NEW ZEALAND

OTAGO

PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT

GAZETTE.

Published by Authority

Vol. XII. DUNEDIN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1868. No. 574.

[Re-published from Gazette of 7th inst., in consequence of a portion having been omitted from that Gazette.]

JAMES MACANDREW, Superintendent.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Provincial Government Buildings, Dunedin, the sixth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.

Present:
His Honor James Macandrew, Esq., Superintendent;
George Duncan, Esq., Secretary for Land and Works;
John Hughes, Esq., and
Hugh M’Dermid, Esq., Members of the Executive Council of the Province of Otago.

WHEREAS by Proclamation bearing date the twenty-third day of June last past, made by the Superintendent of the Province of Otago, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Province, and published in the Otago Provincial Government Gazette, No. 553, under the hand of the said Superintendent of the Province of Otago, and under the public seal of the said Province, certain Regulations were made for the depasturing of stock upon the Waste Lands of the Crown within the Otago Gold Field: And whereas it is expedient to revoke certain of the said Regulations, &c., published and proclaimed as aforesaid, and to make other regulations in lieu thereof, and in addition thereto:—

Now, therefore, His Honor James Macandrew, Esquire, Superintendent of the Province of Otago, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Province of Otago, doth by virtue and in exercise of the powers delegated to the Executive Government of the Province of Otago in this behalf, hereby revoke the Regulations numbered 14 and 15 of the said Regulations so made and published on the twenty-third day of June last as aforesaid, and doth make the Regulations following in lieu thereof and in addition to the said Regulations, so made and published as aforesaid, (that is to say),—

DEPASTURING REGULATIONS.

Otago Gold Field.

14. The assessment fees payable under these regulations shall be paid half-yearly in advance, and shall be:—

For every head of great cattle ... 1s 9d
For every head of small cattle ... 0s 3½d

Provided that when three months or more of the half-year shall have expired at the time of the application being made, then only one-half of the above fees shall be charged; and provided also that the holders of depasturing licenses in force at the time of the publication of these Regulations, shall be entitled to receive credit for a portion of the fee paid in respect of such license for the unexpired period of such licenses respectively, on applying for, and obtaining licenses under these Regulations.

15. Depasturing licenses granted under these Regulations shall remain in force only until the 31st March, and the 30th September respectively, next following the dates thereof.

16. The Wakatipu Depasturing District shall comprise all those three several areas described in the 1st Schedule hereto, instead of the area described as the Wakatipu Depasturing District in the first Schedule to the said before-mentioned Regulations.

17. The Tuapeka Depasturing District shall comprise all those three several areas described in the second Schedule hereto, in addition to the one described as the Tuapeka Depasturing District in the said first Schedule to the said regulations.

18. The chairman of the Board of Wardens for the time being of the Wakatipu Depasturing District shall be, and he is hereby authorised, to receive applications for licenses for the depasturing of stock within the Dunstan Depasturing District, until a Board of Wardens