Numb. 69.

2895

SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1926.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1926.

Declaring Beds of certain Rivers or Streams flowing into Lake Taupo to be Crown Land, and reserving a Right of Way over Land on Each Bank of such Rivers or Streams, and restricting the Use of certain Parts thereof.

[l.s.] CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by section fourteen of the Native Land Amendment and Native Land Claims Adjustment Act, 1926, and of every other power and authority in any wise enabling me in this behalf, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby make the following Proclamation :-

PART I.

I do hereby proclaim and declare to be Crown land the beds and portions of the beds of the rivers and streams flowing into Lake Taupo particulars of which are set out in the First Schedule hereto: Provided always—

(a.) The several distances upstream referred to in the said First Schedule shall be measured from the centre of the meeting-line of each respective river or stream and the said lake along the middle-line of such river or stream:

(b.) Where the upstream boundary of any land hereby declared to be Crown land is in the said First Schedule described as a point on a river or stream such boundary shall be deemed to be a line drawn from bank to bank of such river or stream at such point at right angles to the general direction at such point of the middle-line of such river or stream:

(c.) The description in the said First Schedule of any river or stream shall (except as regards the Tongariro River) be deemed to include the tributaries thereof for the distance set out in the said First Schedule measured in manner similar to that hereinbefore set out from the meeting-line of such river or stream and the said lake:

(d.) The inclusion in the said First Schedule of the Tongariro River shall be deemed to include each of the several mouths by which the waters of that river reach the said lake, but shall not be deemed to include as part of the bed of the said river the island referred to in the Second Schedule hereto or any other island.

(e.) This Part of this Proclamation is subject to the provisions of subsection ten of the said section fourteen.

PART II.

I do hereby proclaim and declare that, subject as hereinafter provided, there is hereby reserved to holders of special licenses referred to in the said section fourteen a right of way over a strip of land one chain in width along each bank of the several rivers or streams or portions of rivers or streams the beds of which are by the foregoing provisions of this Proclamation declared to be Crown land: Provided always—

(a.) The reservation hereby declared shall not be deemed to affect or comprise any public road:

(b.) Except where otherwise provided in the said Second Schedule, the upstream boundary of each respective strip of land hereinbefore referred to shall be deemed to be a continuation of the line at right angles referred to in proviso (b) of Part I of this Proclamation:

(c.) For the purposes of the reservation hereby declared each of the several mouths by which the waters of the Tongariro River reach the said lake shall be deemed to be a separate river or stream:

(d.) The reservation hereby declared shall not be deemed to affect or include any part of the island referred to in the said Second Schedule:

(e.) This Part of this Proclamation is subject to the provisions of subsection ten of the said section fourteen.

PART III.

I do hereby proclaim and declare that there is hereby reserved to holders of special licenses referred to in the said section fourteen a right of way over the land more particularly described in the Second Schedule hereto.

PART IV.

I do hereby proclaim and declare that the right of user of the lands described in the Third Schedule hereto (being part of the lands comprised in the said First Schedule) is restricted in manner following—that is to say, that the lands described in the said Third Schedule shall not be available by any person for occupation as camping-sites or for any purpose other than for a right of way on foot for purposes connected with angling.