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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 44

have presented a petition to His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, praying that the said area be constituted a drainage district under the provisions of the said Act :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority contained in the third section of the Land Drainage Act, 1908, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby constitute and declare the area of land described in the Schedule hereto to be a district for the purposes of Part I of the said Act, and to be called by the name of the “Wiri Drainage District”; and also, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority contained in the fourth section of the said Act, doth hereby declare that the Board of Trustees of the said district shall consist of five persons to be elected as members of the said Board, and under and in accordance with the said Act.

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SCHEDULE.

DESCRIPTION OF BOUNDARIES OF WIRI DRAINAGE DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the North Auckland Land District bounded by a line commencing at the intersection of the North Island Main Trunk Railway and the northern boundary of the Manurewa Town District; thence by the said North Island Main Trunk Railway to a point at the north-eastern extremity of the Wiri Railway-station Reserve; thence across the said railway to a point at the north-western extremity of the said Wiri Railway-station Reserve; thence by a right line across Lot 1 of a subdivision of part of Clendon’s Grant on plan 9075, deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Auckland, to an angle in the eastern side of Roscommon Road, approximately 2300 links south of the crossing of that road by the Puhinui Stream; thence by the said Roscommon Road to a point approximately 950 links north of its crossing by the said Puhinui Stream; thence by a right line through Allotment 3 of a subdivision of part of Clendon’s Grant on plan 9075 aforesaid, to and across the said North Island Main Trunk Railway to the north-western corner of Lot 315 of a subdivision of Clendon’s Grant on plan 18037, deposited as aforesaid; thence by the western boundaries of Lots 315, 316, 317, and 318 of the said subdivision on plan 18037 aforesaid to the south-western corner of the said Lot 318; thence along the south-eastern boundary of said Lot 318 and its production across Onslow Avenue to the eastern side of Glasgow Avenue; thence by the said Glasgow Avenue to its intersection with Liverpool Avenue; thence by the said Liverpool Avenue to and across Plunket Avenue; thence by the said Plunket Avenue to and across Puhinui Road; thence by the western boundary of Lot 100 of Allotment 42, Parish of Manurewa; thence by the northern boundaries of Lots 100 and 99 of Allotment 42, Parish of Manurewa, and the southern boundary of Lot 15 on plan 18610, deposited as aforesaid, to York Road; thence towards the south-east by York Road to the north-eastern corner of Lot 24 on plan 18610 aforesaid; thence across the said York Road and along Fitzroy Street to the north-eastern corner of Lot 100 on plan 18610 aforesaid; thence by the eastern boundaries of Lots 100 and 121 on plan 18610; thence by the southern boundaries of Lots 122, 123, 124, 125, and 126 on plan 18610 aforesaid, to and across Tavistock Street, and by the southern boundaries of Lots 127, 128, 129, and 130, on plan 18610 aforesaid, to the south-eastern corner of Lot 130; thence across Puhinui Road and by a right line through Lots 2, 11, and 8, being subdivisions of Clendon’s Grant, to an angle in the Wiri Station Road at its intersection with the road known locally as Druce’s Road; across the said Wiri Station Road and by the eastern side of the said Druce’s Road and the extension of the said eastern side of that road to its intersection with the northern boundary of the Manurewa Town District; thence by the northern boundary of the Manurewa Town District to the point 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 East Coast Acclimatization District.

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CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 27th day of June, 1927.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

I N 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 revoke the Order in Council dated the ninth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, and gazetted on the tenth day of the same month, declaring an open season for the taking or killing of opossums in the East Coast Acclimatization District, and doth hereby order and declare that opossums may be taken or killed within the East Coast 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 July, 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 Gisborne, and the Postmaster at Waimata, are hereby appointed to sign and issue such licenses to take or kill opossums.

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SCHEDULE.

EAST COAST ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Gisborne Land District bounded by a line commencing at Maungapohatu Trig. Station and proceeding thence along a right line towards Maungatapere Trig. Station to the south-western boundary of Tahora No. 2c 3, Section 2 Block; thence north-westerly along that boundary and its production to a point in line with the north-western boundary of S. G. Run 89; thence to and along that boundary, the north-western boundary of S.G.R. 90, the north-western boundaries of Sections 2 and 3, Block XII, Moanui Survey District, Sections 4, 1, and 2, Block IX, and Section 2, Block V, Motu Survey District, to Pokaikiri Trig. Station; thence along a right line to Trig. Station 149A; thence to and along the Whakapauakihī Stream to and down the Motu River to a point in line with Trig. Station 140 (Pungarehu) and 139A (Tuanui o te Kahakaha); thence along a right line passing through said Station 140 to aforesaid Trig. Station 139A; thence along a right line to Arowhana Trig. Station, and along a right line towards Kapua Trig. Station to the western boundary of Huiarua No. 3 Block; thence along the western and southern boundaries of Huiarua No. 3 Block to the Mata River; thence up the Mata River to the south-eastern boundary of Section 1, Block VI, Tutamoe Survey District; thence along the south-eastern boundaries of Section 1, Block VI, Section 2, Block V, and Section 1, Block IX, Tutamoe Survey District, to the southernmost corner of the last-mentioned section; thence along the north-eastern boundaries of Waipaoa Nos. 2 and 3B to the Waingaromia River; thence down that river to the south-western boundary of Section 1, Block VII, Waingaromia Survey District; thence along that boundary to the public road intersecting the said Section 1; thence north-easterly generally along that road to the northernmost corner of S.G.R. 42; thence along the north-eastern and south-eastern boundaries of the said S.G.R. 42, the north-eastern and south-eastern boundaries of Lot 1 of S.G.R. 43A to a public road; thence south-easterly and south-westerly along that road to the northern boundary of S.G.R. 58; thence along that boundary to the south-western boundary of Section 1, Block XVI, Waingaromia Survey District; thence along that boundary and along the southern and eastern boundaries of Section 1, Block XIII, Uawa Survey District, to the Pakarae River; thence down the Pakarae River to the northern boundary of the Pakarae Block; thence along the northern and north-eastern boundaries of that block to the sea; thence southerly generally along the sea-coast to Paritu; thence along a right line to the confluence of the Hangaroa and Ruakituri Rivers; thence up the Hangaroa River to the southern boundary of Tauwharetoi No. 3A Block, along that boundary and the north-eastern boundaries of Tauwharetoi No. 3B 1 and 4B Blocks, the north-western boundary of the last-named block, along the north-eastern and eastern boundaries generally of Sections 4, 3, and 1, Block IX, Kangaroa Survey District, to the Bushy Knoll Road; north-westerly along that road to the Gisborne–Waikaremoana Road, and westerly along that road to Section 1, Block VIII, Tuahu Survey District; thence along the south-eastern and northern boundaries of said Section 1 and along the northern boundary of S.G.R. 84 to the Ruakituri River, up that river to its intersection with a right line between Puketapu and Maungapohatu Trig. Station; thence north-westerly along that right line to Maungapohatu, the point of commencement.

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