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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, after making inquiries respecting the same, reported to the Governor and recommended that the parcel of Crown 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, m pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities afoiesaid, do hereby proclaim and declare that, from and after the date of the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette, the parcel of Crown land described in the Schedule hereto shall be a reserve under the said Act. Schedule. All that area in the Otago Land District, containing by admeasurement 27 acres 2 roods, more or less, being Section No. 24, Block IV, Woodland Survey District. Bounded towards the north-east generally by the road reserve along the right bank of the Catlin's River ; towards the south-east by the public road which forms the north-western boundary of Section No. 18, Block IV, Woodland Survey District; towards the south-west by Sections Nos. 16, 14, and 12 of the said Block IV, and by a public road ; and towards the north-west by a public road : as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 53477/6 deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon bordeied 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 sixteenth 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 !

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 Acf 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 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 I William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, m 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 parcel of land in the Land District of Taranaki, containing by admeasurement 50 acres, more or less being Subdivision 1 of part Section No. 5, Native Reserve, Omata District, Block VIII, Pantatu Survey District and bounded as follows, viz. : On the north-west by part Native Reserve, 5, Omata District 1973 links -on the north-east by Section 477, Grey District, 2528.8 links ; on the south-east by Section 48 Omata District, 1972.6 links ; on the south-west by part Native Reserve, 5 Omata District 2539.2 links : be all the aforesaid linkages more or less : as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, New Plymouth. 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,

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