Vesting the Control of a Scenic Reserve in the Orari Gorge Scenic Board

C. L. N. NEWALL, 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:—

Arthur John Blakiston,
Alexander Adamson,
Stanley James Neutze,
William McLeod, and
John Mather Polhill,

who are hereby constituted for that purpose a special Board by the
name of the Orari Gorge 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 seventh day of July, one thousand nine hundred and forty-three,
   at three o'clock p.m., at the Chairman’s residence, Geraldine, and
   thereafter the Board shall meet for the transaction of business on
   the first Wednesday in each month 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 members of the Board shall at their first meeting, and
   thereafter at the annual meeting hereinafter mentioned, elect one
   of themselves to be Chairman, who may join in the discussion, and
   shall have an original as well as a casting vote. The Chairman
   shall hold office until the election of his successor.

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 three 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 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.

9. The Board shall control the said reserve in accordance with
   the provisions of the said Act and of the regulations made thereunder.

SCHEDULE

ORARI GORGE SCENIC RESERVE.—CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT
RESERVE 3811, Block XII, Four Peaks Survey District : Area,
197 acres 2 roods, more or less.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General,
this 1st day of July, 1943.

J. G. BARCLAY,
For the Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation.
(L. and S. 4/159.)

Vesting the Control of Scenic Reserves in the Hundalee Scenic Reserves
Board

C. L. N. NEWALL, 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 reserves described
in the Schedule hereto (being lands 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 Chairman, Kaikoura County Council, ex officio,
The President, Canterbury Automobile Association, ex officio,
Robert Lanktree Withers,
John Trewin,
Patrick Curran,
William Reynolds Carey,
Hugh Edwin Kennett,
Frank Smith, and
Geoffrey Ernest Gray

who are hereby constituted for that purpose a special Board by
the name of the Hundalee Scenic Reserves 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 Tuesday,
   the second day of November, one thousand nine hundred and forty-
   three, at eleven o'clock a.m., in the Cottage, Goose Bay, Kaikoura,

and thereafter the Board shall meet for the transaction of business
on the first Tuesday 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 six 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 reserves, 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 pro-
   ceedings 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 reserves in accordance
    with the provisions of the said Act and of the regulations made
    thereunder.

SCHEDULE

HUNDALEE SCENIC RESERVES.--MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT

Section 6, Block XV, Kaitarau Survey District : Area, 130
acres, more or less.

Section 6, Block XVI, Kaitarau Survey District : Area,
200 acres, more or less.

Section 7, Block XVI, Kaitarau Survey District : Area,
11 acres, more or less.

All that area containing by admeasurement 2 acres 1 rood
10 perches, being portion of 3B of 2, Mangamaunu Native Block,
situated in Block XV, Puhipuhi Survey District, and being the
land shown as Lot C on plan 1546/76, deposited in the office of the
Chief Surveyor at Blenheim.