May 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1375

appoint the Chief Postmaster at Wellington, and the Postmasters at Petone, Lower Hutt, Upper Hutt, Featherston, Greytown, Masterton, Carterton, Martinborough, Eketahuna, Pahiatua, Paekakariki, Waikanae, Paraparaumu, Otaki, Levin, Shannon, Palmerston North, Bull’s, Marton, Turakina, Hunterville, Mangaweka, and Taihape, to sign and issue such licenses to take or kill opossums.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District bounded by a line commencing at the mouth of the Wangaehu River and proceeding thence up the middle of that river to a point 18 chains due west of the western boundary of Block XIV, Mangawhero Survey District; thence south-easterly along a right line, passing through Okaipe Trig. Station, to the summit of the eastern watershed of the Wangaehu River; north-easterly along the summit of that watershed to Trig. Station DD (Maungakaretu); along a right line to the south-western corner of Section 1, Block X, Maungakaretu Survey District; along the south-western boundary of said Section 1 and the southern boundaries generally of Ruanui Blocks Nos. 2B 7, 2B 6, 2B 5, 2B 4, and 2B 3, and along the middle of the Panemango Stream, to its junction with Tomakomako Stream; thence along a right line to Trig. Station 32; along a right line to Trig. Station 16 (Kauaekeke), a right line to Trig. Station Auahitotara, a right line to Trig. Station Te Rotete, a right line to Trig. Station 28 (Manukaiapu), a right line to Trig. Station 27 (Motumatai), and along a right line in the direction of Trig. Station 26 (Tawakitohunga), to the Rangitikei River; thence down the middle of that river to its intersection by a right line between Trig. Stations 32 and E (Aorangi); thence along that line to Aorangi, and along a right line in the direction of the confluence of the Makaroro and Waipawa Rivers, to the summit of the Ruahine Range; thence southerly along the summit of that range to the source of the Pourangaki Stream; down the middle of that stream, the middle of the Kawhatau Stream, and the middle of the Rangitikei River, to the Awahiri–Bull’s Road; along that road to the Oroua River at Awahuri; up the middle of that river to the North Island Main Trunk Railway line; along that railway-line, along Stony Creek Road, and along the Palmerston–Ashhurst Road to Section 457; thence along the south-western boundaries of Sections 457 and 456 to the Manawatu River; thence up the middle of that river and along the provincial district boundary to the sea at the mouth of the Waimata River; thence along the sea-coast, southerly, westerly, and northerly, passing Cape Palliser and Cape Terawhiti, to the mouth of the Wangaehu River, the point of commencement.

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

(I.A. 25/16/109.)

Open Season for the Taking or Killing of Opossums in the Westland 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 Westland 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-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 Postmasters at Hokitika and Kumara to sign and issue such licenses to take or kill opossums.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Westland Land District bounded on the north by the middle of the Taramakau River to the Hurunui Saddle in the Southern Alps; thence towards the south-west by a line along the summit of the said Southern Alps to Mount Aspiring; thence by a right line to the mouth of the Awarua River in Big Bay; thence north-easterly along the sea-coast to the mouth of the Taramakau River, the point of commencement.

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

(I.A. 25/16/107.)

By Authority: W. A. G. SKINNER, Government Printer, Wellington.

Price 9d.]

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