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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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cleared of milling-timber, or in forest reserves which are not
heavily timbered, may be granted within specified areas at
the following rates, viz. :

For an area 200 ft. by 200 ft.
" 200 ft. by 100 ft.
" 200 ft. by 50 ft.

.. £2 10s.
.. £1 10s.
.. £1

} Per annum
per man.

For a license to cut one or more kauri-
trees, at schedule rates.

In sparsely timbered areas these areas may be extended at
the discretion of the Commissioner of State Forests, but so
as not to include more timber than can be felled by one man
within one year.

56. Licenses to cut firewood, or to split posts, slabs, rails,
    palings, shingles, or fencing-stakes, within virgin forests
    heavily timbered and within the areas defined in the pre-
    ceding two regulations may, at the discretion of the Com-
    missioner of State Forests, be granted at the following rates:
    For firewood only, £5 per annum per man; for posts, rails,
    slabs, palings, shingles, and sleepers, £7 10s. per annum per
    man. The Commissioner of State Forests may, as the case
    demands, grant licenses at a fixed rate per annum, or at the
    schedule rates of royalty hereinafter specified, or may, if the
    timber is exceptionally valuable or plentiful, increase any
    of such rates, or he may refuse the application.

57. It shall be competent for the Commissioner of State
    Forests to refuse to grant licenses for cutting firewood, or
    for splitting timber for sleepers, posts, slabs, rails, fencing-
    stakes, palings, shingles, or firewood, within a virgin forest,
    or within any forest which contains milling-timber in quan-
    tity sufficient for milling or handsawing.

SPECIAL LICENSES.

58. Licenses may be granted to settlers not entitled to
    free firebote, and to others, to cut firewood, fencing, shingles,
    and palings, after valuation and payment according to the
    schedule. Licenses to settlers entitled to free firebote shall
    be issued on application; but such license shall not entitle
    the settler to cut timber or firewood for sale, or for any other
    purpose than for fuel for himself and household.

59. Licenses may be granted, on payment of fees to be
    fixed by the Conservator, 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,
    and he will be held responsible for any injury done to any
    forest by improper or negligent operations; and nothing
    herein shall entitle him to carry on any operations in any
    forest during the periods within which such forest is closed,
    pursuant to these regulations.

60. Licenses to peel bark may be granted at the discretion
    of the Commissioner of State Forests, but only under such
    terms and conditions as he may deem proper.

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SECOND SCHEDULE.

ORDINARY royalty shall be paid by the purchasers of timber
in forests according to the following classification :

At per 100
sup. ft.
s. d.

Class I.—
Totara, matai, puriri, maire-raunui, silver-pine,
and pohutukawa, not less than
.. .. 2 0

Class II.—
Kauri, not less than .. .. .. .. 1 0

Class III.—
Totara and matai less than 25 ft. in length, rata,
tangeao, tooth- and entire-leaved beeches,
manuka (tea-tree), manao, tanekaha, ka-
waka, kaikawaka, not less than
.. .. 1 0

Class IV.—
Rewarewa, mapau, toro, hinau, taraire, miro, not
less than .. .. .. .. 0 6

Class V.—
Mountain- and silver-beech, not less than
.. 0 6

Class VI.—
Rimu (red-pine), kahikatea (white-pine), kamai,
pukatea, tawa, not less than
.. .. 0 6

Class VII.—
Puriri, totara, kauri, silver-pine, and matai posts
and sleepers to be charged under Classes I.
to III.

Per 100.
Other posts, rails, and sleepers
.. .. 8 0
Fencing-stakes
.. .. 4 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 royalty to be paid under this Schedule is subject to
the right of the Commissioner of State Forests to cause any
timber to be sold by appraisement or by auction in the
manner set forth in the foregoing regulations.

Form 1.

"The New Zealand State Forests Act, 1885."

APPLICATION FOR [State nature of license required] LICENSE.

To the Commissioner of State Forests.

I, [Name in full], of [Residence and occupation], do
hereby apply for a license [Give full particulars of license re-
quired] to
over all that area described in the Schedule
hereto; and I also apply [If the application be for a saw-
mill license with reserved areas, give particulars of the extent
of such areas, or, if any other privilege be required, state the
nature of the same].

I deposit herewith the sum of*
as required by the
Commissioner of State Forests, such sum to be counted as
[Survey-fee, royalty, or license-fee, as the case may require];
and I agree to comply with the regulations now in force
relating to State forests or forest reserves within the district,
in so far as they affect the license hereby applied for.

I attach a sketch showing the area and locality.

As witness my hand, this
day of
, 19 .
[Signature of applicant.]

Schedule.

• The Conservator of State Forests at
  will inform the
  applicant what deposit, if any, is required, and the sum so stated
  must be deposited with this application at the office of the Con-
  servator.

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Form 2.

"The New Zealand State Forests Act, 1885."

SAWMILL LICENSE.

[Name in full], of [Address and occupation], having paid
the sum of
by way of [State what the money has
been paid for—viz., as a deposit for survey-fees, royalties, &c.],
is hereby licensed to erect a sawmill and to cut timber
within the area* described in the Schedule hereto, for the
period from
to
, 19 , subject to the pro-
visions of the above-mentioned Act and to the regulations
attached hereto; subject also to the following express con-
ditions: [Specify any special conditions upon which the
license is to be held; and in cases where the license is for a
reserved area it should state the extent to which the licensee
has the right to work a sawmill or use roads and tramways
over the original or previous area].

As witness my hand, this
day of
, 19 .
, Commissioner of State Forests.

Schedule.

• The area is only to include the actual area for which the license
  is granted, and is not to give any rights over reserved areas.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Timber Regulations under "The Land Act, 1892."

RANFURLY, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon me by "The Land Act, 1892," I, Uchter
John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of
New Zealand, do hereby revoke the regulations for New Zea-
land forests dated the twenty-seventh day of December,
one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, and published
in the New Zealand Gazette of the thirteenth day of Janu-
ary, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight; and in
lieu thereof do hereby make the regulations contained in the
First and Second Schedules hereto for the protection of
forests, bush, or growing timber on Crown lands, and for the
prevention of fires therein, and for the granting of licenses
for the felling, sawing, and splitting of timber on Crown
lands; and I do hereby declare 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
forests on Crown lands.

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FIRST SCHEDULE.

REGULATIONS.

"Forest" in these regulations means any Crown land on
which forest trees are growing, other than a State forest or
forest reserve subject to the provisions of "The New Zealand
State Forests Act, 1885," and it includes Crown land upon
which dead timber is standing or lying.

"Land Board" and "Board" mean respectively the
Land Board for the district within which a forest is situated.

"Animal" includes any horse, mare, gelding, colt, foal,
ass, bull, ox, cow, steer, heifer, calf, goat, ram, sheep, or pig.

1. The following regulations, inter alia, prescribe and de-
   fine the powers and duties of Commissioners of Crown Lands
   and Crown Lands Rangers within their own districts in re-