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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 28

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

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 9th day of May, 1927.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL 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 Wanganui Acclimatization District described in the Schedule hereto, except in any sanctuary other than a scenic reserve, from the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, to the thirty-first day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, both days inclusive, subject to the general regulations made by Order in Council dated the ninth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven.

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 Wanganui and the Postmasters at Fordell and Mangamahu are hereby appointed to sign and issue such licenses to take or kill opossums.

SCHEDULE.

WANGANUI ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Wellington and Taranaki Land Districts bounded on the west by the Hawera and Stratford Acclimatization Districts, as described in New Zealand Gazette No. 17, of the 12th day of March, 1925, and on the north generally by the Waimarino Acclimatization District, as described in New Zealand Gazette No. 17, of the 12th day of March, 1925, from the mouth of the Waitotara River to Auahitotara Trig. Station; thence southerly along a right line to Trig. Station 16 and a right line to Trig. Station 32; thence westerly along a right line to the junction of the Panemango and the Tomakomako Streams; thence up the middle of the Panemango Stream to and along the southern boundaries generally of Ruanui No. 2B 3, 2B 4, 2B 5, 2B 6, 2B 7 Blocks and the south-western boundary of Section 1, Block X, Maungakaretu Survey District, to the middle of the Turakina River; thence along a right line to the Maungakaretu Trig. Station on the summit of the eastern watershed of the Wangaehu River; thence in a south-westerly direction generally along the summit of that watershed to and along a right line which runs in a north-westerly direction through Trig. Station on Okaipe (Block XIV, Mangawhero Survey District) to a point in the middle of the Wangaehu River due west about eighteen chains from the western boundary of Block XIV, Mangawhero Survey District; thence down the middle of the said river to the sea; thence in a north-westerly direction along the sea-coast to the point of commencement.

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

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

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 9th day of May, 1927.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL 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 Wellington Acclimatization District described in the Schedule hereto, except in any sanctuary other than a scenic reserve, from the twentieth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, to the thirty-first day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, both days inclusive, subject to the general regulations made by Order in Council dated the ninth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven.

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 Wellington, and the Postmasters at Petone, Lower Hutt, Upper Hutt, Featherston, Greytown, Masterton, Carterton, Martinborough, Eketahuna, Pahiatua, Paekakariki, Waikanae, Paraparaumu, Otaki, Levin, Shannon, Palmers’ on North, Bull’s, Marton, Turakina, Hunter ville, Mangaweka, and Taihape, are hereby appointed to sign and issue such licenses to take or kill opossums.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District bounded on the north-west by the Wanganui and Waimarino Acclimatization Districts, as described in New Zealand Gazette No. 17, of the 12th day of March, 1925; on the north by the Rotorua Acclimatization District, as described in New Zealand Gazette No. 17, of the 12th day of March, 1925; on the east by the Hawke’s Bay Acclimatization District, as described in New Zealand Gazette No. 17, of the 12th day of March, 1925; on the south, south-east, and north-east by the Feilding Acclimatization District, as described in New Zealand Gazette No. 17, of the 12th day of March, 1925; and again on the north-east by the Hawke’s Bay Acclimatization District, as described in New Zealand Gazette No. 17, of the 12th day of March, 1925, from the mouth of the Wangaehu River to the mouth of the Waimata River; thence southerly, westerly, and northerly along the sea-coast to the mouth of the Wangaehu River, the place of commencement.

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

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

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 9th day of May, 1927.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL 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 Westland Acclimatization District described in the Schedule hereto, except in any sanctuary other than a scenic reserve, from the eleventh day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, to the twelfth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, both days inclusive, subject to the regulations made by Order in Council dated the ninth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven.

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 Hokitika, and the Postmaster at Kumara, are hereby appointed to sign and issue such licenses to take or kill opossums.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Westland Land District bounded on the north by the Grey District Acclimatization District, as described in New Zealand Gazette No. 17, of the 12th day of March, 1925, from the mouth of the Taramakau River to the Hurunui Saddle in the Southern Alps; thence towards the south-west by a line along the summit of the said Southern Alps to Mount Aspiring; thence by a right line to the mouth of the Awarua River in Big Bay; thence north-easterly along the sea-coast to the mouth of the Taramakau River, the point of commencement.

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

By Authority: W. A. G. SKINNER, Government Printer, Wellington.

Price 9d.]