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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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pose, or if it shall, in the opinion of the Governor, be expedient
to exchange any of the land comprised in such reserve for
other land of equal value, to be dedicated to one or more
purposes named in the said Class II, the Governor may,
by notice gazetted, make such change, exchange, or dedi-
cation, as the case may be, and in such notice declare the
manner and terms in which the same is intended to be
so made:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the
Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby, in
exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested
in me by “The Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908,”
aforesaid, declare my intention to change the purpose of
the reserve described in the Schedule hereto from public
utility to scenery preservation.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Nelson Land District, containing by
admeasurement 13 acres, more or less, being portion of
Section No. 61, Square 170, Block I, Tutaki Survey District.
Bounded towards the north-east and north by the main road,
Murchison to Fern Flat; towards the east by Crown land,
790·5 links; towards the south by Crown land, 1050 links;
and towards the west by Crown land, 2666·6 links: be all the
aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on
the plan marked L. 56908/8, deposited in the Head Office,
Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon edged red.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this thirty-first day of January, one thousand
nine hundred and ten.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

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Rules and Regulations for the Management of the Waikaka
Commonage.

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PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon me by “The Land Act, 1908,” I,
William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion
of New Zealand, do hereby revoke a Warrant, dated
the twenty-fifth day of April, one thousand nine hundred
and four, making regulations as therein appears for the
management of Waikaka Commonage, and in lieu thereof do
hereby make the following rules, regulations, and orders for
the management of the Waikaka Commonage, described in
the First Schedule to such regulations.

REGULATIONS.

1. For the purpose of carrying out these regulations the
   following persons are hereby appointed a Committee for the
   care, management, and protection of the said Commonage:—

William Francis Bennetto,
James O’Kane,
William Tweedie,
Boston Bell McEwan,
John Milne,
Thomas Stark, and
Joseph Nicholson,

all of Waikaka; who shall be known as the “Waikaka Com-
monage Committee”) (hereinafter referred to as “the Com-
mittee”). Three of such Committee shall retire by ballot
in December in each year, but they shall be eligible for re-
appointment as hereinafter provided.

2. The Committee shall meet for the transaction of busi-
   ness on the second Wednesday in each month, at 7 o’clock
   p.m., at Waikaka, or at such other time or place as may
   from time to time be fixed by the Committee. The first
   meeting shall be held on Wednesday, the 9th day of March,

4. On the second Wednesday in January in every succeed-
   ing year thereafter an election shall take place from among
   the holders of licenses to depasture cattle or stock upon the
   said commonage (hereinafter termed “license-holders”) for
   the purpose of electing three members of the Committee
   instead of the three retiring members; and the names of
   such persons, when so elected, shall be submitted to the
   Governor for approval, and if so approved they shall take the
   place of the three retiring members.

5. Special meetings may be convened by the Chairman or
   by any two members of the Committee, provided that two
   days’ notice of such meeting be given to each member, speci-
   fying the business to be transacted at such special meeting,
   and no other business than that so specified shall be trans-
   acted at such meeting.

6. Any three of the said Committee shall form a quorum.
   Any meeting may be adjourned from time to time.

7. The members of the Committee shall, at their first meet-
   ing, and thereafter at an annual meeting to be held on the
   first Wednesday in January in every succeeding year there-
   after, elect one of themselves to be Chairman, who may join
   in the discussion, and shall have a deliberative as well as a
   casting-vote. The Chairman shall hold office until the elec-
   tion of his successor. At such meeting a Secretary shall also
   be appointed by the Committee.

8. If at any meeting the Chairman is not present at the
   time appointed for holding the same, the members present
   shall choose some one of their number to be chairman of
   such meeting.

9. If by retirement, resignation, death, or incapacity, or
   otherwise, the office of Chairman shall be or become vacant,
   the members may at any monthly or special meeting appoint
   a Chairman.

10. All questions shall be determined by the majority of
    votes of the members of the Committee present at a meeting.

11. The words “great cattle” shall be construed to mean
    and include cattle, horses, mules and asses, male or female,
    and their offspring above six months of age; and the words
    “small cattle” shall be construed to mean sheep, male and
    female, and their offspring above the age of twelve months.

12. License-holders may run great or small cattle upon the
    lands described in the First Schedule upon the conditions
    mentioned in the depasturing license, to be obtained as
    hereinafter provided.

13. Persons desirous of obtaining a depasturing license
    must lodge with the Postmaster at Waikaka an application
    in writing in the form or to the effect contained in the
    Second Schedule hereto, and deposit therewith the license
    fee payable hereunder. If such application be refused the
    fee shall be refunded to the applicant.

14. The Committee shall have power to refuse to grant
    any license, also to limit the number of cattle which may be
    depastured under any license. They shall also have power
    to specify the kind of cattle which may be depastured under
    any license.

15. The number of cattle to be depastured shall be men-
    tioned in the license, and the rent to be paid in respect
    of such license shall be calculated upon the following scale,
    that is to say:—

Per
Annum.

The first head of great cattle run by each
license-holder, provided it is a milch cow
All other great cattle mentioned in the
license
For every head of small cattle

s. d.
3 0
4 0
1 0

Every such license shall be in the form or to the effect
contained in the Second Schedule hereto, and shall expire
on the 31st day of December in every year, when such license
may be renewed in accordance with the foregoing provisions.
Every license shall be granted subject to the conditions
herein set forth, and shall be signed by the Chairman of the
Committee.

15. The revenue derived from license fees or otherwise
    from the said commonage shall stand first charged with the
    cost of the destruction and prevention of the spreading of
    rabbits upon such commonage; said cost to be ascertained
    in such manner as may be fixed and determined by the Chief
    Inspector of Stock.

16. All cattle depastured must be branded or ear-marked,
    and the brand or ear-mark, and a description of the cattle,
    must be registered with the Ranger. The Ranger shall issue
    a certificate of registration in such form as he thinks fit, and
    the fee for every such certificate shall be 1s. But if the
    brand or ear-mark is registered with the application no
    further registration shall be necessary.

17. No great cattle suffering from any disease shall be de-
    pastured upon, nor shall any pigs or goats be allowed to
    trespass or be at large upon or within, the lands described in
    the First Schedule. No bull, ram, or stallion shall be de-
    pastured without the express permission in writing of the
    Chairman of the Committee. Any person or persons com-
    mitting a breach of this provision shall be liable, on the in-
    formation of such Chairman, as for trespass of cattle on
    Crown lands; and the Chairman of Committee for the time
    being is hereby empowered to lay any such information.

18. If any licensee shall at any time commit or suffer a
    breach of the conditions or terms upon which the license is
    granted, as the same are herein set forth, the Chairman of
    the Committee may, on such evidence as he thinks fit,
    cancel and determine the license held by such licensee, and
    he shall have no claim to any refund or allowance in respect
    thereof.

19. No person shall remove beyond the boundary of the
    land described in the First Schedule any cattle other than
    those belonging to him, or for the removal of which he shall
    have authority from the Ranger, under a penalty not exceed-
    ing £5.

20. If any person, not being licensed as aforesaid, shall
    depasture any great cattle or small cattle upon the lands