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In the Land District of Wellington ; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 21846, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured red. Given under the hand of His Excellency the Eight 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 thirteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and six. Wμ. Hall-Jones, Minister for Public Works. God save the King !

Crown Lands 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 out 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 700 acres, more or less,. being Section No. lof Block V, Karangahape Survey District. Bounded towards the north by the right bank of the Oruapuraho Stream ; towards the east by the shore of Lake Taupo ; towards the south by the Hauhungaroa No. 2 Block ; and towards the west by Small Grazing-run No. 68, Block V, Karangahape Survey District. Also all that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 300 acres, more or less, being Section No. lof Block X, Karangahape Survey District. Bounded towards the north-east by the Hauhungaroa No. 2 Block ; towards the east by the shore of Lake Taupo ; towards the south by the Hauhungaroa No. 1 Block ; and towards the west by Small Grazing-run No. 67, Blocks X and XIV, Karangahape Survey District. Also all that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 350 acres, more or less, being Section No. lof Block 11, Pukawa Survey District. Bounded towards the north-east by the Hauhungaroa No. 6 Block ; towards the east by the shore of Lake Taupo ; towards the south by the left bank of the Kuratau River ; and towards the west by Small Grazing-run No. 66, in Block 11, Pukawa Survey Distict. As the same are delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 53063/18, 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-fourth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and six. Jas. McGowan, For Minister in Charge of Tourist and Health Resorts Department. God save the King !

Grown 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 r 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,

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