Scenic Reserves and County Proclamation




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 55

SCHEDULE.

WAEWAEPА SCENIC RESERVES.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 357 acres, more or less, being Section 35, Block VII, Makuri Survey District. Bounded towards the west, north, and north-east generally by Waewaepa Road and by Makairo Road; towards the south-east by Section 21, Block VII aforesaid, 9594 links; and towards the south-west by Crown land, 2925·3 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 157/14A, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

Also all that area in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 68 acres, more or less, being Section 55, Block XVI, Makuri Survey District. Bounded towards the south-west, north-west, and north generally by Section 52 of said Block XVI, 4697 links; towards the north-east and east generally by Section 54 of said block, 5315·4 links; and towards the south generally by Makairo Road and by Section 39, Block XVI, a gravel reserve: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 157/14B, 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 Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Member 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 third day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirteen.

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

GOD SAVE THE KING!


Land reserved under the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908.

[l.s.] LIVERPOOL, 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, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, 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.

POPOTEA SCENIC RESERVE.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 202 acres and 36 perches, more or less, being Section 2, Block IV, Rarote Survey District (formerly Popotea No. 1 Block). Bounded towards the north-west by Popotea No. 2 Block, towards the north-east and east generally by the Orapa Stream, forming the south-western and western boundaries of Section 1 of said block, and towards the south and south-west by the Wanganui River; as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 709/1, 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 Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Member 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 third day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirteen.

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

GOD SAVE THE KING!


New County of Great Barrier Island divided into Ridings, &c.

[l.s.] LIVERPOOL, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the Counties Act, 1908, and the Reserves and other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Act, 1912, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby divide the new County of Great Barrier Island, as constituted by the said Acts, into three ridings, to be called the Tapuwai Riding, the Hirakimata Riding, and the Oruawharo Riding, and declare that the boundaries thereof shall be those set forth in the Schedule hereto:

And I do hereby declare that two members shall be elected for the Tapuwai Riding, three members for the Hirakimata Riding, and two members for the Oruawharo Riding. And I do further declare that Tuesday, the fifth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, shall be the day upon which the election of the first Council of the said County of Great Barrier Island shall take place, and Wednesday, the thirteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, at one o'clock in the afternoon, shall be the time, and the Billiard-room at Whangapara shall be the place, at which the first meeting of the said Council shall be held.


SCHEDULE.

TAPUWAI RIDING.

ALL that area in Great Barrier Island County bounded towards the east generally by the sea from the northernmost corner of the said county to the Whangapoua Inlet; thence by that inlet to the western boundary of Harataonga Parish; thence by the said Harataonga Parish to Trig. Station K (Hirakimata); thence towards the south generally by a right line to the source of the northern branch of the stream which flows into the Kaiarara Arm of Port Abercrombie; thence by that stream and the said Kaiarara Arm; and towards the west and north-west generally by the sea to the place of commencement.

HIRAKIMATA RIDING.

All that area in Great Barrier Island County bounded towards the north and north-west by the Tapuwai Riding hereinbefore described from the Kaiarara Arm of Port Abercrombie to the entrance of Whangapoua Inlet; thence towards the north-east and east generally by the sea to the mouth of the Kaitoke Creek; thence towards the south generally by the said Kaitoke Creek to the road at the north-western corner of Section No. 135, Aotea Parish, in Block II, Tryphena Survey District; thence by the road forming the north-western boundary of that section and the south-eastern boundary of Section No. 136, the road forming the southern boundary of the last-mentioned section and the south-eastern boundaries of Sections Nos. 137 and 138, the road forming the south-western boundary of Section No. 139, the southern boundaries of Sections Nos. 140, 141, and 142, and intersecting Sections Nos. 182 and 3, to the Whangaparapara Harbour; and thence towards the south-west and west generally by the sea to the place of commencement.



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🗺️ Lands reserved under the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908 (continued from previous page)

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
3 July 1913
Scenery Preservation, Scenic Reserves, Wellington Land District
  • Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Governor and Commander-in-Chief
  • H. D. Bell, For Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation

🗺️ Proclamation of Popotea Scenic Reserve

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
3 July 1913
Scenic Reserve, Popotea, Wellington Land District
  • Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Governor and Commander-in-Chief
  • H. D. Bell, For Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation

🏘️ Division of Great Barrier Island into Ridings

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County Division, Ridings, Great Barrier Island, Elections
  • Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Governor