1932
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 53

Land in the Canterbury and Westland Land Districts declared
to be a National Park.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 29th day of
July, 1929.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred by section seventy-one of the Public Reserves,
Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928, His Excellency the
Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by
and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of
the said Dominion, doth hereby declare that the parcels of
land described in the Schedule hereto shall be a national park
under and subject to the provisions of Part III of the said
Act, and shall be known as the Arthur Pass National Park.

SCHEDULE.

PART I.

Crown Land subject to the Provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

ALL that area in the Westland Land District, containing
5,800 acres, more or less, situated in Blocks XI, XV, and XVI,
Otira, and III and IV, Arthur’s Pass Survey District, being
all the Crown land lying between Reserve 1095, Deception
River, the Canterbury-Westland Land District boundary,
and the summit of the range of mountains at the head of the
eastern watershed of Deception River.

Also all that area, containing 150 acres, more or less, situated
in Block XIV, Otira Survey District, being all the Crown land
bounded on the north and west by Reserve 1677; towards the
south by the Rolleston River; and towards the east by railway
reserve.

Also all that area, containing 1,110 acres, more or less,
situated in Block I, Arthur’s Pass Survey District, being Crown
land, bounded on the north by Reserve 1677; towards the
east by the Rolleston River; towards the south by the
Canterbury Land District; and towards the west by the
summit of the range of mountains at the head of the western
watershed of the Rolleston River.

As the above-mentioned areas are delineated on plan
numbered 2301, deposited in the Head Office, Department of
Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged yellow.

PART II.

Land subject to the Provisions of the Forests Act, 1921-22.

All that area in the Westland Land District, containing
11,030 acres, more or less, situated in Blocks VI, VII, IX, X,
XIII, and XIV, Otira Survey District, being all those parts
of Provisional State Forest Reserves 1619 and 1677 lying east-
ward of a line bearing due north from the north-eastern corner
of the said Reserve 1619, and, from the same corner, running
in a south-westerly direction on to Kelly’s Range and following
the summit of that range and the summit of the western water-
shed of Kelly’s Creek and of the Otira and Rolleston Rivers
in a south-westerly and southerly direction to the south
boundary of the said Reserve 1677.

Also all that area situated in Blocks VII and XI, Otira
Survey District, containing 1,910 acres, more or less, being all
that part of Provisional State Forest Reserve 1095 lying west-
ward of a line commencing at the south-eastern corner of
Section 800, and thence rising on to the summit of a range of
mountains at the head of the eastern watershed of the Otira
and Deception Rivers, and following in a southerly direction
the summit of the said range to the south boundary of the said
Reserve 1095.

Also all that area in the Canterbury Land District, con-
taining approximately 9,700 acres, and being part of State
Forest Reserve 3284, situated in Blocks VI, VII, X, XI,
XII, XIV, XV, and XVI, Bealey Survey District, and bounded
as follows: Towards the south generally by Pastoral Run 175,
the Midland Railway, Sawmill Stream, Reserve 724, and
Reserve 4220; towards the west generally by Reserve 386,
the railway reserve at Arthur’s Pass Township, a scenic
reserve being part of the said Reserve 386, and the West
Coast Road to Arthur’s Pass; towards the north by the
dividing-line between the Westland and Canterbury Land
Districts, a distance of about 60 chains east from Arthur’s
Pass; from thence by lines drawn along the edge of the forest
in a south-easterly direction to a point in line between Trig. H
(Block XII, Bealey Survey District) and the road angle
opposite the north-west corner of Rural Section 30620; thence
by the said line between Trig. H and the said road angle to the
northern boundary of Pastoral Run 175 aforesaid:

Also all that area in the Canterbury Land District, con-
taining approximately 6,990 acres, being part State Forest
Reserve No. 3285, situated in Blocks IV and V, Davie Survey
District, and V, VI, IX, X, XIII, and XIV, Bealey Survey
District, and bounded as follows: Towards the north-east by
the West Coast Road at Arthur’s Pass, a scenic reserve being
part Reserve 386, and by railway land, Arthur’s Pass Township
and its extension, and other part of Reserve No. 386; on the
south-east by Rural Section 8487 and Reserve 378; on the
south by the Waimakariri River; on the west by a branch
of the Waimakariri River running towards Mount Rolleston;
thence approximately along the edge of the forest to a point
on the dividing-line between the Land Districts of Canterbury
and Westland 60 chains westerly from Arthur’s Pass; thence
along the said dividing-line to the West Coast road at Arthur’s
Pass aforesaid.

Also all that area in the Canterbury Land District, con-
taining approximately 7,000 acres and being part of State
Forest Reserve No. 3286, situated in Blocks III, V, and IX,
Davie Survey District, and IX, XIII, and XIV, Bealey
Survey District, and bounded as follows: Towards the north-
west by the White River; on the north by the Waimakariri
River, the track to the Glacier, Reserve No. 723, and again
by the Waimakariri River to the western boundary of
Reserve 2461; towards the east by the last-named boundary
and its continuation southerly to the track which runs along
the spur through Trig. P (Block XIII, Bealey Survey District);
towards the south-east by the said track to the edge of the
bush; thence by lines drawn along the edge of the bush in a
north-westerly direction to the White River.

As the above-mentioned areas are delineated on plan
numbered 2301, deposited in the Head Office, Department of
Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged red.

PART III.

Public Reserves vested in His Majesty subject to Part I of the
Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928.

All that area in the Westland Land District, containing
17,000 acres, more or less, being National Park Reserve 347,
situated in Blocks X, XI, XIII, XIV, and XV, Otira Survey
District, and I, II, and III, Arthur’s Pass Survey District.
As the same is delineated on plan numbered 2301 deposited
in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at
Wellington, and thereon edged blue.

Also all that area in the Canterbury Land District, containing
approximately 55,940 acres, being part of National Park
Reserve 3535, situated in the Davie, Bealey, Wilberforce, and
Harper Survey Districts, and bounded as follows: Towards
the north generally by the summit of the Southern Alps from
Mount Rosamond to Mount Franklin; towards the east
generally by the summit of the watershed between the Mingha
and Hawdon Rivers to Trig. H (Block XII, Bealey Survey
District), thence by a direct line to the road angle opposite the
north-west corner of Rural Section 30620; towards the south
generally by the northern boundary of Pastoral Run 175, the
Midland Railway, and the Waimakariri River; towards the
west generally by Reserves 724, 4220, 386, and the railway
reserve at Arthur’s Pass Township, along the north side of the
said railway reserve, and again towards the east generally by
the said railway reserve, Arthur’s Pass Township, and its ex-
tension, and again by Reserve 386, Rural Section 8487, and
Reserves 378 and 403, Ferry Reserve 2461, and by a straight
line in continuation southerly of the western boundary of the
said Reserve 2461 to the track along the spur which runs
through Trig. P (Block XIII, Bealey Survey District); towards
the south-east generally by the said track and spur to the
Black Range; thence towards the south-west generally by the
said Black Range through Mount Greenlaw and Mount Davie to
Mount Rosamond: save and except from the above-described
area, parts of State Forest Reserves 3284, 3285, and 3286,
Reserve 723 (in Blocks XIII and XIV, Bealey Survey District),
the scenic reserve in Blocks V and VI, Bealey Survey District,
railway land, and public roads: As the same is delineated on
plan numbered 2301, deposited in the Head Office, Department
of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged green.

PART IV.

Land subject to the Provisions of the Scenery Preservation Act,
1908.

All that area in the Canterbury Land District, containing
approximately 370 acres, being a scenic reserve comprising
the northern portion of Reserve 386, situated in Blocks V and
VI, Bealey Survey District, and bounded as follows: Towards
the south by Avalanche Stream; towards the east and south-
east by Arthur’s Pass Township and the railway reserve respec-
tively, thence following the boundary of the said Reserve 386
in a northerly, westerly, and southerly direction to Avalanche
Stream aforesaid, save and except from the above-described
area the West Coast Road which intersects same. As the
same is delineated on plan numbered 2301, deposited in the
Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington,
and thereon edged dotted blue.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.