1838

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 56

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.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Otago Land District, containing by admeasurement 782 acres 1 rood 32 perches, more or less, being Sections Nos. 8, 19, 20, 21, and the southern portion of Section No. 18, Block X, Tautuku Survey District. Bounded towards the north by Sections Nos. 13, 14, and 15, Block X, Tautuku Survey District; towards the east by Section No. 8, Block VIII of the said district, the abutment of a public road, and by Section No. 26 of the said Block VIII; towards the south-east by a public road, the abutment of a public road, the crossing of the Tautuku River, the abutment of a public road, and again by a public road to the south-western corner of Section No. 19 of the said Block X; towards the south-west by a public road to a stream which forms the south-east boundary of the northern portion of Section No. 18 of the said Block X, distant 2950 links from the said corner; thence towards the north-west by said stream to the south-east corner of the northern portion of Section No. 18 aforesaid, distant 6250 links from its northernmost corner; and thence towards the west by the said northern portion of Section No. 18: 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 L. and S. 53573/8, 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 thirtieth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and six.

T. Y. DUNCAN,

Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

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.

SCHEDULE.

PUKOROKORO RANGE.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 400 acres, more or less, being Section No. 483, Taupiri Parish. Bounded towards the north by Section No. 485, Taupiri Parish; towards the east generally by the Hoe-o Tainui North No. 6 Block; towards the south-west by Sections Nos. 484 and 484A of Taupiri Parish aforesaid; and towards the north-west generally by a public road: as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 52645/13, 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 thirtieth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and six.

T. Y. DUNCAN,

Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Consenting to closing Roads in Blocks I, II, VI, and X, Wakanui Survey District, Wakanui Road District.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-eighth day of June, 1906.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section one hundred and thirty-three, (a), of "The Public Works Act, 1905," it is enacted that a local authority shall not declare any county or district