SCENERY PRESERVATION.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 959, 28 October 1910, Page 2

SCENERY PRESERVATION.

;-. /,'.,"., ;■■.'','." »,., : 'r~;'; V :'- : - : :■;:";y' ' : ''". PROPOSED AMENDING / / ■■-.■■■ .;■■■/' LEGISLATION.;"' • : '.:.' ••"-. ■/; ■Under the Scenery Preservation. Amend- ■,';■ ment Bill, which was circulated on Wed- Iγ" nesday, it is ' proposed,..that; >"'Crowa i. ; :■'• land 13 to have the same meaning as in the ■'■.■■■■'■" Public :Worlcs Act,, 19081 :•' 'Private'land'/ .". / means a»y ; .land othenthah' Crown land; .'': and includes nativeland.and:;any-'former.; ','• '■... Grown land reserved lor any public pur- :-i : poEe whatever, whether/or not 'the. kind !: '. . so reserved has been, vested in any trustees or-'body corporate."' ' . ..■.■'■'■'-..'■■ ..Where any. fence within the meaning "■? -' of.the Fencing Act, 1808, ; is.erected by '/■ authority of the Minister on the comnion :' iboundary of : any reserve and; the adjoin- -•'■. ing land, the occupier/ of ■ the adjoining : : land shall be.liable, nptwithstendißg.any-.'v . thing, to the contrary: in that Act,ffor;/r r; / ■ one-halt of the cost, of the ereotion and v - ■' maintenance of: tho fence, and such half- .; .• cost may be recovered from him' iii any. ;. . . Court of'oonipetent' jurisdiction, by..the/"/-. ' Comraissjoner of Crown -Lands ••■■' district in whioh; the. lhiid /is •..situated. , '■ . Section. 15 of the psinoipai;Act':ia:here: by amended- bjr the addition ; pf-;o : para- / graph ■makilig. it an'offence,'to discharge ./'. any firearm or kilKbr-tafic .any birds on Hiiy land,: ■.■;■:.■' ■■■'-;■;'•. ;. ' The: Governor, may. from time's toUime "■■ grant;'- to- Natives tlie' righ.t';,to;,'tate oi.'. : kill birds not for the time/being specially, . ■■; .protected,, within any reserve.^; which.. beV' fore the reservation/ was; native' land, or, : ~';■■ svhere any -such reserve includes ..any. an»/ / ' wstral .burial■ grounds of : Natives, the : ; right to bury deceased. Natives/therein., ; 'Where any-, reserve.is by Teason of the;- ' destruction of tho forest thereon. - or. ;..■.- through any.'other cause .no longer suit-, .'„ ' .able, in the. opinion of; the : Governor, 'for. ;' scenic purposes,.iiomay by 'procliimatioa' : •■ revoke the reservation, and.the land maj. bo 'disposed/of- , as Crown!: land Sunder- the i." Land Act,'l9oß,-and the.-tncj;,proceeds, of .■' '■■•' such .disposali shall 1» applied solely';to- / wards ■ the"... pnrohase. or .acquisition, of V'.'■'-. other'lauds as' reaeryes"; ;: ,underi:th6.;priu-;,-.. '.- ciparAbtt/'/../v"'v^vV.'iVivWv'^ , ■--'■■'■,.■■ '•./'' ■']'•'■:■'? i The liiiiistei' liiay/graiit leases .of,'or. li< ? : . • censes to occupy, .open or, cleared por- ' ./ tioiis'of any reserve for..periods not'ex-v , ' . ceeding five years,.on such terms and con- V '•'■■' ditipns and at such rentals'as he; thinks 1 .. ■ fit. The proceeds of all such ; leases,or licenses stair be 'applied under the di- "■[ rection l; of■:the Minister towards' the pur- / : poses of ;the 'principal Act'. .All native '■ .'■ .or-'-' other land- taken ■ under' the Publio -. : AVorks Act, 1908,. or the Public-Works ;■•; Act, 1905,'br the-Publio Works Act; 1891,.:.; : . ,for the- purposes -of/ scenery preservatibni- ; ; prior'to.the passing ofithis Aqt shall 6a! ■■'. deenied to have been validly taken, ''-, . .''' ; • It 'shall'' lie lawful , ; for- .tho,'. GoTerjior ;// ; ■ whenever hc.i deems': it-expedieat for. Xk*.-. '•' \ ■purposes of scenery preservation to;gr'anl" : - , in 1 fee-sifnple.'any area of Crowa land , in ;■" .;. exchange lot! the, fee-simple'of any 'othfcr '?■: ■; land ■which, in his opinion, is of approxi- .-.'-.-. mately equal ■ value; and on any sucn ex- ; . ; change .to pay.or receive, by way ofequaV ■.'..' ity of exchange any eul& not exceeding ten;... per centum, of- the value of th«! 'i: . Crown land so granted; '.*(•■ . /-'■'•;■■■ •/The Opvernor may by :pfoclasiation'de- '■,'; ■'■'. olare that any land'.reserved under the •;•■,.;■ Land Act, 1908,: for. 6ceni6:.purposes ehaV■ : ■■. ; -,,;,' be. a reserve -. under the principal Act.- '■;''; /, ■