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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 70

16th September, 1889, in favour of Rapana Ohiro, and containing the following restrictions: “Inalienable by sale or mortgage, or by lease beyond twenty-one years.”

All that parcel of land, containing 2 roods 7 perches, situate in the City of Wellington, being Subdivision No. 2 of Section No. 10 of the Polhill Gully Native Reserve, held under partition order of the Native Land Court dated the 16th September, 1889, in favour of Hami Iwitaia, and containing the following restrictions: “Inalienable by sale or mortgage, or by lease beyond twenty-one years.”

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Administrator of the Government, this fifth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

JOHN McKENZIE.

Notice of Intention to change the Purpose of a Reserve in Wellington Land District.

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

WHEREAS by “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” it is amongst other things enacted that the Governor may declare his intention to make, change, exchange, or alter the dedication of any public reserve now or hereafter vested in Her Majesty or the Governor for any of the purposes named in Class II. of the Schedule to the said Act, whether the same be granted or not; and in the case of any reserve made under the authority of section one hundred and forty-four of “The Land Act, 1877,” if it shall, in the opinion of the Governor, be expedient to change the purpose of such reserve or any part thereof from the purpose or presumed purpose for which it was set apart to any other purpose, or if it shall, in the opinion of the Governor, be expedient to exchange any of the land comprised in such reserve for other land of equal value, to be dedicated to one or more purposes named in the said Class II., the Governor may, by notice gazetted, make such change, exchange, or dedication, as the case may be, and in such notice declare the manner and terms in which the same is intended to be so made:

Now, therefore, I, James Prendergast, the Administrator of the Government of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” aforesaid, declare my intention to change the specific purpose of the reserve described in the first column of the Schedule hereto from that named to the purpose named in the second column of the said Schedule respectively.

SCHEDULE.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Administrator of the Government, this fifth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Regulations for the Conservation of Thermal Springs.

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

WHEREAS by the two hundred and forty-second section of “The Land Act, 1892,” it is among other things enacted that the Governor may from time to time, by notification in the Gazette, make regulations for the conservation of any thermal or mineral springs on any Crown lands, the prevention of damage thereto, or the destruction thereof, and for the occupation of the land whereon they are situate, and generally for the maintenance of decency and order at any such springs:

Now, therefore, I, James Prendergast, the Administrator of the Government of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the said recited powers and authorities and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, do by this notification in the New Zealand Gazette hereby make the following regulations, that is to say:—

1. In the construction of these regulations the expression “thermal or mineral spring” or “spring” means and includes any puia, ngawha, waiariki, or any other such spring, howsoever known, and situate upon any Crown land within the meaning of “The Land Act, 1892.”

2. No person, being on any Crown land whereon any thermal or mineral spring is situated, shall, without the authority of the Commissioner of Crown Lands of the Land District in which such spring is situated, do, commit, or cause or procure to be done or committed, any of the following acts or things:—

(1.) In any manner wilfully break the surface of any such land, or dig or excavate into or on the same.

(2.) By any means whatsoever wilfully divert or attempt to divert any such spring, or any overflow of water, mud, or any other substance from any such spring.

(3.) In any manner wilfully interfere with or obstruct the natural action or flow of any such spring, or any part thereof, or any such overflow as aforesaid.

Every person who commits a breach of this regulation shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £20.

3. No person shall do, commit, or cause or procure to be done or committed, any of the following acts or things:—

(1.) In any manner wilfully destroy any thermal or mineral spring, or any part thereof.

(2.) In any manner wilfully remove or take away the whole or any portion of the earth, rock, stone, or other substance whatsoever, surrounding or forming the support of any such spring or any part thereof, or of any channel, covering, outlet, or means of egress, ingress, or regress of any such spring, or any part thereof.

(3.) Wilfully throw, cast, drop, lay, deposit, or place in or upon any such spring or any part thereof any matter or substance of any kind whatsoever.

(4.) Wilfully cast, throw, deposit, or place in or upon any such spring any live or dead animal, or any animate or inanimate creature or thing.

Every person who commits a breach of this regulation shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £50, or may be imprisoned for any period not exceeding three calendar months: Provided that no person convicted of a breach of this regulation shall be sentenced to any period of imprisonment in respect thereof unless upon the order of the Stipendiary Magistrate before whom the information upon which such person was convicted was heard.

4. No person shall upon any Crown land whereon any thermal or mineral spring is situated do or commit any of the following acts or things:—

(1.) Refuse to abide by any reasonable request or direction of any officer or person employed by the Government of the colony or the Commissioner of Crown Lands aforesaid to have charge of any such spring as to the route to be taken in approaching or returning from any spring, or as to the distance within which the same may be so approached, or the point or place from which the same may be viewed, observed, or inspected.

(2.) Wilfully obstruct or interfere with any such officer or person as aforesaid in the execution of his duty.

(3.) Wilfully commit any nuisance, or do any grossly indecent act in, on, or near to any such spring, or in view thereof.

For the purposes of this regulation the verbal statement of any officer or person that he is employed by the Government of the Colony or the Commissioner of Crown Lands as aforesaid to have charge of any such thermal or mineral spring as aforesaid shall be sufficient proof of his authority to act under this regulation.

Every person who commits a breach of this regulation shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5.

5. These regulations shall be legibly written or printed on calico, wood, or other reasonably durable material, and posted up or exhibited on some conspicuous place or places frequented by the public on or near to every thermal or mineral spring affected by such regulations, and the same shall from time to time be maintained in such place or places by the Commissioner of Crown Lands or some person acting under his directions.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Administrator of the Government, this sixth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.