Num. 25.

715

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 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.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Otago Land District, containing by admeasurement 142 acres 3 roods 29 perches, more or less, being original Sections Nos. 24, 1 of 49, and part of original Section No. 2 of 35, Block V., Dunedin and East Taieri Survey District, and Allotment No. 18, Stanley Estate. Bounded towards the north-east by Section No. 23, Block V., Dunedin and East Taieri Survey District, for a distance of 4327·3 links; thence towards the south-east by a road-line for a distance of 128 links; thence again towards the north-east by the crossing of a road for a distance of 108·3 links, and by Section No. 1 of 50 of the said Block V. for a distance of 909·9 links; thence again towards the south-east by Section No. 5 of 49 of the said Block V. and the crossing of a road for a distance of 2500 links; thence towards the south-west by Section No. 2 of 35 of the said Block V. for a distance of 577·6 links; thence again towards the south-east by other part of the said Section No. 2 of 35 for a distance of 1225·3 links, and across a road for a distance of 114·6 links; thence towards the east by the said road for a distance of 1354·2 links to Section No. 4 of 34 of the said Block V.; thence towards the south by the last-mentioned section for a distance of 315·2 links; thence towards the west generally by a public road for a distance of 3892·4 links; thence across the said road for a distance of 102·3 links; thence again towards the south by a public road for a distance of 1911·6 links; thence again towards the west by Section No. 62 of Block V. aforesaid for a distance of 934·5 links; thence again towards the south by the last-mentioned section for a distance of 585 links; thence again towards the west by Section No. 1 of 25 of the said Block V. for a distance of 515·6 links; and thence towards the north-west by Section No. 26 of Block V. aforesaid for a distance of 2366·8 links to Section No. 23 before mentioned: exclusive of public roads which intersect the above-described area: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 53141, 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 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 ninth day of March, 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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Amending a Proclamation taking Land for a Road in Blocks II. and III., Aohanga, and IX., Mount Cerberus, Survey Districts, Akitio County.

(L.S.) PLUNKET, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by section six of “The Land Act, 1892,” it is therein provided that every Proclamation, Order in Council, and other instrument, whether made under any Act in force prior to the commencement of that Act or made under or by virtue of that Act, and all regulations, by-laws, conditions, or rules made by the Governor, the Minister, or