1558
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 39

[Form No. 8.

PERMIT TO TAKE OPOSSUMS (IN REGISTERED ORCHARDS AND OPEN AREAS).

[Name in full], of [Residence and calling], being the occupier of [a registered orchard], [a registered orchard exceeding one acre], [the following land, namely— being [land within half a mile of a registered orchard exceeding one acre], [land described in the open area in the Second Schedule to the Opossum Regulations, 1934], [a bona fide employee of any person qualified to take or kill opossums pursuant to the provisions of clause 7 of Regulation 2, Opossum Regulations, 1934] within the Acclimatization District, is hereby authorized to take or kill opossums [on such orchard], [on such orchard, and with the consent of the occupier of such land, on any land within half a mile of such orchard], [on such land] without a license, subject to the provisions of Part III of the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921-22, and the regulations made thereunder.

Dated at this day of 19
[Signature.]
Secretary of the Acclimatization Society.

• Strike out descriptions not applicable.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

AREAS WHEREIN OPOSSUMS MAY BE TAKEN OR KILLED WITHOUT LICENSE SUBJECT TO CLAUSES (7) AND (8) OF REGULATION 2.

Waitemata Area.—Comprising ridings of Kumeu, Pukeatua, Takapuna, Birkenhead, Waitakere, Waipareira, Waikumete, and Titirangi, and also Rangitoto Island.

Rodney Area.—Comprising ridings of Omaha, Matakana, Kourawhera, Albert, and Tauhoa, and also Kawau Island.

Hawke’s Bay Area.—Commencing at a point at the mouth of the Maraetotara Stream; then following the coast-line in a north-westerly direction to a point opposite to where the Napier-Hastings Road turns off in a westerly direction at Awatoto; then along the same road to the Meeanee Bridge; then along the right bank of the Tutaekuri River to the Waiohiki Bridge; then along the Omahu Road to Fernhill; then following the public road along the eastern boundary of Te Awa-o-te-Atua Block to its junction with Iron Gate Road; then along the said road to its junction with the Pakipaki-Stortford Lodge Road; then along the Hastings-Maraekakaho Road in a south-easterly direction to the Te Aute Road; then along the said road in an easterly direction to its junction with the Mount Erin Road; then along the said road to Gilpin Road, following along that road to the south-east corner of Havelock Town District; then westerly along the boundary of the said town district to the Te Mata Road; then along the said road to its junction with the Tukituki River; then across the said river to its eastern bank; then along the said bank to its junction with the south-eastern boundary of the Clive Suburban Area; then along the said boundary to its junction with the Maraetotara Stream; then along the said stream to its mouth.

Kapiti Area.—All that land included in Block III of Kapiti Survey District, and also Kapiti Island.

Wairarapa Area.—All that area in the Wellington Land District bounded by a line commencing at the intersection of Western Lake Road and Bocketts Creek, and proceeding then north-easterly along the said Western Lake Road to Boat Creek, near Pigeon Bush; then up that creek, crossing the railway reserve, to a point twenty chains distant from the said railway reserve; then generally north-easterly by a line parallel to and twenty chains distant from the railway reserve to the Ruamahanga River; then following the Ruamahanga River southward to its junction with the Kahautara Road; then in a direct line to the point of commencement.

Nelson Area.—All that area in the Nelson Land District commencing at the mouth of the Otuwhero River in Tasman Bay, and then bounded by the said bay, the estuary of the Waimea River, Tasman Bay, and Nelson Haven to the south-west corner of Section 4, Block V, Wakapuaka Survey District; then by the Nelson-Blenheim Road to the road forming the north-west boundary of Section 24 in Block VI of the said survey district; by that road, by Section 77, by Sections 33 and 4 in Block VI before mentioned, by Sections 15 and 18 in Block X, Wakapuaka Survey District, and by Sections 48, 64, 45, 46, 50, 24, 25, and 28, all in Block IX of the said survey district, and the production of the last-named boundary to the Maitai River; by that river to the western boundary of Section 31 in Block I, Maungatapu Survey District; then bounded by Sections 31, 2, 18, 28, 26, part 4, and 22, all in Block I last mentioned;

by Section 14 (waterworks reserve) to the road near Trig. J, by the said river, over Trigs. GB and G, and by the Aniseed Valley Road to the Roading River; then by the said river, by the Wairoa River to Section 8 in Block XIII of the Waimea Survey District; then by Sections 8, 67, 63, and 64 in Block XIII of the last-mentioned survey district, and by Section 9 in Block I, Rintoul Survey District; by Sections 3, 1, 6, and 18 in Block IV, Gordon Survey District, and by Sections 3 and 4 in Block VIII of the said survey district; then by a road, a line across a road, by the south-east boundary of Section 63, a line across a road, by the south-east boundaries of Sections 5 and 60, and by the southern boundaries of Sections 60 and 3, all in Block VII, Gordon Survey District; then by part of the eastern boundary and by the southern boundary of Section 27 in Block VI of the said survey district, by a road to and by the south-east boundary of Section 43 in Block X, Gordon Survey District, to Gordon’s Creek; then by the said creek and by the Motueka River to and by the north boundary of Section 2 in Block V, Gordon Survey District; then by Small Grazing-run 6, by a road, by Sections 11 and 10 in Block IX of the said survey district; by Section 22 in Block XII, Tadmor Survey District, by Brewerton Creek, by Sections 17 and 73 in the said Block XII, to the Motupiko River; then by a line across that river to the north-east corner of Section 2 in the last-mentioned Block XII; by that section and by Sections 12 and 11 in the said Block XII; by Section 13 in Block VII, Tadmor Survey District, by a road, and by a line across the Nelson-Glenhope Railway and across a road to the Tadmor River; then by the said river to the Motueka River, by that river to the Graham River, and up that river and its tributaries to Trig. Station F (Crusader); then by the boundary between the counties of Waimea and Takaka to Section 17 in Block I of the Motueka Survey District; then down the Riwaka River to the east boundary of Section 27 in Block IX, Kaiteriteri Survey District; then by the said Section 27, and by Sections 45 and 42 in Block VII, Kaiteriteri Survey District, to Kairuru Road; then by the said road, by Sections 80 and 87 in Block VIII, Kaiteriteri Survey District, and by a line across a road to the Holyoake’s Valley Stream; then by that stream and the Otuwhero River to the point of commencement.

Christchurch Area.—Waimairi and Heathcote Counties and Port Victoria Riding in the Mount Herbert County.

Rangiora Area.—All that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded by a line commencing at a point in the middle of the Makerikeri River in line with the north-eastern boundary of R.S. 33378; then south-easterly along that boundary to a public road intersecting R.S. 33378, 37081, 33382, and 33366; then southerly along that road to the northern boundary of Block II, Rangiora Survey District; then easterly along that boundary to the north-eastern corner of the said block; then southerly along the eastern boundaries of Blocks II and VI, Rangiora Survey District, to the south-eastern corner of the last-mentioned block; then westerly along the southern boundaries of Blocks VI and V, Rangiora Survey District, to the south-western corner of the said Block V; then northerly along the western boundary of Block V aforesaid to the left bank of the Ashley River; then up the left banks of the Ashley and Okuku Rivers to a point in line with the road forming the south-eastern boundary of R.S. 34491; then to and along that road to Main Road; then southerly along Main Road to the road forming the north-western boundary of R.S. 7615; then north-easterly along that road to Loburn and Kowai Road; then north-westerly along Loburn and Kowai Road to a point in line with the north-western boundary of R.S. 35480; then north-easterly along that boundary and its production to the middle of the Makerikeri River, and down the middle of that river to the point of commencement.

Otago Area.—All that area in the Otago Land District commencing at the south-eastern corner of Benger Survey District, then westerly along the southern boundary of aforesaid district; then northerly along the western boundaries generally of Benger, Teviot, Cairnhill, Fraserside, Bannockburn, and Cromwell Survey Districts to the Vincent County boundary; then northerly along that boundary to the Clutha River; then south-easterly down the aforesaid river to the northern boundary of Tarras Survey District; then easterly along that boundary; then southerly along the eastern boundaries of Tarras, Wakefield, and Leaning Rock Survey Districts; then easterly and southerly along the northern and eastern boundaries of Cairnhill Survey District; then southerly along the eastern boundaries of Teviot and Benger Survey Districts, to the point of commencement.

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