MAY 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1641

Open Season for the Taking or Killing of Opossums in the Grey District 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 Grey District 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-eight, to the eleventh day of August, 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 Greymouth, and the Postmasters at Ahaura, Blackball, Brunnerton, Moana, Nelson Creek, Ngahere, Runanga, Stillwater, and Totara Flat 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 Punakaiki or Deadman’s River to its source on the Paparoa Range; thence by the summit of that range to Mount Faraday; down the Otututu River and up the Grey River to the nearest point thereof to Mount Haast; along a right line to said Mount Haast, and along the summit of the southern watershed of the Maruia 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.

(I.A. 25/16/106.)

Open Season for the Taking or Killing of Opossums in the Hawera 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 Hawera Acclimatization District described in the Schedule hereto, except in any sanctuary other than a scenic reserve, from the first day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight, to the thirty-first day of August, 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 Postmasters at Patea, Hawera, and Eltham to sign and issue such licenses to take or kill opossums.

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SCHEDULE.

HAWERA ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Taranaki and Wellington Land Districts bounded by a line commencing at the mouth of the Taungatara Stream and proceeding thence up the middle of that stream to Mount Egmont; along a right line to the north-eastern corner of Section 11, Block VI, Kaupokonui Survey District; along the eastern boundaries of Sections 11, 13, 16, and 1, Block VI; the northern boundaries of Section 79, Block X, and Sections 80, 81, 103, and 107, Block II; northwards along the middle of Palmer Road; eastwards along the northern boundaries of Sections 29, 31, and 32, Block VIII, Kaupokonui; north-westerly along Hastings Road; and easterly along Finnerty Road, to the Waingongoro River; down the middle of that river; along the northern boundary of Block X, Ngaiire Survey District; south-easterly along Korepu Road and Ngaiire Road; northerly along Oru Road to the north-western boundary of Section 35, Block XI, Ngaiire Survey District; thence along that boundary and the north-eastern boundary of said Section 35 and of Section 36 to the northern boundary of Block XI aforesaid; easterly along that block boundary to the south-western boundary of Subdivision 16, Pukengahu Block; along that boundary and the south-eastern boundary of said Subdivision 16, the north-eastern boundary of Subdivision 15 to Trig. Station B (Rahui); along the northern boundary of Block XII, Ngaiire Survey District, to Section 11, Block VIII; thence by the western and northern boundaries of said Section 11 to the Patea River; down that river, and along the southern boundary of Subdivision 7, Matemateonga Block, the eastern boundaries of Subdivisions 7 and 6 to the northernmost corner of Section 1 of Subdivision 1 of Matemateonga Block; thence along the southern boundary of Section 8, Block II, Omona Survey District, the western boundaries of Sections 14 and 11, Block VII, the southern boundaries of Sections 11 and 12, Block VII, the southern boundary of Section 5, Block VIII, Omona Survey District; across Moeawatea Road; along the western boundaries of Sections 1 and 2, Block V, Taurakawa Survey District, the southern boundaries of Sections 2 and 3, Block V, and along the southern boundaries of Blocks VI, VII, and VIII, Taurakawa Survey District, to the range forming the county boundary; and along that range passing through Waitu and Mangarau 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 Orangihongi 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.

(I.A. 25/16/111.)

Open Season for the Taking or Killing of Opossums in the Hawke’s Bay 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