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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 75

Native Land reserved under “The Scenery Preservation Act, 1903.”

(L.S.)
PLUNKET, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by “The Scenery Preservation Act, 1903” (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), it is, inter alia, enacted that the Governor may from time to time appoint such suitable persons, not exceeding five, as he thinks fit to be a Commission under the said Act; such Commission may, if it deems necessary, inspect any lands possessing scenic or historic interest, or on which there are thermal springs, and shall make inquiries respecting the same and report to the Governor, and shall from time to time recommend what lands, whether Crown, private, or Native lands, in their opinion should be permanently reserved as scenic, thermal, or historic reserves; and that the Governor may from time to time, by Proclamation, declare that any lands so recommended to be reserved shall be a reserve under the said Act, and thereupon such lands shall be inalienable unless by special Act of Parliament passed in that behalf, and no person shall cut or remove timber or in any way interfere with such lands, or damage the scenic features thereof; and such lands may be fenced, preserved, and conserved intact as and for an inalienable patrimony of the people of New Zealand:

And whereas the Governor has, in pursuance of the powers conferred by the said Act, appointed certain persons to be a Commission for the purposes thereof: And whereas the said Commission has, after making inquiries respecting the same, reported to the Governor and recommended that the parcel of Native land described in the Schedule hereto should be permanently reserved as a scenic reserve: And whereas it is expedient that the said recommendation should be given effect to:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities aforesaid, do hereby proclaim and declare that, from and after the date of the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette, the parcel of Native land described in the Schedule hereto shall be a reserve under the said Act.

SCHEDULE.
WAITOMO CAVES.

ALL that parcel of land comprised in a partition order made by the Native Land Court, bearing date the 1st day of July, 1899, containing by admeasurement 3 acres (be the same more or less), known as or called Hauturu East No. 1a No. 6, situated in Block X., Orahiri Survey District, in the Auckland Land District.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable William Lee, Baron Plunket, Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over His Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this thirty-first day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and four.

J. G. WARD,
Minister in Charge of Tourist and Health Resorts Department.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Altering Name and Boundaries of certain Maori Districts under “The Maori Councils Act, 1900.”

(L.S.)
PLUNKET, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by section three of “The Maori Councils Act, 1900” (hereinafter called “the said Act”) it is enacted that the Governor may proclaim any district a Maori District for the purposes of the said Act, and at any time may alter or revoke such Proclamation: And whereas by Proclamation dated the twenty-sixth day of December, one thousand nine hundred, the Governor proclaimed certain districts to be Maori Districts for the purposes of the said Act: And whereas it is expedient to alter the names and boundaries of certain of the districts so proclaimed:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred by the said Act, do hereby amend the said recited Proclamation by altering the name of the Tokerau District to the Pewhairangi District; and, in pursuance and exercise of the like powers and authorities, do hereby also alter the boundaries of the Matatua and Te Arawa Districts respectively by excluding the area described in the Schedule hereto from the Matatua District and by including the said area in the Te Arawa District.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land bounded as follows: Commencing on the Rangitaiki River at the eastern corner of the Matata Township; thence following the said river to its confluence with the Tarawera River; from thence by a right line to Trig. Station No. 16, Putauaki (Mount Edgecombe); and from the said trig. station by a right line to the southernmost corner of the Matata Township aforesaid; and thence by that township to the place of commencement.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable William Lee, Baron Plunket, Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over His Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this first day of September, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and four.

J. CARROLL,
Minister of Native Affairs.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Additional Land in Jacob’s River Hundred taken for the Purposes of the Western Railways (from Riverton to Orepuki).

(L.S.)
PLUNKET, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS it has been found desirable for the use, convenience, and enjoyment of the Western Railways to take further land in Jacob’s River Hundred, in addition to land previously acquired for the purposes of the said railways:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by sections twenty-eight and one hundred and sixty-seven of “The Public Works Act, 1894,” and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto are taken for the purposes above mentioned.

SCHEDULE.

THE parcels of land mentioned hereunder:—

All in the Land District of Southland; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked 12906, deposited in the office of the Minister for Railways, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured blue.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable William Lee, Baron Plunket, Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over His Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this fifth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and four.

J. G. WARD,
Minister for Railways.

GOD SAVE THE KING!