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shall pay the value of the timber, and shall be liable to a
penalty not exceeding £5 for each tree, at the discretion of
the Justice or Justices before whom the case may be brought;
but the payment of such penalty shall not prevent the re-
covery of the amount of any damage which may be done by
such licensee.

22. Every licensee shall point out the extent of his cutting
    when required so to do by any officer appointed under the
    authority of the State Forests Act or these regulations.

23. The Commissioner of Crown Lands shall have power
    to reserve trees required for special purposes on any area for
    which a license may be granted; such trees to be branded
    with the letters S.F.R.

24. All trees shall be felled and removed from the forest in
    such a way as to cause the least possible amount of injury
    to the young growth. Should needless damage be caused, it
    shall be estimated by the Commissioner of Crown Lands, or
    by some officer to be appointed by him, and the amount of
    such damage shall be paid by the licensee, together with any
    special costs that may be incurred. In default of payment
    of such moneys within fourteen days after demand, the same
    may be recovered from the licensee as liquidated damages
    at suit of the Commissioner of State Forests, or any officer
    appointed by him in that behalf, and the license held by
    the licensee may, at the discretion of the said Commissioner
    of State Forests, be absolutely forfeited. All trees shall be
    felled inwards.

SAW-MILL LICENSES.

25. The area of a saw-mill license shall not exceed 200
    acres, but the holder may apply to have three additional
    areas adjoining the first reserved for his exclusive use for a
    period not exceeding one year for each 100 acres from the
    date of appropriation; provided that he shall not be allowed
    to fell timber on any portion until he has complied with the
    terms of payment. When the purchased area comprises
    inferior or partially-cut bush, and the reserve applied for
    contains superior or virgin bush, the Commissioner of Crown
    Lands shall have power to withhold the reserve in whole or
    in part as he shall think fit. The title of the reserve shall
    be absolutely dependent upon the licensee's title to the saw-
    mill area with which it is connected, and shall accordingly
    lapse whenever the saw-mill area has been forfeited for
    breach of conditions.

26. Royalty on timber shall be paid at the rates specified
    in the classified scale in the Second Schedule hereto, as
    follows, viz.: On blocks not exceeding 100 acres, in cash;
    on blocks over that area, one-half cash and the other half
    within six months. Kauri timber may, however, be sold by
    auction or by appraisement, on the terms provided by regula-
    tion made on the 12th October, 1889, under the provisions of
    the fourth section of "The Land Act, 1885."

27. A saw-mill license may be transferred on payment of
    a fee of £1 1s. to the Receiver of Land Revenue, but the
    Commissioner of Crown Lands shall have power to refuse to
    transfer any license if the licensee or transferee has com-
    mitted a breach of these regulations, or if, in the opinion of
    the Commissioner of Crown Lands, the transfer would be
    prejudicial to the public interest.

28. The holder of every saw-mill license must, within
    twelve months of the date of his license, provide and fit up,
    either upon his saw-mill area or on some other site approved
    of or granted by the Commissioner of Crown Lands, a sub-
    stantial and fully-equipped saw-mill plant, including all the
    necessary buildings thereto appertaining, which saw-mill plant
    must be kept in continuous working operation, unless valid
    and satisfactory reasons can be given to the Commissioner of
    Crown Lands for any temporary stoppage. Should at any time
    the mill be closed for a longer time than the Commissioner
    of Crown Lands thinks necessary or reasonable, it will be
    competent for him to give the licensee one month's notice in
    writing, and, should the licensee fail or neglect to resume
    and continue the bona fide working of the mill, the Com-
    missioner of Crown Lands shall declare the license forfeited,
    and may immediately reoffer for license the saw-mill area
    and the attached reserve as if the rights of the previous
    licensee had never existed. The licensee may within three
    months from the date of forfeiture, however, remove any
    building or machinery he may have erected. Whenever a
    saw-mill licensee applies for another saw-mill area alongside
    the area previously held by him, such last-mentioned area
    will be deemed to be worked out, and the land and remain-
    ing timber, if any, will immediately and absolutely revert to
    the Government.

REGULATIONS FOR THE ISSUE OF LICENSES TO HAND-
SAWYERS AND SPLITTERS.

29. Areas of from one to twenty acres may be granted to
    hand-sawyers on the same terms and under the same con-
    ditions as for saw-mill licenses under 100 acres, but no such
    license shall be made for a longer period than two years.
    Hand-sawyers and splitters shall have the right to construct
    saw-pits and huts on sites approved by the Commissioner of
    Crown Lands.

WOOD-CUTTERS' LICENSE.

30. Licenses to cut firewood or to split posts, rails, and
    fencing stakes on timber reserves when cleared of milling
    timber shall be granted after valuation and payment accord-
    ing to the classified scale.

SPECIAL LICENSES.

31. Special licenses may be granted to settlers and others
    to cut firewood, fencing, shingles, and palings after valua-
    tion and payment according to the classified scale aforesaid.

32. Special licenses for single trees or clumps of trees may
    be granted at the discretion of the Commissioner of Crown
    Lands, on payment of double rates, according to the scale
    in the Second Schedule hereto.

33. Special licenses may be granted on payment of the
    ordinary fees prescribed in the Second Schedule to cut wood,
    to burn for charcoal, or the extraction of potash, tar, pitch,
    or other secondary products; but the licensee shall observe
    such precautions as may be deemed necessary to prevent
    injury from fire.

34. Special licenses may be granted to extract kauri-gum,
    under terms and conditions to be defined by the Com-
    missioner of Crown Lands, but only in such forests as may
    be approved by him.

35. Special licenses to peel bark may be granted at the
    discretion of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, but only
    under such terms and conditions as he may deem proper.

36. Special licenses to quarry gravel, shingle, or road metal
    in any State forest reserve may be granted by the Com-
    missioner of Crown Lands in special cases, but only under
    such terms and conditions as he may deem necessary.

37. Unless otherwise specified, a penalty of not exceeding
    £50 shall be inflicted for every breach of these regulations.

38. Timber of any kind growing on special-license areas
    must be paid for according to the Second Schedule hereto.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

CLASSIFIED SCALE OF TIMBERS.

ROYALTY shall be paid by the purchasers of timber in State
forests according to the following classification:—
At per 100
sup. ft.
Class I.—
Totara and matai exceeding 40ft. in length and s. d.
2ft in diameter at the base, not less than .. 1 0
Class II.—
Totara and matai from 25ft. to 40ft. in length and
from 1ft. to 2ft. in diameter at the base, puriri,
maire-raunui, and pohutukawa, not less than .. 1 0
Class III.—
Kauri, not less than .. .. .. .. 0 6
Subject, however, to the right to sell by auction
or by appraisement as provided in Regulation
No. 27.
Class IV.—
Totara and matai less than 25ft. in length and
12in. in diameter, miro, rata, tangeao, tooth-
and entire-leaved beeches, manuka (tea-tree),
manao, tanekaha, kawaka, kaikawaka, not less
than .. .. .. .. .. 0 6
Class V.—
Rewarewa, mapau, toro, hinau, taraiire, not less than 0 3
Class VI.—
Mountain- and silver-beech, not less than .. 0 3
Class VII.—
Rimu (red-pine), kahikatea (white-pine), kamai,
tawa, not less than .. .. .. .. 0 3
Class VIII.—
Puriri, totara, kauri, and matai posts to be charged
under Class I. to IV.
Per 100.
Other posts and rails .. .. .. .. 4 0
Fencing stakes .. .. .. .. 2 0
Per cord.
Firewood, not less than .. .. .. .. 1 0
No standing totara or black-pine, and no timber
required or suitable for milling purposes, to be
permitted to be cut under this class.
The foregoing rates to be charged in all State forests
throughout the colony, except on the west coast of the
Middle Island in the Land District of Westland, and that
portion of the Land District of Nelson west of the main
range, where the following rates shall be charged, namely:—
At per 100
sup. ft.
Class I.—
Totara, matai, black-birch (Fagus fusca), and ka-
waka exceeding 40ft. &c. .. .. .. 2 0
Class II.—
Totara, matai, black-birch (Fagus fusca), and ka-
waka from 25ft. to 40ft., &c.; and maire-raunui 1 6
Class III.—
Nil.
Class IV.—
Totara, matai, black-birch (Fagus fusca), kawaka,
and silver pine less than 25ft. in length, &c. .. 1 0