✨ Scenery Preservation Proclamations
Numb. 45. 1611
THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.
WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1907.
Crown Land reserved under “The Scenery Preservation Act, 1903.”
(l.s.) PLUNKET, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS by “The Scenery Preservation Amendment Act, 1906” (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), a Scenery Preservation Board is constituted, and it is enacted that such Board shall, when so directed by the Minister of Lands, inspect any lands possessing scenic or historic interest, or on which there are thermal springs, and make inquiries respecting the same, and report to the Governor; and shall from time to time recommend what lands, whether Crown or private, should be permanently reserved as scenic, thermal, or historic reserves: And whereas the said Board was duly directed to inspect and report on the parcel of Crown land described in the Schedule hereunder, and has recommended that the said land should be permanently reserved for scenic purposes, and it is expedient to give effect to such recommendation:
Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers contained in the said Act, do hereby proclaim and declare that the parcel of Crown land described in the Schedule hereunder shall be a reserve under “The Scenery Preservation Act, 1903,” and shall be subject to the provisions of that Act and “The Scenery Preservation Amendment Act, 1906.”
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SCHEDULE.
MANGONUI SCENIC RESERVE.
ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 60 acres, more or less, being Section No. 131, Mangonui Parish. Bounded towards the west and north by Doubtless Bay; towards the east by Mangonui Harbour; towards the south-east by a road, 420 and 1651 links; again towards the west by a road, 1766 links; and towards the south by the termination of a road, and by
Section No. 25, Suburbs of Mangonui Township, 700 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated upon the plan marked S.G. 55586/5, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, 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 thirteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seven.
ROBERT McNAB.
Minister of Lands.
GOD SAVE THE KING!
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Additional Land in the Borough of Petone taken for the Purposes of the Wellington-Napier Railway.
(l.s.) PLUNKET, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS it has been found desirable for the use, convenience, and enjoyment of the Wellington-Napier Railway to take further land in the Borough of Petone, in addition to land previously acquired for the purposes of the said railway:
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 sections twenty-nine and one hundred and eighty-eight of “The Public Works Act, 1905,” and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto are hereby taken for the purposes above mentioned.
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ERRATA.—In Proclamation taking lands for a road in Block X, Hangaroa Survey District, published in Gazette No. 40, page 1353, of 2nd May, 1907, for “13 acres 2 roods 32 perches” read “13 acres 3 roods 32 perches,” “coloured red.”
In Schedule to Proclamation published in Gazette No. 40, page 1355, of 2nd May, 1907, taking land for road, Block II Portobello Survey District, for “1 acre 0 roods 37 perches” read “1 acre 3 roods 21 perches.”
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🗺️ Proclamation reserving land for scenic purposes
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey13 May 1907
Scenery Preservation, Reserve, Mangonui, Crown Land
- Baron Plunket, Governor
- Robert McNab, Minister of Lands
🏗️ Proclamation taking land for railway purposes
🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works13 May 1907
Public Works, Wellington-Napier Railway, Petone, Land Acquisition
- Baron Plunket, Governor
📰 Errata for previous proclamations
📰 NZ Gazette23 May 1907
Corrections, Errata, Gazette Notices
NZ Gazette 1907, No 45