THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 539

words "small cattle" shall be construed to mean
sheep, male and female, and the weaned offspring
thereof; and the word "district" shall mean one
of the depasturing districts described in the First
Schedule hereto, and every other district which may
hereafter be proclaimed within the County of
Vincent.

2.—Miner's Right and Busiess License Holders may
run Cattle.

Every holder of a miner's right issued within the
county, or any borough therein, and every holder of
a business license occupying land by virtue of such
license, within the county, shall be entitled to run
one head of great cattle free of assessment fees.

3.—Mining and Mineral Lessees.

The person or persons holding or occupying any
land within the county, under or by virtue of any
mining or mineral lease or leases, shall be entitled to
one head of great cattle free of assessment fees;
provided that in the case of a lease or leases to two
or more persons jointly, the number of cattle which
they shall be together entitled to run shall not be
more than five head for every such lease or leases.

4.—Agricultural Lessees.

Holders of agricultural leases within the county
shall be entitled to run great cattle free of assess-
ment fees, in proportion to the acreage of their leases,
as follows:—

For a lease of fifty acres, or any less quantity,
one head.

For every additional fifty acres, one head.

5.—Depasturing Licenses.

Holders of miners' rights or business licenses, and
mining, mineral, and agricultural lessees within the
county, may run cattle therein in excess of the num-
ber which they are entitled to run free of assessment
fees, on obtaining a depasturing license under these
regulations; and other persons resident in such
county, not being holders of miners' rights or busi-
ness licenses, or such lessees as aforesaid, may run
cattle within any district on obtaining a depasturing
license under these regulations.

6.—Application to be made.

Persons desirous of obtaining a depasturing license
must lodge with the Clerk of the County Council an
application in writing in the form contained in the
Second Schedule hereto, and deposit therewith the
assessment and registration fees payable under these
regulations. If such application is refused, the
assessment and registration fees shall be repaid to
the applicant, but not otherwise.

7.—Application how dealt with.

If the application shall be to depasture not more
than five head of great cattle, exclusive of cattle run-
ning free of charge as hereinbefore provided, or of
other cattle for which a depasturing license has pre-
viously been granted to the applicant, the Clerk of
the County Council may, with the consent and ap-
proval of the Chairman, forthwith issue a depas-
turing license to the applicant; but if such applica-
tion shall be for depasturing any larger number of
great cattle than aforesaid, or for depasturing small
cattle, the Clerk shall submit the same to the County
Council at the next ordinary meeting thereof, and
the County Council shall determine whether such
application shall be granted or refused.

8.—Assessment Fees.

The assessment fees payable annually under these
regulations shall be—

For every head of great cattle ... 3s. 6d.
For every head of small cattle ... 1s. Od.

And when six months or more of the annual period
shall have expired, only one-half of the above fees
shall be charged.

9.—Duration and Form of License.

Depasturing licenses granted under these regula-
tions shall be signed by the Chairman of the County
Council, and shall remain in force only until the 31st
day of March next following the date thereof; and
such licenses shall be in the form contained in the
Third Schedule hereto.

10.—Registration.

All cattle depastured in a district under these
regulations, whether running free of assessment or
by virtue of a depasturing license, must be branded,
and the brands and a description of the cattle must
be registered with the Clerk of the County Council.
The fee for every such registration shall be 1s.,
and a certificate of registration in the form of the
Fourth Schedule hereto shall be given to persons
entitled to run cattle free of assessment fees as
aforesaid.

11.—Register to be kept.

The Clerk of the County Council shall keep a
register of brands, and a list of depasturing licenses
and registration certificates issued, with the date of
issue, and the names of the licensees and certificate-
holders, the qualification under which any cattle are
to be run free of assessment fees, and the quantity
and description of stock which each person is
authorized to depasture; and such register shall be
kept in the Council offices, and may be inspected at
any time by the public.

12.—Brands previously registered.

If the brand described in any application has
previously been registered by any other person, the
applicant shall amend his application by inserting
therein some other brand not previously registered.

13.—Diseased Cattle, Pigs and Goats prohibited.

No diseased cattle shall be depastured upon, nor
shall any pigs or goats be allowed at large within, any
district; and any person or persons who shall turn
out or depasture any diseased cattle or suffer any pig
or goat to be at large within any district shall be
liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds for the
first offence, and twenty pounds for any second or
subsequent offence.

14.—Licenses not to be issued to Minors, &c.

Depasturing licenses shall not be issued to minors
under the age of eighteen years.

15.—Penalty for Non-registration, &c.

No person shall depasture cattle, great or small,
in a district unless the same be registered and
branded in the manner provided by these regulations;
and all cattle depastured under these regulations
shall be and be kept branded with the registered
brand of the person authorized to depasture the
same in the manner herein provided; and all cattle
found in a district unregistered or without such
brand shall be deemed to be illegally depastured in
such district in contravention of these regulations;
and the owner or owners thereof shall, upon convic-
tion, be liable to a penalty not exceeding 40s. per
head for every offence for every head of cattle so
depastured.

16.—Unregistered Cattle may be impounded.

All pigs, goats, or unregistered cattle found in or
upon a district may be impounded by any officer of
the Council duly authorized in that behalf; and the
owner or owners thereof shall, in addition to the
penalties provided by these regulations, and to the
impounding fees chargeable under any by-law of
the County Council for the time being in force, be
liable to a charge of 5s. per head for the costs
incurred in the collecting and recovering of the
same.