Nov. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3735

by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby approve of the following resolution passed by the Wellington City Council on the eleventh day of October, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four, viz. :

“ The Wellington City Council, being the local authority having control of the streets in the City of Wellington, by resolution declares that the provisions of section one hundred and twenty-eight of the Public Works Act, 1928, shall not apply to those parts of the southern side of Lorne Street, the eastern side of Tory Street, and the whole of the northern side of College Street, fronting Lots 12 to 31 inclusive, D.P. 8673 ” ;

such portions of streets being described in the Schedule hereto.

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SCHEDULE.

THE south-western side of all that portion of street, situated in the Wellington Land District, City of Wellington, known as Lorne Street, fronting Lots 12 and 13 and parts Lot 14, D.P. 8673, being part Section 272, Town of Wellington.

Also the south-eastern side of all that portion of street in the said land district and city known as Tory Street, fronting part Lot 14 and Lots 15 and 16, D.P. 8673, being portions of Sections 271 and 272, Town of Wellington.

Also the north-eastern side of all that street in the said land district and city known as College Street, fronting Lots 16 to 29 (inclusive) and Lot 31, D.P. 8673, being Section 271 and part Section 279, Town of Wellington.

As the said portions of streets are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 88468, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

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

(P.W. 51/1915.)

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Appointing additional Member to New Plymouth Scenic Reserves Board.

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BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

WHEREAS by a Warrant dated the twenty-third day of March, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three, and published in the Gazette of the thirtieth day of that month, the control of certain lands in the Taranaki Land District, described in the said Warrant, was vested in certain persons therein named, who were by the said Warrant constituted a Special Board by the name of the New Plymouth Scenic Reserves Board, in pursuance of section thirteen of the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908 :

And whereas it is considered desirable that the membership of the said Board should be increased :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section thirteen of the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, doth hereby appoint

His Worship the Mayor of New Plymouth, ex officio,

to be an additional member of the New Plymouth Scenic Reserves Board constituted by the Warrant dated the twenty-third day of March, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three, hereinbefore referred to.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 15th day of November, 1934.

J. A. YOUNG,
For Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation.

(L. and S. 4/323.)

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Declaring Land in Taranaki Land District to be subject to the Land for Settlements Act, 1925.

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BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto (hereinafter referred to as the “ said land ”) is Crown land not acquired under the Land for Settlements Act, 1925, and is adjacent to certain land acquired under the said Act known as the Piu Settlement, and can conveniently be disposed of therewith :

Now, therefore, I, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by section one hundred and five of the said Act, and on the recommendation of the Dominion Land Purchase Board, and after considering the report of the Taranaki District Land Board, do hereby declare the said land to be subject to the said Act to the intent that it shall hereupon be deemed to be portion of the said Piu Settlement and may be disposed of accordingly.

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SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 17, Block VII, Mapara Survey District: Area, 2 acres 1 rood 3·5 perches, more or less.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 15th day of November, 1934.

J. A. YOUNG, for Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 16/1802.)

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Vesting the Control of a Scenic Reserve in the Ohakune Lakes 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, Wellington, ex officio,
The Mayor of Ohakune, ex officio,
The Chairman, Rangatata Town Board, ex officio,
William Llewellyn Jones,
Ernest Owen Lightband,
Norman Christie,
Joseph Andrew Morton, and
Edgar Larkin,

who are hereby constituted for that purpose a special Board by the name of the Ohakune Lakes 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 Wednesday, the nineteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four, at half past seven o’clock p.m., in the Ohakune Borough Council Chambers, Ohakune, and thereafter the Board shall meet for the transaction of business 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 at Ohakune by the Secretary, 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 four 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. No tree, shrub, or plant of any kind which is not indigenous to the Ohakune district shall be planted in the reserve without the permission of the Minister.

10. 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