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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 Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 44 acres 1 rood 20 perches, more or less, being Section No. 31 of Block XV, Takahue Survey District. Bounded towards the north by Section No. 32 of Block XV, Takahue Survey Distiict, and by the Herekino-Takahue Road ; towards the north-east generally by a public road ; towards the south by Section No. 30 of Block XV aforesaid ; and towards the west by the abutment and by the crossing of the Herekino-Takahue Road, and by Section No. 11 of Block XIV of the said district: exclusive of that portion of the HerekinoTakahue Road which intersects the above-described area : as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 54544/6, 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 fifteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and six. J. G. Ward, 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. Wheeeas 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 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 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 500 acres, more or less, being Section No. 3, Block 11, Omapere Survey District. Bounded by a line commencing at a point (marked A on the plan hereinafter referred to) on the northern boundary-line of Section No. 1, Block 11, Omapere Survey District, and proceeding thence along a line due north a distance of 6420 links; thence along a line due east a distance of 5150 links to the south-westernmost corner of Old Land Claim No. 15 ; thence again easterly by the Pirau Stream ; thence south-westerly and south-easterly by Old Land Claim No. 15, Block 11, Omapere Survey District; thence again south-westerly by the Waikaraka Stream ; thence north-westerly by Old Land Claim No. lof the said Block II; thence again southwesterly by the said Old Land Claim No. 1 and by Section No. 1 of the said Block II to point marked A, the place of commencement: exclusive of a road reserve 100 links wide which intersects the abovedescribed area : be all the aforesaid linkages more or less : as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 53161/6, 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 sixth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and six. T. Y. Duncan, For Minister in Charge of Tourist and Health Resorts Department. God save the King !

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