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ing 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 recommjnd 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, a,nd 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 iand 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, fiom 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 585 acres, more or less., being Section No. 1 of Block XI, Section No. 2 of Block XIV, and Section No. 1 of Block XV, Tatua Survey District. Bounded towaids the north-west, towards the north, and towards the north-east by the right bank of the Waikato Eiver ; thence towards the east by the Tauhara North Block (eastern portion) a distance of 1100 links ; thence towards the south-west by right lines with distances of 2800 and 5000 links (as shown on plan hereinafter referred to) ; thence towards the south-east by right lines with distances of 4000, 6500, 1900, 1900, 4000, 4500,.3000, 2500, 4500, 9000. and 5000 links (as shown on plan hereinafter referred to) to the Patuiwi Reserve ; and thence towards the south-west by the said Patui wi Reserve to ; the' said 1 right bank of the Waikato River aforesaid : exclusive of a road reserve which interseicts the above-desciibed area : be all the aforesaid linkages more or less : as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 52672/10, 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 thirtieth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and five. J. G. Ward, Minister in Charge of Tourist and Health Resorts Department. God save the King- !

Crown Lands 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, 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 Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 rood 11 perches, more or less, being Section No. 1, Block VI, Ongo Survey District. Bounded towards the north-west by the

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