May 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1485

Regulations for Coursing Hares, Southland District.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection Act, 1907, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby make and prescribe the following regulations prescribing the conditions under which and the season at which hares may be coursed in the Southland Acclimatisation District.

REGULATIONS.

1. No person shall course hares within the Southland District unless he holds a license so to course in the form set forth in the Schedule hereto.

2. For every such license a fee of 10s. shall be paid, and, subject to the provisions of these regulations, such licenses may be issued by the Postmasters at Invercargill, Riverton, Wairio, and Otatau respectively.

3. The season within which such coursing may take place shall begin on the ninth day of May, 1908, and terminate on the 31st day of July, 1908.

4. No person shall course hares in the said district with more than two dogs at any one time, and such dogs shall be under proper control of the owner or person in charge.

5. Nothing herein contained shall extend to prevent any person who holds a valid license to take or kill game within the said district from coursing hares therein during the game season, or necessitate the taking-out by such person of a coursing license in respect of such season.

6. Any person committing a breach of any of these regulations shall be liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding £5.

SCHEDULE.

10s.

Hare-coursing License.

A. B., [Name], of [Address], in the Provincial District of Otago, [Occupation], having this day paid the sum of 10s., is hereby licensed to course hares within the Southland Acclimatisation District, from the day of May, 1908, until the 31st day of July, 1908, subject to the provisions of the Animals Protection Act, 1907, and any regulations made thereunder.

Dated this day of , 1908.

Postmaster.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this ninth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and eight.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Regulations under the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1907.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by section seventy-two of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1907, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the following shall be the terms and conditions under which land set apart in aid of the establishment of the wood-pulp industry for paper-making may be leased and occupied :—

REGULATIONS.

1. In these regulations, unless inconsistent with the context,—

“Board” means the Land Board of the land district in which is situated the land set apart and leased under section 72 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1907 :

“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Crown Lands for such land district :

“Warden” means the Warden of the mining district in which is situated the land set apart under section 72 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1907.

2. The total area selected by the applicant shall be subdivided by the Board, at the expense of the lessee, into blocks, not exceeding 1,000 acres each, and the lessee shall have the right to select the particular block he desires to utilise first, the remaining blocks being retained as reserves for future utilisation; but no person shall be granted a lease or leases over more than 30,000 acres of such land in the aggregate, including in such computation all reserved areas.

3. On compliance with the necessary conditions the lessee shall be entitled to a lease of the block he desires to utilise.

4. Every such lease shall be in the form or to the effect set forth in Form No. 1 in the Schedule to these regulations.

5. No lease shall be for a period exceeding twenty-one years, nor shall any lease contain a right of renewal.

6. The lessee shall have no right to cut on any of the reserved blocks until he shall have systematically cut out and used to the satisfaction of the Board all timber on the area first selected.

7. All such blocks that have been cut out and used by the lessee to the satisfaction of the Board shall become reserves for future utilisation under these regulations so soon as the lessee is permitted by the Board to occupy and use any reserved block in lieu thereof for immediate utilisation, and has been granted a lease of such reserved block.

8. Not more than one block in any area leased under these regulations shall be used or occupied by the same person or company at the same time for the purpose of cutting or utilising any of the timber thereon.

9. Water-rights may, however, be granted at the same time over more than one block in any area so leased to the same person or company.

10. It shall be at the discretion of the Commissioner whether any of the subdivisions or blocks in any area leased under section 72 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1907, shall or shall not be surveyed, and the manner in which such subdivision shall be defined.

11. The lessee shall have the right to cut timber for the making of wood-pulp only, or for the erection of buildings, fences, water-races, &c., necessary for the proper working and utilisation of the wood-pulp industry, and for domestic purposes, but shall have no right to cut or remove for any other purpose, or to sell, any timber except in the form of wood-pulp.

12. The lessee shall, within one year from the date of his lease, commence the erection of the machinery required in connection with the establishment and working of the wood-pulp industry, and failure to do so shall entail forfeiture of his lease.

13. Rent shall be payable by the lessee to the Commissioner half-yearly in advance on the 1st days of January and July in each and every year during the term of the lease, provided that any rent so payable may be remitted by the Governor on the recommendation of the Board for the whole or any period of the time that may elapse before the lessee shall have manufactured 20 tons of wood-pulp.

14. Royalty shall be payable by the lessee at the rate of £1 per ton on wood-pulp manufactured, provided that the Governor may, on the recommendation of the Board, remit the royalty on the first 20 tons of wood-pulp manufactured. Such royalty shall be payable at the same time as the rent.

15. The lessee shall, on the 1st days of June and December in each and every year, forward to the Commissioner a statement showing the total amount of timber cut and wood-pulp manufactured during the preceding six months, accompanied by a declaration made and signed before a Justice of the Peace certifying to the correctness of such statement.

16. The property leased shall at all reasonable times be open to inspection by any person duly authorised or appointed by the Commissioner; and the lessee shall give to the person making such inspection all such information and assistance as may be required to enable a full report to be given to the Commissioner or Board, as the case may be.

17. The lessee shall keep a book or books in which he shall record each day the number of cords of timber cut and the amount of wood-pulp manufactured, and such book or books shall at all times be available for inspection by the Commissioner or officer appointed by him.

18. If the lessee fails to keep the plant working continuously, or to work and use the timber on the land leased by him in a manner satisfactory to the Board, the Governor may, on the recommendation of the Board, cancel the lease after not less than three months’ notice to the lessee of the intention to do so.

19. On application to the Warden (if the land is situated within a mining district) or to the Commissioner (if the land is outside a mining district) the lessee may be granted the right to utilise the water-power of any stream within the total area leased, with or without payment of rent therefor, for any term not exceeding the unexpired balance of the term of his lease.

20. The lessee shall not have any right to depasture stock on any part of the area leased, except with the written permission of the Board, and for purposes in connection with the manufacture of wood-pulp, nor shall he have any right to minerals found on such area, nor to the use of the surface soil.

21. The lessee shall prevent by all means in his power the destruction or burning of timber on the land leased or reserved by him, and shall be liable for any damage done through the negligence of himself or his servants.

22. Free access to the public shall be reserved over such portion of the area leased as is not occupied by the buildings or plant erected by the lessee.

23. On the recommendation of the Board the Governor may resume from the area subdivided any land, not being a