Dec. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2817

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

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Otago Land District, containing by admeasurement 290 acres 1 rood 36 perches, more or less, being Sections Nos. 29 and 30, Block VIII., Akatore Survey District. Bounded towards the north by Section No. 28, Block VIII., Akatore Survey District; towards the east by a public road bounding Section No. 32 of the said Block VIII., and by a closed road bounding Section No. 31 of Block VIII. aforesaid; towards the south by a closed road bounding Section No. 29, Block IV., of the said district, and by a public road bounding the said Section No. 29 and Section No. 20, Block IX., of the district aforesaid; towards the west by Section No. 27 of the said Block VIII.; again towards the north and again towards the west by Section No. 67 of the said Block VIII.: exclusive of a road reserve which intersects the above-described area: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 54070/5, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon bordered 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 twenty-ninth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and five.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
For Minister in Charge of Tourist and Health Resorts Department.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

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Defining the Middle Line of a Portion of the Westport-Inangahua Railway.

(l.s.) PLUNKET, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the Westport-Inangahua Railway—namely, from Westport towards the junction of the Inangahua and Buller Rivers (hereinafter termed “the said railway”)—is a railway the construction of which is authorised by “The Railways Authorisation Act, 1904”: And whereas it has been determined to construct and maintain a portion of the same:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred by “The Public Works Act, 1905,” and in exercise of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the middle line of the said portion of the said railway shall be that defined and set forth in the Schedule hereto.

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SCHEDULE.

COMMENCING at a point in railway land in the Borough of Westport, the said point being on the prolongation in an easterly direction of the boundary-line between Sections Nos. 221 and 222, in the Borough of Westport; proceeding thence generally in a south-easterly direction for a distance of about four miles, and passing in, into, through, or over the following lands—viz., railway land, and subdivisions of municipal reserve numbered 12, 13, 16, and 15, all within the Borough of Westport; Rural Sections Nos. 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, and 36; Sections No. 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 117, 118, 119, 344, 123, and 124, all in Block VII., Kawatiri Survey District—and terminating at a point in said Section No. 124, marked four miles, distant about 16 chains in a northerly direction from the south-eastern corner thereof: including all adjoining and intervening places, lands, reserves, roads, tracks, rivers, streams, and watercourses: all in the Land District of Nelson: as the same is delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 21741, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington.

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 fifth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and five.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

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Land taken for a Native School at Tokikuku.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-seventh day of November, 1905.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is required for a certain public work, to wit, a Native school:

And whereas the Native owners have agreed to make a free gift of the said land to His Majesty the King, and it has been made to appear that such agreement is sufficient for the purposes intended to be effected thereby:

And whereas by certificate of title, Vol. 75, folio 278, of the Register-book of the Auckland District, bearing date the twenty-fourth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, certain aboriginal natives are declared to be the owners of Lot 63, Parish of Waipa, within which the said land is situated:

And whereas, as required by “The Public Works Act, 1894,” a map has been prepared showing accurately the position and extent of the said land, and such map is hereto attached:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred by “The Public Works Act, 1894,” and “The Public Works Acts Amendment Act, 1900,” and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby order and declare that the land shown upon the said map and described in the Schedule hereto is hereby taken for the purposes of the said Native school, and shall vest in His Majesty the King, as from the thirteenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and six,