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Schedule. Axl that area in the Southland Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 acre, more or less, being Sections Nos. 38 and 39, Block TI, Town of Waikawa. Bounded towards the north-west by Sections Nos. 30 and 29 of the Town of Waikawa ; towards the north-east by Antrim Street; towards the southeast by River Street; and towards the south-west by Carrickfergus Street :as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 53570, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in. the Wellington Land District, and thereon bordered red. Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable William Lee, Baron Plunket, Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over His Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies ; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this fourth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and five. T. Y. Duncan, For Minister in Charge of Tourist and Health Resorts Department. God save the King !

Native Land reserved under " The Scenery Preservation Act, 1903." Plunket, Governor.—A Proclamation. Whereas by " The Scenery Preservation Act, 1903 " (hereinafter referred to as " the said Act "), it is, inter alia, enacted that the Governor may from time to time appoint such suitable persons, not exceeding five, as he thinks fit to be a Commission under the said Act; such Commission may, if it deems necessary, inspect any lands possessing scenic or historic interest, or on which there are thermal springs, and shall make inquiries respecting the same and report to the Governor, and shall from time to time recommend what lands, whether Crown, private, or Native lands, in their opinion should be permanently reserved as scenic, thermal, or historic reserves ; and that the Governor may from time to time, by Proclamation, declare that any lands so recommended to be reserved shall be a reserve under the said Act, and thereupon such lands shall be inalienable unless by special Act of Parliament passed in. that behalf, and no person shall cut or remove timber or in any way interfere with such lands, or damage the scenic features thereof ; and such lands may be fenced, preserved, and conserved intact as and for an inalienable patrimony of the people of New Zealand : And whereas the Governor has, in pursuance of the powers conferred by the said Act, appointed certain persons to ba a Commission for the purposes thereof : And whereas the said Commission has, after making inquiries respecting the same, reported to the Governor and recommended that the parcel of Native land described in the Schedule hereto should be permanently reserved as a scenic reserve : And whereas it is expedient that the said recommendation should be given effect to : Now, therefore, [, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities aforesaid, do hereby proclaim and declare that, from and after the date of the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette, the parcel of Native land described in the Schedule hereto shall be a reserve under the said Act. Schedule. All that area in the Hawke's Bay Land District, containing by admeasurement 100 acres, more or less, situated in Block 1, Mata Survey District. Bounded towards the north by the Aorangiwai No. Iα Block, 3900 links ; towards the west by the Aorangiwai No. 1 Block aforesaid, 2900 links ; and towards the south and east by the Aorangiwai River : be all the aforesaid linkages more or less. Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable William Lee, Baron Plunket, Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over His Majesty's Colony of New Zealand arid its Dependencies ; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this thirty-first day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and five. J. G. Ward, Minister in Charge of Tourist and Health Resorts Department. God save the King !

Land in Block IX, Opihi Survey District, taken for the Purposes of Scenery-preservation. Plunket, Governor.—A Proclamation. Whereas the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken, under " The Public Works Act, 1894," and " The Scenery Preservation Act, 1903," for the purposes of scenery-preservation : And whereas all the conditions precedent required by law to be observed and performed prior to the taking of such land for the purposes hereinbefore specified have been observed and performed : Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities in me vested by " The Public Works Act, 1894," and " The Scenery Preservation Act, 1903," and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim that the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is hereby taken for the purposes of scenery-preservation as aforesaid. And it is hereby declared that this Proclamation shall take effect on and alter the twelfth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and five.

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