2034
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 64

is hereby declared that this Proclamation shall take effect on and after the seventh day of August, one thousand nine hundred and nine.

SCHEDULE.

THE parcel of land taken :-

In the Land District of Canterbury; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 24737, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured as above.

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 twenty-ninth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nine.

R. McKENZIE.
Minister of Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Lands reserved under “The Scenery Preservation Act, 1908.”

(L.S.) PLUNKET, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by “The Scenery Preservation Act, 1908” (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 charged for the time being with the administration of the said Act, 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, shall be permanently reserved as scenic, thermal, or historic reserves: And whereas the said Board was duly directed to inspect and report on the lands described in the Schedule hereunder, and has recommended that the said lands 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 lands described in the Schedule hereunder shall be a scenic reserve under “The Scenery Preservation Act, 1908,” and subject to the provisions thereof.

SCHEDULE.

PEEL FOREST SCENIC RESERVE.

All that area in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 153 acres 2 roods 32 perches, more or less, being Rural Section 18281 and Rural Sections 2680, 2713, and 4035, less the road intersecting same; also that portion of 3683 lying to the west of the road intersecting said section, and that part of 3208 lying to the east of the road intersecting said section, situated in Block II, Orari Survey District.

And all that area in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 326 acres 3 roods 8 perches, more or less, being Rural Sections 23477, 23421, 22900, 22814, 22903, 22899, 23066, 23009, 23008, 23420, 23478, 22469, and the portions of 1972 and 3208 on the western side of road intersecting same, and situated in Blocks I and II, Orari Survey District.

As the above areas are delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 53859/54, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon bordered pink.

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 thirtieth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nine.

THOS. MACKENZIE,
Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Notice of Intention to change the Purpose of a Reserve in the Nelson Land District.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by “The Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908,” it is, amongst other things, enacted that the Governor may declare his intention to change or alter the dedication of any public reserve now or hereafter vested in His Majesty or the Governor for any of the purposes named in Class II of the Second Schedule to the said Act, whether the same be granted or not; and if it shall, in the opinion of the Governor, be expedient to change the purpose of such reserve or any part thereof from the purpose or presumed purpose for which it was set apart to any other purpose, the Governor may, by notice gazetted, declare his intention to make such change, and in such notice declare the manner and terms in which the same is intended to be so made:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand; do hereby, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by “The Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908,” aforesaid, declare my intention to change the specific purpose of the reserve described in the first column of the Schedule hereto from that named therein to that named in the second column thereof.

SCHEDULE.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this seventh day of July, one thousand nine hundred and nine.

D. BUDDO,
Acting Minister of Lands.