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The following schedule gives details of the areas actually set apart during the year

Reserves made in 1944-45 under the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908, and Amendments

The reservation over two areas totalling 37 acres 1 rood was revoked during the year. The number of scenic reservations in the Dominion is now 1,202, covering a total area of 914,164 acres. Expenditure during the year amounted to £2,884, details being as follows : —• £ Acquisition of land . . .. . . .. . . .. . . 304 General administration, maintenance charges, improvements, and grants to Scenic Boards .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,503 Trounson Kauri Park : Charges in connection with improvement, maintenance, and protection .. .. .. .. .. 444 Waitangi Endowment: Tree-planting, &c. .. .. .. .. 633 Total expenditure for year .. .. .. ~ .. £2,884 The total expenditure to date since 1904 is £263,747, including £185,671 spent on the acquisition of land.

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TJafn QJ 1 Local Name. Description. Area. Proclamation. North Auckland Land District A. B. P. Mangamuka Gorge .. .. Allotments N.W. 123, 124, 230, 231, 232, Maunga- 649 3 09 27/3/45 taniwha Parish, and Sections 2 and 3, Block IX, Maungataniwha Survey District Leigh .. .. .. Section 106, Village of Leigh, Block I, Rodney 1 2 12 27/3/45 Survey District Arai .. .. .. Allotment N.E. 29, Arai Parish, Block II, Pakiri 120 0 00 27/3/45 Survey District Orero .. .. .. Lot 1, D.P. 31082, Portion of Orere and Taupo 30 0 19 27/3/45 Block, Block X, Wairoa Survey District Auckland Land District Whareorino .. .. .. Section 22, Block VII, Whareorino Survey District 517 0 14 30/10/44 „ .. .. .. Sections 18 and 25, Block VII, Whareorino Survey 112 0 08 30/10/44 District Hawke's Bay Land District Ball's Clearing .. .. Section 100 (formerly Part Section 98), Block XIV, 290 3 03 27/3/45 Pohui Survey District „ .. .. Section 101 (formerly Part Section 98), Block XIV, 40 3 37 27/3/45 Pohui Survey District Taranaki Land District Ohura .. .. .. Subdivision 2 of Section 13, Block IX, Ohura 3 I 39-8 27/3/45 Survey District .. .. .. Section 14, Block IX, Ohura Survey District .. 12 3 26 27/3/45 Nelson Land District l'unakaiki .. .. .. Section 22, Block IX, Brighton Survey District 52 3 15 27/3/45 „ .. .. .. Sections 24 to 34 (inclusive), Block IX, Brighton 3 0 07-2 27/3/45 Survey District Westland Ixind District Lake Kaniere .. .. Reserves 1850 and 1851 (formerly closed roads), 0 0 15'8 27/3/45 Block XI, Kaniere Survey District Pukekura .. .. .. Reserve 1843 (formerly closed road), Block XV, 2 0 31 19/5/44 Waitaha Survey District „ .. .. .. Reserve 1844 (formerly closed road), Block XV, 2 1 35-8 19/5/44 Waitaha Survey District „ .. .. .. Reserve 1845 (formerly closed road), Block XV, 1 1 7'4 19/5/44 Waitaha Survey District Canterbury Land District Summit Road .. ..I Reserve 4476 (formerly Part Lot 1, D.P. 4499), I 0 0 6'8 i 5/12/44 I Block IV, Halswell Survey District Otago Land District Haast Pass .. .. .. Part Section 3333 and parts of Section 3332 in the 33,500 0 00 27/3/45 Haast, Young, and Wilkin Survey Districts „ .. .. .. Section 3333, part of Section 3332, and parts of 28,700 0 00 27/3/45 Runs 98 and 99, Haast and McKerrow Survey Districts — 64,040 3 06-8