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affer the day of the date of the Provin
cial Government Gazette in whic
notice of such sale shall be published
3. The Annual License fee shall be in all
cases at least five pounds and every oc-
cupier of a Run shall pay annually in
addition a further License fee at the rate
of one pound sterling for every thousand
sheep above five thousand which the
Run so occupied shall be estimated to
be capable of containing, and in the
same proportion for great cattle; six
sheep being rated as one head of great
cattle.

4. If at any time during the currency of
   such License such annual fees, and the
   annual assessment imposed by law shall
   not be paid by the Holder of such
   License in the manner and at the time
   required by these Regulations; then and
   in that case the said License shall
   cease and determine and the Waste
   Land Board shall thereupon be
   empoweredto notify publicly the forfei-
   ture of such License, and to let the
   Run to which it relates by Fub'ic
   Auction to the highest bidder for a
   term of fourteen years subject to the
   conditions of these Regulations, and of
   any Law for the Regulation of pasto-
   ral pursuits.

5. No such License for fourteen years
   shall be granted to any applicant for a Run
   until he shall have paid all arrears of rent and
   assessments which may be owing by him for
   such Run.

6. In the event of any dispute arising be-
   tween two or more claimants regarding the
   boundaries of their respective Runs, it shall
   be lawful for the Waste Land Board to make
   such alterations, in the boundaries of their
   Runs, or of any of them as it may, upon en-
   quiry, judge to be just and expedient..

XIII..
Issue of Timber Licenses.

97. It shall be lawful for the Waste Land
    Board to grant a License to any person to cut
    timber on the Waste Lands of the Crown upon
    payment of a fee of not less than £1 for each
    such License.

98. The Waste Land Board, shall determine
    the extent of land to which such License shall
    give a right of occupancy, and the Licenses
    shall have effect only within the district speci-
    fied in them.

99. Every Timber License shall be in the
    form set forth in Schedule G. hereunto an-
    nexed.

XIV.
General.

100. All Licenses shall be drawn so as to
     expire simultaneously on the last day of each
     year.

101. No License shall preclude the Waste
     Land Board from selling, or shall in any way
     affect the rights of the Crown to the Land oc-
     cupied in virtue of such License.

102. All disputes between holders of Licen-
     ses to cut timber or depasture stock, shall be
     heard and decided by the Waste Land Board.

103. Licenses for depasturing purposes may
     be transferred from one person to another with
     the consent of the Waste Land Board.

XV.
Definition of Waste Lands of the Crown.

104. The term "Waste Lands of the Crown"
     and "Waste Land" throughout these Regula-
     tions, shall be deemed to include all such land
     within the Province of Otago as is declared by
     the 72nd Section of the Constitution Act to be
     Waste Lands of the Crown.

Dunedin, 19th January, 1856.

The Superintendent and Provincial Council
of the Province of Otago, hereby recommend
the foregoing Regulations to the Governor, that
the same may be put in force within the said
Province as provided for by Section 2 of the
Waste Land Act, 1854.

W. CARGILL,
Superintendents.

JAMES MACANDREW,
Speaker.
ROBERT CHAPMAN,
Clerk of Council:

Schedules referred to in the foregoing
Regulations.

I hereby certify that the above is a true and correct return.
To the Waste Land Board.