Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, Oct. 10th, 1850.

HIS Excellency the Governor-in-Chief has been pleased to direct the publication, for general information, of the following additional Bye-Laws, which have received His Excellency’s assent, and which will come into operation on the 12th Nov., 1850, according to the Provisions of the Ordinance.

By His Excellency’s command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

ADDITIONAL BYE LAWS FOR THE HUNDRED OF AUCKLAND.

1. That each and every person depasturing Cattle within the Hundred of Auckland, shall, on or before the 15th day of each and every month, cause a Return, legibly written, to be furnished to the Ranger of the said Hundred, in accordance with the provisions of the seventh Bye Law, such return to be left, on or before the said 15th day of each and every month, at either of the following places, viz—the Police Office, Auckland, or at the residence of the Ranger.

2. That the Ranger or his assistant will, between the 18th and 25th in each and every month, call upon each party depasturing cattle for payment of his or her assessment. In case of non-payment, the Wardens will in every instance issue a warrant to distrain, pursuant to the powers of the 34th section of the Crown Lands Ordinance, Session 10, No. 1.

3. That from and after the 15th October, 1850, no Bull will be allowed to run on the waste lands of the Crown, within the said Hundred, without the consent of at least two of the Wardens under a penalty of twenty shillings for each and every offence.

Mr. Thomas Davey has been appointed Assistant to the Ranger.

H. Matson, }
W. Foster, } Wardens.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 4th October, 1850.

HIS Excellency the Governor-in-Chief has been pleased to direct the publication of the following amended Regulation, extending the limits of land occupied under Crown Grant for which the right of pasturage is claimable on Common lands outside any Hundred, to six hundred acres instead of three hundred and twenty acres, as specified in regulation No. 5, issued by the Governor, under the Crown Lands Ordinance, and published in the Government Gazette of the 6th November, 1849.

This amended regulation will come into force from and after the 1st of January, 1851.

By His Excellency’s command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

REGULATION.

Licenses to depasture upon Common lands will be only granted to occupants of land held under grant from the Crown, who may wish to feed cattle upon the adjacent Crown lands, in the proportion of sixteen head of great cattle, or one hundred head of small cattle, for every 80 acres held under grant from the Crown. But no person shall claim the right for a greater extent of land than six hundred (600) acres.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 10th October, 1850.

HIS Excellency the Governor-in-Chief has been pleased to direct the publication for general information of the following Bye Laws which have received His Excellency’s assent, and which will come into operation on the 14th November, 1850, according to the provision of the Act.

By His Excellency’s command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

BYE LAWS FOR THE HUNDRED OF ONEHUNGA.

No. 6.—That all small Cattle (Goats, Sheep, and Pigs), found depasturing, or at large, on any of the Crown Waste Lands, or Public Roads, shall be impounded, and pay a fine of (5s.) five shillings per head on each impounding in addition to the authorized pound fees and charges of the pound wherein such stock shall be impounded.

No. 7.—That on all Great Cattle belonging to unlicensed persons found depasturing on any of the Crown Waste Lands, or Public Roads within the Hundred, shall be charged for the payment of the services of the Ranger, on each impounding, the sum of ten shillings (10s.), if not exceeding four head, and two shillings and sixpence (2s. 6d.) per head, if exceeding four head; provided that the said sum, or sums, shall not in any one impounding exceed the sum of five pounds in amount on the stock of any one person; but if exceeding that sum, then the sum of five pounds on such stock of one owner or person.

Thomas Somerville, } Wardens of One-
William Powditch, } hunga Hundred.

Colonial Treasury,
Auckland, 8th October, 1850.

LIST OF DEPASTURING, TIMBER, AND QUARRYING LICENSES issued during the Quarter ended 30th September, 1850.

DEPASTURING LICENSE.

TIMBER LICENSES.

QUARRYING LICENSE.

ALEXANDER SHEPHERD,
Colonial Treasurer.

Printed by WILLIAMSON & WILSON for the New Zealand Government.