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(9.) The licensee shall be entitled to occupy, for his sawmilling purposes, so much of the surface of the land comprised in the license as is reasonably required for his sawmill and sawmilling works.

(10.) The licensee shall at all times keep full and accurate accounts of all timber cut by him under his license, and permit the accounts to be inspected at any time by any Inspector, and also shall furnish to the Receiver monthly returns showing particulars of all timber cut during the preceding month, together with such other details as the Receiver or the Inspector requires.

(11.) Subject to the specific provisions of these regulations relating to timber-cutting rights, the provisions of the Mining Act and the regulations thereunder relating to the grant, registration, transfer, protection, inspection, surrender, forfeiture, and abandonment of mining privileges, and the terms, conditions, reservations, and provisions subject to which mining privileges may be granted and shall be deemed to be held, shall apply to sawmill licenses:

Provided that at any time within three months after surrender, forfeiture, or abandonment, the licensee shall be entitled to remove all buildings and plant belonging to him on the land.

(12.) Whenever the licensee of a sawmill area obtains a license for a reserved area, the first-mentioned license shall be surrendered and cancelled:

Provided that the Warden shall grant him, without fee, the right to use for the purpose of working such reserved area the sites (if any) of any mill, building, or tramway belonging to him on the first-mentioned area.

Hand-sawing and Splitting Timber Warrants.

99. On application in that behalf, filed in the office of the Registrar, the Warden may grant to any person, being the holder of a miner’s right, a warrant entitling him during its currency to cut timber (other than kauri-trees or trees reserved by the Warden) growing or standing on the land comprised in the warrant, and to sell or otherwise dispose of the same for any purpose:

Provided that he shall not be entitled to cut timber for sawmilling purposes except for his own use, and with the consent of the Warden.

100. With respect to such application and warrant the provisions of subclauses (1) and (2) of clause 96 and subclauses (6), (9), and (11) of clause 98 of these regulations, mutatis mutandis, and also the provisions following, shall apply:—

(1.) The application may be in the form numbered 69, and the warrant in the form numbered 70, in the First Schedule hereto.

(2.) The area of the land shall not exceed 20 acres.

(3.) The term of the warrant shall be either six months or twelve months, and there shall be payable therefor, in advance, in the former case a fee of £3, and in the latter case a fee of £5.

(4.) The warrant-holder shall pay the same royalty on railway-sleepers as in the case of a sawmill license, and the provisions of subclause (8) of clause 98 hereof (limited, however, to timber cut for sleepers) shall accordingly apply.

(5.) The warrant-holder shall be entitled to construct sawpits and huts on the land, on sites approved by the Warden.

Kauri-trees and Trees reserved.

101. The Warden may from time to time, by order under his hand, reserve trees from being cut: Provided that, except in the case of trees reserved prior to the issue of a license or warrant, no tree on the land comprised therein shall be reserved during the currency of the license or warrant.

102. On application in that behalf filed in the office of the Registrar, the Warden may, by order under his hand, authorise any person being the holder of a miner’s right to cut for any purpose any kauri-tree or reserved tree; and with respect to such application and order the following provisions shall apply:—

(1.) The application shall specify the number, situation, and estimated measurement of the trees applied for.

(2.) There shall be payable in advance in respect of the trees for which the order is granted such sum as is agreed on, being in no case less than £1 5s. for each tree, nor less than 6d. per hundred feet superficial measurement of the trees before cutting.

Limitation as to Timber-cutting Rights.

103. The rights by these regulations hereinbefore conferred in respect of timber shall not be exercisable, nor shall any license, certificate, warrant, or order thereunder be granted, in respect of lands set apart as forest lands under “The New Zealand State Forests Act, 1885.”

104. Every license, certificate, warrant, or order in respect of timber granted under the foregoing regulations or under section 227 of “The Land Act, 1892,” shall be deemed to be granted and shall be held subject to the exercise by the holder of a miner’s right or mining privilege of the rights conferred upon him by clauses 93 and 94 hereof, and subject also to the power of the Warden to grant mining privileges in respect of the land to which such license, certificate, warrant, or order relates:

Provided that the Warden, when granting such mining privilege, may impose such reasonable conditions as, whilst not unduly hampering the holder of such privilege in the exercise of his rights, will afford reasonable facilities for the carrying-on of the timber industry.

General.

105. Subject to the provisions of the two last-preceding clauses hereof, the power hereinbefore conferred upon the Warden to grant licenses, certificates, warrants, or orders for timber-cutting may be exercised by him in respect of land comprised in any mining privilege.

FEES IN RESPECT OF MINING PRIVILEGES AND TIMBER-CUTTING RIGHTS.

106. Subject to the specific provisions of the Mining Act and these regulations relating to specific fees, the fees specified in the Fifth Schedule hereto shall be payable in respect of the matters therein mentioned.

WARDEN’S COURT.

Office-hours.

107. (1.) The office of the Court shall be open to the public every day from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., and from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., except on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays. On Saturdays the office shall be open to the public from 10 a.m. to 12 noon, and on Sundays and holidays the office shall be closed:—