No. 35. 1367

SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF
THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1929.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1929.

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

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 3rd day of May, 1929.

Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD, 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 Ashburton 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-nine, to the fifteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine, 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 Ashburton to sign and issue such licenses to take or kill opossums.

SCHEDULE.
ASHBURTON ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded on the north-west by the summit of the Southern Alps; on the north-east by the Rakaia River from its mouth to its source at Whitcombe Pass; on the south-east by the sea; and on the south-west generally by the middle of the Rangitata River to Forest Creek, by the Forest Creek to its source in the Two Thumbs Range, thence by a line along the summit of the Two Thumbs Range to the summit of the Southern Alps, the point of commencement.

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

(I.A. 25/16/143.)
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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 3rd day of May, 1929.

Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD, 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-nine, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine, 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, leading to the mouth of Oruawhero River; thence by the southern boundaries of the Hobson and Whangarei Acclimatization Districts to the Mangawhai Harbour; thence by the middle of that harbour to the sea; thence along high-water mark of the sea,