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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 parcels of Crown land described in the Schedule hereto should be permanently reserved as scenic reserves: 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 parcels of Crown land described in the Schedule hereto shall be reserves under the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Taranaki Land District, containing by admeasurement 263 acres, more or less, being Section No. 21, Block IV., Ngatimaru Survey District. Bounded towards the north-west by Section No. 20 of Block IV., Ngatimaru Survey District; towards the north-east by Sections Nos. 57, 1, and 52, Block I., Mahoe Survey District; towards the south-east by the Ohura Road; and towards the south-west by the last-mentioned road and by the Pohokura Road: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 53196, and deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon bordered red.

All that area in the Taranaki Land District, containing by admeasurement 305 acres, more or less, being Section No. 22, Block IV., Ngatimaru Survey District. Bounded towards the north-west by the Ohura Road; towards the north and towards the north-east by the last-mentioned road; towards the east by Section No. 19, Block I., Mahoe Survey District; and towards the south by Section No. 23, Block IV., Ngatimaru Survey District: exclusive of a railway reserve of a width of 200 links which intersects the above-described area at the south-west corner of the said Section No. 22: be the aforesaid linkage more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 53196A, and 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 twenty-first 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!

Land taken for a Further Portion of the Midland Railway (Portion of Tadmor Section).

(L.S.)

PLUNKET, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken for a further portion of the Midland Railway—namely, portion of Tadmor Section:

And whereas all conditions precedent required by law to be observed and performed prior to the taking of such land for the purpose hereinafter specified have been observed and performed:

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 section 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 land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is taken for the further portion of the said line of railway hereinbefore specified.

SCHEDULE.

The parcel of land mentioned in list hereunder:—

In the Land District of Nelson; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plans marked P.W.D. 20405, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured as above.

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 twenty-first day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and five.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Second Schedule of “The Noxious Weeds Act, 1900,” extended to include Kangaroo Acacia, Viper’s Bugloss, and Wild Borage.—Notice No. 947.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this fifteenth day of March, 1905.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD, K.C.M.G., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by “The Noxious Weeds Act, 1900” (hereinafter called “the said Act”), His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby extend the operation of the Second Schedule of the said Act by including therein the several plants described in the Schedule hereto; and it is hereby declared that this Order shall come into force from and after the day of the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

SCHEDULE.

Kangaroo acacia (Acacia armata),
Viper’s bugloss (Echium vulgare),
Wild borage (Echium violaceum).

AMELIUS M. SMITH,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.