1854
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 54

Proclaiming Native Land to have become Crown Land.

[L.S.]
JELLICOE, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS, by section fourteen of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1914, it is provided, inter alia, that on being satisfied that the purchase of any Native land has been duly completed by or on behalf of the Crown under the authority of the Native Land Act, 1909, the Governor-General may issue a Proclamation that such land has become Crown land:

And whereas the purchase of the Native land set out in the Schedule hereto has been duly completed by or on behalf of the Crown under the authority of the Native Land Act, 1909, and its amendments:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority so conferred upon me by section fourteen of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1914, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim that the Native land set out in the Schedule hereto has become Crown land.

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SCHEDULE.

PUKENUI 2A Section 15A Block, comprising Section 9, Block IV, Section 9 and part Section 18, Block VI, Te Kuiti Native Township: Area, 2 roods 20·05 perches.

Pukenui 2A Section 11, comprising Sections 8, 9, and 12, Block VII, and Sections 8, 9, 12, and 13, Block VIII, Te Kuiti Native Township: Area, 1 acre 1 rood 23 perches.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, this 30th day of July, 1924.

J. G. COATES, Native Minister.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

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Land taken for the Purposes of an Electric Substation Site in the City of Wellington.

[L.S.]
JELLICOE, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the Public Works Act, 1908, and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in this behalf, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto is hereby taken for the purposes of an electric substation site, and shall vest in the Mayor, Councillors, and Citizens of the City of Wellington, as from the date hereinafter mentioned; and I do also declare that this Proclamation shall take effect on and after the sixteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four.

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SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE area of the piece of land taken: 5·95 perches. Portion of Section 237, Town of Wellington, situated in the City of Wellington. (S.O. 1870.)

In the Wellington Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 0026, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, this 31st day of July, 1924.

J. G. COATES, Minister of Public Works

GOD SAVE THE KING!

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Sections 5 and 6 of the Impounding Act, 1908, to be in Force in the Inangahua County.—Notice No. Ag. 2400.

[L.S.]
JELLICOE, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS under the provisions of the Impounding Act, 1908 (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), the Council of the Inangahua County has by a resolution passed by more than two-thirds of the members of the said Council requested His Excellency the Governor-General to declare that sections five and six of the said Act shall be in force within the county aforesaid:

And whereas it appears expedient to give effect to the said resolution:

Now, therefore, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by the said Act, do hereby declare that sections five and six of the said Act shall be in force within the County of Inangahua aforesaid as from the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion this 30th day of July, 1924.

W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Agriculture.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

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Amending By-laws for Waitomo, Ruakuri, and Aranui Caves Scenic Reserves.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 4th day of August, 1924.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, and all other powers and authorities enabling me on that behalf, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do by this notification revoke the by-laws for Waitomo and Ruakuri Caves Scenic Reserves, made on the thirteenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and eight, and published in the Gazette of the twenty-third day of January, one thousand nine hundred and eight, also the charges contained in the Amending By-laws for Waitomo and Ruakuri Caves Scenic Reserves made on the seventh day of February, one thousand nine hundred and ten, and published in the Gazette of the tenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and ten, and charges made on the first day of October, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, and published in the Gazette of the third day of October, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen; and do hereby substitute the following in lieu thereof, to take effect on and from the eighteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, that is to say:—

(1.) In these by-laws—

“General Manager” means the General Manager of the Department of Tourist and Health Resorts, and includes any person who may be acting for the General Manager:

“The reserves” means the Waitomo, Ruakuri, and Aranui Caves Scenic Reserves.

(2.) No person shall enter any of the Waitomo, Ruakuri, or Aranui Caves unless accompanied by the caretaker or other authorized guide, nor without first paying the charges prescribed in the Third Schedule to these by-laws.

(3.) The hours at which the caves may be visited daily shall be fixed from time to time by the General Manager.

(4.) No person shall light a fire within any of the caves or on any portion of the reserves.

(5.) No person shall break any fence or part of a fence upon the reserves, or enter or attempt to enter any of the caves by other than the authorized entrances.

(6.) No person shall break, remove, deface by writing or marking, or otherwise injure or damage any rock, stalactite, stalagmite, or any other part of the caves, nor break or cut any tree, fern, or plant of any description on any portion of the reserves.

(7.) No person shall take any camera or photographic apparatus into any of the caves, except by the written permission of the General Manager.

(8.) No person shall smoke within any of the caves.

(9.) No person shall take into any of the caves any walking-stick, staff, or umbrella, or other article or material likely to cause damage to the interior of the caves.

(10.) No horse, dog, or other animal shall be allowed on any portion of the reserves or in any of the caves, and the owner of any horse, dog, or other animal so trespassing shall be liable to a penalty for every such trespass; provided that this by-law shall not apply to horses drawing carriages or saddled horses passing through the reserves on authorized roads or tracks.