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Crown Lands reserved under " The Scenery Preservation Ad, 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 parcels of Crown lands described in the Schedule hereto should be permanently reserved as scenic reserves : 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 parcels of Crown lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be reserves under the said Act. Schedule. All that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 25 acres, more or less, being Section No. 7, Block XVI, Mangakahia Survey District. Bounded towards the north by Section No. 13, Block XII, Mangakahia Survey District; towards the east by the right bank of the Wairua River ; towards the south by the Omiru West No. 2 Block ; and towards the north-west by the Mangakahia No. 2b2 Block and by the said Section No. 13. Also all that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 49 acres, more or less, being Section No. Bof Block XVI, Mangakahia Survey District. Bounded towards the north by Omiru East No. 2 Block, from the left bank of the Wairua River to the south-easternmost corner of the said block ; towards the east by a right line from the said corner to the easternmost corner of Section No. 4, Block XVI, Mangakahia Survey District; towards the south-west by the last-mentioned section ; and towards the north-west by the left bank of the Wairua River. As the same are delineated on the plan marked S.G. 48920/35, 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 eighth day of February, 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 !

Land in Block IX, Kaitawa Survey District, taken for Scenic Purposes. Plunket, Governor. —A Proclamation. Whereas the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken under " The Public Works Act, 1905," and " The Scenery Preservation Act, 1903," for scenic purposes : And whereas all conditions precedent required by law to be observed and performed prior to the taking of such land for the purposes hereinbefore specified have been observed and performed : Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities in me vested by " The Public Works Act, 1905," and " The Scenery Preservation Act, 1903," and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is hereby taken for scenic purposes as aforesaid. And it is hereby declared that this Proclamation shall take effect on and after the sixteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and six. Schedule. The parcel of land mentioned hereunder : —

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Approximate Area of the Parcel of Land taken. Being Portion of Situated in Block No. Situated in the Survey District of 185 B. P. 0 0 Subdivision No. 7, Ngarara West C Block IX Kaitawa.