southern boundaries of Sections 57, 42, and 35, to Manga-
otea Road; across that road and along the southern bound-
aries of Sections 28 and 25, Block VI, Huiroa Survey District,
the southern boundaries of Section 2 and the Native Reserve
to the Manganui Stream; thence down the Manganui Stream
to its confluence with the Waipuku Stream; thence up
the Waipuku Stream to its intersection with Derby Road;
thence north-westerly along the western boundary of Section
213, Block XVI, Egmont Survey District, to Surrey Road;
thence south-westerly along Surrey Road to the Egmont
National Park boundary; thence by a right line to the
summit of Mount Egmont; thence from the summit of
Mount Egmont to the source of the Taungatara Stream
and down the Taungatara Stream to its mouth; thence
generally northerly along the sea-coast to the mouth of the
Mokau River, the place of commencement.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
(I.A. 25/16/103.)

Open Season for the Taking or Killing of Opossums in the
Waimate 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 Waimate 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 thirtieth day of June, 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 Postmaster at Waimate to sign and issue such
licenses to take or kill opossums.

SCHEDULE.
WAIMATE ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded by
a line commencing at Mount Nimrod (the source of the Pareora
River), and proceeding thence down the middle of the Pareora
River to the sea; along the sea-coast; up the middle of the
Waitaki River and of Stony Stream to the intersection of the
last-named with a right line through Trig. Station Nl and
Hakataramea Pass; thence along that line to Hakataramea
Pass and down the Dalgety Creek and Hakataramea River to
a point due west of Trig. Station K; thence southerly along
the summit of a range to Trig. Station F and along a right
line to Mount Nimrod, the point of commencement.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
(I.A. 25/16/101.)

Open Season for the Taking or Killing of Opossums in the
Waitaki 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 Waitaki 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 thirtieth
day of June, 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 Oamaru to sign and issue such
licenses to take or kill opossums.

SCHEDULE.
WAITAKI ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Canterbury and Otago Land Districts
bounded by a line commencing at Mount Cook and proceeding
thence along a right line through Ball Hut to the western
edge of the Tasman Glacier; along that edge of Tasman
Glacier; down the middle of the Tasman River, the middle
of Pukaki Lake, and the middle of Pukaki River and Waitaki
River to the sea; thence along the sea-coast to the north-
western corner of Section 1 of 20, Block III, Moeraki Survey
District; thence southerly along the western boundary of
the said section, and westerly along the southern boundaries
of Sections 45, 44, and 43, Block IX, Moeraki Survey District,
to the public road forming the western boundary of the last-
mentioned section; thence north-westerly along that road to
the north-eastern corner of Section 31, Block XI, Moeraki
Survey District; thence westerly along the northern boundary
of the said Section 31 to the eastern boundary of Block XII,
Moeraki Survey District; thence northerly along that bound-
ary to the north-eastern corner of the said Block XII; thence
westerly along the northern boundary of that Block to the
eastern boundary of Section 4, Block XIV, Moeraki Survey
District; thence northerly along the said eastern boundary
to the road forming the northern boundary of the said Sec-
tion 4; thence north-westerly along that road to the eastern
boundary of Section 27, Block III, Waihemo Survey District;
thence north-easterly along that boundary to the Waianaka-
rua River, up that river to its source; thence to the summit
of the Kakanui Mountains; thence generally northerly along
the summits of the Kakanui and the Hawkdun Mountains to
a point due east of Mount St. Bathans; thence by a right
line to Mount St. Bathans; thence northerly along the summit
of the range, passing through Double Peak, Lindis Pass,
Pavilion Peak, Mount Martha, Mount Gladwish, and Mount
Huxley to Brodrick Pass; thence along the summit of the
Southern Alps to Mount Cook, the place of commencement.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
(I.A. 25/16/137.)

Open Season for the Taking or Killing of Opossums in the
Wanganui 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 Wanganui Acclimatization
District, described in the Schedule hereto, except in any
sanctuary other than a scenic reserve, from the second day of
July, 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 pay-
ment of the sum of two pounds ten shillings each; and
doth hereby appoint the Chief Postmaster at Wanganui and the