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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Depasturing Regulations for the County of Lake.

(L.S.) JOHN EDGAR, Chairman.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by subsections four and five of the fifty-first section of “The Mines Act, 1877,” it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor, subject to the provisions of the said Act, from time to time to make, alter, amend, and revoke rules and regulations for regulating the depasturing of stock within any lands within mining districts for which a lease or license for depasturing purposes has not been granted, or has been cancelled or suspended, and the number of horses or cattle which may be run upon such lands by the holders of miner’s rights and business licenses, or of mining and agricultural leases, or by other persons, and for the issue of depasturing licenses, and to regulate the fees that shall be paid therefor, and for imposing penalties in respect to the breach of any such regulations: for imposing penalties upon the owners of cattle illegally depasturing on such lands, and for recovering from such owners, in addition to any of the aforesaid penalties, all the costs and charges incident to the collecting and recovering such cattle: And 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 by subsections four and five of the fifty-first section of the said Act and in like manner to alter or revoke such delegation: And whereas the Governor hath, by delegation given under his hand and the seal of the Colony of New Zealand on the eleventh day of July, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, and duly published in the New Zealand Gazette on the twelfth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, in exercise of the powers vested in him by the said Act, delegated unto the Chairman for the time being of the County Council of Lake all the powers vested in the Governor by section fifty-one of “The Mines Act, 1877,” of making, altering, amending, and revoking rules and regulations for the purposes contained in subsections four and five of the said section fifty-one, and hath declared that the powers thereby delegated shall be exercised and performed only within the said County of Lake, excepting that portion of the said county comprised within the boundaries of the Cardrona Commonage, and by and with the consent of the County Council of the said County of Lake: And whereas the County Council of the County of Lake have determined to make, proclaim, and declare the regulations hereinafter mentioned:

Now, therefore, I, John Edgar, Chairman of the County Council of Lake, 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 Lake, do hereby make, proclaim, and declare the regulations hereinafter mentioned for the depasturing of stock on any lands (excepting that portion of the said county comprised within the boundaries of the Cardrona Commonage) within the said County of Lake, 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 and goats, 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 Lake.

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.

3. Agricultural Lessees.

Holders of agricultural leases within the county shall be entitled to run great cattle free of assessment 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.

4. Depasturing Licenses.

Holders of miners’ rights or business licenses, and agricultural lessees, within the county may run great or small cattle (except bulls and entire horses as hereinafter mentioned) therein, in excess of the number 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 depasturing license under these regulations.

5. 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.

6. 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 hereinafter 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 depasturing license to the applicant; but, if such application 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.

7. Assessment Fees.

The assessment fees payable annually under these regulations shall be:—

For every head of great cattle ... 5s.

For every head of small cattle ... 1s.