EGMONT NATIONAL PARK

Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 5 March 1935, Page 10

EGMONT NATIONAL PARK

BOUNDARIES TO BE SURVEYED,

BOARD’S QUARTERLY MEETING,

At the quarterly meeting of the Egmont National Park Board at Dawson’s Falls y'esterday advice was received from the District Engineer of Railways that it was not intended to re-open the Waipuku metal pit meanwhile, except in case of emergency'. Later on the department would be recovering some of the material, when every precaution W'ould be taken against fire.

Those present at the meeting were Messrs. W. C. Weston (chairman), W. G. Walkley, G. J. Bayley (south), T. R. Anderson, P. Thom||>n (east), F. Amoore (north), F. H. Waters (Commissioner Crown Lands). It was also decided to ask the Survey Department to define the position

as between the board and the railway department in connection with the railway' track through the reserve.

The Government Audit Office reported by' letter tlfan an audit fee of £22 14s '6d ow'ing by the board had not been paid. ' It w r as decided to advise the department that at the present time the board had no funds, but as soon as possible the account would be paid. Mr F. H. Waters, chief survey', Lands and Survey Department, advised that approval had been obtained for the survey of the park to be undertaken by the department free of cost

jto the Park Board. He desired that ' the wishes of the board regarding the ■'portion of the boundary should be first ! of all defined on the ground. It was thought by members that the ■! surveyor should define the boundaries ' l and that the board should then en- ! deavour to get fences erected in order to stop stock from wandering on to the reserve, and also to prevent the j pilfering of timber. I Mr Waters remarked that the job I would take a long time, probably two |or three years. He suggested that the surveyor should start from the southern end and work from there to the northern end. The reason the job would take so long was due to the fact, that the surveyor would be able to work on the job only when his services were not required elsewhere. While on the question the board decided to recommend that the surveyor should report to the board any destruction by stock or the pilfering of

timber. In answer to a question by one member Mr Anderson stated that a farmer was not compelled to fenee, but he was responsible for the trespassing of his stock. The matter was referred to the Survey Department for a ruling on the matter in an endeavour to take some action. ' The members of the board were the guests of the south committee at luncheon, for which the thanks of the : board were returned by the chairman.