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16. In the event of any occupant of a portion of forest, upon which he may have expended any considerable sum in the formation of roads or improvements to facilitate the removal of Timber, wishing to resign his Licence, he will, if in the consideration of the Commissioner he should be regarded as having established a claim to this indulgence, be permitted to transfer his Licence and right of pre-occupancy to such person as he may select.

SCHEDULE A.

FORM OF LICENCE.

WHEREAS ____ has made application for a Licence to (depasture Stock) upon the Waste Lands of the Crown, within the District of (Boundaries), and has this day paid into my hands the sum of £ s. d. I do hereby Licence the said ____ to (depasture Stock) upon the said Land for the term of Fourteen Years from the date hereof, subject nevertheless to be sooner determined pursuant to the provisions of ____ and of the Regulations under which this Licence is issued, and to be cancelled as by Law and these Regulations is provided.

Dated this ___ day of ____ .

Signed ____

SCHEDULE B.

Description of a Run on the Waste Lands of the Crown, claimed by ____ .

Situation ____

Boundaries ____

Estimated extent ____

Number and description of Stock left upon the Run.

(Signature.)

SCHEDULE C.

Timber Licence to ____ at ____

Permission to cut, saw, split, and remove Timber on and from the Waste Crown Lands at ____ within such limits as may at any time be assigned by the Commissioner of Crown Lands, subject to the provisions of ____ and to the provisions of such rules as may be duly made by His Excellency the Governor-in-Chief in conformity with Law, is hereby granted to ____ by direction of the Governor of New ____ .

Colonial Treasurer.

N.B.—If the holder of the above Licence shall contravene or violate any order or regulation of the Government made with respect to any of the purposes for which this Licence is granted, the Government reserves to itself the power of declaring the Licence of any such person so offending to be cancelled, and such Licence shall thereupon become null and void, and shall not be pleaded in justification of any offence committed against the provisions of any Ordinance relating thereto.

GENERAL.

21. All Annual Licences to be drawn so as to expire simultaneously on the last day of each year.

22. Licences applied for after the 1st June in each year, will only be chargeable with half of the usual fee.

23. Licences to be signed and issued by the Colonial or Provincial Treasurer, upon payment of the proper fee.

24. No Licence will preclude the Government from including within a Hundred, or Selling, or will in any way affect the rights of the Crown to Land occupied in virtue of such Licences.

25. All disputes between holders of Licences having reference to depasturing Stock, or cutting Timber, shall be heard and decided by the Commissioner of Crown Lands, who is authorized by the Crown Lands Ordinance to charge, at his discretion, to the party against whom his decision shall be made, a fee of Five Pounds.

26. Licences for depasturing purposes can be transferred from one person to another, with the authority of the Government previously obtained through the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

27. These Regulations are not intended to affect any rights already acquired by occupants of purchased Land to depasture upon Crown Lands in their vicinity a certain quantity of Cattle in proportion to the extent of purchased Land which they may occupy, whether such rights have been acquired under Regulations issued by the Government, or by the New Zealand Company.

By His Excellency’s command,

ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland; 7th November, 1851.

HIS Excellency the LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR has been pleased to direct the following Return to be published for general information.

By His Excellency’s command,

ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.