exceeding the term of twenty-one years shall be
a royalty or rent (coal excepted, as hereinbefore
mentioned) of one-fifteenth of the minerals to
be raised.

21. The land comprised in any mining lease
    may, at the request of the lessee, at any time
    after an occupation of three years, be put up
    for sale by auction, subject to the lease thereof
    already granted, at an upset price to be fixed by
    the Waste Land Board, with the concurrence of
    the Superintendent and his Executive Council.

22. Every applicant for a mining lease shall
    furnish o the Waste Land Board withla a time
    to be fixed by the said Board after the applica-
    tion shall have been agreed to, a plan and des-
    cription of the land to be leased, which plan and
    description shall be made and prepared by a
    Surveyor to be approved of by the said Board.

V.
Auctions.

23. The Waste Land Board shall give notice
    of the time and place at which any auction
    (except auctions in order to decide between two
    or more applicants for the same land as herein-
    tofore provided) is intended to be held, in which
    notice the allotments of land which shall then
    be offered for sale or lease shall be specified, and
    such notice shall be published in the Provincial
    Government Gazette or a local newspaper not
    more than three months, nor less than one
    month before such auction shall take place.

24. No land shall be included in any such no-
    tice unless the same shall have been previously
    surveyed, and have been distinguished by an
    appropriate mark upon a map to be exhibited in
    the Waste Land Office for public inspection du-
    ring usual office hours.

25. The land shall be offered for sale by Auc-
    tion by some person to be appointed for that
    purpose by the Waste Land Board.

26. Immediate payment of one-tenth part of
    the purchase money shall be a condition of every
    sale by Auction (excepting Auctions to decide
    between two or more applicants as aforesaid) and
    the remaining nine tenths of the purchase money
    shall be paid by the purchaser within one calen-
    der month next after the time of such sale,
    otherwise the one tenth of the purchase money
    so paid, by way of deposit as aforesaid, shall be
    forfeited, and the contract for the sale of the
    land shall theneeforward be null and void.

VI.
Fees for Crown Grants.

27. Fees on Crown Grants shall be payable
    before the delivery of every Crown Grant, and
    shall not exceed 20s. in each case.

28. Every person who, at the date when these
    Regulations shall come into operation, shall be
    in the occupation of any land, and who shall
    have had the consent of the Commissioner of
    Crown Lands, and the Superintendent of the
    Province for such occupation, shall, in the event
    of such person being willing to conform to these
    Regulations, be entitled to purchase such land,
    in terms of these Regulations, and such lands
    shall not be sold to any other person until they
    shall have been first offered to such occupant.

VII.
Waste Land Board.

29. There shall be established a Board of
    Commissioners, to be called the Waste Land
    Board, which shall consist of a Chief Commis-
    sioner, and of at least two other Commissioners,
    all of whom shall be appointed and be remova-
    ble, by the Superintendent with the advice and
    consent of his Executive Council; the Chief
    Commissioner shall also hold the office of Com-
    missioner of Crown Lands under the Crown
    Lands Ordinance.

30. There shall be a Treasurer to the Waste
    Lands Board, who shall be appointed, and be
    removable by the Governor.

31. The salaries of officers who shall be ap-
    pointed by the Governor shall be paid by the
    General Government, and the salaries of officers
    who shall be appointed by the Superintendent
    or by the Waste Land Board, shall be paid by
    the Provincial Government.

32. All business connected with the sale, let-
    ting, disposal, and occupation of the Waste
    Lands of the Crown, shall be transacted by the
    Waste Land Board.

33. There shall be at the office of the Waste
    Land Board a room open to the public, and the
    particulars of every application for the sale,
    letting, disposal or occupation of any of the
    Waste Lands of the Crown shall be posted in
    some conspicuous part of such room for not less
    than ten days before such application shall be
    decided on.

34. Before any application shall be decided on
    any person may give notice in writing to the
    Waste Land Board that he intends to dispute the
    granting of such application, and if such person
    shall at the same time deposit with the said
    Board the sum of St. no such application shall
    be decided on, except at a meeting of the said
    Board after an opportunity shall have been
    given for a full hearing of all parties.
    The 57. so deposited, or any part thereof, may
    be appropriated in payment of costs of either
    party or returned to the person depositing the
    same, at the discretion of the said Board.

35. Every application in reference to which
    no such notice shall have been given, shall be
    disposed of, and all the routine business of the
    Waste Land Office shall be transacted by the
    Chief Commissioner, subject nevertheless to re-
    consideration and revision by the said Board.

36. Every application in reference to which
    any such notice as aforesaid shall have been
    given, and every dispute and difference relating
    or incident to the sale, letting, disposal and oc-
    cupation of the Waste Lands of the Crown, or
    to any act done under these Regulations or to
    the interpretation or meaning thereof, shall be
    heard and determined at meetings of the
    said Board.

37. Every meeting of the Waste I and Board
    shall be attended by at least three commis-
    sioners, and shall be open to the public.

38. Notice of every such meeting shall be
    posted in some conspicuous place in the office of
    the Waste Land Board for not less than three
    days previous to such meeting.

39. The decision of the Waste Land Board
    on all matters to be by it heard and determined