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Small, except Bulls, be allowed to run upon any part of the said Waste Lands, without the consent in writing of the Wardens, under a penalty of twenty (20) shillings for each and every offence, and any entire male cattle found upon the said waste lands without consent as aforesaid, shall be deemed and treated as a stray trespassing.

10. That any person worrying cattle by driving them with dogs or otherwise off the said waste lands, or other unenclosed lands not in the lawful occupation of the person so driving off such cattle, shall forfeit and pay the sum of two (2) pounds for the first offence, three (3) pounds for the second offence, and five (5) pounds for the third and every further offence.

11. That any person setting fire to or causing any part of the said waste lands to be set on fire, without the consent in writing of the Wardens, shall forfeit and pay for the first offence, the sum of twenty (20) shillings, and for each and every further offence, the sum of five (5) pounds.

12. That any person running diseased cattle upon the said waste lands shall forfeit and pay for each and every offence the sum of five (5) pounds, and any such diseased cattle not withdrawn from the run within 24 hours after notice given to the person whose brand such cattle may bear, shall and may by order of two at least of the Wardens be forthwith destroyed.

13. That any person destroying or impairing in any way any wall, embankment, or fence of any kind, of any enclosed land, whereby the cattle depasturing therein may escape and stray upon the aforesaid waste lands, or roads within the said Hundred, shall forfeit and pay the sum of five (5) pounds for each and every offence.

14. That any person rendering the water upon, or flowing through the said waste lands, impure, by washing linen or clothes of any kind therein, or doing any other act whereby a deleterious or offensive matter be thrown into any watercourse or pond, shall forfeit and pay a sum of not less than forty (40) shillings, nor more than five (5) pounds for each and every offence.

15. That any person convicted of a third offence against the said Ordinance, or any bye law made in pursuance thereof, be reported by the Wardens to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, with a recommendation that no future licence be granted to such person.

Appendix.

The Wardens deem it a duty to call especial attention to the 34th, 37th, 38th and 39th sections of the Crown Lands Ordinance, and which sections are hereunder set forth.

34. In case any person liable for the payment of any such assessment shall neglect or refuse to pay the amount due in respect thereof, it shall be lawful for the Wardens or any two of them to issue a Warrant under their hands, directed to some constable, to levy the amount so due by distress and sale of a sufficient part of the cattle and other goods and chattels of the party liable, in like manner as in case of rent in arrear between landlord and tenant.

35. If any person shall depasture any cattle on the Common Waste Land within any hundred, not being so licensed as aforesaid, or being so licensed shall depasture on such Waste Lands as aforesaid a greater number of cattle than shall have been apportioned to him, every such person shall be liable to the same penalties and proceedings as are herein provided for the unlawful occupation of Crown Lands.

36. If any cattle shall be found unlawfully trespassing upon any lands or public roads within the limits of a hundred, whether such land shall be fenced or not, it shall be lawful for any of the Wardens of such hundred, or for any person authorized by them, to impound the cattle so trespassing in any public pound, to be dealt with according to law.

37. If any person shall occupy any waste lands of the Crown, either by residing or by erecting any hut or building thereon, or by clearing enclosing, or cultivating any part thereof, or shall fell, remove, or sell the timber growing, or being on any such land, without in either case having a lease or licence for such purpose respectively, every such person shall, on conviction for any of the offences hereinbefore mentioned, forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding fifty pounds, to be recovered in a summary way: Provided that no person shall be convicted of any of the offences aforesaid, except on the information or complaint of a Commissioner of Crown Lands, or of some other person duly authorized in that behalf by His Excellency the Governor, or by such Commissioner.

ERRATA.—In page 42, line 30, for average number of notes, read average amount of notes ... and in same page, line 34, for branch of said Bank, read branches of said Bank.

HENRY MATSON,
GEORGE NICOL,
W. FOSTER.
Wardens.

Auckland, 13th April, 1850.