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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 11

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of the said colony, and in exercise of the
powers and authorities vested in him by "The Public Re-
serves Act, 1881," doth hereby order and direct that the
purpose of the portion of the reserve mentioned in the
second column of the Schedule hereto shall be changed from
the purpose specified in the first column of the Schedule
hereto to that specified in the third column of the Schedule
hereto.

SCHEDULE.

| Description and | Portion of which the | Intended |
| Purpose of Original | Purpose is intended to be | Purpose. |
| Reserve. | changed. | |
| All that parcel of | All that parcel of land con- | For a re- |
| land being Section | taining by admeasurement | serve for a |
| No. 703 (in red), in | 10 perches, more or less, | public li- |
| the Westland Land | being Reserve No. 300 (in | brary. |
| District, containing | red) on the map of the |
| by admeasurement | Town of Greymouth, being |
| 4 acres 1 rood 20 per- | part of Reserve No. 703 |
| ches, situate in the | (in red); bounded towards |
| Township of Grey- | the south-east by John- |
| mouth; bounded | stone Street, 100 links; |
| on the north by | towards the north-east by |
| Gresson Street, on | Gresson Street, 63 links; |
| the east by Bound- | towards the north-west by |
| ary Street, and on | other part of Reserve No. |
| the west by Arney | 703 aforesaid, 100 links; |
| Street for a distance | and towards the south- |
| of about 7½ chains, | west by other part of said |
| and on the south by | Reserve 703, 63 links. |
| a line at right angles |
| with Arney Street. |
| For the uses of the |
| Provincial Govern- |
| ment, and parti- |
| cularly for police |
| purposes. |

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

*Amended Regulations under "The New Zealand State
Forests Act, 1885."

ONSLOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this third
day of March, 1890.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities
conferred by "The New Zealand State Forests Act,
1885," His Excellency William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the
advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony,
doth hereby revoke the regulations contained in the First
and Second Schedules to the Order in Council issued on the
first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-six, and the amendment thereto made by an Order in
Council issued on the second day of September, one thou-
sand eight hundred and eighty-nine, and in lieu thereof doth
make the regulations contained in the First and Second
Schedules hereto; and, with the like advice and consent,
doth further declare that these regulations shall come into
force and take effect on and after the eighth day of March,
one thousand eight hundred and ninety, and shall apply to
State forests generally.

FIRST SCHEDULE.
GENERAL REGULATIONS.

1. WHERE it is necessary to grant to any licensee or other
   person authorised to cut and remove timber, bark, or wood
   for fuel from any State forest, any right or rights of way
   through any part of the same, the Commissioner of Crown
   Lands, with the approval of the Commissioner of State
   Forests, may grant such right or rights and may impose
   such conditions in each case as may be deemed necessary.
   But no such right shall exist for any period beyond the term
   specified in the original license or authority.

2. All timber and other produce within any State forest
   may be disposed of, either by auction, appraisement, or
   license to fell, upon such terms as the Commissioner of State
   Forests shall prescribe, and all moneys which shall be payable
   for such timber or other produce shall be paid in such manner
   as he shall direct.

3. When required by the Commissioner of Crown Lands,
   any person holding a license to fell timber shall use a brand,

and shall register the same in the office of the said Commis-
sioner, and no two persons shall use the same brand.

4. Any person marking any timber with any brand not
   belonging to him, or branding any timber belonging to any
   other person with any brand other than the brand of the
   owner thereof, shall be guilty of an offence, and shall be
   liable to a penalty not exceeding £50 for every such offence;
   but the payment of such penalty shall not debar the person
   aggrieved from recovering the amount of any damage he may
   have sustained by the action of the delinquent.

5. Any person lighting any fire within a State forest, and
   intentionally or negligently allowing the same to spread,
   shall be guilty of an offence, and shall be liable to a penalty
   not exceeding £50; but the payment of such penalty shall
   not prevent the recovery from the wrongdoer of the value of
   any damage which may be done by such fire.

6. Any person who shall permit any fire lighted by him
   outside the boundaries of any State forest to spread into or
   cause injuries to such State forest shall be guilty of an
   offence, and shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £20;
   but the payment of such penalty shall not prevent the re-
   covery from the wrongdoer of the value of any damage which
   may be done by such fire.

7. Any person who shall unlawfully injure or destroy any
   timber or other tree or shrub within the limits of any State
   forest shall be guilty of an offence, and shall be liable to a
   penalty not exceeding £5 for every timber-tree so injured or
   destroyed, and a penalty not exceeding £1 for every other
   tree or shrub so injured or destroyed. But in no case shall
   the aggregate penalty be more than £50.

8. Any unlicensed person who may be found digging for
   kauri-gum, or other products, within the boundaries of any
   State forest, shall be liable to a penalty of not exceeding £20.

9. Any person who shall suffer any cattle or animal of
   any kind to wander in any reserve, or to browse upon or
   otherwise destroy any timber or other trees or shrubs, shall
   be guilty of an offence, and shall be liable to a penalty not
   exceeding £5, and the payment of such penalty shall not
   prevent the recovery from the wrongdoer of the amount of any
   damage which may be done by any such cattle or animal;
   but nothing in this or any other regulations contained shall
   apply to cattle being driven on any public road through any
   State forest, or temporarily wandering without neglect of the
   person in charge of the same.

10. Any ranger or other person may drive any cattle or
    other animal as aforesaid to the nearest public pound, and
    the same shall not be released therefrom except upon pay-
    ment to the Commissioner of Crown Lands of the usual
    driving-fees and poundage charges.

11. No person shall trespass in any State forest, and any
    person trespassing in a State forest shall be guilty of an
    offence, and on conviction thereof shall be liable to a penalty
    not exceeding £50

12. Any person who shall hinder or obstruct any officer
    concerned in the management of any State forest in the exe-
    cution of his duty, or in doing any act authorised by the
    New Zealand State Forests Act or in these regulations, shall
    be guilty of an offence, and be liable to a penalty not exceed-
    ing £20.

13. Applications for licenses to cut timber in any State
    forest shall be made at the office of the Commissioner of
    Crown Lands of the district in which the forest is situated.

14. Each application shall be made in the form prescribed
    for that purpose, and shall be accompanied by a sketch
    showing the position and extent of the area selected; and
    the applicant shall deposit the amount of survey fees, which
    shall be forfeited if the application be abandoned or not pro-
    ceeded with for the space of one month.

15. As far as possible the area applied for shall be in a
    rectangular form, the proportion of length to breadth not
    exceeding three to one, except where previous surveys or
    other circumstances render this impracticable.

16. As soon as practicable after payment of survey fees
    the Commissioner of Crown Lands shall cause the necessary
    survey and valuation to be made, the survey to be made in
    accordance with such regulations as the Surveyor-General
    may prescribe.

17. Upon the application being granted by the Commis-
    sioner of Crown Lands the applicant shall pay the value of
    the timber included in the area to the Receiver of Land
    Revenue, after which he may obtain his license any time on
    demand.

18. Whenever the department in any case shall deem it
    advisable to use an official brand, this shall consist of the
    letters S.F. branded on a space exposed by the removal of a
    chip near the base of the tree.

19. All trees when branded shall be felled above the official
    brand.

20. In the event of any dispute respecting the correctness
    of the valuation, the decision of the Commissioner of Crown
    Lands, or of some officer specially appointed by him, shall
    be final.

21. Any licensee cutting timber outside his boundary-line