have been applied for and the application granuted, under any regulations relating to un- surveyed lands heretofore in force within the Province of Nelson.

PROVINCE OF NELSON.

APPOINTMENT AND POWERS OF COMMISSIONER.

3. All the business of the Waste Land De- partment shall, unless otherwise herein pro- vided, be performed by a Commissioner of Crown Lands to be appointed by and hold office during the pleasure of the Superintendent.

4. In case any person shall unlawfully en- trude upon, occupy, or take possession or neglect to de- liver up and quit the possession of the same liver up and quit the possession of the same for the space of ten days after personal service for the purpose of expelling such persons thereon, and also to expel and remove all persons found trespassing thereon.

5. It shall be lawful for any such Commissioner to give any notice, make any claim or demand, and to make any entry, or to authorize any person to make any entry which may be requisite or expedient to be given or made by or on behalf of Her Majesty, her heirs, or suc- cessors, for the purpose of compelling any occupier of any part of the Crown land to quit or deliver up the possession thereof, or to com- pel the performance of any contract in relation thereto, or to recover possession on non-per- formance of any contract, or to compel the payment of any sum of money which ought to be paid in respect thereof; and to do any other matter or thing which may be expedient on behalf of Her Majesty, her heirs, and successors, touching any of the lands of the Crown; and every act, matter, or thing, done or author- ized to be done by any such Commissioner, shall be deemed and taken to be done on be- half of Her Majesty, her heirs, and successors, any law, custom, or usage to the contrary notwithstanding.

6. It shall also be lawful for any such Commis- sioner, by himself, or any person whom he shall for that purpose depute, to make distress for any rent which shall be due, in arrear, or unpaid, from any lessee, tenant, or occupier of any Crown land, and the goods, chattels, and effects, so distrained, to impound, sell, and dis- pose of, as in ordinary cases of rent in arrear.

SURVEYS AND RESERVES.

7. No lands, other than those heretofore surveyed by the New Zealand Company, or under the authority of the General Govern- ment, or of the Provincial Government of Nel- son, before this Act shall have come in force, shall be sold, let, or otherwise disposed of in any district until such officer as shall be duly authorized in that behalf by the General Govern- ment shall have notified to the Superinten- dent that the native title of such lands has been extinguished, and shall have transmitted to him a map, signed by such officer and countersigned by some number or mark, showing the boundaries of the district, and of the lands (if any) reserved within such district for the use of the natives, and exhibiting, so far as practicable, the cul- tural and natural features of the lands in- cluded in such district, accompanied by such written information relating thereto as cannot be conveyed by a map.

8. So soon as such notification and map shall have been received, proper surveys shall, with all convenient speed, be made in such district, and the Superintendent shall, when deemed necessary, divide the same into counties, hundreds, and hamlets, and shall from time to time make reserves for the sites of townships and villages, or for lines of internal communication, whether by roads, canals, railways, or otherwise; or for the laying out of drains around or through districts which are of a swampy character; or for quays or landing places; or for the general convenience of trade and navigation; or as the sites of common schools, in which shall be taught reading and writing in English, arith- metic, English grammar, and geography; or of mechanics' institutes, or for charitable purposes, court houses, markets, hospitals, prisons, or other public edifices; or as cemeteries; or as places necessary for the establishment or health of towns; or the recreation of the inhabitants thereof; or otherwise for any purpose of pub- lic utility, convenience, or enjoyment.

9. One thirty-second part of land, of average value, in every district, shall, where practicable, also be set apart and reserved as an endowment for the purposes of education.

10. It shall be lawful for the Superinten- dent and Commissioner of Crown Lands from time to time to make and grant leases, for any term not exceeding twenty-one years, of any reserve set apart as a site for a wharf, pier, bridge, or landing-place, to any person or per- sons whatsoever. Provided that every such lease shall contain a clause to make the same absolutely void, at the option of Government, if the lessee shall demand or receive any larger sum for the use of such wharf, pier, bridge, or landing-place than the sum fixed upon in a table of fees to be agreed