SEPT. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2169

as they think fit, subject to the Warden's approval and section
207 of "The Land Act, 1892." Such license shall be issued
subject to the terms and conditions, as nearly as may be,
contained in section 199 of the said Act.

6. No deposit of survey fees shall be required, except in
   exceptional cases, which shall be determined by the Land
   Board, who shall fix the amount of deposit, which shall not
   exceed ls. 6d. per acre, and such deposit of survey fee shall be
   credited to the lessee as rent.

7. The licensee shall have the right to the use of the surface-
   soil only of the demised land, for the purpose provided for
   in his license, as already set forth in Regulation No. 2.

8. The licensee shall have no right, either himself or through
   any other person, to fell, cut, sell, remove, or otherwise dis-
   pose of any milling-timber or silver-pine on the land included
   in his license, except in conformity with the regulations under
   the Mining Acts for the time being in force. The Commis-
   sioner of Crown Lands, or any person appointed by him,
   shall decide what is milling-timber, and his decision shall be
   final.

9. The licensee shall not be entitled to cut, fell, or remove
   any timber growing on the land comprised in his license,
   except for his domestic use, or for fencing or clearing for
   cultivation.

10. The licensee shall, by virtue of his pastoral license,
    acquire no rights to mine for gold, silver, or any other metals
    or minerals whatever, without first obtaining the sanction of
    the Warden in the manner provided for by the mining laws.

11. The holders of miners' rights shall have the right to
    prospect over the whole area held under pastoral license, and
    for that purpose to enter and camp thereon, and to use mining-
    timber and firewood growing thereon, so long as they are
    legitimately engaged in prospecting; but any prospecting
    carried on upon the cultivated area surrounding the dwelling
    of the licensee, as limited by Regulation No. 13 hereof, shall
    be subject to the provisions of sections 72 and 73 of "The
    Mining Act, 1898."

12. The Warden shall have the right to grant any mining
    privilege or easement in and over the land comprised in a
    pastoral lease, subject to the compensation for improvements
    as provided for in "The Mining Act, 1898," and its amend-
    ments.

13. No previous consent shall be required from the licensee
    to enable the Warden to grant any application which may be
    lawfully made to him under the Mining Act or regulations
    for the time being in force in and over the lands comprised
    in a pastoral license, unless the applicant encroaches upon
    the area containing the dwellinghouse or immediately sur-
    rounding same, provided the dwelling is of a substantial nature,
    the land in cultivation, and surrounded by a substantial
    fence. For the purpose of this proviso, and for the purpose
    of Regulation No. 11 hereof, the area to be protected to the
    licensee around his dwelling shall be 50 acres. Provided,
    however, in all cases where the area which otherwise would
    be protected is not cultivated or substantially fenced, then
    so much only of the area as is substantially fenced or
    cultivated shall be protected.

14. The Warden shall have the power from time to time
    to make such reserves as he may deem necessary, and the same
    shall thereupon be excluded from the land comprised in a
    pastoral license, and rent shall be proportionally reduced as
    set forth in Regulation No. 16, and the Warden may do all
    such other things as may in his opinion be of benefit to the
    resident community, or may in any way conduce to the
    advancement of the mining industry or of the persons engaged
    therein.

15. The Crown and the local bodies shall have the right to
    survey and take all lands necessary for the construction of
    roads on the demised pastoral lands, and compensation only
    for the value of substantial improvements made by the
    licensee will be paid in case of land resumed for public
    purposes.

16. For all land resumed for public or mining purposes a
    reduction proportionate to the acreage resumed on future
    annual rentals shall be made.

17. Applications to transfer a license under these regula-
    tions shall be made to the Commissioner of Crown Lands,
    and shall be subject to the approval of the Land Board. No
    transfer will be allowed within one year from date of lease,
    nor until permanent improvements have been effected to the
    value of 4s. per acre upon the area held under the license.
    Such permanent improvements shall include reclamation from
    swamps, clearing of bush not being milling-timber as in
    Regulation No. 9, scrub, gorse, broom, or sweetbriar, grassing,
    cultivation, planting with trees and live hedges, the laying-
    out and cultivating of gardens, fencing, grassing, draining,
    making roads, sinking wells, water-tanks, or sheep-dips, making
    embankments or protective works of any kind, in any way im-
    proving the character or fertility of the soil, or the erection
    of any building at lessee's option upon the protected area of
    50 acres, as described in Regulation No. 13.

18. Forfeiture of all licenses may ensue if payment of
    rental is not made within three months of the date it is due,
    or if the licensee fails to effect substantial improvements to
    the value of 4s. per acre within three years from the date of
    the license.

19. All existing pack-tracks, whether surveyed or not, to
    remain available for public use, and where the licensee's
    fences run across the same a swing-gate must be provided to
    the satisfaction of the Warden.

20. Every holder of a miner's right shall have the right of
    ingress and egress over the whole area of a pastoral license,
    excepting so much thereof as may be under cultivation and
    substantially fenced, as provided in paragraph 13 of these
    regulations.

21. All water-rights are reserved to the Crown, but not so
    as to deprive the licensee's stock of access to the water on
    his holding.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this second day of September, one thousand
nine hundred and four.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Land in Hawke's Bay Land District open for Sale or Selection.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one-hundred-and-thirty-sixth section
of "The Land Act, 1892," I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, having
received the report of the Surveyor-General in this behalf, as in the said section is provided, do hereby declare that
the rural land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on and after the eighteenth day of
October, one thousand nine hundred and four; and also that the land mentioned in the said Schedule may, at
the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or be selected for occupation with right of purchase or on lease in
perpetuity, or, in respect of any land containing or supposed to contain any metal, mineral, or valuable stone, be selected
on lease in perpetuity only; and I do hereby also fix the prices at which the said land shall be sold, occupied, or leased,
as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said land shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and
subject to the provisions of "The Land Act, 1892."

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE'S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

County. District. Section. Block. Area.

Cash Price.

Occupation with
Right of Purchase:
Rent, 5 per Cent.

Lease in Perpetuity:
Rent, 4 per Cent.

Rent per Half-yearly Rent per Half-yearly
Acre per Total Price. Acre per Acre per
Annum. Rent. Annum. Rent.

Waipawa | Wakarara .. |.. | 88 | 62 1 32 | 5 10 11.8 | 346 11 0 | 5 6.5 | 8 13 | 4 | 4 5.25 | 6 18 8

Weighted with £63 valuation for timber.

About 15 acres of this section is cleared and grassed, the balance carrying a quantity of valuable timber consisting
of matai, rimu, and kahikatea, valued at £63. Flat land; portions may require draining. Distant from Waipawa
about twenty miles by good metalled road.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this third day of September, one thousand nine
hundred and four.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.