PROCLAMATION

Commonwealth of Australia      By His Excellency the

Governor-General of the

Commonwealth of Australia

HAYDEN

Governor-General

I, WILLIAM GEORGE HAYDEN, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of

Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, being advice

that has taken into consideration a report by the Director of National Parks and

Wildlife, under subsection 7 (2) of the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation

Act 1975:

(a) declare the area constituted by the areas specified in the Schedule to

be a reserve; and

 (b) assign to that reserve the name “Australian National Botanic

Gardens"; and

 (c) specify the depth of 1,000 metres below the surface of any land within

the reserve as the depth to which the subsoil beneath that land is to be

taken to be within the reserve; and

specify the depth of 1,000 metres below the sea-bed beneath any sea

within the reserve as the depth to which the subsoil beneath that sea-

bed is to be taken to be within the reserve.

SCHEDULE

DESCRIPTION OF AREA OF AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL

BOTANIC GARDENS

GIVEN under my Hand

and the Great Seal of

Australia on

10 SEP 1991

By His Excellency’s Command,

Ros Kelly

Minister of State for the Arts, Sport,

the Environment, Tourism and Territories

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!