MAY 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1639

Land taken for the Purposes of a Road in Blocks IX and X, Mangaone Survey District.

[l.s.] CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the Public Works Act, 1908, and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in this behalf, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto is hereby taken for the purposes of a road; and I do also declare that this Proclamation shall take effect on and after the twenty-eighth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of land taken:—
A. R. P. Being Portion of
2 0 30·5 Section 44, Block IX; coloured red.
2 0 39 }
0 1 37 } Section 43, Block IX; coloured brown.
0 1 27 Section 35 (bridge and ford reserve), Block IX; coloured yellow.
2 0 11 Section 2B, Eketahuna N.R., Block X; coloured grey.

Situated in Mangaone Survey District. (S.O. 2298.)
In the Wellington Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 7I386, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, and thereon coloured as above mentioned.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, this 10th day of May, 1928.

R. A. WRIGHT,
For Minister of Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!
(P.W. 62/10/15/7.)

Land taken for the Purposes of a Road in Blocks XII and XVI, Mangaoporo Survey District.

[l.s.] CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the Public Works Act, 1908, and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in this behalf, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto is hereby taken for the purposes of a road; and I do also declare that this Proclamation shall take effect on and after the thirtieth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of land taken:—
A. R. P. Being Portion of
4 2 18·3 Paraaumu No. 3; coloured blue.
17 0 22 Poroporo; coloured violet.
0 2 39·2 Rotokautuku No. 1; coloured pink.
Situated in Block XII.
2 2 18 Rotokautuku No. 1; coloured pink.
0 2 37 ,, No. 5A; coloured blue.
2 0 26·4 ,, No. 2r3B; coloured blue.
0 0 1·3 ,, No. 2r2; coloured violet.
1 2 34 ,, No. 6B; coloured pink.
2 3 13 ,, No. 6K4B; coloured yellow.
2 2 38 ,, No. 6K3C2; coloured pink.
0 1 25·7 ,, No. 6K4C; coloured violet.
Situated in Block XVI.

Situated in Survey District of Mangaoporo (Gisborne R.D.). (S.O. 1249, brown.)
In the Gisborne Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 66437, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, and thereon coloured as above mentioned.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, this 15th day of May, 1928.

K. S. WILLIAMS, Minister of Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!
(P.W. 36/470.)

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

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 10th day of May, 1928.

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 Auckland Acclimatization District described in the Schedule hereto, except in any sanctuary other than a scenic reserve, from the fifteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight, 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, with the like advice and consent, doth hereby further order and declare 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 doth hereby appoint the Chief Postmaster at Auckland to sign and issue such licenses to take or kill opossums.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT:
All that area in the North Auckland, Auckland, Taranaki, and Wellington Land Districts bounded by a line commencing at the mouth of the Mokau River, and proceeding thence along high-water mark, Tasman Sea, in a northerly direction generally (crossing the mouths of all harbours and rivers by the way) to the Kaipara Harbour entrance to a point midway between Kaipara Heads; thence up the centre of the channels, Kaipara Harbour, and up the middle of the Oruawharo, Topuni, and Hakaru Rivers to the southern boundary of Allotment 65, Parish of Mangawhai; thence along the southern boundaries of Allotments 65, 64, 61, 60, 57, 56, 51, and 50, along the eastern boundary of said Allotment 50, the southern and eastern boundaries of Allotment 78, the eastern boundary of Allotments 16, 31, and 15; thence along the middle of a stream to the Mangawhai Harbour; thence along the middle of that harbour to the sea; thence along high-water mark of the sea, Hauraki Gulf and Firth of Thames (crossing the mouths of all harbours and rivers by the way), to the mouth of the Waikawau River in Block VI, Hastings Survey District; thence up the middle of that river to its source, and along a right line from the said source to Northhead, Tairua Harbour; thence southerly along high-water mark, Bay of Plenty (crossing the mouths of all harbours and rivers by the way), to the mouth of the Waihi River, in Block III, Waihi North Survey District; thence south-westerly along a right line to Mount Te Aroha Trig. Station; thence north-easterly along a right line (in the direction of Ngakuriawhare Trig. Station, Block I, Katikati North) to the western boundary of the Tauranga Confiscation Block; thence south-easterly by right lines from hill to hill along the summit of the range forming the western boundary of the aforesaid Tauranga Confiscation Block and passing over Ngatamahinerau, Mimiotohana, and Waianuanu to Te Weraiti Trig. Station; thence south-easterly along a right line to Puwhenua Trig. Station (in Block VII, Tapapa East Survey District); thence south-westerly along a right line to Rangitoto Mountain; thence south-easterly along a right line to the source of the Ongaruhe River; thence southerly along a mountain range passing through Weraroa, Tuhingamata, Motere, and Haukungaroa Trig. Stations to Maungaku Trig. Station; thence southerly along the western boundary of the Waione Block to the Wanganui River; thence down the middle of that river to its confluence with the Ohura River; thence up the middle of the Ohura River to the 39th parallel of south latitude; thence westerly along the said parallel of latitude to the western boundary of Block IV, Pouatu Survey District; thence due north along that boundary and the western boundary of Block XVI, Waro Survey District, to the confiscation line; thence north-easterly along that line to the Tangarakau Stream; thence up the middle of that stream and up the middle of the Waitaanga Stream to the Kotare Road, at the southern boundary of Section 2, Block VII, Waro Survey District; thence westerly along the Kotare Road to the south-west corner of Section 1, Block VII; thence