set aside or call in question any award or decision which
may have been given upon any such reference as final.
And it is hereby further declared and agreed that these
presents are subject to the following special provisions,
viz. :

1. The lease is granted for the purpose of working the
   land for the recovery of kauri-gum and other valuable products only, and on the distinct understanding that the lessee accepts all responsibility for the suitability of the land for such purposes.
2. The lessee shall, within one year from the date of the lease, commence the erection of the machinery required, failing which the lease may be forfeited.
3. The lessee shall complete the erection of the plant and machinery within from the date of the lease or within such further time as the Commissioner of Crown Lands thinks reasonable.
4. If the lessee fails to keep the plant working continuously or to work the land held under lease by him in a manner satisfactory to the Land Board the Board may cancel the lease after not less than three months' notice to the lessee of the intention to do so; provided that the lessee shall be entitled, within such time as the Board may determine, to remove all machinery, plant, and buildings erected by him.
5. The lessee shall not have any right to depasture stock on any part of the area included in the lease, except with the written permission of the Land Board, and for purposes in connection with the working of the land for the extraction of kauri-gum and other valuable products.
6. The lessee shall prevent by all means in his power the destruction by fire of the land held by him under lease.
7. The right shall be reserved to the Crown or local authorities to take roads, &c., through the area leased, and to take any timber required in connection with such roads, &c., without any right to compensation accruing to the lessee.
8. The Minister of Lands shall have the right, in priority to all other persons, to purchase all kauri-gum obtained by the lessee from the demised land at not less than the current market price as at the date of such purchase.
   [Set out such other special provisions as the Land Board considers applicable, special attention to be given to the method of working and the scheme for drainage of the land].

In witness whereof the Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Land District of Auckland, on behalf of the lessor, hath hereunto set his hand, and these presents have also been executed by the said lessee.
Signed by the said Commissioner, on behalf of the said lessor, in the presence of-
Signed by the above-named as lessee in the presence of--
J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council

Validating Irregularity in connection with making of Rangitikei County Council Amending By-laws, 1915.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this twenty-second day of February, 1916.
Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS the Rangitikei County Council lately made by-laws known as the Rangitikei County Council Amending By-laws, 1915;
And whereas irregularities or defect occurred in the making of the said by-laws in that a copy thereof was not deposited for public inspection for the full period of thirty days immediately preceding the meeting at which the resolution making them was confirmed as a special order, as provided by section one hundred and nine of the Counties Act, 1908, and in that public notice of such deposit for inspection was not first given thirty days preceding the making aforesaid: And whereas it is expedient to validate the same:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by section two hundred and seventeen of the Counties Act, 1908, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby declare that the proceedings in connection with the making of the said by-laws shall be as valid to all intents and purposes as though the said by-laws had been deposited for public inspection for the first time and notice thereof had been given as provided by the said section one hundred and nine of the Counties Act, 1908.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council

Vesting the Control of a Water-conservation Reserve in the Kamo Town Board.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this twenty-second day of February, 1916.
Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto has been permanently reserved for water-conservation purposes: And whereas it is expedient that the control of the said reserve should be vested in the Kamo Town Board:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, and in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by section two of the Public Reserves and Domains Amendment Act, 1914, doth hereby vest the control of the said reserve in the Kamo Town Board, subject, however, to the condition that the Railway Department shall have the prior right to utilize the water from the reserve.

SCHEDULE.
ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, containing 5 acres 3 roods 14 perch?, more or less, being Section 1, Block VIII, Purua Survey District. Bounded towards the north-east by Sections 3 and 4, Block VIII, Purua Survey District, 1023:1 links; towards the south-east and south-west by Section 4 aforesaid and the abutment of a public road, 62·3, 177·3, 109·3, and 1060:3 links; and towards the north-west by Whauwhaupounamu Block, 699·1 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less. As the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 1913/1553, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged red. (Auckland Plan 15957, blue.)

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations for Deer-shooting, Buller.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.
IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection Act, 1908 (hereinafter called "the said Act"), I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby make the following regulations prescribing the deer-shooting season in Buller Acclimatization District, comprising the County of Buller, and the conditions affecting the same, and also the form of license and the fee payable therefor.

REGULATIONS.

1. RED-DEER stags may be taken or killed within the Buller Acclimatization District from the 1st March, 1916, to the 1st May, 1916 (both days inclusive).
2. Licenses to take or kill such deer may be issued by the Chief Postmaster at Westport on payment of a license fee of £1, in the form prescribed in the Schedule hereto, and subject to the said Act and these regulations; provided that not more than one such license shall be issued to the same person.
3. No licensee shall take or kill more than three stags, and no stag shall be killed carrying antlers with less than eight points.
4. No hind or fawn shall be taken or killed on any pretext whatever; and no licensee shall allow any dog to accompany either himself or any attendant he may have with him.
5. Nothing herein contained shall extend to authorizing any person to sell any deer or portion thereof.
6. Regulations as to deer "tags," per New Zealand Gazette No. 40, Vol. 1, of 20th May, 1909, page 1408, shall be strictly adhered to by each licensee, who, in addition thereto, shall return all unused "tags" to the secretary of the Buller Acclimatization Society, Westport, immediately he has finished stalking for the season for which such tags have been issued, together with a statement of the number of deer shot.
7. Any person committing a breach of any of these regulations shall be liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding £20.

SCHEDULE.
No.
License to take or kill Game (Deer).
of , having this day paid the sum of £ , is hereby authorized to take or kill red-