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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 104

Land taken for a Road in the Parish of Omaru, Block XII., Tokatoka Survey District, Otamatea County.

(L.S.)
PLUNKET, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken, under “The Public Works Act, 1905,” for a certain work, to wit, for the purpose of a road in the Otamatea County:

And whereas the Otamatea County Council has laid before the Governor a memorial, accompanied by a map, and also the statutory declaration, as required by the said Act:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities in me vested by “The Public Works Act, 1905,” and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in that behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that, from and after the date of the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette, the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is hereby taken for the purposes of the said road.

SCHEDULE.

In the Auckland Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked and coloured as above noted, deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable William Lee, Baron Plunket, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, 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 twentieth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and five.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Crown 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 Crown 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 Crown land described in the Schedule hereto shall be a reserve under the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Southland Land District, containing approximately 800 acres, being Section No. 1, Block I., Titiroa Survey District. Bounded by a line commencing at a point on the right bank of the Waiau River due south of Trig. Station Cx, on Freestone Hill, in the Takitimo Survey District, and proceeding thence along a line due south for a distance of 400 links; thence along a line in a north-westerly direction, bearing approximately N. 63° W., to the eastern boundary-line of the National Park; thence north-easterly along the said boundary-line to the right bank of the Waiau River aforesaid; and thence south-easterly along the said bank to the point of commencement: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 54071/3, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable William Lee, Baron Plunket, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, 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 eighteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and five.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister in Charge of Tourist and Health Resorts Department.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Time for taking Census.

(L.S.)
PLUNKET, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by “The Census Act, 1877,” it is, among other things, provided that an account shall be taken in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one of the number and condition of persons within New Zealand, and of other particulars relating thereto; and that after the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one such account shall be taken in every fifth year succeeding: And whereas by the said Act, as amended by “The Census Act Amendment Act, 1890,” it is enacted that such account may be taken on any day or days, not being later than the thirtieth day of April, as the Governor shall, by Proclamation published in the Gazette, appoint:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority in me vested by the said Acts, do hereby proclaim and declare that such account shall be taken in the month of April, one thousand nine hundred and six, on Monday, the thirtieth day of the said month, and for the night of Sunday, the twenty-ninth day of the said month.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable William Lee, Baron Plunket, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, 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 eighteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and five.

ALBERT PITT,
For Colonial Secretary.

GOD SAVE THE KING!