APRIL 30.]

Open Season for the Taking or Killing of Opossums in the
Hawera 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 Hawera 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 September, 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 Postmasters at Patea, Hawera, Normanby, and
Eltham to sign and issue such licenses to take or kill
opossums.

SCHEDULE.

HAwERA ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Taranaki and Wellington Land Districts
bounded by a line commencing at the mouth of the Taunga-
tara 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; north-
wards 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, Ngaire Survey District; south-easterly along
Karepo Road and Ngaire Road; northerly along Oru Road
to the north-western boundary of Section 35, Block XI,
Ngaire 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,
Ngaire 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 east-
ern 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. 10 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 Orangi-
hongi 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
Marlborough Acclimatization District.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 27th day of
April, 1931.
Present:

HIS EXCELLENCEY 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 Marlborough Acclimatiza-
tion District, described in the Schedule hereto, except in any
sanctuary other than a scenic reserve, from noon on the
first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one,
to noon on the first day of September, 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 Blenheim and the Post-
master at Rai Valley to sign and issue such licenses to take
or kill opossums.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Marlborough, Nelson, and Canterbury
Land Districts bounded by a line commencing at Mount
Humboldt, and proceeding thence along the summits of the
Spenser and Arnaud Ranges to Trig. Station Top 2 (Manga-
tawai); thence along a right line to Wards Pass; along the
summit of the range through Bush Cone, Mount Rintoul, and
Red Hills to the source of the Pelorus River; down that
river and up the Heringa Stream to its source (Saddle Hill);
along the summit of the range over Mount Duppa, Editor
Peak, and Mount McLaren to Trig. Station Y (Boundary
Trig.); along a right line to the cape forming the southern
point of Elaine Bay; along the southern shore of that bay
to the most westerly point at its head, and along a right line
due west to Croisilles Harbour; thence northerly, easterly,
and southerly generally along the sea-coast to the mouth of the
Conway River, up that river to its source at Palmer Saddle;
thence by a right line to Barefell Pass; thence by a right
line to Mount Humboldt, the point of commencement.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
(I.A. 25/16/165.)

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

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 27th day of
April, 1931.
Present:

HIS EXCELLENCEY 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