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50. There shall be levied and paid in ad-
vance in each and every year, for and in
respect of all cattle depastured and kept upon
any such Waste Lands of the Crown, the
assessment following, that is to say: -
For every head of Great Cattle-Sixpence.
For every head of Small Cattle-One
penny.
Which assessment shall be paid by the person
depasturing such cattle to the Treasurer of
the Waste Land Board, on or before the first
day of December in every year.
51. The Waste Land Board shall, on the
first day of October in every year make an
assessment of the Cattle depastured as afore-
said, and shall make a yearly report thereof
to the Superintendent, and also to the Trea-
surer of the Waste Land Board, in the form
and containing the several particulars set
forth in the Schedule to these Regulations
annexed marked B; according to which
report such yearly assessment as aforesaid
shall be paid at the time and in the
manner aforesaid.
52. On or before the first day of November
in every year, the Waste Land Board shall
cause a notice, in the form set forth in Sche-
duleC hereunto annexed, requiring payment of
such assessment as aforesaid, to be served
upon the person liable for the payment of the
same, or to be left at his usual place of abode,
or with the overseer or person having the
charge of the cattle in respect of which such
assessment shall be made.
53. In case the sum demanded shall appear
to the person who shall be required to pay
the same to be an overcharge, it shall be
lawful for such person to appeal against such
assessment to the Waste Land Board; Pro-
vided, that notice, in writing, of appeal and
the grounds thereof shall be given to the said
Board by the person appealing within fifteen
days after notice of such assessment shall
have been served as aforesaid; and the said
Board is hereby authorised and required to
hear and determine the matter of such appeal,
and to make such order therein as to it may
seem meet.
54. In case any person liable for payment
of such assessment, of which due notice shall
have been served as aforesaid, shall refuse or
neglect to pay the amount due within the
time prescribed by these Regulations, it shall
be lawful for the Waste Land Board to issue
a Warrant directed to a Constable to levy the
amount so due, with interest at the rate of
eight pounds per centum per annum, by
distress and sale of a sufficient part of the
cattle, or other goods and chattels of the
party liable, in like manner as in case of rent
in arrear between landlord and tenant.
55. If at any time the amount payable by
any party for any such assessment, shall be
in arrear and unpaid for three calendar
months after the same shall become due, it
shall be lawful for the Waste Land Board to
declare by notice, to be published in the
"Provincial Government Gazette," that such
person has forfeited his license, and such
person shall thereupon be liable to be pro-
ceeded against under the provisions of these
Regulations as an unlicensed occupier of
Crown Land; Provided, that such notice may
at any time be revoked by the authority of
the Waste Land Board; and thereupon such
license shall be deemed to be again in full
force. Such re-vocation to take effect from
such time as the said Board shall in that
behalf provide in a notice to be published in
the "Provincial Government Gazette."
X.
Management of Crown Lands within the
limits of a Hundred.
56. Whenever the Governor shall, by
Proclamation, have divided the Province, or
any part thereof into Hundreds, the rights of
pasturage on Waste Lands of the Crown in
any such Hundred, and the apportionment of
the same, shall be exercised and enjoyed
exclusively by the persons who shall take out
a Depasturing License, as hereinafter pro-
vided; being pensioners enrolled for service
in New Zealand, or persons of the Native
race, or half-castes, respectively, or others
occupying land within the Hundred with the
permission of the Government, or of the
Waste Land Board.
57. A depasturing license shall be granted
to every such occupant who shall apply for
the same to the Waste Land Board, on or
before the first day of January in each
year, provided that he shall have deposited with
the said Board a return in the form of
Schedule D hereunto annexed, of the number
of acres occupied by him as aforesaid.
58. Every such license shall commence and
take effect on the first day of January, and
shall continue in force for one year.
59. For every such license there shall be
paid to the Waste Land Board the sum of
ten shillings.
60. As soon as conveniently may be
after the first day of January in each
year, the said Waste Land Board shall publish
in the "Provincial Government Gazette" a
list of the persons to whom and the names of
the Hundreds in respect of which such
licenses shall have been granted, and at the same
time, and in like manner the said Board shall
call a meeting of such persons in each
Hundred, for the purpose of electing, from
amongst themselves, by a majority of votes,
any number of persons to act as Wardens,
not being less than three, as the said Board
shall in such notice direct and appoint; and
such persons sh 11 continue in office until the
election of their successors, and shall have the
regulation and apportionment of the right of
pasturage within the Hundred for the then
current year, or until some other regulation
and apportionment thereof shall be lawfully
made in that behalf.
61. The persons whose names shall be
comprised in such lists, shall have the exclu-
sive right of pasturage on the Waste Lands of