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2. No entire animal over the age of six months, excepting horses, asses, or mules, and no such horse, ass, or mule, over the age of twelve months shall be depasturing upon the hundred without the consent, in writing, of the Wardens, or a majority of them; and any person or persons who shall turn out or depasture any entire animal over the above specified ages, without having previously obtained the consent, in writing, of the Wardens, or a majority of them, shall forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding Five Pounds for every such offence.

3. Whenever it shall appear to the Wardens, or a majority of them, that any beast of a dangerous or vicious character, or when from any other cause they shall deem it advisable to prohibit any specified beast from being depastured upon the Hundred, it shall be lawful for them, or a majority of them, to prohibit the depasturing of any such beast, and to give notice in writing of such prohibition to the owner, or person having charge of such beast, and if the same shall not be removed from the unfenced pasture lands of the Hundred within twenty-four hours, or such further time as may be stated in such notice, after the service of such notice, by the delivering of the same personally, or by leaving the same at the usual place of residence of such owner, or person having charge of such beast, the owner or person having charge of such beast, shall forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding Five Pounds; or if any person, as aforesaid, after having received notice as aforesaid, shall turn out or depasture on any unfenced lands of the Hundreds, any prohibited beast, he shall forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding Five Pounds for every such offence; or in the event of the owner of any beast which the Wardens shall deem advisable to prohibit from running upon the Hundred, being unknown to them, it shall be lawful for them to impound such beast, to be dealt with under the "Impounding Ordinance, 1862."

4. No sheep shall be depastured on the Hundred without the consent, in writing, of the Wardens, or a majority of them, and under such restrictions as they may deem it advisable to impose, and any person depasturing sheep on the unenclosed lands within the Hundred, without such consent, as aforesaid, shall forfeit and pay for every such offence any sum not exceeding Five Pounds—provided always that this Bye Law shall not be applicable to sheep, bona fide travelling through the Hundred, if the same shall travel at a rate of not less than five miles a-day.

5. No unbranded cattle over the age of six months shall be depastured on the Hundred, and unbranded cattle above the age of six months found on the Hundred, may be impounded to be dealt with according to law.

6. All persons depasturing stock on the Hundred shall furnish to the Wardens a return, showing the number, age, sex, colour, description, and brands, of all and every beast depastured on the Hundred by each of them, or failing to make such return as aforesaid, within twenty-four hours after turning out any such beast, or making a false return, shall forfeit and pay for every such offence a sum not exceeding £5.

7. The Wardens, or a majority of them, may at any time call upon any license holder to make a return showing the number, description, sex, age, colour, and brands of stock depastured upon the Hundred belonging to him or her, or in his or her custody; and any license holder neglecting or refusing to make such return within one week after having been required by notice in writing to make such return, or making a false return, shall forfeit and pay for every such offence any sum not exceeding Five Pounds.

8. Any cattle not being the property of, or in the custody of, a license holder, or being the property of, or in the custody of, a license holder, but depastured on the Hundred in contravention of any Bye Laws duly passed, may be impounded, and the owner or custodian of such cattle may be proceeded against for trespass, and shall forfeit and pay for every such offence any sum not exceeding Five Pounds.

[Nothing herein contained shall prejudice the right of the Waste Land Board, or the Commissioner of Crown Lands, to proceed against such trespassers for the recovery of the penalty of Fifty Pounds, imposed by the 76th clause of the "Waste Land Regulations," for the illegal occupation of Crown Lands.]

9. Any person who shall set fire to the herbage or grass upon the Crown Lands within the Hundred, without the consent, in writing, of the Wardens, or a majority of them, previously obtained, shall forfeit and pay for every such offence, any sum not exceeding Five Pounds, but such consent of the Wardens will not protect any person from the consequence of any loss or damage which may be sustained by any person by reason of the carelessness with which such burning of the Hundred may have been performed.

10. Any person disturbing or harassing cattle depastured within the boundaries of the Hundred, shall forfeit and pay for every such offence, any sum not exceeding Five Pounds, provided always that a holder of a depasturing license within the Hundred, or any person duly authorised in his behalf, may drive such cattle for the purpose of collecting such as may belong to him, and for the free and legitimate use of his right of pasturage within the Hundred, but in the event of its being necessary for such purpose, to drive any cattle belonging to any other person a greater distance than half a mile, the person so driving such cattle must take them to the nearest available stockyard, and there separate his own from those of other persons, and return the latter to the place from which they were driven, and failing to do so, will be liable to the penalty of any sum not exceeding Five Pounds for every such offence. Any person removing cattle beyond the boundary of the Hundred, other than those belonging to him or for the removal of which he shall have due authority, shall forfeit and pay for every such offence, any sum not exceeding Five Pounds.

11. All, or any of the acts authorised by these Bye Laws, to be done by the Wardens, or a majority of them, may be done by any ranger or other person duly appointed by them, or authorised in that behalf.

W. H. CUTTEN,
Chief Commissioner.

Waste Lands Board Office,
Dunedin, 30th April, 1864.

EAST TAIERI HUNDRED.

At the meeting fixed for the purpose the following persons were elected Wardens of the East Taieri Hundred for the current year, viz:—

S. Stevens, Alexander Adam, and John Stevenson.

W. H. CUTTEN,
Chief Commissioner.

Waste Land Board Office,
April 30th, 1864.

CROWN GRANTS for the land after mentioned in favor of the persons whose names appear in the annexed Schedule are now ready for issue.

W. H. CUTTEN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Grant Office,
Dunedin, 22nd April, 1864.

SCHEDULE.

Aitken, Henry, Section 22 Block 25, Town of Oamaru
Anderson, Archibald, Section 13 Block 31, Town of Molyneux