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thence down the Kawarau River to its junction with the Roaring Meg Stream; thence up the Roaring Meg Stream to its source on Mount Pisa; thence by a right line to the summit of Mount Pisa; thence by a right line northerly to the south-eastern corner of Block I, Lower Wanaka Survey District; thence northerly along the eastern boundary of the said Block I to the north-eastern corner of the said Block I; thence due west along the northern boundary of Block I aforesaid to the Cardrona River; thence down the Cardrona River and up the Clutha River to Lake Wanaka; thence up the centre of Lake Wanaka to the mouth of the Wilkin River; thence up the centre of the Wilkin River to the foot of a spur leading to Mount Kuri; thence by a right line to Mount Kuri, from Mount Kuri to the summit of the Southern Alps, and by the Southern Alps to Brodrick's Pass, the place of commencement.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
(I.A. 25/16/98.)

Open Season for the Taking or Killing of Opossums in the Rotorua 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 Rotorua Acclimatization 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 thirteenth 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 Under-Secretary of the Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, or any person authorized by the said Under-Secretary in that behalf, to sign and issue such licenses to take or kill opossums.

SCHEDULE.

ROTORUA ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT.
All that area in the Auckland, Gisborne, Hawke’s Bay, and Wellington Land Districts, bounded by a line commencing at a point on the sea-coast in the Bay of Plenty in line with the south-western boundary of Whangaparaoa No. 1 Block; thence to and along that boundary, the western boundary of Whangaparaoa No. 3A Block, and the western and south-western boundaries of Waikura No. 2 Block to Pakira Trig. Station; thence along right lines to Whanakaoa Trig. Station to Kapua Trig. Station, to Arowhana Trig. Station, to Tuanui-o-te-Kahakaha Trig. Station; thence along a right line passing through Trig. Station 140 to the Motu River; thence up the Motu River and the Whakapaupakihi Stream to its source; thence along a right line to Trig. Station 149A; thence along a right line to Trig. Station Pokaikiri; thence along the north-western boundaries of Section 2, Block V, Motu Survey District, Sections 2, 1, and 4, Block IX, Motu Survey District, and Sections 3 and 2, Block XII, Moanui Survey District, S.G.R’s. 90 and 89, and that boundary produced to a point in line with the western boundary of Tahora 2c 3, Section 2 Block; thence to and along that boundary to its intersection by a line running from Mangatapere Trig. Station to Maungapohatu Trig. Station; thence along a right line running between Maungapohatu and Puketapu Trig. Stations to its intersection with the Ruakituri River in Block VII, Tuahu Survey District; thence down the Ruakituri River to the northern boundary-line of S.G.R. No. 84; thence along the northern boundaries of S.G.R. No. 84 and the northern and south-eastern boundaries of Section 1, Block VIII, Tuahu Survey District, to the Gisborne-Waikaremoana Road; thence north-easterly along the middle of that road to Bushy Knoll Road; thence along the middle of Bushy Knoll

Road to the western boundary of Section 2, Block IX, Hanga-roa Survey District; thence along the western boundaries of Sections 2 and 5, Block IX aforesaid, to the north-western boundary of Tauwharetoi 4B Block; thence along the north-western and north-eastern boundaries of that block, and the south-western and south-eastern boundaries of Tauwharetoi No. 3A Block to the Hangaroa River; thence down the middle of the Hangaroa River to its confluence with the Ruakituri River; thence along a right line to the sea-coast at Paritu (Block XIII, Paritu Survey District); thence southerly along high-water mark of the sea to the southernmost point of the Mahia Peninsula; thence along high-water mark, Hawke Bay, to the mouth of the Mohaka River; thence to and up the middle of the Mohaka River to a point in line with Trig. Stations 68A and 65A; thence along that line to said Trig. Station 65A; thence westerly along a right line to Trig. Station 26, Tawaki Tohunga, in Block XII, Mangamaire Survey District; thence south-westerly along a right line to Trig. Station 27; thence westerly along a right line to Trig. Station 28, Manukaiapu; thence north-easterly along a right line to Ruapehu Trig. Station; thence north-easterly along a right line to Paretetaitonga Trig. Station; thence towards the north-east along a right line to Ngauruhoe Trig. Station; thence northerly along a right line to Tongariro Trig. Station; thence north-easterly along a right line in the direction of the mouth of the Waihi Stream, Lake Taupo, to the Wanganui River; thence down the middle of that river to the western boundary of the Waione Block, and northerly along that boundary to Maungaku Trig. Station; thence northerly along a mountain range passing through Haukungaroa, Motere, Tuhi ngamata, and Weraroa Trig. Stations to Pureora Trig. Station, and thence north-easterly along a right line to Puwhenua Trig. Station; thence north-westerly along a right line in the direction of Weraiti Trig. Station to a point due west from Otanewainuku Trig. Station in Block XVI, Otanewainuku Survey District; thence due east along a right line to that trig. station, and again due east along that line produced to a point due south of Trig. Station J1 in Block IV, Waihi South Survey District; thence along a right line running due north through Trig. J1 aforesaid to high-water mark of the Bay of Plenty; thence south-easterly and north-easterly along the aforesaid high-water mark to a point in line with the south-western boundary of Whangaparaoa No. 1 Block, the point of commencement; and including White and Whale Islands and the Ru Rima Rocks.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
(I.A. 25/16/110.)

Open Season for the Taking or Killing of Opossums in the South Canterbury 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 South Canterbury 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 July, 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 Timaru and the Postmasters at Geraldine and Temuka to sign and issue such licences to take or kill opossums.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTH CANTERBURY ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT.
ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded by a line commencing at Mount Cook, and proceeding thence along the summits of the Southern Alps and the Two Thumbs Range to the source of the Forest Creek; thence down that