MAY 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1089

Land for Settlements Act, 1908, and is not suitable to the subdivision of such land :

Now, therefore, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of section eighty of the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, as amended by section twenty-eight of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1920, and of all other powers and authorities in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do by this notice hereby close the road hereinafter described; and I do hereby declare that the said road shall thereupon become subject to the Land for Settlements Act, 1908.

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SCHEDULE.

ISLEWORTH SETTLEMENT.

APPROXIMATE area of the piece of road to be closed : 8 acres 2 roods 20 perches.

Intersecting Sections 19477, 16871, 13848, and 16016, Blocks X and XI, Hinds Survey District.

In the Canterbury Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 21/276, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon coloured green.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 30th day of April, 1921.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

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Inspector of Scenic Reserves appointed.

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JELLICOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by section four of the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

CHARLES PHILPOTTS

to be an Inspector under the said Act in respect to the scenic reserves described in the Schedule hereto.

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SCHEDULE.

ARAPA WA SURVEY DISTRICT. A. R. P.

PART Section 2, Block I .. .. Area, 322 0 0
Section 3, Block I .. .. ,, 237 0 0
Section 10, Block IV .. .. ,, 95 0 0
Part Section 4, Block I .. .. ,, 318 0 0
Section 11, Block I .. .. ,, 8 2 0
Section 3, Block III .. .. ,, 259 0 0
Section 2, Block IX .. .. ,, 256 0 0

GORE SURVEY DISTRICT.

Section 32, Block VI .. .. .. Area, 40 0 0
Section 15, Block X .. .. .. ,, 285 0 0
Section 14, Block X .. .. .. ,, 161 0 0
Section 1, Block XIV .. .. .. ,, 113 0 0
Section 4, Block XV .. .. .. ,, 62 2 0
Inner Chetwode, Block XXVI .. .. ,, 600 0 0
Section 31, Block XI .. .. .. ,, 130 0 0
Section 2, Block XI .. .. .. ,, 582 0 0
Section 36, Block XI.. .. .. ,, 341 0 0
Section 11, Block XV .. .. .. ,, 958 0 0

LINKWATER SURVEY DISTRICT.

Section 6, Block II .. .. .. Area, 131 0 0
Section 7, Block II .. .. .. ,, 190 0 0
Section 11, Block II .. .. .. ,, 173 0 0
Section 3, Block IV .. .. .. ,, 168 0 0
Section 8, Block VII .. .. .. ,, 105 2 0
Section 4, Block VIII .. .. .. ,, 145 0 0
Section 12, Block XI.. .. .. ,, 5 3 0
Section 13, Block XI.. .. .. ,, 158 0 35

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 23rd day of April, 1921.

D. H. GUTHRIE,
Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation.

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Vesting the Control of a Scenic Reserve in the Invercargill Borough Council.

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JELLICOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by section thirteen of the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand doth hereby vest the control of the scenic reserve described in the Schedule hereto (being land reserved under the said Act) in the Invercargill Borough Council,

subject to the conditions hereinafter contained, that is to say :—

1. The period for which the control of the reserve is hereby vested shall be three years from the date hereof, unless the reservation is previously altered or revoked under the said Act.

2. The said Council shall prepare a report each year ending on the thirty-first day of March, together with a statement of receipts and expenditure in connection with the said reserve. Such report and statement shall be sent to the Minister charged with the administration of the said Act as soon as possible after the close of the year.

3. The said Council shall control the said reserve in accordance with the provisions of the said Act and of the regulations made thereunder.

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SCHEDULE.

WAIHOPAI RIVER SCENIC RESERVE.

ALL that area in the Southland Land District, containing by admeasurement 17 acres 1 rood, more or less, being part of Section 11, Block IV, Invercargill Hundred. Bounded towards the north-east by other part of Section 11, Block IV, Invercargill Hundred, 1141·8 links; towards the east by Elles Road, 425 links; towards the south and again towards the east generally by a public road along the bank of the Waihopai River, 4830 links; and towards the west by other part of said Section 11, 2861·7 links.

Also all that area in the Southland Land District, containing by admeasurement 12 acres 2 roods 20 perches, more or less, being part of Section 10, Block IV, Invercargill Hundred. Bounded towards the north-east by other part of Section 10, Block IV, Invercargill Hundred, 2277·6 links; towards the east by Section 9 of said block, 675 links; towards the south generally by the Waihopai River, 2850 links; and towards the west by Elles Road, 520 links.

Be all the aforesaid linkages more or less. As the same are delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 400/41, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 2nd day of May, 1921.

D. H. GUTHRIE,
Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation.

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Vesting the Control of a Scenic Reserve in the Orari Gorge Scenic Board.

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JELLICOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by section thirteen of the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand doth hereby vest the control of the reserve described in the Schedule hereto (being land reserved under the said Act), for the period of three years from the date hereof (unless previously altered or revoked under the said Act), in the undermentioned persons, namely,—

ARTHUR JOHN BLAKISTON,
ROBERT BORROWS,
WILLIAM ALEXANDER HEWSON,
WILLIAM McLEOD, and
ROBERT YATES,

who are hereby constituted for that purpose a special Board by the name of the Orari Gorge Scenic Board (herein referred to as “the Board”), in trust, for the preservation of scenery, and with the powers and subject to the conditions hereinafter contained, that is to say,—

1. The first meeting of the Board shall be held on Saturday, the twenty-eighth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, at seven o’clock p.m., in the Tripp Schoolhouse, and thereafter the Board shall meet for the transaction of business on the first Saturday in each month at the time and place aforesaid, or at such other time or place as may from time to time be fixed by the Board.

2. The members of the Board shall at their first meeting, and thereafter at the annual meeting hereinafter mentioned, elect one of themselves to be Chairman, who may join in the discussion, and shall have an original as well as a casting vote. The Chairman shall hold office until the election of his successor.

3. Special meetings may be convened by the Chairman, provided that two days’ notice of such meeting is given to each member, specifying the business to be transacted at such special meeting; and no other business than that so specified shall be transacted at such meeting.

4. Any three members of the Board shall form a quorum. Any meeting may be adjourned from time to time.

5. All questions shall be determined by the majority of votes of the members of the Board present at the meeting.

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