JUNE 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2517

Lands reserved under the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908.

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

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SCHEDULE.

TARAKAIPA ISLAND SCENIC RESERVE.

ALL that area in the Marlborough Land District, containing by estimation 90 acres, more or less, being Section 5, Block VII, Tennyson Survey District, and known as Tarakaipa Island. Bounded towards the north, east, south, and west by the waters of Tennyson Inlet; as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 729/1A, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

TAWHITINUI ISLANDS SCENIC RESERVE.

All those areas in the Marlborough Land District, containing by estimation 54 acres and 3 acres, being Sections 6 and 7, respectively, Block VII, Tennyson Survey District. Bounded towards the north, east, south, and west by the waters of Tennyson Inlet; as the same are delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 729/1B, 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 twentieth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fourteen.

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

GOD SAVE THE KING!

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Revoking Part of a Proclamation taking Land for a Portion of the East Coast Main Trunk Railway (Gisborne Southwards), and for Road-diversions in connection therewith and for a Road Approach thereto.

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[L.S.] LIVERPOOL, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the Public Works Amendment Act, 1909, it is enacted that if at any time after the issue or making of any Proclamation taking land under the Public Works Act, 1908, and before the payment or award of any compensation in respect to the taking thereof, it is found that the land, or any part thereof, is not required for the purpose for which it was taken, or that any error in form or substance exists in or in relation to that Proclamation, or the making or gazetting thereof, the Governor may, by a subsequent Proclamation gazetted, revoke the former Proclamation, either wholly or so far as he thinks necessary:

And whereas it is found that the Proclamation taking land for a portion of the East Coast Main Trunk Railway (Gisborne Southwards), and for road-diversions in connection therewith and for a road approach thereto, made under the Public Works Act, 1908, and dated the twenty-first day of November, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen (hereinafter termed “the said Proclamation”), and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 85, page 3526, of the twenty-seventh day of the same month, contains an error in substance, in that the piece of land hereinafter mentioned is incorrectly described: And whereas compensation in respect of the taking of the land incorrectly described in the said Proclamation has not been paid or awarded:

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 vested in me by the Public Works Amendment Act, 1909, and of all other powers enabling me in this behalf, do hereby revoke so much of the said Proclamation as affects twelve (12) perches, being described therein as portion of Okahuatiu 1A, situated in Block XV, Waikohu Survey District (shown coloured blue on sheet twelve of the plan marked P.W.D. 34326, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington), being the whole of the land lastly mentioned in the Schedule to the said Proclamation of the land taken for railway purposes.

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 twentieth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fourteen.

W. FRASER.
Minister of Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

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Declaring Land taken for a Public Work, and not required for such Public Work, to be Crown Land.

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[L.S.] LIVERPOOL, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS it is provided by section thirty of the Public Works Act, 1908, that if it is found that any land held, taken, purchased, or acquired at any time under this or any other Act or Provincial Ordinance, or otherwise howsoever, for any public work, is not required for such public work, the Governor may, by an Order in Council publicly notified and gazetted, cause the same to be sold under the conditions therein mentioned:

And whereas it is further provided by section five of the Public Works Amendment Act, 1909, that in the case of any land so taken, purchased, or acquired for a Government work and not required for that purpose, the Governor may, on the recommendation of the Minister, and without complying with any other requirements of the aforesaid section thirty, by Proclamation declare such land to be Crown land subject to the Land Act, 1908, and thereupon the land may be administered and disposed of under that Act accordingly:

And whereas the land described in the Schedule hereto was taken for the purposes of a pilot and signal station: And whereas the said land is not now required for such purpose, and it is desirable to declare the said land to be Crown land: And whereas a plan has been prepared, and the Minister has recommended the Governor to declare such land to be Crown land:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the above-in-part-recited Acts, and of all other powers in anywise enabling me in this behalf, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare the land described in the Schedule hereto to be Crown land subject to the Land Act, 1908, and that such land may be administered and disposed of under that Act accordingly.

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SCHEDULE.