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THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1908.

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 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 Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers contained in the said Act, do hereby proclaim and declare that the parcel of 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.”

SCHEDULE.

KENNEDY’S BUSH SCENIC RESERVE (EXTENSION).

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 44 acres 1 rood 1 perch, more or less, being Reserve No. 3735A (in red), and forming parts of Rural Sections 33742, 485, 522, 6390, 30503, and 818, situated in Block III, Halswell Survey District, and bounded as follows: Commencing at the north-eastern corner of Rural Section 818; thence bounded on the eastward by right lines aggregating 4403·1 links; on the south by right lines aggregating 5844·8 links; on the west by right lines aggregating 4173·9 links; and on the north-east by a road-line forming part of northern boundary of Rural Section 30503, a distance of 710 links, to the point of commencement: save and except therefrom the portion proclaimed as a scenic reserve in Gazette No. 82, of the 27th September, 1906, containing 52 acres 2 roods 39 perches, and a small piece of road on the western boundary of Rural Section 818: as the same is delineated upon the plan marked L. and S. 54910/71, 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 Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Dominion, at the Government House, at Wellington, this eighteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eight.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Land in Rotorua Survey District taken for Scenery-preservation Purposes.

(l.s.)
PLUNKET, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken, under “The Public Works Act, 1905,” “The Scenery Preservation Act, 1903,” and “The Scenery Preservation Amendment Act, 1906,” for scenery-preservation purposes:

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

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities in me vested by “The Public Works Act, 1905,” “The Scenery Preservation Act, 1903,” and “The Scenery Preservation Amendment Act, 1906,” and of every other power and authority in any-wise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is hereby taken for scenery-preservation purposes as aforesaid. And it is hereby declared that this Proclamation shall take effect on and after the twelfth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and eight.