May 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1081

8. The Board shall have prepared and submitted at an annual meeting to be held in the month of April in each year a report of the proceedings of the Board for the previous year ending on the 31st day of March, together with a statement of the receipts and expenditure of the Board for such year. A copy of every such report and statement, certified by the Chairman to be correct, shall be sent to the Minister of Lands as soon as possible after each annual meeting.

9. The Board shall control the said reserve and the building erected thereon for the purposes of a public hall, and shall also afford settlers and residents of Wairau Valley and the surrounding district such facilities for meeting within the said hall as may from time to time be determined by the Board; provided that the Board shall have power to fix reasonable charges for the use of the said hall.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 2, Town of Wairau Valley: Area, 2 roods, more or less.

T. R. AICKIN,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

(L. and S. 22/2495.)

Regulations under the Naval Defence Act, 1913, amended.

C. L. N. NEWALL, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 22nd day of April, 1941.

Present:

THE HON. W. NASH PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by section twenty-five of the Naval Defence Act, 1913, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, His Excellency the Governor-General, with the advice of the Executive Council, doth hereby amend and supplement the regulations referred to in the Schedule hereto as shown therein.

SCHEDULE.

Regulations for the Government and Payment of the New Zealand Naval Forces, 1939.

APPENDIX IV: NON-SUBSTANTIVE RATES AND ALLOWANCES.

No. 5A: Cancel and substitute, with effect from 14th September, 1940:—

5A | Acting Rating Observer | As laid down in King’s Regulations and Admiralty Instructions | s. d. 4 6

No. 5D: Insert, with effect from 1st June, 1939:—

5D | Air Gunners (while under training and until rated Acting Air Gunner, 3rd Class, for each day of ascent) | As laid down in King’s Regulations and Admiralty Instructions | 1 0

T. R. AICKIN,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Open Seasons for the taking or killing of Opossums in certain Acclimatization Districts.

C. L. N. NEWALL, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 30th day of April, 1941.

Present:

THE RIGHT HON. P. FRASER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, doth hereby order and declare that opossums may be taken or killed within the acclimatization districts specified in the Schedule hereto, except in any sanctuary other than a scenic reserve, subject in all cases to the general regulations made by Order in Council dated the twenty-fourth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four, and to the special conditions specified in connection with each district.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT.

(As described in New Zealand Gazette No. 4 of 23rd January, 1930, at page 159.)

1. Season: Noon on 1st July to noon on 1st September, 1941 (both days inclusive).
2. License fee: £2.
3. Officers authorized to issue trappers’ licenses: Chief Postmaster, Auckland; Postmaster, Paeroa.

BULLER ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT.

(As described in New Zealand Gazette No. 17 of 12th March, 1925, at page 749.)

1. Season: Noon on 2nd June to noon on 1st September, 1941 (inclusive).
2. License fee: £2.
3. Officers authorized to issue trappers’ licenses: Chief Postmaster, Westport; Postmaster, Ikamatua.

GREY DISTRICT ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT.

(As described in New Zealand Gazette No. 17 of 12th March, 1925, at page 750.)

1. Season: Noon on 2nd June to noon on 1st September, 1941 (inclusive).
2. License fee: £2.
3. Officers authorized to issue trappers’ licenses: Chief Postmaster, Greymouth; Postmasters, Blackball, Brunner-ton, Moana, Nelson Creek, Ngahere, Runanga, Stillwater, and Totara Flat.

HAWERA ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT.

(As described in New Zealand Gazette No. 17 of 12th March, 1925, at page 750.)

1. Season: Noon on 2nd June to noon on 1st September, 1941 (inclusive).
2. License fee: £2.
3. Officers authorized to issue trappers’ licenses: Postmasters, Patea, Hawera, Normanby, and Eltham.

HAWKE’S BAY ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT.

(As described in New Zealand Gazette No. 17 of 12th March, 1925, at page 750.)

1. Season: Noon on 1st July to noon on 1st September, 1941 (inclusive).
2. License fee: £2.
3. Officers authorized to issue trappers’ licenses: Chief Postmaster, Napier; Postmasters, Dannevirke, Tikokino and Puketitiri.

LAKES DISTRICT ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT.

(As described in New Zealand Gazette No. 62 of 9th August, 1934, at page 2451.)

1. Season: Noon on 1st July to noon on 1st September, 1941 (inclusive).
2. License fee: £2.
3. Officer authorized to issue trappers’ licenses: Postmaster, Queenstown.

MARLBOROUGH ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT.

(As described in New Zealand Gazette No. 17 of 12th March, 1925, at page 751.)

1. Season: Noon on 1st July to noon on 1st September, 1941 (inclusive).
2. License fee: £2.
3. Officers authorized to issue trappers’ licenses: Chief Postmaster, Blenheim; Postmaster, Rai Valley.

NELSON ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT.

(As described in New Zealand Gazette No. 17 of 12th March, 1925, at page 751.)

1. Season: Noon on 1st July to noon on 1st September, 1941 (inclusive).
2. License fee: £2.
3. Officers authorized to issue trappers’ licenses: Chief Postmaster, Nelson; Postmasters, Takaka and Reefton.

NORTH CANTERBURY ACCLIMATIZATION DISTRICT.

(As described in New Zealand Gazette No. 68 of 28th September, 1933, at page 2463.)

1. Season: Noon on 1st July to noon on 1st September, 1941 (inclusive).
2. License fee: £2.
3. Officers authorized to issue trappers’ licenses: Chief Postmaster, Christchurch; Postmasters, Little River, Rangiora, and Akaroa.