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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

whereas by the sixth section of "The Mines Act,
1877," it is enacted that, until the Governor shall
otherwise order, every gold field duly proclaimed or
constituted at the time of the commencement of the
said Act shall be and be deemed to be a mining
district under the said Act: And whereas by the
one hundredth section of "The Mines Act, 1877," it
is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor to
delegate to the Chairman of the County Council, in
the mining district in which such county is situate,
all the powers vested in the Governor for the pur-
poses hereinbefore recited, subject or not to any
limitations or restrictions as he may think fit, and in
like manner to alter or revoke such delegation: And
whereas the Governor hath, by delegation in the
New Zealand Gazette, on the twenty-eighth day of
August, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
eight, in pursuance of the power and authority for
that purpose vested in him by "The Mines Act,
1877," and subject to its provisions, delegated unto
the Chairman for the time being of the County
Council of Tuapeka all the powers vested in the
Governor by subsections four and five of section
fifty-one of "The Mines Act, 1877," and hath declared
that the powers thereby delegated shall be exercised
and performed only within the said County of
Tuapeka, and by and with the consent of the County
Council of the said County of Tuapeka: And
whereas the County Council of the County of Tua-
peka have determined to make, proclaim, and declare
the regulations hereinafter mentioned:

Now, therefore, I, James Clark Brown, Chairman
of the Council of the Tuapeka County, by and with
the consent of the County Council of the said
county, and by virtue and in exercise of the power
delegated to the Chairman for the time being of the
County Council of the County of Tuapeka, do hereby
make, proclaim, and declare the regulations herein-
after mentioned for the depasturing of stock on any
lands within the said County of Tuepeka, for which
a lease or license for depasturing purposes has not
been granted, or has been cancelled or suspended.

REGULATIONS.

1. Interpretation.

In these regulations the words "great cattle" shall
be construed to mean and include horned cattle,
horses, mules, and asses (male and female), and the
offspring thereof above six months of age; and the
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
Tuapeka.

2. Miner's Right and Business 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
two head of great cattle free of assessment fees, such
cattle being the bona fide property of the holder of a
miner's right or business license.

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,
three head.

For every additional fifty acres, up to three
hundred acres, three 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
business licenses, or such lessees as aforesaid, may
run cattle within any district on obtaining a depas-
turing 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
running free of charge as hereinbefore provided, or
of other cattle for which a depasturing license has
previously been granted to the applicant, the Clerk
of the County Council may, with the consent and
approval 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