APRIL 30.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

River to the sea; along the middle of the
Waitaki River and of Stony Stream to the intersection of the
last-named with a right line through Trig. Station N 1 and
Hakataramea Pass; thence along that line to Hakataramea
Pass and down the Dalgety Creek and Hakataramca River to
a point due west of Trig. Station K; thence southerly along
the summit of a range to Trig. Station F and along a right
line to Mount Nimrod, the point of commencement.

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

(I.A. 25/16/101.)

Open Season for the Taking or Killing of Opossums in the
Wanganui 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 Wanganui 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 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 pay-
ment of the sum of two pounds ten shillings each; and

BLOCK II, and the production of the last-named boundary
to the middle of the Turakina River; up that river, and
along the northern boundaries of Raketapauma Nos. 3A 2,
lA 1, lA 2, lA, l1 2 Blocks, to the Waiouru-Moawhango
Road; north-easterly along the middle of that road to its
junction with the Waiouru-Tokaanu Road; thence along
a right line to Auahitotara Trig. Station; thence southerly
along a right line to Trig. Station 16 and a right line to Trig.
Station 32; thence westerly along a right line to the junction
of the Panemango and the Tomakomako Streams; thence up
the middle of the Panemango Stream to and along the southern
boundaries generally of Ruanui No. 2B 3, 2B 4, 2B 5, 2B 6, 2B 7
Blocks and the south-western boundary of Section 1, Block X,
Maungakaretu Survey District, to the middle of the Turakina
River; thence along a right line to the Maungakaretu Trig.
Station on the summit of the eastern watershed of the Wanga- ehu River; thence in a south-westerly direction generally
along the summit of that watershed to and along a right
line which runs in a north-westerly direction through Trig.
Station on Okaiepe (Block XIV, Mangawhero Survey District)
to a point in the middle of the Wangaehu River due west
about eighteen chains from the western boundary of Block
XIV, Mangawhero Survey District; thence down the middle
of the said river to the sea; thence in a north-westerly
direction along the sea-coast to the point of commencement.

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

(I.A. 25/16/112.)

Open Season for the Taking or Killing of Opossums in the
Wellington 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 Wellington Acclimatization
District described in the Schedule hereto, except in any
sanctuary other than a scenic reserve, from noon on the
twentieth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and
thirty-one, to noon on the first day of September, one thou-
sand 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.

doth hereby appoint the Chief Postmaster at Wanganui and the
Postmasters at Fordell and Mangamahu to sign and issue
such licenses to take or kill opossums.

SCHEDULE.

WANGANUI ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT.

All that area in the Wellington and Taranaki Land Districts
bounded by a line commencing at the mouth of the Waitotara
River, and proceeding thence up the middle of that river
and of the Mangaone Stream to and along the southern
boundary of Section 16, Block V, Nukumaru Survey District ;
along the eastern boundary of that section to the Mangaone
Stream; up that stream, and along the eastern boundary
of Lot 4 (deposited plan 659) and the western boundaries
of Lots 17 and 14 (deposited plan 918) to Orangihongi Trig.
Station; thence easterly to Pakira Trig. Station; along
the southern and western boundaries of Manganui-o-Tahu
Block and up the Manganui-o-Tahu Stream to and along
the western boundaries of Lots 3 and 1, Mangapapa No. 1B
Block, along the southern boundary of Mangapapa lc Block
to Watershed Road; thence along Watershed Road, Pokeka
Road, and the summit of the range passing through Mangarau,
Waitu, Ratauwhiri, Taungatahi, Manaianahi, Kotikiekie,
to Te Mapou Trig. Station; thence along the Whakaihuwhaka
Road, and the north-eastern boundary of Section 1, Block III,
Taurakawa Survey District, to Whakaihuwhaka Trig. Station
(Mount Humphries); thence along a right line to the con-
fluence of the Tangarakau and Wanganui Rivers; thence
down the middle of the Wanganui River and up the middle
of the Paparoa Stream; along the south-eastern boundaries
of Sections 9 and 3, Block XI, Tauakira Survey District,
the northern boundaries of Section 1, Block XII, Tauakira
Survey District, the southern boundary of Section 1, Block IX,
Ngamatea Survey District, the south-western boundary
of Ohotu No. 9 Block, and its production to the Mangawhero
River; down the middle of that river and up the middle
of Rangitatau Stream to Field's Track; thence generally
north-easterly along that track to the stream forming the
north-eastern boundary of Ohotu 6A 1 Block; down the
middle of that stream and up the middle of the Wangaehu
River to the point in line with the northern boundary of Sec-
tion 1, Block IV, Ngamatea Survey District; thence to and
along that boundary and the northern boundary of Section 8
to the Owhakura Road; easterly along that road, and along
the northern boundaries generally of Sections 1, 2, 3, and 4,
Block I, Maungakaretu Survey District, Sections 1, 2, 3, and 4,

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 Wellington, and the Post-
masters at Petone, Lower Hutt, Upper Hutt, Featherston,
Greytown, Masterton, Carterton, Martinborough, Eketahuna,
Pahiatua, Paekakariki, Waikanae, Paraparaumu, Otaki, Levin,
Shannon, Palmerston North, Bulls, Marton, Turakina, Hunter-
ville, 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 Okaiepe 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 (Kauaekake),
a right line to Trig. Station Auahitotara, a right line to Trig.
Station Te Rotete, a right line to Trig. Station 28 (Manu-
kaiapu), a right line to Trig. Station 27 (Motumatai), and

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