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THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1914.

Lands 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 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.

SCHEDULE.

PUNAKAIKI SCENIC RESERVES.

ALL that area in the Westland Land District, containing by admeasurement 53 acres, more or less, being Section 966, Block I, Punakaiki Survey District, and bounded by a line commencing at the most easterly corner of Section 3243; thence in a north-easterly direction along the boundary of Section 2590 for a distance of 4249 links; thence in a north-westerly direction along the boundary of aforesaid section for a distance of 972·5 links; thence in a general south-westerly direction along the main North Road for the several distances of 790·6, 1078·1, 1200, and 868·9 links; thence across main North Road; thence in a general westerly direction along the boundary of a road reserve, 1 chain in width, along the shores of Tasman Sea for a distance of 2050 links; thence in a general southerly direction along the said road reserve for a distance of 3600 links; thence in a general northerly direction along the western boundary of main North Road for the several distances of 295·5, 219, 353·2, 169·5, 250·6, and 838·7 links; thence in a north-westerly direction along boundary of Gravel Reserve 1090 for a distance of 273·1 links; thence north-easterly along the boundary of the said gravel reserve for a distance of 366·2 links; thence south-easterly along the boundary of the said gravel reserve for a distance of 273·1 links; thence across main North Road; thence south-easterly along the boundary of Section 3243 for a distance of 811 links to the point of commencement: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: save and excepting thereout part of the main North Road intersecting the above-described area: as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. IV/6A, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

Also all that area in the Westland Land District, containing by admeasurement 134 acres 2 roods, more or less, being Section 967, Block I, Punakaiki Survey District. Bounded towards the north and north-east by road reserve along the southern bank of the Porarari River for the distances of 1420, 740, 917·6, 2689·5, 504, 813·5, 1357·5, 2310, and 1071·8 links; towards the east by Section 2592 for 256·7 links; towards the south-west by Sections 2592 and 2590 for 6843·2 links and 4824·4 links respectively; and towards the north-west by Section 2590 for 107·5 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. IV/6B, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

Also all that area in the Westland Land District, containing by admeasurement 58 acres, more or less, being Section 968, Block II, Punakaiki Survey District. Bounded towards the north-east and north-west by a road reserve for 1130·1 and 813·8 links respectively; towards the east by Section 2595 for 4637·2 links; towards the south by Sections 2595 and 2594 for 1063·6 and 196·6 links respectively; and towards the west by Section 2594 for 4610·4 links: save and excepting Gravel Reserve 1093 and a road 1 chain wide running through the said area for a distance of 5325·9 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. IV/6C, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

Also all that area in the Westland Land District, containing by admeasurement 19 acres 2 roods 35 perches, more or less, being Section 969, Block I, Punakaiki Survey District.

ERRATUM.--In the notice of the appointment of a member of the Marima Domain Board in Gazette No. 68, of the 23rd July, 1914, page 2861, for “Frederick William Peterken” read “Frederick Wille Peterken.”