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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

(hereinafter called "the said Act,") it is, among other
things, enacted that the Governor in Council may
from time to time make regulations for defining the
number and description of trees to be planted on each
acre, and the other terms and conditions to be ful-
filled by persons claiming a free grant of land under
the provisions of the said Act: And whereas by
certain Proclamations made by the Governor the said
Act was proclaimed and declared to be in operation
in the then existing Provinces of Canterbury and
Otago as and from the dates in the said Proclamations
respectively mentioned: And whereas, by Orders in
Council made under the said Act and "The Forest
Trees Planting Encouragement Act Amendment Act,
1872," certain regulations have been made and pre-
scribed to take effect in the said provinces: And
whereas by the last-mentioned Act it is, among other
things, enacted that the regulations which are author-
ized to be made under the fourth section of the said
Act may be made to apply generally throughout the
colony, and that the regulations aforesaid may be
altered or revoked by the Governor in Council:
And whereas, by a Proclamation bearing date the
thirty-first of January, one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-seven, the said Act was proclaimed and
declared to be in operation in the remaining provin-
cial districts of the colony as from the first day of
February, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
seven: And whereas, for the purpose of giving
effect to the firstly hereinbefore recited provision of
the said Act, it is expedient to make uniform regu-
lations to be in force in all the provincial districts,
as hereinafter set forth :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of
the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exer-
cise of the powers and authorities vested in him by
the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities
enabling him in that behalf, and by and with the
advice and consent of the Executive Council of the
said colony, doth hereby make the following Regula-
tions for the several purposes in the said in part
recited Act mentioned-such Regulations to take
effect within the several provincial districts of the
Colony of New Zealand as and from the said first
day of February, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-seven:

And in further pursuance and exercise of the said
powers and authorities, and by and with the like
advice and consent as aforesaid, doth hereby revoke
all regulations heretofore made under the said Act or
any Act amending the same, and now in force in the
Provincial Districts of Canterbury and Otago, such
revocation to take effect from the said. first day of
February, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
seven: Provided that such revocation shall not
affect the rights of any person who before the taking
effect hereof shall have planted trees in accordance
with the Regulations hereby revoked.

Regulations under "The Forest Trees Planting En-
couragement Act, 1871," and "The Forest Trees
Planting Encouragement Act Amendment Act,
1872."

1. The planting in respect of which a grant of land
   under the Act is claimed need not be in one block,
   but may be in several blocks on the same property.

2: The land planted must be securely fenced, and
must have been devoted to planting for at least two
years.

3. The trees must be in a vigorous and healthy
   state when the grant of land is applied for.

4. The trees may be of any description, and the
   number planted must be at the rate of not less than
   five hundred per acre.

5. The trees must be of an average height of two

feet, except in the case of gum, wattle, poplar, or
willow, which must be of an average height of four
feet.

6. As soon as the land is fenced and the trees
   planted, a report must be sent to the Commissioner
   for Crown Lands for the provincial district in which
   the lands are situate, who will cause inspection of the
   same to be made, from the date of which, if duly
   certified, the two years will be calculated.

7. The amount of the land order to be issued
   under authority of section four of "The Forest Trees
   Planting Encouragement Act Amendment Act, 1872,"
   in respect of every acre of land planted, shall be
   four pounds.

8. The fulfilment of the conditions above pre-
   scribed shall be ascertained and shall be certified in
   the form annexed by an officer appointed by the
   Governor, who shall forward the same to the Secre-
   tary for Crown Lands. Upon the receipt of such
   certificate, the Governor may either issue his own
   certificate to the Waste Lands Board, or he may, if
   he think fit, cause further inquiry to be made into
   the facts of the case.

9. No person shall be entitled to receive a land
   order under "The Forest Trees Planting Encourage-
   ment Act Amendment Act, 1872," unless he shall, at
   the time he makes a claim therefor, produce to and
   deposit with the Commissioner of Crown Lands for
   the provincial district in which the lands are situate
   a plan of the land planted with trees in respect of
   which he claims such land order, showing the marks
   or numbers by which such land is known on the
   record maps in the Crown Lands Office of the land
   district. The applicant shall also produce and leave
   with such officer a statutory declaration made by
   him, that to the best of his belief the boundaries and
   dimensions of such land are correctly delineated on
   such plan, and that no land order has been previously
   granted to any person in respect of the planting the
   land described in such plan with trees.

FORM OF CERTIFICATE.

I, A.B., do hereby certify, after personal inspections of plan-
tation made by C.D., that acres of land have been
planted by him, in accordance with the statements contained in
the application of , 187 ; that the conditions imposed
under the Regulations issued under "The Forest Trees Planting
Encouragement Act, 1871," have been faithfully complied with;
and that he is entitled, under the provisions of the said Act, to
receive a land order to the amount of pounds.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Fees under "Building Societies Act, 1876."

NORMANBY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
first day of February, 1877.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

「N pursuance of the power and authority vested in
him by "The Building Societies Act, 1876,"
His Excellency the Governor of New Zealand, by
and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council of the said Colony, doth hereby make the
following Regulations respecting the fees to be paid
for the transmission, registration, and inspection of
documents under the said Act, that is to say,-

There shall be paid to the Registrar of Building
Societies within each district constituted under the
said Act the following fees for and in respect of the
several matters and things herein set forth :-

SCHEDULE OF FEES.

For every certificate of incorporation £ s. d.
under Sections 7 or 15 3 0 0