Mar. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 599

Extending Time for Preparation of Valuation List of Borough of Westport.

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RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this fourteenth day of March, 1900.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it has been made to appear that the valuation list of the Borough of Westport cannot be completed by or within the time mentioned in “The Rating Act, 1894”:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers vested in him by the said “Rating Act, 1894,” and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby extend the time for completing the preparation of such valuation list until the twenty-eighth day of April, one thousand nine hundred; and doth also extend the time during which such valuation list shall be open for inspection, and during which objections thereto may be made, until the twenty-eighth day of May, one thousand nine hundred.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Regulations under “The New Zealand State Forests Act, 1885.”

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RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this fifteenth day of January, 1900.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred by “The New Zealand State Forests Act, 1885,” His Excellency Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, 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 Order in Council dated the twenty-seventh day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the sixth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, and the several regulations contained in the Schedules thereto, and in lieu thereof doth hereby make the regulations contained in the First and Second Schedules hereto: Provided such revocation shall not be deemed to prejudicially affect any right or privilege acquired, work authorised, offence committed, forfeiture penalty or liability incurred, action or proceeding commenced, under authority of or against the provisions of the said regulations prior to such revocation taking effect; and it is hereby declared that these regulations shall come into force and take effect on and after the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred, and shall apply to State forests generally.

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FIRST SCHEDULE.

GENERAL REGULATIONS.

“Forest” in these regulations means any State forest or forest reserve subject to the provisions of “The New Zealand State Forests Act, 1885” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”). “Animal” includes any horse, mare, gelding, colt, foal, ass, bull, ox, cow, steer, heifer, calf, goat, ram, sheep, or pig. “Conservator” means the Conservator of State Forests having the management of any part of a forest to which any regulation hereunder relates.

1. The regulations hereinafter appearing, inter alia, prescribe the duties of Conservators of State Forests and of Forest Rangers, and the powers of such officers for preventing the cutting, removing, and destruction of timber, contrary to the provisions of the said Act and of these regulations.

2. Applications for any sawmill license or privilege in a forest must be made in writing, and delivered at the office of the Conservator of State Forests having the management of the forest to which the application relates.

3. Every application for a license or grant of a privilege in a forest shall be in the form or to the effect set forth in the Form No. 1 appended to these regulations.

4. Applications for licenses to cut timber or for any privilege or concession in any forest shall be made at the office of the Conservator, addressed to “The Commissioner of State Forests,” who may at his discretion grant such license or privilege.

5. Every application shall be accompanied by a sketch showing the position and extent of the area selected, and shall state the particular purpose for which the license is required; and the applicant shall, where required by the Commissioner of State Forests, deposit such amount of survey-fees as he shall consider necessary, which sum shall be forfeited if the application be abandoned or not proceeded with by the applicant for the space of one month after he has received notice of completion of survey or that his application has been granted.

6. 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 forest, any right or rights of way through any part of the same, 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 license or authority.

7. All timber and other produce within any forest may be disposed of, either by auction at per 100 ft., or by 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, to the Receiver of Land Revenue, to be credited by him to the State Forests Account, as required by section 6 of the said Act.

8. When required by the Commissioner of State Forests, any person holding a license to fell timber shall use a brand, and shall register the same in the office of the Land Board for the district; and no two persons shall use the same brand.

9. 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 of such timber, shall be guilty of an offence, and shall upon conviction be liable to a penalty not exceeding £50 for each offence.

10. Any person lighting any fire within or outside a forest, and intentionally or negligently allowing the same to spread in or into such forest, shall be guilty of an offence, and shall upon conviction be liable to a penalty not exceeding £50 for each offence; but the payment of any such penalty shall not prevent the recovery from the wrongdoer of the value of any damage which may be done by such fire: and provided also that nothing herein, or in regulation No. 11 hereunder, shall prevent the offender being indicted under “The Criminal Code Act, 1893,” for an offence or crime thereunder, or otherwise.

11. Any person who shall permit any fire lighted by him outside the boundaries of any such forest to spread into or cause injuries to such forest shall be guilty of an offence, and shall upon conviction be liable to a penalty not exceeding £50 for each such offence; 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, nor prevent his being indicted for an offence or crime under “The Criminal Code Act, 1893,” or otherwise, as provided in the preceding regulation.

12. Any Forest Ranger, or person authorised for that purpose by the Conservator, may drive any animal trespassing in such forest to the nearest public pound, and the same shall not be released therefrom except upon payment of the usual driving-fees and poundage-charges. Nothing in this regulation contained shall be deemed to limit or prevent the taking of any proceedings for the recovery of any penalty or otherwise in respect of the trespass of such animal.

13. Any person who shall suffer or allow any animal to wander in any forest, or browse upon or otherwise destroy any timber, tree, shrub, or vegetable growth in such forest, shall upon conviction be liable to a penalty not exceeding £20; and the payment of such penalty shall not prevent the recovery from any wrongdoer of the value of any damage which may be done by such animal.

14. Any person who shall trespass in any forest shall be guilty of an offence, and on conviction thereof shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £50. Any person, whether a licensee or not, who may be found trespassing in any forest during the months of November, December, January, February, and March in the North Island, and during the months of December, January, and February in the Land Districts of Nelson, Marlborough, Westland, Canterbury, and Otago, and during the months of January and February in the Southland Land District and Stewart Island, or who shall do any act whereby there is a danger of the forest being destroyed by fire, shall be guilty of an offence, and shall upon conviction be liable to a penalty not exceeding £50; but nothing herein shall restrict the holder of any sawmill license in felling and removing timber within the area granted to him, during any such period, if not prohibited therefrom by the terms of his license.

15. No person shall, without the written permission of the Conservator, carry or use any gun or firearm, or use any engine, net, instrument, or other device, or use any dog, for the capture or destruction of any bird or animal, or take the eggs or young of any bird in any forest. Any person