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PROCLAMATION GAZETTED, A proclamation in the Government Gazette issued yesterday makes clear the territorial scope of the Deteriorated Lands Act in so far as it' is at present proposed to apply that relieving measure.
The proclaimed area—within which are to be found, in greater or less de gree, deteriorated lands—ranges from South Taranaki and the western side of the Wanganui River, up to Kawhia on the West Coast. This is roughly the north and south limits. Laterally the proclaimed area stretches westward to Waitara and eastward to Taurnarunui; and at its northern end it broadens out eastward so as to include Rotorua aud a large slice of pumice couu-
There is also a proclaimed patch in tire hinterland of Die Bay of Plenty town Opotiki. This includes the wellknown Waioeka country, which has been quoted by opponents of deforestation as an object lesson, and as an argument for respecting the remaining forests of the Urewera. The Auckland, Taranaki, Gisborne, aud Wellington land districts are all reached by the pidcluniation
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Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 100, 22 January 1926, Page 11
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172RECEDING GRASS LINE Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 100, 22 January 1926, Page 11
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