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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

management and utilization of the forests: Provided | cutting, shall be treated as an unlicensed trespasser.
that before the issue of any renewed license the
licensee shall produce a certificate from the Inspector
or Ranger of Forests, or other person duly appointed
by the Waste Lands Board on that behalf—
(1.) That the bush has been cut fairly, and that
all available for saw-mill purposes has been
used.
(2.) That the saw-mill has been kept contin-
uously in operation, when not stopped by
causes considered unavoidable by the Board.
(3.) That no trees or saplings under one foot in
diameter have been cut for sale, except as
provided by section 8, or destroyed by the
act of or by the neglect of the licensee or his
servants, and that none of the provisions of
the Land Acts in force in the Southland Land
District, or any Act amending the same, or the
by-laws of the Waste Lands Board, have been
violated.
(4.) And if it shall appear that these regulations
have not been complied with, or that any
wrongful acts have been done by the licensee,
then the Waste Lands Board shall appoint a
valuator to ascertain and assess the amount of
damage which the forest, whether under license
or not, may have sustained by such wrongful
acts; and no new license shall be granted
until the amount of damage so assessed shall
have been paid, in addition to the sum due by
way of rent and expenses of valuation.
(5.) If at any time during the currency of the
yearly license the Inspector or Ranger of
Forests shall report that the timber on the
licensed ground is being unfairly cut, the
license may be suspended pending investiga-
tion, and cancelled if it is found that the by-
laws or regulations have been infringed.
24. The licensee shall keep a production book,
showing the total number of superficial feet, without
any classification, passing through the saw-mill each
day, or hewn timber, and exhibit the same on demand
of any person authorized by the Waste Lands Board,
and shall furnish a correct copy of it to the Inspector
or Ranger of Forests on or before the seventh day
of each succeeding month, in the form prescribed in
the Schedule, the penalty for omitting to make a
return, or making a false return, being forfeiture of
the license, and a penalty not exceeding £50, to be
recoverable under clause 93 of "The Land Act, 1877."
25. Holders of a license to give all information
whatsoever as to boundaries, position of cutting, &c.,
that may be required by the Inspector or Ranger of
Forests, or any person authorized by the Commis-
sioner of Crown Lands.

GENERAL REGULATIONS.

26. No person to cut down or otherwise injure any
    trees not required by him for the purpose of his
    business, and if it shall appear to the Inspector or
    Ranger of Forests that any of the regulations have
    been infringed, or that the timber has been negligently
    or wilfully injured or destroyed by fire or otherwise,
    he shall immediately give notice of the same at the
    office of the Waste Lands Board, and shall tem-
    porarily suspend the license of the party offending;
    and if the Commissioners shall judge that such
    infringement has been wilful, then the license shall
    be forfeited, and it shall be at the discretion of the
    Board to refuse to allow the issue of another license
    to the same person or persons.
27. Any person who shall cut timber without a
    license, or who shall continue to saw or cut timber
    after any payment shall have become due and shall
    not be paid, or after the Inspector or Ranger of
    Forests, by reason of any alleged breach of these
    regulations, shall have given him notice to discontinue
28. Where the terms "land," "bush," or "bush
    land," are used in the foregoing regulations, the bush
    or timber only is meant.
29. A penalty not exceeding £20 will be inflicted
    for every single breach of the above by-laws, ex-
    cepting those enumerated under clauses 17 to 25,
    both inclusive, and summary proceedings will be
    adopted to recover the same under Part V. of "The
    Land Act, 1877."

WALTER H. PEARSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.

DAILY PRODUCTION BOOK
Of Saw-mill situated at
, giving the daily return of
Timber sawn or hewn under license, during the month of
, 18 , in terms of section 22 of the Southland
Timber Regulations.

do solemnly snd sincerely declare that the above is a
correct copy of production book for the month of
, 18 , and is a true and complete return of all timber sawn or
hewn under license during the month; and make
this solemn declaration conscientiously believing it to be true,
and by virtue of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zea-
land, intituled "The Justices of the Peace Act, 1866."
Made and subscribed at , in the Colony of New
Zealand, this day of , in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and .

Sheep Inspector's Notice.

Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 25th September, 1878.

NOTICE has been received from the Inspector of
Sheep for the Wanganui District that he has
cancelled the clean certificates of—
Mr. John Prengean, No. 2 Line, for a flock of 200
sheep; dated 1st August, 1878.
Mr. John Cameron, No. 1 Line, for a flock of 900
sheep; and
Mr. Jonas Mathews, No. 1 Line, for a flock of 300
sheep; dated 9th September, 1878.

JOS. G. HOLDSWORTH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.