for the Commissioner of Crown Lands to require every person applying for a license to depasture stock on any run outside the boundaries of proclaimed hundreds, to deposit with the Commissioner the sum of £20, which, so soon as the run applied for shall be stocked to his satisfaction, shall be returned to the applicant; but in the event of the applicant neglecting so to stock the said run within the space of six calendar months from the date of his application, the sum so deposited shall be forfeited to the Government; provided also that the acts of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, appointed under the said Ordinance No. 1 of Session X., shall be subject to revision by the Waste Land Board (except such duties as are prescribed by clause 26 of the said Act) in the same manner as the acts of the Chief Commissioner of the Land Board, hereinafter constituted, are subject to the revision of the said Board.

65. No person shall be allowed to purchase any portion of the land occupied by a pasture license holder, until the offer of purchasing such land shall have been made to such license holder at the price of 10s. an acre.

66. The license holder in such case will be allowed to exercise the right of purchasing, at such fixed price, the land or any part thereof applied for by any other person not being less than 10 or more than 640 acres, and shall be allowed six calendar months for the payment of his purchase-money; provided always that such license holder shall not be allowed to select land set apart or required for public purposes.

67. Whenever any portion of land comprised in any pasture or timber license shall be purchased by other than the holder of such license, it shall be 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 license holder a reasonable time for the removal of his property.

XIV. APPROPRIATION OF LAND FUND.

68. Subject to the provisions of the Imperial Act of Parliament 15 and 16 Victoria, chapter 79, all proceeds arising from the sale, letting, disposal, and occupation of the Waste Land of the Crown, will be appropriated 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.

XV. FEES ON CROWN GRANTS.

69. By the local Ordinance, No. II Session VII., the sum of 20s. is payable before the delivery of every Crown Grant, by the person entitled to receive the same. No other fee is payable on the issue of Crown Grants.

XVI. WASTE LAND BOARD.

70. 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, Session X.

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

72. The Waste Land Board may, with the consent of the Superintendent and his Executive Council, from time to time appoint one or more agents to act for them out of New Zealand, and such agent or agents may be removed by the said Board with such consent as aforesaid.

73. 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.

74. All business connected with the sale, letting, disposal, and occupation of the Waste Land of the Crown (except as hereinafter provided by section 73) shall be transacted by the Waste Land Board.

75. 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 sale, letting, disposal, or occupation of any Waste Land of the Crown shall be posted as soon as opened, as hereinafter provided in sections 9 and 34, in some conspicuous part of such room for three days before such application shall be decided on.

76. Before any application shall be decided on, any person may give notice in writing to the said Board that he intends to dispute the granting of the same; and no such application shall in that case be decided on, except at a meeting of the Board, after a full hearing of both parties.

77. 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 Board.

78. 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 Lands 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 Board.

79. All meetings of the 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.

80. The decision of the Board on all such matters as aforesaid, to be heard and determined by them, shall be final and conclusive: Provided always that the 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.