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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 Dunedin 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.

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 mentioned 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 in the license, 4s. per annum; for every head of small cattle, 1s. per annum. Every such license shall be in the form or to the effect contained in the Second Schedule hereto, and shall expire on the 31st 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 Chairman 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 1s. But if the brand is registered 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 depastured without the express permission in writing of the Chairman of the Committee. Any person or persons committing 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 exceeding £5.

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 lands, and also to any penalty or disability imposed in respect of unlawful 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 that river and its confluence with the Awamoko River, except the two islands known as River Conservation Reserves Nos. 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 Papakaio 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 prescribed fee for such license, in respect of each head of such cattle, in accordance therewith.

Dated this day of , 18 .

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 Papakaio 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 , 18 .

, Chairman of Papakaio
(Waitaki Islands) Committee.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this fifth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

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

RANFURLY, Governor.

WHEREAS by section four 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: Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, 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 described in the First Schedule to such regulations, which shall hereafter be known as the Awamoko portion of the Waitaki Islands, and do hereby declare that such regulations shall come into force on the day of the gazetting hereof.

REGULATIONS.

1. For the purpose of carrying out these regulations five persons shall be elected at a public meeting of the holders of licenses to depasture cattle or stock upon the said islands (hereinafter termed “licensed holders”), at Maerewhenua, on Friday, the 27th day of January, 1899; and the names of such persons, when so elected, shall be submitted to the Governor for approval, and, if so approved, shall be a Committee for the care, management, and protection of the said islands, and shall be known as the Awamoko (Waitaki Islands) Committee (hereinafter referred to as “the Committee”). Three of such Committee shall retire by ballot in December in each year, but they shall be eligible for reappointment as hereinafter provided.

2. On the first Wednesday in January in each year an election shall take place from among the ‘licensed holders’ for the purpose of electing three members of the Committee instead of the three retiring members; and the names of such persons, when so elected, shall be submitted to the Governor for approval, and if so approved they shall take the place of the three retiring members.

3. The Committee shall meet for the transaction of business on the first Wednesday in each month, at 2 o’clock p.m., at Maerewhenua, 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 1st day of February, 1899.