Province of New Ulster,
Government House, at Auckland,
in the Province aforesaid.
this Second day of November,
in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and
forty-eight.

G. GREY,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief.
By His Excellency’s command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.
God Save the Queen!

PROCLAMATION.

By His Excellency GEORGE GREY,
Esquire, Governor-in-Chief in
and over the Islands of New
Zealand, and Governor of the
Provinces of New Ulster and
New Munster, and Vice-Admiral
of the same, &c.; &c.;

WHEREAS certain Regulations relating
to the occupation of Crown Lands, for
Depasturing of Cattle and for cutting Timber,
were published in the Government Gazette of
the 10th day of August, 1848.

And Whereas it is expedient that the said
Regulations be amended; Now therefore, I,
the said Governor-in-Chief, do hereby proclaim
and declare that the same are cancelled; and
that the following Regulations relating to the
occupation of Crown Lands shall be in force
from the date hereof.

Given under my hand, and issued
under the Public Seal of the
Province of New Ulster, at
Auckland, this Second day of No-
vember, in the Year of Our Lord,
one thousand eight hundred and
forty eight.

G. GREY,
Governor.
By His Excellency’s command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.
God save the Queen!

DEPASTURING LICENSES.

Every person depasturing cattle on any waste
land of the Crown shall make or cause to be
made to, and deposited with the Commissioner
of Crown Lands in the month of September in
each year, commencing in September, 1848,—
a return, according to the form contained in
the Schedule A. hereunto annexed, of all such
cattle so depastured by him on the first day of
the said month of September.

2. There shall be paid and levied in advance,
   in each and every year, upon, for, and in respect
   of all cattle depastured or kept upon any
   waste lands of the Crown the following assess-
   ment:—
   For every head of great cattle ... eightpence.
   For every head of small cattle ... one penny.

3. These yearly assessments shall be paid by
   the person depasturing stock to the Colonial
   Treasurer, on or before the first day of Decem-
   ber in every year for the year commencing on
   the first day of January then next ensuing, the
   first payment thereof to be made upon the first
   day of December, 1848.

4. The Commissioner of Crown Lands shall
   upon the first day of October in every year, com-
   mencing on the first day of October, 1848,
   make an assessment of cattle depastured on
   Crown Lands, and shall make a report thereof
   to the Colonial Treasurer in the form, and con-
   taining the several particulars set forth in the
   Schedule B. hereunto annexed, according to
   which report the respective yearly assessments
   shall be payable, and be paid to the Colonial
   Treasurer on or before the first day of Decem-
   ber in each year.

5. The Commissioner of Crown Lands shall
   publish yearly, in the Government Gazette, on
   or before the first day of November, a list of
   the persons chargeable with the payment of the
   yearly assessment, and of the amount payable
   by each, together with a notice warning them
   that such assessment must be paid on or be-
   fore the first day of December.

6. Upon such assessment being paid to the Co-
   lonial Treasurer, he shall thereupon issue a li-
   cense authorising the Stock-holder who has
   paid his assessment to depasture cattle upon the
   waste lands of the Crown during the ensuing
   year, commencing upon the 1st day of January
   then next ensuing.

7. For every license for a defined run, the sum
   of Five pounds shall be paid.

8. For every license to depasture on common
   lands, 10s. 6d. shall be paid.

9. If such assessment be not paid on or before
   the day named, the Government will be at li-
   berty to offer the run of the party who has
   neglected to make such payment to public
   competition at Public Auction.

10. All persons using any portions of the
    Crown Lands as defined runs for the purpose of
    depasturing cattle shall lodge a description of
    such runs so occupied by him with the Com-
    missioner of Crown Lands within three months
    after the publication of these regulations.

11. Such description shall specify the bounda-
    ries and other particulars connected with the
    run according to the Schedule C. hereunto an-
    exed.

12. Such boundaries of runs so described as
    are not marked by natural boundaries, such as
    streams, shall be marked by the occupants there-
    of, by lines of marked trees, by posts placed at
    intervals, or by some other method which
    will render them easily discernible.

13. Persons desirous for the future of
    occupying runs, must in the first place
    apply to the Surveyor General, and having
    obtained from him a certificate to the effect
    that such land is the property of the Crown,
    and that no objection exists to their occupa-
    tion of it, must lodge this certificate with
    the Commissioner of Crown Lands, who will
    thereupon notify that the run is claimed
    by the holder of the certificate. Any
    person who shall have a run claimed by
    him, or any part thereof, unoccupied by stock