Scenic Reserve Proclamations




Feb. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 705

Land reserved under the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908.

(l.s.) ISLINGTON, 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 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, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, 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 land described in the Schedule hereunder shall be a scenic reserve under the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908, and subject to the provisions thereof.

SCHEDULE.

EVANSDALE GLEN SCENIC RESERVE.

ALL that area in the Otago Land District, containing by admeasurement 30 acres 2 roods 37 perches, more or less, being Sections 88, 89, and part of Sections 62 and 63, Block I, Waikouaiti Survey District. Bounded towards the north by Section 61 of said block, 507 links; towards the west by said Section 61, 180 links; again towards the north by part of Sections 62 and 63 of said block, 1017 links; towards the east by Section 86 of said block, 1013 links; again towards the north by said Section 86, 150 links; again towards the east by Section 86 aforesaid, 1048 links; towards the south by a road, 100 links; again towards the east by the abutment of said road, 50 links; again towards the south by Section 24 of said block, by the crossings of a road, and by a road, 1530 links; and again towards the west by Section 60 of said block, 1790 links: excluding from the above-described boundaries a road-line 50 links wide: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. 63/19, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, 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 thirteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twelve.

THOS. MACKENZIE,
Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Declaring Land reserved under the Land Act, 1892, for the Preservation of Scenery to be a Scenic Reserve under the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908.

(l.s.) ISLINGTON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto was permanently reserved for the preservation of scenery under the provisions of the Land Act, 1892: And whereas it is expedient that the said land should be declared a reserve under the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908:

Now, therefore, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by section twelve of the Scenery Preservation Amendment Act, 1910, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto shall, from and after the date hereof, be a scenic reserve under the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908, and its amendments.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 30 acres 1 rood 20 perches, more or less, being Sections 5 and 7, Block XII, Mangawhero Survey District, as described in Warrant dated the 20th day of April, 1906, published on page 1109 of the Gazette No. 32, of the 26th April, 1906.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, 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 tenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twelve.

THOS. MACKENZIE,
Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Declaring Land reserved under the Land Act, 1892, for the Preservation of Scenery to be a Scenic Reserve under the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908.

(l.s.) ISLINGTON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto was by Warrant dated the twenty-third day of June, one thousand nine hundred and seven, permanently reserved for the preservation of scenery under the provisions of the Land Act, 1892: And whereas it is expedient that the said land should be declared a reserve under the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908:

Now, therefore, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by section twelve of the Scenery Preservation Amendment Act, 1910, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto shall, from and after the date hereof, be a scenic reserve under the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908, and its amendments.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Nelson Land District, containing by admeasurement 171 acres 1 rood 25 perches, more or less, being Section 5, Block IX, Inangahua Survey District, as described in Warrant dated the 23rd June, 1907, published on page 1934 of the Gazette No. 55 of the 27th June, 1907.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, 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 tenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twelve.

THOS. MACKENZIE,
Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Revoking the Reservation over Portion of a Scenic Reserve in the Auckland Land District.

(l.s.) ISLINGTON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by Proclamation dated the fifteenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and six, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the eighteenth day of the same month, certain land in the Auckland Land District was set apart as a reserve under the Scenery Preservation Act, 1903:

And whereas the land described in the Schedule hereto (being the land so set apart) is no longer suitable for scenic purposes by reason of the destruction of the forest thereon:

Now, therefore, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on me by section eight of the Scenery Preservation Amendment Act, 1910, do hereby revoke the said reservation.



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🗺️ Evansdale Glen Scenic Reserve Proclamation

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
13 February 1912
Scenic reserve, Land reservation, Evansdale Glen, Otago
  • John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, Governor
  • Thos. Mackenzie, Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation

🗺️ Mangawhero Scenic Reserve Declaration

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
10 February 1912
Scenic reserve, Land reservation, Mangawhero, Wellington
  • John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, Governor
  • Thos. Mackenzie, Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation

🗺️ Inangahua Scenic Reserve Declaration

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
10 February 1912
Scenic reserve, Land reservation, Inangahua, Nelson
  • John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, Governor
  • Thos. Mackenzie, Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation

🗺️ Revocation of Scenic Reserve in Auckland

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Scenic reserve, Revocation, Auckland
  • John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, Governor