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ing-run No. 86, Block XITa, Tuahu Survey District, from the road reserve along the left bank of the Ruakituri River to the Ruakituri Road, a distance of 375 links ; thence towaTds the east generally by the said Ruakituri Road in a southerly direction, a distance of 18882-8 links, to a stream shown on the plan hereinafter referred to ; thence towards the south-east by the said stream to the road reserve along the left bank of the Ruakituri River aforesaid ; and towards the west generally by the last-mentioned road reserve to Small Grazing-run No. 86 first mentioned : be all the aforesaid linkages more or less : as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 53194/11, deposited in the Head Office Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, m 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 Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George' 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 eighth day of August, 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 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 aha, 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 be a Commission for the purposes thereof : And whereas" the said Commission has alter making inquiries respecting the same, reported to the Governor and recommended that the parcel of 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, I, 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 land described m the Schedule hereto shall be a reserve under the said Act.

Schedule. All that area in the Otago Land District, containing by admeasurement 24 acres 3 roods 35A perches more or less, being part of original Section No. 2 of 35, Block V. Dunedin and East Taien Survey District. Commencing at a point on the eastern side of a public road (the said point being the north-west corner of Section No. 1 of 35, Block V, Dunedin and East Taicri Survey District) and proceeding thence m a northerly direction along the said road a distance of 1206-5 links ; thence in a northeasterly direction along lines bearing respectively N. 82° 12' E., N 73° 14' E and N 62° 40' E with distances respectively of 562-8 444-2, and 218-3 "links; thence in a south-easterly Sections Nos. 1 of 49 5 of 49 and 2 of 49 of the said Block V, by the abutment of a closed road, and again by the said Section No 2 of 49, a distance of 1852-6 links ; thence in a westerly direction by Section No 1 of 35 of the said Block V by the abutment of a closed road, and again by the said Section No 1 of 35 a distance of 2468-8 links, to the north-west corner of the last-mentioned section, the place of commencement : exclusive of a road reserve which intersects the above-described area: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less : as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 53141/30, deposited in the Head Office Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon bordered Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable William Lee, Baron Plunket Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George' Knight Commander of the Royal Victoiian Order, Governor and Commander-h)-Chief in and over His Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies ; and issued under the beal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this eighth day of August, m 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 !

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