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clamation, 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 pu~posos 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, 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 Crown 1 nd described in the Schedule hereto shall be a reserve under the said Act. Schedule. All that area in the Southland Land District, containing approximately 800 acres, being Section No. 1, Block I, Titiroa Survey District. Bounded by a line commencing at a point on the right bank of the Waiau Riv< r due outh of Trig. Station Cx, on Freestone Hill, in the Takitimo Survey District, and proceeding thence along a line due south for a distance of 400 links ; thence along a line in a north-westerly direction, bearing approximately N. 63° W., to the eastern boundary-line of the National Park ; thence north-easterly along the said boundary-Jine to the right bank of the Waiau River aforesaid ; and thence south-easterly along the said bank to the point of commencement y as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 54071/3, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon 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 eighteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and five. Albert Pitt, For Minister in Charge of Tourist and Health Resorts Department. God save the King !

Crown 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 be a Commission for the purposes thereof : And whereas the said Commission ha°, 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 historic 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 Crown land described in the Schedule hereto shall be a reserve under the said Act. Schedule. TuruturumoJcai Pα. All that parcel of land in the Colony of New Zealand, situated in the Patea District, in the Land District of Taranaki, containing 14 acres 1 rood 17 perches, more of less, being Subdivision 1 of part of Section 143, Block VI, Hawera Survey District. Bounded on the north-east generally by other part of Section 143, 889 links and 317-6 links, and by Section 329, 550 links ; towards the south generally by the Turuturu Road, 26-7 links, 610-7 links, 332 links, 358-8 links, 31H-5 links, 20 links, and 30-3 links ; and towards the west and north-west generally by the Tawhiti Stream: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less.

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