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in the discussion, and shall have an original as well as a
casting vote. The Chairman shall hold office until the elec-
tion of his successor. At such meeting a Secretary shall
also be appointed by the Committee.

8. If at any meeting the Chairman is not present at the
   time appointed for holding the same, the members present
   shall choose some one of their number to be chairman of
   such meeting.

9. If, by retirement, resignation, death, or incapacity, or
   otherwise, the office of Chairman shall be or become vacant,
   the members may at any monthly or special meeting appoint
   a Chairman.

10. All questions shall be determined by the majority of
    votes of the members of the Committee present at a meeting.

11. The words " great cattle " shall be construed to mean
    and include cattle, horses, mules, and asses, male or female,
    and their offspring above six months of age; and the words
    " small cattle " shall be construed to mean sheep, male and
    female, and their offspring above the age of six months.

12. License-holders may run great or small cattle upon the
    lands described in the First Schedule upon the conditions
    mentioned in the depasturing license, to be obtained as
    hereinafter provided.

13. Persons desirous of obtaining a depasturing license
    must lodge with the Receiver of Revenue at Lawrence an
    application in writing in the form or to the effect contained
    in the Second Schedule hereto, and deposit therewith the
    license fee payable hereunder. If such application be refused
    the fee shall be refunded to the applicant.

14. The Committee shall have power to refuse to grant
    any license, also to limit the number of cattle which may
    be depastured under any license. They shall also have
    power to specify the kind of cattle which may be depastured
    under any license.

15. The number of cattle to be depastured shall be men-
    tioned in the license, and the rent to be paid in respect of
    such license shall be calculated upon the following scale,
    that is to say :—

For every head of great cattle mentioned s. d.
in the license.. .. .. 4 0
For every head of small cattle .. .. 1 0

Every such license shall be in the form or to the effect con-
tained in the Second Schedule hereto, and shall expire on
the thirty-first day of December in every year, when such
license may be renewed in accordance with the foregoing
provisions. Every license shall be granted subject to the
conditions herein set forth, and shall be signed by the Chair-
man of the Committee.

16. The revenue derived from license-fees or otherwise
    from the said commonage shall stand first charged with the
    cost of the destruction and prevention of the spreading of
    rabbits upon such commonage; such cost to be ascertained
    in such manner as may be fixed and determined by the Chief
    Inspector of Stock.

17. All cattle depastured must be branded, and the brand
    and a description of the cattle must be registered with the
    Ranger. The Ranger shall issue a certificate of registration,
    in such form as he thinks fit, and the fee for every such
    certificate shall be one shilling. But if the brand is re-
    gistered with the application, no further registration shall
    be necessary.

18. No great cattle suffering from any disease shall be de-
    pastured upon, nor shall any pigs or goats be allowed to
    trespass or be at large upon or within, the lands described in
    the First Schedule. No bull, ram, or stallion shall be de-
    pastured without the express permission in writing of the
    Chairman of the Committee. Any person or persons com-
    mitting a breach of this provision shall be liable, on the in-
    formation of such Chairman, as for trespass of cattle on
    Crown lands; and the Chairman of Committee for the time
    being is hereby empowered to lay any such information.

19. If any licensee shall at any time commit or suffer a
    breach of the conditions or terms upon which the license is
    granted, as the same are herein set forth, the Chairman of
    the Committee may, on such evidence as he thinks fit,
    cancel and determine the license held by such licensee, and
    he shall have no claim to any refund or allowance in respect
    thereof.

20. No person shall remove beyond the boundary of the land
    described in the First Schedule any cattle other than those
    belonging to him, or for the removal of which he shall have
    authority from the Ranger, under a penalty not exceeding
    five pounds.

21. If any person, not being licensed as aforesaid, shall de-
    pasture any great cattle or small cattle upon the lands
    described in the First Schedule, or a greater number of such
    cattle than shall have been apportioned to him, every such
    person shall be liable, on the information of the Chairman
    of Committee, as for trespass of cattle on Crown lands, and
    also to any penalty or disability imposed in respect of un-
    lawful occupation of Crown land.

22. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to interfere
    with the powers or duties of the Commissioner of Crown
    Lands of the district in which the lands described in the
    First Schedule are situated, whether under " The Land Act,
    1892," or under any other law or statute for the time being
    in force; and the said lands described in the First Schedule
    hereto shall, subject to the special provisions hereinafter
    made, remain and be Crown lands for the purpose of the
    said Act, and subject thereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

TUAPEKA COMMONAGE.

ALL that area in the Otago Land District containing by
admeasurement 13,800 acres, more or less. Bounded towards
the north-west by Run No. 4, Tuapeka East Survey District;
towards the north-east generally by Run No. 6 and Block
XII., Tuapeka East Survey District, by Section No. 1, said
Block XII., the road forming the south-western boundary of
that section, and again by that section, and by Section No. 12,
Block IX., and the Bungtown Creek; towards the south
generally by Section No. 11, Block IX., a road-line, Section
No. 10, a road-line, the eastern boundary of Block X., the
road forming the northern boundaries of Sections Nos. 55,
52, 44, 25, 24, 27, and 28, Block X., to the westernmost cor-
ner of Section No. 59; thence by Sections Nos. 32, 54, 7, 76,
70, a road-line, the Township of Wetherston, and by the road
along the eastern bank of Wetherston Creek, to the Borough
of Lawrence, by that borough, by Section No. 26, Block
XIX., the road forming the eastern boundary of Section No. 2,
by Section No. 89, the road forming the northern boundary
of the last-mentioned section, and by Sections Nos. 20, 30,
and 1, to the Borough of Lawrence; thence by that borough
and the road forming the eastern boundaries of Sections Nos.
86, 85, 84, 55, 43, 54, 53, 82, and 81, by Sections Nos. 33, 27,
35, 31, 10, 80, 79, 78, a road-line, and Sections Nos. 44, 77,
76, a road-line, and Section No. 73, Block XIX. aforesaid,
by the Township of Blue Spur, Section No. 51, Block XVIII.,
and the production of the north-eastern boundary-line of that
section across Munro's Gully to Section No. 58; thence by
Sections Nos. 58, 59, 60, 61, 41, 42, the road-line forming the
northern boundary of Sections Nos. 42 and 27, by Sections
Nos. 56 and 39, the road-line forming the north-western
boundaries of said Sections Nos. 39 and 56, by Section
No. 37, Block XVIII. aforesaid, and the production of the
northern boundary-line of that section to the Tuapeka River;
and towards the west generally by the Tuapeka River: ex-
cluding from the above-described area the Blue Spur claims;
Sections Nos. 4 and 8, Block X.; Sections Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
7, 8, 9, 10, and 11, Block XIII.; Sections Nos. 30, 52, 53,
Block XVIII.; Sections Nos. 12 and 25, Block XIX.; and any
other freehold land.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

(1.) FORM OF APPLICATION.

PURSUANT to the regulations made under " The Land Act,
1892," I hereby apply for a license to depasture [Here insert
number] head of cattle in the Tuapeka Commonage,
Tuapeka County, such cattle being or to be forthwith
branded as follows—viz., [Here insert description of stock,
colour, sex, and brand of each] ; and I agree to pay the pre-
scribed fee for such license in respect of each head of
such cattle in accordance therewith.
Dated this day of , 189 .
Name in full :
Address :
Occupation :
The Chairman of the Tuapeka Commonage
Committee.

(2.) FORM OF LICENSE.

PURSUANT to the regulations made under " The Land Act,
1892," [Name, address, and occupation of licensee] is hereby
licensed to depasture on the Tuapeka Commonage, in the
County of Tuapeka, the following: [Insert description of
cattle as to number, brands, &c., in respect of great cattle] ;
and has paid to me the sum of £ for issue of this
license, being at the rate of for each head of stock.
This license is to be in force for one year from the date
hereof, and is issued subject to the terms and conditions set
forth in the said regulations.
Dated at , this day of , 189 .
Chairman of Committee, Tuapeka Commonage.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this twenty-first day of May, one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-five.

A. J. CADMAN,
For Minister of Lands.