APRIL 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1351

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

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 27th day of April, 1931.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL 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 noon on the sixteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, to noon on the second day of August, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, subject to the general regulations made by Order in Council dated the thirteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and thirty.

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 and the Postmaster at Paeroa 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 rivers and harbours 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 the Oruawhero River; thence by the southern boundaries of the Hobson and Whangarei Acclimatization Districts as described in New Zealand Gazette, 1925, pages 750 and 754, to the Mangawhai Harbour; thence by the middle of that harbour to the sea; thence along high-water mark of the sea, Hauraki Gulf, Firth of Thames, and Pacific Ocean (crossing the mouths of all rivers and harbours 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 Ngakuriwhare Trig. Station, Block I, Katikati North Survey District) 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 Ngatamahineran, Mimiotohanga, 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 Pureora Trig. Station; thence southerly along a mountain range passing through Weraroa, Tuhingamata, Motere, and Hauhangaroa 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 Wai-taanga 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 along the south-west boundary of the said section and along the southern, western, and northern boundaries of Section 3, Block VI, Waro Survey District, to the western boundary of Section 4, Block VI, Waro Survey District; thence along the western boundaries generally of Sections 4 and 5, and along the south-western and northern boundaries of Section 6 (all in Block VI, Waro Survey District) to the Mohakatino Road; thence northerly along that road to a stream which crosses the Mohakatino-Paraninihi 1b East Block, and flows into the Mohakatino Stream near the westernmost corner of Section 1, Block III, Waro Survey District; thence down that stream to the said confluence and up the said Mohakatino Stream and along the northern boundary of Section 3, Block III, Waro Survey District, to Tawhitiraupaka Trig. Station; thence along the south-western and western boundaries of Mokau-Mohakatino 1b Block to the Mokau River; thence down the middle of that river to the sea, the place of commencement; including in the hereinbefore described area Great Barrier Island and all islands (excepting Rangitoto) within the Hauraki Gulf.

F. D. THOMSON
Clerk of the Executive Council.

(I.A. 25/16/97.)

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

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 27th day of April, 1931.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL 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 noon on the sixteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, to noon on the seventeenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, subject to the general regulations made by Order in Council dated the thirteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and thirty.

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.)

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

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 27th day of April, 1931.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL 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 that portion of the Buller Acclimatization District, described in the Schedule hereto, except in any sanctuary other than a scenic reserve, from noon on the first day of June, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, to noon on the first day of August, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, subject to the general regulations made by Order in Council dated the thirteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and thirty.