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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 85

Reserve proclaimed for Public Pearl-shell-fishing at Penrhyn.

(L.S.)
PLUNKET, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by “The Cook and other Islands Government Act, 1901” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is provided that the Governor may from time to time, by Proclamation, set aside Crown lands within the said Islands (as in the said Act defined) to be reserves for the purpose of naval or military defence, or any other specified public purpose: And whereas it is desirable to establish a reserve for public pearl-shell-fishing at the Island of Penrhyn upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred on me by the said Act and by “The Cook and other Islands Government Act Amendment Act, 1904,” and in exercise of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the Crown lands described in the Schedule hereto are set aside as a reserve for the purpose of public pearl-shell-fishing; and do hereby declare that the said reserve shall be held and administered by the Resident Commissioner, subject to such conditions and regulations as may from time to time be made or prescribed in respect thereof under section four of “The Cook and other Islands Government Act Amendment Act, 1904,” or any amendment thereof.

SCHEDULE.

ALL of the inland sea or lagoon enclosed by the reef and islands of the Penrhyn Atoll, excluding only the islands within the reef. Commencing on the south side of the Taruia entrance; thence south-east and east to the Omoka Village; thence by the shores of the lagoon east, north, and west to the Village of Te Tautua; and thence west and south by the island known as Morokai to the point of commencement.

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 fourth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and six.

JAMES McGOWAN.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Reserve proclaimed for Public Pearl-shell-fishing at Manihiki.

(L.S.)
PLUNKET, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by “The Cook and other Islands Government Act, 1901” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is provided that the Governor may from time to time, by Proclamation, set aside Crown lands within the said Islands (as in the said Act defined) to be reserves for the purpose of naval or military defence, or any other specified public purpose: And whereas it is desirable to establish a reserve for public pearl-shell-fishing at the Island of Manihiki upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred on me by the said Act and by “The Cook and other Islands Government Act Amendment Act, 1904,” and in exercise of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the Crown lands described in the Schedule hereto are set aside as a reserve for the purpose of public pearl-shell-fishing; and do hereby declare that the said reserve shall be held and administered by the Resident Commissioner, subject to such conditions and regulations as may from time to time be made or prescribed in respect thereof under section four of “The Cook and other Islands Government Act Amendment Act, 1904,” or any amendment thereof.

SCHEDULE.

ALL the inland sea enclosed by the reef and islands known as Manihiki. Commencing at the Village of Tauhunu; thence by the shores of the lagoon to the Village of Tukao; and thence by the reef and islands along the shore of the lagoon to the point of commencement: excluding, however, all the islands within the lagoon.

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 fourth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and six.

JAMES McGOWAN.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Native Land in Orahiri Survey District taken for Scenic Purposes.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this seventeenth day of September, 1906.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is Native land and is required to be taken for scenic purposes:

And whereas the said land is held or occupied by Native owners under a title which is not derived from the Crown:

And whereas a map of the said land has been prepared in duplicate, as required by the eighty-ninth section of “The Public Works Act, 1905”:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in him by “The Public Works Act, 1905,” and “The Scenery Preservation Act, 1903,” and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby proclaim and declare that the land shown upon such map, and described in the Schedule hereto, is hereby taken for scenic purposes as aforesaid; and the said land shall vest in His Majesty the King as from the twentieth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and six.

SCHEDULE.

THE parcels of land mentioned hereunder:—

All in the Land District of Auckland; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 21947, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured as above.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.