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Descriptions of Districts Referred to Above 1. The Central North Island District embraces the country lying to the north of a 4. Canterbury District.— All that portion of the South Island to the south of the line commencing at Wanganui, running thence due east to the Manawatu Gorge, and southern boundary of the Nelson-Marlborough District and bounded in the west by the thence in the same direction to Napier, and bounded on the north by a line running due Southern Alps from the point where that range is crossed by the southern boundary of east from Kawhia Harbour to Tauranga. the Nelson-Marlborough District to Mount Cook, thence due east to Timaru. 5. Southern Lakes District.— All that portion of the South Island lying to the south 2. Southern North Island District.—All that portion of the North Island lying to of the Canterbury District and including the west coast south of a line turning due west the south of the southern boundary of the Central North Island District. from Mount Cook to the sea. 6. Canterbury-Westland District (in table for year ended 31st March, 1949, only).— 3. Nelson-Marlborough District.—That portion of the South Island lying to the north All that portion of the South Island bounded on the north by the southern boundary of of a line commencing at the mouth of the Grey River on the west coast, thence following the Nelson-Marlborough District and on the south by a line commencing at Makawhio the left bank of that river to its source, thence along the summit of the Spencer Mountains Point, on the west coast (north of Bruce Bay), and thence along the divide between the to the watershed between the sources of the Clarence and Sabine Rivers, and thence in Makawhio and Karangarua Rivers to the main divide at the head of the Mnller Glacier, a straight line to the mouth of the Conway River. thence in a direct line to Timaru, and on the west and east by the sea.

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Operational District. Deer. Tahr. Chamois. Goats. Pigs. Wild Sheep. Wallabies. Opossums. Wapiti Cross.* Wild Cattle. Wild Cats. Rats. Hares. Totals. Central North Island Southern North Island Nelson-Marlborough Canterbury-Westland Southern Lakes Stewart Island Special campaigns — Poverty Bay (opossums) .. Waimate (wallabies) 3,680 1,069 1,020 14,718 13,004 415 '883 4 5 1,707 146 6,322 209 10,967 35 391 688 64 864 139 38 14 274 1 j 639 2 6^790 50 ' '27 16,809 ' 16 2 8 ;; 8 525 60 11,016 1,342 14,495 17,482 13,601 472 17,394 6,790 Totals 33,906 887 1,858 17,924 1,807 1,915 6,790 16,886 16 ' 2 8 533 60 82,592 ♦Wapiti x Red Deer.

Operational District. Deer. Goats. Chamois. Tahr. Wild 1 Pigs. 1 Wild Sheep. Wapiti Cross.* Wild Cattle. Wild Cats. Opossums. Wallabies. Totals. Central North Island Tararua Range Nelson-Marlborough Canterbury .. .. .. Southern Lakes Stewart Island Special campaigns —• Poverty Bay (opossums) Waimate (wallabies) 3,071 946 1,375. 6,769 13,830 340 10,821 228 4,000 17 j804 73 3 1,092 169 1^467 565 934 5 682 549 33 2 707 2 j 622 ' 55 5 56 8 16 5,061 4,521 15,538 1,179 8,682 9,877 32,456 412. 5,142 4,523 Totals 26,331 32,926 1,264 2,032 2,205 3,329 55 5 . 64 5,077 4,521 77,809 * Wapiti x Red Deer.