Sept. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2695

All in the Nelson Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked and coloured as above mentioned, and deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington.

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 fifth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twelve.

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

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Land proclaimed as a Road, and Road closed, in Block X, Thames Survey District, Auckland Land District.

(l.s.) ISLINGTON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by section eleven of the Land Act, 1908, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby, with the consents of the owners of the land described in the First Schedule hereto, and of the Thames County Council, being the local authority in whose district the said land is situated, proclaim as a road the land described in the First Schedule hereto; and also do hereby, with the like consents as aforesaid, proclaim as closed the road described in the Second Schedule hereto, which is not required by reason of the road described in the First Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

LAND PROCLAIMED AS A ROAD

SECOND SCHEDULE.

ROAD CLOSED.

All in the Auckland Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked and coloured as above mentioned, and deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington.

• 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 September, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twelve.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

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Lands 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 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, 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 lands described in the Schedule hereunder shall be scenic reserves under the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908, and subject to the provisions thereof.

SCHEDULE.

PARITAWAI SCENIC RESERVE.

ALL that area in the Taranaki Land District, containing by admeasurement 5 acres and 9 perches, more or less, being Section 6, Block VI, Mahoe Survey District. Bounded towards the north-east by the Whangamomona Road, 829·9 links; towards the south-east by Section 5, Block VI, Mahoe Survey District, 800·7 links; towards the south-west by Section 9, Block V, Mahoe Survey District, 605·1 links; and towards the north-west by the Whangamomona Road, 705·7 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 628/1, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

MAPARA SCENIC RESERVE.

All that area in the Taranaki Land District, containing by admeasurement 15 acres, more or less, being Section 7, Block V, Totoro Survey District. Bounded towards the north, east, and south generally by the Mapara Stream; and towards the west generally by the Mapara Road, 810 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 629/1, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

ARAHUI SCENIC RESERVE.

All that area in the Taranaki Land District, containing by admeasurement 16 acres 3 roods, more or less, being Section 6, Block X, Waro Survey District. Bounded towards the south-east by Crown land in Block XI, Waro Survey District, 1159·5 links; and towards the south, west, and north generally by the Mount Damper and Kotare Roads, 5014·9 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 630/1, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, 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 fifth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twelve.

H. D. BELL,
For Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation.

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