Whereas by Proclamation dated the first day of October, nineteen hundred and twenty-eight, and published in the Gazette of the fourth day of that month, an area of land in the Rotoroa Survey District, in the Nelson Land District, and known as the Lake Rotoroa Scenic Reserve, was set apart as a scenic reserve under the provisions of the Reserves Act 1977: And whereas the areas of land described in subsection two hereof were included within the boundaries of the said scenic reserve, and it was subsequently found that such areas formed portion of a provisional State forest reserve set apart by Proclamation dated the fifth day of July, nineteen hundred and twenty, and published in the Gazette of the eighth day of that month: And whereas it is desirable that the reservation for provisional State forest purposes over the areas hereinbefore referred to should be revoked, and the Proclamation of the first day of October, nineteen hundred and twenty-eight, should be validated: Be it therefore enacted as follows:—
(1) The reservation for provisional State forest purposes over the areas of land hereinafter described is hereby cancelled and shall be deemed to have been so cancelled as from the first day of October, nineteen hundred and twenty-eight, and the Proclamation of that date setting apart the said areas for scenic purposes is hereby validated.
(2) The areas of land to which this section relates are particularly described as follows:—
All that area in the Nelson Land District, containing five thousand one hundred and twenty acres, more or less, and situated in Blocks II, VI, X, XI, XIV, and XV, Rotoroa Survey District, bounded as follows: commencing at the northern corner of Section 7, Block I, Rotoroa Survey District; towards the north-west by the Braeburn Road to the eastern corner of Section 1, Block II, Rotoroa Survey District; towards the north by aforesaid Section 1 to a point distant forty chains by the shortest line from the shore of Lake Rotoroa; towards the east by a line running parallel to the shore of the aforesaid lake and at a uniform distance of forty chains therefrom to a point in the vicinity of the D'Urville River and twenty chains distant from the centre thereof; thence again towards the north-west by a line parallel to the centre of the aforesaid river to the shore of Lake Rotoroa; again towards the north-east by Lake Rotoroa to a point twenty chains distant from the centre of D'Urville River; thence towards the south-east by a line parallel to the centre of D'Urville River to a point forty chains distant by the shortest line from the lake; thence again towards the north by a line running parallel to and uniformly distant forty chains from the lake to a point on a line drawn due north from Mount Misery; thence towards the east by the aforesaid line to the edge of the bush under Mount Misery; thence along the edge of the bush to its intersection with a line drawn from Mount Misery to peg IV on the west bank of the D'Urville River; thence towards the south-west by the last-mentioned line to the aforesaid peg IV, from peg IV by a line to Mount Hutton, from Mount Hutton by a line to sub-trig 1, from subtrig 1 by a line to sub-trig i, and from sub-trig i by the crest of the ridge in a northerly direction to the south-east corner of Section 7, Block I, Rotoroa Survey District, and by the eastern boundary of the last-mentioned section to the point of commencement.
Also all that area in the Nelson Land District, containing five thousand three hundred and fifty acres, more or less, and situated in Blocks II, VII, XI, and XV, Rotoroa Survey District, bounded as follows: commencing at a point on the Porika Road distant forty chains by the shortest line from Lake Rotoroa; towards the north-west by the aforesaid road to its intersection with the eastern boundary of Section 7, Block XIV, Howard Survey District; towards the north-east by Section 7, 3, and 5 of Block XIV aforesaid to Trig Station “Muntz”
; thence by a line in the direction of Mount Cedric to its intersection with the edge of the bush below the aforesaid mountain-top; thence by the edge of the bush to a point on a line from Mount Cedric to peg XVIII on the south bank of the Sabine River; thence towards the south-east by such line to the aforesaid peg; thence by a line in the direction of Mount Misery to its intersection with the edge of the bush under the mountain-top; thence by the edge of the bush to a point on a line drawn due north from Mount Misery; thence by the line aforesaid to a point forty chains by the shortest line distant from Lake Rotoroa; thence towards the north-west and south-west by a line running parallel to and uniformly distant forty chains from the shore of the aforesaid lake to the point of commencement: As the same are more particularly delineated on a plan marked 6/90, deposited in the District Lands Office, Nelson, and thereon coloured yellow.
The Scenery Preservation Act 1908 was repealed, as from 1 April 1954, by section 107(1) Reserves and Domains Act 1953 (1953 No 69). That Act was in turn repealed, as from 1 April 1978, by section 125(1) Reserves Act 1977 (1977 No 66).