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Now, therefore, I,\TWilliam Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of. the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise M of 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. All that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 2,770 acres, more or less, being Section No. 223 of Pepepe Parish, situated in Blocks 111 and IV, Newcastle Survey District. Bounded towards the north-east by Section No. 1 of Pepepe Parish, the crossing of a road reserve, and again by the last-mentioned section ; towards the south-east by Section No. 8 of the aforesaid parish and the crossing of a road reserve ; again towards the north-east by the road forming the south-western boundary of the last-mentioned section ; again towards the south-east by Section No. 7 of the aforesaid parish ; towards the south-west by Section No. 101 of Pepepe Parish aforesaid and the abutment of a road reserve ; again towards the south-east by the road forming the north-western boundaries of Sections Nos. 101 and 102 of the aforesaid parish ; again towards the north-east by the abutment of a road reserve and by Section No. 102 aforesaid ; again towards the south-east by Sections Nos. 103 and 104 of the aforesaid parish, by Church Mission land, and by Section No. 105 of Pepepe Parish aforesaid ; again towards the south-west by Section No. 107 of the aforesaid parish ; again towards the south-east by the last-mentioned section and by Section No. 108 of the said parish ; again towards the south-west by a road reserve forming the north-eastern boundary of Section No. 110 of Pepepe Parish aforesaid ; towards the north-west by a road reserve forming the south-eastern boundary of Section No. 109 of the aforesaid parish ; again towards the south-west by the crossing of the last-mentioned road and by Section No. 109 aforesaid ; again towards the north-west and towards the south by Section No. 214 of Pepepe Parish aforesaid ; again towards the south-west by Te Wha Stream ; and again towards the north-west generally by Section No. 9 of the Pepepe Parish aforesaid, the abutment of a road reserve ; again by the said Section No. 9, and by Te Awa-o-te-Atua Stream to Section No. 1 first mentioned : exclusive of a road reserve which intersects the above-described area : as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 52635/6, 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 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 twenty-ninth day of November, 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 !

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 has, after making inquiries respecting the same, reported to the Governor and recommended that the area 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 area 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 290 acres 1 rood 36 perches, more or less, being Sections Nos. 29 and 30, Block VIII, Akatore Survey District. Bounded towards the north by Section No. 28, Block VIII, Akatore Survey District; towards the east by a public road bounding Section No. 32 of the said Block VIII, and by a closed road bounding Section No. 31 of Block VIII aforesaid ; towards the south by a closed road bounding Section No. 29, Block IV, of the said district, and by a public road bounding the said Section No. 29 and Section No. 20, Block IX, of the dis-

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