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lawful for the Waste Land Board to delay giving possession of the said land for any time not exceeding three months, in order to afford such licensee holder a reasonable time for the removal of his property.

APPROPRIATION OF LAND FUND.

30. Subject to the provisions of the Imperial Act of Parliament 15 and 16 Victoria, chapter 23, all proceeds arising from the sale, letting, disposal, and occupation of the Waste Land of the Crown, will be appropriated to surveys in the first place, to immigration, to the making of roads and bridges, and to other public works, in such proportions as the Superintendent, with the advice and consent of the Provincial Council, shall, from time to time, direct and appoint.

FEES ON CROWN GRANTS.

31. Fees on Crown Grants, payable before the delivery of every Crown Grant, not to exceed £5 in each case.

WASTE LAND BOARD.

32. There shall be established a Board to be called the Waste Land Board, to consist of one Chief Commissioner, and of at least two other Commissioners, all of whom (except such one as shall be appointed to act as Treasurer) shall be appointed and be removable by the Superintendent, with the advice and consent of his Executive Council. The Chief Commissioner shall also hold the office of Commissioner of Crown Land under the said Crown Lands Ordinance No. 1, Section X.

33. One member of the Waste Land Board shall also be the Treasurer thereof, and such member shall be appointed and removable by the Governor.

34. The salaries of officers to be appointed by the Governor shall be paid by the General Government, and the salaries of officers to be appointed by the Superintendent or by the Waste Land Board, shall be paid by the Provincial Government.

35. All business connected with the sale, letting, disposal, and occupation of the Waste Land of the Crown (except as hereinafter provided) shall be transacted by the Waste Land Board.

36. There shall be at the office of the Waste Land Board a room open to the public, and the particulars of every application for the letting, disposal, or occupation of any Waste Land of the Crown shall be posted as soon as opened in some conspicuous part of such room for not less than three days before such application shall be decided on.

37. Before the application shall be decided on, any person may give notice in writing to the Waste Land Board that he intends to dispute the granting of the same; and if such person shall at the same time deposit with the said Board the sum of £5, no such application shall be decided on, except at a meeting of the said Board, after a full hearing of all parties. The £5 so deposited, or such part thereof as may be appropriated in payment of costs of any party, or returned to the person depositing the same, at the discretion of the said Board.

38. All applications, in reference to which no such notice shall have been given, shall be disposed of, and all the routine business of the Waste Land office shall be transacted by the Chief Commissioner as soon as conveniently may be, subject nevertheless, within ten days in all matters, to reconsideration and revision by the said Board.

39. All applications, in reference to which any such notice shall have been given, and all disputes and differences relating or incident to the sale, letting, disposal, and occupation of the Waste Land of the Crown, or to any act to be done under these regulations, or to the interpretation or meaning thereof, shall be heard and determined at meetings of the said Board.

40. All meetings of the Waste Land Board for the despatch of business shall be attended by at least three Commissioners, and shall be open to the public. Reasonable public notice shall be given of all business to be transacted at such meetings.

41. The decision of the Waste Land Board, on all such matters as aforesaid, shall be final and conclusive: Provided always that the said Board may, on the application of any person, grant a re-hearing of any case decided by them, if they shall think that justice requires it; and, on such re-hearing, may reverse, alter, or modify any previous decision in the same case.

42. The Waste Land Board shall keep a record of their proceedings, in which shall be entered in writing a full and particular account of all business transacted by them, and a minute of the opinion of the members of the said Board in cases where they differ; which record shall be open to the inspection of any person, at all reasonable hours, on payment of a fee of 2s. 6d. for such inspection.

43. There shall also be kept in the office of the said Board, in a convenient form for reference, every letter, report, and communication received, and a copy of every letter written and order made by the said Board, and by the Chief Commissioner thereof, and a convenient index shall be made thereto, all of which shall be open to inspection by any person, at all reasonable times, on payment of a fee of 2s. 6d. for each inspection. The said Board shall have power to make bye-laws, and which bye-laws, on being assented to by the Superintendent and his Executive Council, shall have full force.

DEFINITION OF WASTE LAND OF THE CROWN.

44. The term “Waste Land of the Crown” shall be deemed to include all such land as declared by the 72nd section of the Constitution Act to be Waste Land of the Crown within the meaning thereof.

45. The term “Waste Land of the Crown” and “Waste Land” throughout these Regulations (excepting in the 1st and 2nd sections thereof) shall be taken to comprise only land whereof the Native Title shall have been extinguished, and the fact of such extinguishment shall have been notified by the General Government; and it shall be the duty of the General Government from time to time to give such notification in respect of all such land, the Native Title to which shall have been extinguished, and the boundaries thereof satisfactorily defined.

W. CARGILL.