(7) Noxious Animals Destroyed The table set out hereunder covers the numbers destroyed in the various operational districts. For comparative purposes a similar table covering the year ended -31 st March, 1949, is also included.

For Year Ended 31st March, 1950

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Descriptions of Districts referred to Above

4. Canterbury District,— All that portion of the South [siand to the south of the southern boundary of the Nelson-Marlborough District and bounded in the west by the Southern Alps from the point where that range is crossed by the southern boundary of the Nelson-Marlborough District to Mount Cook, thence due east to Timaru. E>. Southern Lalces District.— All that portion of the South Island lying to the south of the Canterbury District and including the west coast south of a line turning due west from Mount Cook to the sea. 6. Canterbury-Westland District (in table for year ended 31st March, 1949, only).— All that portion of the South Island bounded on the north by the southern boundary of the Nelson-Marlborough District and on the south by a line commencing at Makawhio Point, on the west coast (north of Bruce Bay), and thence along the divide between the Makawhio and Karangarua Rivers to the main divide at the head of the Muller Glacier thence in a direct line to Timarn, and on the west and east by the sea.

1. The Central Nmth Island District embraces the country lying to the north of a line commencing at Wanganui, running thence due east to the Manawatu Gorge, and thence in the same direction to Napier, and bounded on the north by a line running due east from Kawhia Harbour to Tauranga. 2. Southern North Island. District.— All that portion of the North Island lying to the south of the southern boundary of the Central North Island District. S. Nelson-Marlborouflh District.— That portion of the South Island lying to the north of a line commencing at the mouth of the Grey River on the west coast, thence following the left bank of that river to its source, thence along the summit of the Spencer Mountains to the watershed between the sources of the Clarence and Sabine Itivers, and thence in a straight line to the mouth of the Conway River.

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Operational District. Deer. Goats. Chamois. Tahr. Pigs. Wild Sheep. Wild Cattle. Wallabies, . Opossums Rats. Cats. Totals. Central North Island 5,838 10,398 871 720 5 17,832 Southern North Island 804 3,057 367 235 4,463 Nelson-Marlborough 1,213 1,299 130 2,642 Canterbury - North Westland 13,632 55 2,363 278 54 "i2i 16.503 Southern Lakes 14,943 116 2] 5 569 7 7^347 137 23;334 Stewart Island 971 1 87 ' 13 8 1,080 Tolaga Bay 33,804 33,804 North Auckland 3 4 j 537 7 370 224 ' 16 5,157 Totals 37,404 19,463 2,578 847 j 1,436 955 5 7,717 34,373 29 8 104,815

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') Totals 3,680 1,069 1,020 14,713 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 16,886 ' 16 2 8 8 525 60 11,016 1,342 14,495 17,482 13,601 472 17,394 6,790 33,906 887 1,858 17,924 1,807 1,915 6,790 16 2 8 533 60 82.592 * Wapiti x Red Deer.