Sept. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1457

p.m., at Duntroon, or at such other time or place as may
from time to time be fixed by the Committee. The first
meeting shall be held on Wednesday, the sixth day of
November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.
4. Special meetings may be convened by the Chairman or
by any two members of the Committee, provided that two
days’ notice of such meeting be given to each member, speci-
fying the business to be transacted at such special meeting,
and no other business than that so specified shall be trans-
acted at such meeting.
5. Any three of the said Committee shall form a quorum.
Any meeting may be adjourned from time to time.
6. The members of the Committee shall, at their first
meeting, and thereafter at an annual meeting to be held on
the first Wednesday in January in every succeeding year there-
after, elect one of themselves to be Chairman, who may join
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.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. All questions shall be determined by the majority of
votes of the members of the Committee present at a meeting.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. Persons desirous of obtaining a depasturing license
must lodge with the Receiver of Land Revenue at Duntroon
an application in writing in the form or to the effect con-
tained 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.
13. 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.
14. 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 s. d.
mentioned in the license .. 4 0 per annum.
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.
15. The revenue derived from license fees or otherwise
from the said islands shall stand first charged with the cost
of the destruction and prevention of the spreading of
rabbits upon such islands, such cost to be ascertained in
such manner as may be fixed and determined by the Chief
Inspector of Stock.
16. 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.
17. No great cattle suffering from any disease shall be
depastured 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
information 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.
18. 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.
19. 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 ex-
ceeding five pounds.
20. If any person, not being licensed as aforesaid, shall
depasture 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 land, and
also to any penalty or disability imposed in respect of un-
lawful occupation of Crown land.
21. 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 hereinbefore
made, remain and be Crown lands for the purpose of the
said Act, and subject thereto.

First Schedule.

All the Crown lands situated in the bed of the Waitaki
River between the mouth of the river and the Waitaki
Bridge; save and except the two islands known as River
Conservation Reserves 2835 and 2836, containing 16 acres and
3 acres respectively, and lying at the mouth of the river on
the Canterbury side.

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 upon the Nutuawa portion of
the Waitaki Islands, 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 :
Received: £ , Receiver of Land Revenue.

(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 Nutuawa portion of the Waitaki
Islands the following—[Insert description of cattle as to
number, brands, &c., in respect of great cattle]; and has paid
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 until the 31st December, 18 , and is issued
subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the said
regulations.
Dated at , this day of , 189 .
Chairman of Nutuawa
(Waitaki Islands) Committee.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this eleventh day of September, one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-five.
JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Rules and Regulations for the Management of the Awamoko
portion of the Waitaki Islands.

GLASGOW, Governor.

WHEREAS by section 4 of “The Land Act, 1892 ”
(hereinafter termed “the said Act”), the Governor
is empowered to make, alter, or revoke rules, regulations,
and orders for, among other things, the care, management,
and protection in every manner of all unoccupied Crown
lands: And whereas it is expedient to make regulations for
the care and management of the Crown lands hereinafter
described: Now, therefore, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and
exercise of the power and authority conferred by the said
Act, do hereby make the following rules, regulations, and
orders for the care and management of the Crown lands
within the banks of the Waitaki River, and known as the
Awamoko portion of the Waitaki Islands, described in the
First Schedule to such regulations, and do hereby declare
that such regulations shall come into force on the day of the
gazetting hereof,