Declaration by the Minister on National and Local Forests Nos. 1 and 6 (Cap. 199)

Declarations by the Minister NATIONAL AND LOCAL FORESTS NOS. 1, 6 AND 8 The areas described in the Schedule are hereby declared to be National and Local Forests, and the following acts are hereby prohibited within the said areas except under licence: (a) felling, cutting, taking, working, burning, injuring or removal of any forest produce; (b) squatting, residing, building any hut or livestock enclosure, constructing or reopening any saw-pit or road; (c) firing any grass or undergrowth; (d) grazing livestock; (e) clearing, cultivating or breaking up land for cultivation or other purposes; (f) entering or being in or upon the said areas in any manner or for any purpose contrary to any statutory order made by the Chief Forest Officer: Provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing prohibitions, any bona fide picnic or camping party may without licence camp and light fires in any portions of the said areas set apart for these purposes on condition that any fires so lighted shall be effectively prevented from spreading and shall be extinguished before being left by the person or persons who lighted them. SCHEDULE NATIONAL FOREST NO. P1: KALAMBO FALLS Government Notice 66 of 1943 All that piece of land known as the Kalambo Falls National Forest and comprising subdivision No. 179 of Farm No. T, in extent 518.016 hectares shown on General Plan No. 202A and of which the boundaries are recited on diagram No. 71 of 1936, prepared and signed by J. E. S. Bradford, Licensed Surveyor, and dated January, 1935, viz: B596-B597-B598-B599-B600; thence in a straight line to the point where the line B599 to B600 produced meets the "Thalweg" of the Kalambo River; thence up the "Thalweg" of the Kalambo River to where it is intersected by the production of the line B597-B596; thence in a straight line to B596. Both the above plans are deposited in the office of the Surveyor-General at Lusaka. NATIONAL FOREST NO. P6: KARUBWE Government Notices 59 of 1949 267 of 1964 Starting at Beacon Y418 at the south-west corner of Farm No. 1145, the boundary proceeds westwards in a straight line through Beacons KY17 and KY16 to the right bank of the Katuba Stream; thence down this bank to the point where it is intersected by the line HA25-HA24 produced southwards; thence northwards and north-westwards along the eastern edge of the Great North Road Reserve, through Beacons HA24, HA25, HA26, HA27, HA28, HA29, HA30, HA31, HA32, HA33, HA34, HA35 to Beacon KY15 on the southern boundary of Farm No. 1891; thence eastwards along the southern boundaries of this farm and of Farms Nos. 1890, 1887 and National Forest No. 29: Chisamba, through Beacons Z693, MT42, MT37 and MT36 to Beacon PT373 at the north-west corner of Farm No. 2784; thence generally southwards along the western boundaries of this farm and of Farm No. 1149, through Beacons PT374, PT375, PT376 and Y429 to Beacon Y428 at the south-west corner of the latter farm; thence eastwards along the southern boundaries of Farms Nos. 1149 and 1148 through Beacon Y427 to Beacon Y426 on the western boundary of the Zambia Railways Strip Reserve; thence southwards and south-westwards along the latter boundary through Beacons T1W and T2W to Beacon Y420 at the north-east corner of Farm No. 1145; thence westwards and southwards along the northern and western boundaries of this farm, through Beacon Y419 to Beacon Y418, the point of starting. Included within the area described above but excluded from the National Forest are portions of the Road Reserves of District Roads Nos. D193 and D177. The above described area, in extent 9,244.967 hectares, is shown bordered green upon Plan FR33/1 (S.G. Plan No. 1/61) deposited in the office of the Surveyor-General, signed by him and dated 14th June, 1962.