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE J. G. COATES, 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 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-six, to the thirty-first day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six, both days inclusive, subject to the general regulations made by Order in Council dated the eighth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six.

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 Postmasters at Eltham, Hawera, Normanby, and Patea are hereby appointed to sign and issue such licenses to take or kill opossums.

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; thence by a right line to the range forming the county boundary, and along that range passing through Waitu and Manga-rau trig. to the Pokeka Road; thence by the Pokeka-Pipiriki Road to the Watershed Road forming the western boundary of Section 5, Block IV, Momahaki Survey District; thence southerly along Watershed Road to the southern boundary of Mangapapa No. 1c Block; thence westerly along the said southern boundary to the western boundary of Lot 1, Mangapapa 1b Block; thence generally southerly along the western boundaries of Lots 1 and 3, Mangapapa 1b Block, to the Manganui-o-tahu Stream; thence down that stream to the western boundary of the Manganui-o-tahu Block; thence by the western and southern boundaries of the Manganui-o-tahu Block to Pakira Trig. Station; thence westerly to Orangi-hongi Trig. Station; thence 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; thence down the Mangaone Stream to the eastern boundary of Section 16, Block V, Nukumaru Survey District; thence along the said eastern boundary to Wharekaranga Trig. Station; thence westerly along the southern boundary of the said Section 16 to the Mangaone Stream; thence down the Mangaone Stream to the Waitotara River; thence down the Waitotara River to the sea-coast; and thence 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.

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

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

By his Deputy,
CHARLES PERRIN SKERRETT.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 8th day of May, 1926.

Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE J. G. COATES, 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 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-six, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six, both days inclusive, subject to the general regulations made by Order in Council dated the eighth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six.

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 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.