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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 29

Firstly: That portion of Block I, containing an area of 1 acre 3 roods 26·75 perches, bounded towards the north-west by No. 3 Road 529·53 links, to the east by Lots 2 and 3 of Block I 297·5 links, to the north by Lot 3 of said Block I 200 links, again to the east by Ottawa Street 375 links, to the south by First Avenue 450 links, to the west and south by Lot 9 of aforementioned Block I 200 links and 62·5 links respectively to the point of commencement.

Secondly: That portion of Block II, containing an area of 2 acres 1 rood 31 perches, bounded towards the west by Ottawa Street, 375 links, towards the north by Lot 2 of Block II 200 links, again towards the west by Lots 1 and 2 of said Block II 164·9 links, towards the north-east generally by Main Road 125·62 links, 729·7 links, and again towards the south by First Avenue 859·6 links to the point of commencement.

Thirdly: That portion of Block III, containing an area of 2 acres 3 roods 7 perches, bounded towards the west by Lots 8 and 10 of the said Block III 400 links, towards the north by First Avenue 700 links, towards the east by Ottawa Street 400 links, and towards the south by Second Avenue to the point of commencement 700 links.

Fourthly: That portion of Block IV, containing an area of 3 acres 3 roods 25·7 perches, bounded towards the west by Ottawa Street 400 links, towards the north by First Avenue 1002·3 links, towards the east by Atuaroa Street 163·7 links, towards the south-east and north-east by the other part of Block IV 177·7 links and 115·9 links respectively, again towards the east by Atuaroa Street 55·5 links, and towards the south by Second Avenue to the point of commencement 1002·3 links.

Fifthly: Block VII, containing an area of 4 acres, bounded towards the west by Karaka Street 400 links, towards the north by Second Avenue 1000 links, towards the east by Ottawa Street 400 links, and towards the south by Third Avenue 1000 links to the point of commencement.

Sixthly: Block VIII, containing an area of 4 acres 0 roods 1·2 perches, bounded towards the west by Ottawa Street 400 links, towards the north by Second Avenue 1002·3 links, towards the east by Atuaroa Street 400 links, and towards the south by Third Avenue 1002·3 links to the point of commencement.

Be all the aforesaid linkages a little more or less. As the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 22/2241/A, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged red. Auckland plan No. S.O. (26554).

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 20th day of April, 1932.

E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 22/2241.)

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Vesting the Control of a Scenic Reserve in the Pelorus Bridge Scenic Board.

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BLEDISLOE, 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 five years from the date hereof (unless previously altered or revoked under the said Act), in the undermentioned persons, namely,–

The Commissioner of Crown Lands, Blenheim, ex officio,

The Mayor of Blenheim, ex officio,

The Mayor of Nelson, ex officio,

The Chairman, Marlborough County Council, ex officio,

The President, Marlborough Automobile Association, ex officio,

The President, Nelson Automobile Association, ex officio,

Mark Walton Grace,

Charles William Jeffries-Bryant, and

Alfred de Tracy Gould,

who are hereby constituted for that purpose a special Board by the name of the Pelorus Bridge 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 Monday, the second day of May, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two, at two o’clock p.m., in the Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, and thereafter the Board shall meet for the transaction of business on the third Monday in each quarter 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 Commissioner of Crown Lands shall be the Chairman of the Board. He may join in the discussion, and shall have an original as well as a casting vote.

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 five 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.

6. If at any meeting the Chairman is not present at the time appointed for holding the same, the members present shall choose one of their number to be Chairman for such meeting.

7. If, by resignation, death, incapacity, or otherwise, the seat of any member shall be or become vacant, or if any member absents himself, without reasonable cause, from three consecutive meetings of the Board, the Governor-General shall have power to appoint any other person to be a member of the Board in his stead.

8. The Board may, with the approval of the Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation, make such rules as it deems necessary for the good conduct of the public frequenting the reserve, and may set apart areas for camping-grounds or other purposes, and may fix reasonable charges for the use thereof in accordance with a scale to be approved from time to time by the Minister.

9. The Board shall prepare and submit at an annual meeting to be held in the month of April in each year a report of the proceedings of the Board for the previous year ending on the thirty-first day of March, together with a statement of the receipts and expenditure of the Board for such year. A copy of every such report and statement, certified by the Chairman to be correct, shall be sent to the Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation as soon as possible after each annual meeting.

10. The Board 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.

PELORUS BRIDGE SCENIC RESERVE.—MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 20th day of April, 1932.

E. A. RANSOM,
Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation.

(L. and S. 4/354.)

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Revoking Warrants notifying Lands in North Auckland Land District for Disposal under Section 20 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1912.

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BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

BY virtue of section three of the Land Act, 1924, the Governor-General doth hereby revoke the Warrants dated the twenty-seventh day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, and the third day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three respectively, and published in Gazette, Nos. 35 and 22, of the fourth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, and the eighth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, notifying Section 18, Block VII, Opoe Survey District, and Section 22, Block VIII, Rangaunu Survey District, as set apart for disposal under section twenty of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1912.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 21st day of April, 1932.

E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 9/2763.)