NATIONAL FOREST NO. P54: WEST MVUVYE

NATIONAL FOREST NO. P54: WEST MVUVYE Government Notices
168 of 1955
340 of 1960
Statutory Instrument
158 of 1975
NOTE-All bearings, which are referred to Grid North, and all distances quoted in
this description must be understood as being approximate.
The area must likewise be regarded as an approximation.
Starting at the confluence of the Mvuvye and Mtirizi rivers, the Boundary
follows the left bank of the latter upstream to its confluence with the Katuwa
Stream; thence up the left bank of the Katuwa to a forest beacon at its source;
thence on a bearing of 232 degrees for 5,577.84 metres; thence in a straight
line to Beacon NRP22 on Chipirinyuma Hill; thence on a bearing of 320 degrees
for 5,791.2 metres; thence on a bearing of 325 degrees to the source of the
Nyamadzi stream; thence down the right bank of this stream to a forest beacon
situated east of the source of the Kalambola Stream on a bearing of 108 degrees
from that source; thence to the source of the Kalambola Stream and continuing
down its right bank to its confluence with the Luangwa River; thence up the left
bank of the latter river to its confluence with the Mvuvye River; thence up the
left bank of the latter to a forest beacon at the foot of the Kambala Hill
ridge; thence in a general south-westerly direction along the top of this ridge
to a forest beacon on the Chimanga Stream; thence up the left bank of this
stream to a forest beacon at its source; thence south-eastwards in a straight
line to a forest beacon at the source of the Nyakamba Stream; thence down the
right bank of this stream to a forest beacon near its confluence with the Lupezi
stream; thence south-eastwards in a straight line to the confluence of the
Mvuvye and Mtirizi rivers, the point of starting.
Included within the National Forest but not within the above described
boundaries are the eastern, southern and western slopes of the Chipirinyuma
Hill.
The above described area, in extent 62,728.5 hectares approximately, is shown
bordered green upon a plan numbered FR102/1 deposited in the office of the
Surveyor-General, signed by him and dated 5th October, 1960.