Num. 109. 2861

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1905.

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 Otago Land District, containing by admeasurement 33 perches, more or less, being Section No. 4, Block XII., Wilkin Survey District. Bounded towards the north by Section No. 2, Block XII., Wilkin Survey District; towards the east by a right line from the south-eastern corner of the said Section No. 4 to the north-eastern corner of Section No. 3 of the said Block XII.; towards the south by Section No. 3 aforesaid; and towards the west by a public road: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 54009/7, 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 seventh day of December, 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!

Defining the Middle Line of a Further Portion of the Midland Railway—namely, Manu Section.

(l.s.) PLUNKET, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS an extension of the Midland Railway from Tadmor up the Tadmor Valley (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—Manu Section:

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,

ERRATUM.—In Proclamation published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 31, of 24th April, 1903, page 1023, taking land for a road in Block IV., Awakino, for “Awakino” read “Awakino North.”

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