Feb. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 535

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 Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 500 acres, more or less, being Section No. 3, Block II, Omapere Survey District. Bounded by a line commencing at a point (marked A on the plan hereinafter referred to) on the northern boundary-line of Section No. 1, Block II, Omapere Survey District, and proceeding thence along a line due north a distance of 6420 links; thence along a line due east a distance of 5150 links to the south-westernmost corner of Old Land Claim No. 15; thence again easterly by the Pirau Stream; thence south-westerly and south-easterly by Old Land Claim No. 15, Block II, Omapere Survey District; thence again south-westerly by the Waikaraka Stream; thence north-westerly by Old Land Claim No. 1 of the said Block II; thence again south-westerly by the said Old Land Claim No. 1 and by Section No. 1 of the said Block II to point marked A, the place of commencement: exclusive of a road reserve 100 links wide which intersects the above-described area: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 53161/6, 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 sixth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and six.

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

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Crown Lands 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 parcels of Crown lands 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 lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be reserves under the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 25 acres, more or less, being Section No. 7, Block XVI, Mangakahia Survey District. Bounded towards the north by Section No. 13, Block XII, Mangakahia Survey District; towards the east by the right bank of the Wairua River; towards the south by the Omiru West No. 2 Block; and towards the north-west by the Mangakahia No. 2&2 Block and by the said Section No. 13.

Also all that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 49 acres, more or less, being Section No. 8 of Block XVI, Mangakahia Survey District. Bounded towards the north by Omiru East No. 2 Block, from the left bank of the Wairua River to the south-easternmost corner of the said block; towards the east by a right line from the said corner to the easternmost corner of Section No. 4, Block XVI, Mangakahia Survey District; towards the south-west by the last-mentioned section; and towards the north-west by the left bank of the Wairua River.

As the same are delineated on the plan marked S.G. 48920/35, 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 eighth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and six.

J. G. WARD,
Minister in Charge of Tourist and Health Resorts Department.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Lands withdrawn from Tongaporutu Improved-farm Special Settlement, Taranaki Land District.

(L.S.) PLUNKET, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers conferred by the one-hundred-and-sixty-second section of “The Land Act, 1892,” and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do by this notice hereby revoke that part of a Proclamation dated the second day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 72, dated the fourth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, setting apart land for the Tongaporutu Improved-farm Special Settlement, in so far as it relates to the lands set forth in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI 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 sixth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and six.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE KING!