4. The trees must be in a vigorous and
   healthy state when the grant of land is
   applied for.

5. The number of trees planted must be
   at the rate of not less than five hundred per
   acre.

6. The trees must be of an average height
   of not less than three feet when the grant is
   applied for.

7. The trees may be of any description.

8. The fulfilment of the conditions above
   prescribed shall be ascertained and shall be
   certified in the form annexed by an officer
   appointed by the Superintendent. Upon
   the receipt of such certificate the Superin-
   tendent may either issue his own certificate
   to the Waste Lands Board, or he may, if he
   thinks fit, cause further inquiry to be made
   into the facts of the case. Any expense
   attending the inspection or obtaining the
   certificate must be borne by the applicant
   for the same.

Form of Certificate.

I, A.B., do hereby certify, after personal
inspection of plantations made by C.D., that
_ acres of land have been planted by
him, in accordance with the statements con-
tained in his application of ___ 187 ;
that the conditions imposed under the Regu-
lations issued under "The Forest Trees
Planting Encouragement Act, 1871," have
been faithfully complied with; and that he
is entitled under the provisions of the said
Act to receive a grant of land not exceeding
___ acres.

William Fox,
Presiding.

Forster Goring,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

[Extract from the New Zealand Gazette, No.
25, May 22, 1872.]

Circular.

Downing Street, 19th February, 1872.

Sir,—I transmit to you, for your informa-
tion, a copy of a Circular Despatch on the
subject of Public Nuisances, which I have
this day addressed to the Governors of
Colonies, where the Local Government is
not responsible to the Legislature.

I have, &c.,
Kimberley.

The Officer Administering
the Government of New Zealand.

Circular.

Downing street, 19th February, 1872.

Sir,—I transmit to you, for your informa-
tion, a copy of Instructions to Inspectors of
Nuisances issued by Mr. Des Veux, the
Administrator of St. Lucia, in view of a
threatened epidemic.

I also transmit to you a copy of some
Observations by the Medical Officer of the
Local Government Board, in this country,
on these Instructions.

I wish you to consider whether, even
without the immediate motive of a threatened
epidemic, it would not be desirable to take
similar steps, with such variations as the
local circumstances and law may require.

I have, &c.,
Kimberley.

The Officer Administering
the Government of New Zealand.

Instructions for Inspectors of Nuisances
appointed under the Provisions of
the Ordinance No. 1, of 27th
January, 1854.

I. Inspect carefully every street, house,
and lot in the of and report
upon each (giving names of owner and
occupier) as to its sanitary condition, taking
note separately of all things likely to be in-
jurious to health, especially:—1. Water stag-
nating under houses; or—2. In the imme-
diate neighbourhood of houses. 3. Foul
privies, stables, drains, and cesspools. 4.
Dung-heaps. 5. Pigs. 6. Rank vegetation.
7. General want of cleanliness, whether in
houses or yards.

II. Inform owners and occupiers of the
danger incurred from the above causes, and
of the necessity of removing them. In case
of obstinate indisposition to see this neces-
sity and to act accordingly, give notice as
provided in the 6th section of the Ordinance
in respect of any of the various nuisances
enumerated above, as follows:—In respect
of (1), and (2), to remove either by filling
up with earth or otherwise as may appear to
the Inspector most feasible; in respect of
(3), to cleanse or at least to disinfect with
chloride of lime or carbolic acid; of (4), to
remove entirely; (5), the same; (6), to
clear; (7) to whitewash house, or to adopt
such other means of cleansing as may appear
the Inspector most easily attainable.

III. Note in your report, or in urgent
cases inform the Executive at once, on what
premises the abatement or removal of nui-
sances is beyond the power or means of the
owners or occupiers, and the probable cost
of the work required.

IV. In any case of non compliance with
notice, arising from any other cause than
want of power or means, proceed at once for
the recovery of the penalty, or have the
necessary work performed at the expense of
the owner of the premises; adopting which-
ever course is likely to lead to the desired
end in the shorter time.

V. Note any case where water in use for
the purposes of drinking and cooking is
liable to be contaminated by human excre-
tions, not only directly, but by drainage
through the earth, and suggest in your re-
port the best preventive measure(s).