THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 195

number) head of (specify great or small cattle or
horses, as the case may be) upon the said Otago Gold
Field, for the term of six calendar months from the
date hereof, which cattle are to be kept branded with
[describe the brand.]

A. B., Warden.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
George Grey, Knight Commander of
the Most Honorable Order of the Bath,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over Her Majesty's Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies, at the
Government House, at Wellington, and
issued under the Seal of the said Colony,
this twenty-fifth day of April, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-seven.

E. W. STAFFORD.

NOTICE. -Holders of miners' rights and business
licenses, and mining, mineral, and agricultural
lessees, and holders of depasturing licenses under
"The Gold Fields Act, 1866," and others, are warned
that persons committing any breach of the regulations
for depasturing cattle on the Otago Gold Field, render
themselves liable to the penalties imposed by the
following sections of "The Gold Fields Act, 1866:"

Section 15. "Any person depasturing great or
small cattle on any Crown land held and occupied by
virtue of a depasturing lease or license within a gold
field without the sanction and consent of the lessee or
licensee, shall, upon proof thereof, be adjudged to pay
to such lessee or licensee, by way of damages, for each
offence, any sum not exceeding ten shillings per head
for every head of cattle so depastured.

Section 101. "Every person committing any breach,
whether by way of omission or commission, of any of
the rules or regulations made under the authority of
this Act, shall, for every such breach, be liable to a
fine or penalty not exceeding ten pounds for the first
offence, and twenty pounds for any second or sub-
sequent offence.

Section 105. "Any person depasturing cattle upon
any Crown land within a gold field without a license
authorizing the holder thereof in that behalf, and any
person depasturing a greater number of cattle than by
the regulations to be made as hereinbefore provided he
shall be entitled to depasture by virtue of a miner's
right, business license, or of a mining, mineral, or
agricultural lease, shall, upon conviction, be liable to
a penalty not exceeding ten shillings per head, for
each offence, for every head of cattle so depastured.

G. GREY, Governor.

PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the thirty-ninth section of "The
Gold Fields Act, 1866," it is provided that
it shall be lawful for the Governor, from time to
time, to make regulations prescribing the mode in
which applications may be made for leases of land
for agricultural purposes, the quantity of land not
exceeding fifty acres which shall and may be granted
in a lease in any particular block, the amount of
deposit to be paid by any applicant therefor, and by
any objector thereto, the terms and conditions upon
which such leases may be held, occupied, assigned,
transferred, forfeited, and cancelled, the amount of
rent payable therefor, and the times and places of
payment, the conditions upon and the manner in
which entry to search for gold, or for any metal or
mineral, upon any land so leased, may be authorized,
and the terms and conditions upon which holders of
miners' rights may be permitted to mine upon land

the lease for which shall have been determined on
account of its auriferous character, and such regula-
tions from time to time to amend alter and revoke.

And whereas, I, Sir George Grey, Governor, in
pursuance of the power vested in me in that behalf,
did by proclamation dated the tenth day of January
last, and published in New Zealand Gazette on the
eleventh day of January last, make the regulations
contained in the said proclamation. And whereas it
is expedient to revoke the said proclamation and
regulation:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Grey, Governor of
the said Colony, in exercise of the power vested in
me in that behalf, do hereby revoke the said
proclamation and regulation, and I do hereby make
the following regulations, prescribing the mode in
which applications may be made for leases of land for
agricultural purposes, the quantity of land not
exceeding fifty acres which shall and may be granted
in a lease in any particular block, the amount of
deposit to be paid by any applicant therefor, and by
any objector thereto, the terms and conditions upon
which such leases may be held, occupied, assigned,
transferred, forfeited, and cancelled, the amount of
rent payable therefor, and the terms and place of
payment, the conditions upon and the manner in
which entry to search for gold, or for any metal or
mineral, upon any land so leased, may be authorized,
and the terms and conditions upon which holders of
miners' rights may be permitted to mine upon land
the lease for which shall have been determined no
account of its auriferous character.

REGULATIONS.

Mode of Application.

1. Every application for an agricultural lease
   must be made in the form of the first Schedule
   hereto, or to the like effect, to the Warden of the
   district wherein the land is situate; and copies of
   such application must be posted and maintained by
   the applicant for a period of fourteen (14) days, on
   boards standing not less than three (3) feet above the
   surface of the ground, and erected, one at each corner
   of the land so applied for.

Deposit to be paid by Applicant.

2. Before any such application shall be received by
   the Warden, the applicant must pay to a Receiver
   of Gold Revenue, the sum of ten pounds (£10) as a
   deposit, and every application must be accompanied
   by a deposit receipt for the sum so paid in the form
   in the second Schedule hereto.

Charge on Deposit.

3. Each deposit as aforesaid shall be chargeable
   with survey fees, to be assessed as hereinafter set
   forth, and with a fee of one pound (£1) for the
   preparation of the lease, and with the first half-year's
   rent to be charged in all cases, and also with any
   costs or expenses that may be incurred by any person
   who shall make a valid objection to the granting of
   the lease, the amount of which costs and expenses
   shall be adjudged by the Warden, the balance, if any
   of such deposit will be returned after the application
   has been finally dealt with.

Objectors to make deposit.

4. Any person objecting to the issue of an agricul-
   tural lease shall within fourteen (14) days from the
   date of the application give notice thereof, setting
   forth the grounds of his objection in writing to the
   Warden, and shall therewith deposit the sum of two
   pounds (£2) with a Receiver of Gold Revenue as
   security for the prosecution of his objection, or in
   satsfaction of any costs and expenses to which the
   applicant may be put by reason of such objections,
   if disallowed; and if such objection should not be