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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 7

Vesting Crown Land in the Alexandra Borough Council for Tree-planting Purposes.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 29th day of January, 1929.

Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD, PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section twenty of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1926, it is provided that if in the opinion of the Governor-General it is expedient that any land vested in His Majesty and not reserved for any special purpose should be vested in any local authority in trust for the purpose of planting trees thereon, he may, by Order in Council, vest such land in that local authority for such purpose, with or without payment therefor, and subject to such terms and conditions as may be prescribed or imposed in such Order:

And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor-General, it is expedient to vest the land described in the Schedule hereto in the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of Alexandra for tree-planting purposes without payment therefor:

Now, therefore, 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, and in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the said section twenty, doth hereby declare that from and after the day of the date hereof the land described in the Schedule hereto shall become vested in the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of Alexandra for tree-planting purposes, subject to the special conditions hereinafter contained, that is to say,–

(1) The Alexandra Borough Council shall, within six months of the date hereof, or within such extended period as the Commissioner of State Forests may decide, prepare a general forest working-plan of future operations to cover a period of not less than five years; such working-plan shall fully specify the silvicultural operations proposed to be carried on during the currency of the plan and such other matters as the Director of Forestry thinks fit.

(2) It shall not be lawful for the said Council to carry on such silvicultural operations unless and until such plan has been approved by the Commissioner of State Forests, and all such operations shall be carried on according to such plan as approved by the said Commissioner and under the supervision of the Director of Forestry.

(3) Any officer of the State Forest Service shall have free access to the said land at all times for the purpose of inspecting planting or other forestal operations, or for the purpose of reporting on proposed forest activities.

(4) The said Council shall, as soon as practicable after the date hereof, appoint some fit person to supervise and manage all tree-planting operations which may be undertaken by the said Council, and generally to advise the said Council on all matters pertaining to its forestry operations.

(5) The said Council may dispose of, by private sale, tender, or auction, any timber, trees, tree-seeds, firewood, or other forest produce on or from the said land.

(6) The payment of expenses of administration, management, and development of the said land for forestry and other purposes incidental thereto (including any expenses of supervision incurred by the State Forest Service) shall be a first charge on all moneys received therefrom, whether by way of rent, fees, proceeds of sales of forest produce, or from any other source whatsoever.

(7) In April of each year the said Council shall furnish to the Commissioner of State Forests a report for the year ending on the preceding 31st day of March, presenting in complete detail full particulars of the technical operations, and of the said administration of the land hereby vested in the said Council and the financial operations relating thereto, and shall at the same time submit a plan of operations and management for the ensuing year, which shall be effective on approval by the Commissioner of State Forests.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Otago Land District containing by admeasurement 335 acres 2 roods 25 perches, more or less, being Section 88, Block VII, Leaning Rock Survey District, and bounded as follows: Commencing at the northern corner of Section 84, Block VII; thence towards the south-east by said Section 84, 500 links; towards the west and south generally by the River Bank Reserve, along the eastern bank of the Clutha River, 14437 links; towards the north-west by Crown land, 729·2 links; towards the north-east by a public road, 4750·7 links; again towards the north-west, by the crossing of a public road, 100 links wide, by a public road, 168·6 links; towards the north-east by a public road, 11617·2 links; towards the south-east by a public road, 2693·1 links, the crossing of a public road, 100 links wide, and again by a public road, 1618·8 links; and towards the south-west by said Section 84, 3405·7 links: Be all the aforesaid linkages more or less, and excepting out of the above-described boundaries one intersecting road-line one chain wide, a deduction for which has been made from the area. As the same is more particularly shown on the plan marked L. and S. 22/3655, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

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

Vesting the Rotorua High School Site in the Rotorua High School Board.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 29th day of January, 1929.

Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD, PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by subsection four of section eight of the Reserves and other Lands Disposal Act, 1928, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, do hereby vest the land described in the Schedule hereto, being the site of the Rotorua High School, in the Rotorua High School Board.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 1, Block LX, Town of Rotorua: Area, 11 acres 2 roods 35 perches, more or less.

Also Section 3, Block LX, Town of Rotorua: Area, 7 acres 2 roods 17 perches, more or less.

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

Vesting the Control of a Reserve for a Camping-ground in the Stewart Island County Council.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 29th day of January, 1929.

Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD, PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto has been permanently reserved for a camping-ground: And whereas it is expedient that the control of the said reserve should be vested in the Stewart Island County Council:

Now, therefore, 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, and in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by section two of the Public Reserves and Domains Amendment Act, 1914, doth hereby vest the control of the said reserve in the Stewart Island County Council.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Southland Land District, containing by admeasurement 4 acres 1 rood, more or less, being Section 126, Block I, Paterson Survey District, divided in two parts and bounded as follows: Firstly, towards the north-east by Section 6 of said block and district, eight hundred and seventy (870) links; towards the south by a half-chain road, six hundred and twenty (620) links; and towards the west by a road five hundred (500) links, and secondly towards the north by a half-chain road six hundred and ninety (690) links; towards the north-east by Section 6 of said block and district, thirty (30) links; towards the south-east and south by a road reserve one thousand eight hundred (1800) links; and