NEW ZEALAND

OTAGO

PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

Vol. XVI. DUNEDIN, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1872. No. 779.
[SPECIAL GAZETTE.]

REGULATIONS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF PASTURAGE WITHIN HUNDREDS.

REGULATIONS.

THE following Regulations made by the Waste Land Board of the Province of Otago, under the provisions of the “Otago Waste Lands Act 1866 Amendment Act 1869,” having been approved of by his Honor the Superintendent, are now published in accordance with the requirements of the said Act.

JOHN LOGAN,
Secretary to Superintendent.
Superintendent’s Office,
Dunedin.

REGULATIONS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF PASTURAGE WITHIN HUNDREDS.

1. Every person depasturing or desiring to depasture cattle upon the unfenced waste lands within any Hundred shall, on or before the first day of January in every year, furnish to the Waste Land Board a return in the form or to the effect of the Schedule hereto showing the number of acres of land owned or occupied by him; the number of acres owned or occupied by him (if any) unenclosed or available for pasture; and the number, description, and brands of all cattle depastured, or intended to be depastured, by him within the Hundred; and any person depasturing cattle upon a Hundred failing to make such return as aforesaid, or making a false return, shall be liable to a penalty of £20, to be recovered in a summary way.

2. Each license-holder shall be at liberty to depasture free of assessment one head of great cattle, or five sheep, for every ten acres of unenclosed land owned or occupied by him within the boundaries within which cattle may be depastured in the Hundred: provided that such license-holder shall prove to the satisfaction of the Waste Land Board that such freehold land is within such boundaries, and is open to all cattle depastured on the Hundred.

3. No diseased cattle shall be depastured upon, nor shall any pigs or goats be allowed at large within any Hundred, and any person or persons who shall turn out or depasture any diseased cattle, or suffer any pig or goat to be at large within any Hundred, shall be liable to a penalty of £5 to be recovered in a summary way.

4. In the event of scab breaking out in any flock of sheep which are being depastured within a Hundred, the Waste Land Board, in conjunction with the Government Sheep Inspector, shall take such steps as they may deem necessary to eradicate and prevent the spread of the disease.

5. Any license-holder depasturing sheep upon Hundreds shall do so within such limits as the Waste Land Board may appoint, and in the event of such sheep being allowed to trespass beyond the boundaries so appointed, they may be impounded in manner provided by Section XIII of the Otago Waste Land Act 1866 Amendment Act 1869.

6. No entire animal above six months of age, except horses (which may be twelve months), and rams, when put to the ewe in season, and no animal of a vicious or otherwise objectionable character shall be depastured, or allowed to be at large on the unfenced lands in any Hundred; and any person or persons who shall turn out or depasture any entire animal over the above specified ages, or any animal of a vicious or otherwise objectionable character, or otherwise offending against the regulations, shall be liable to a penalty of £5, to be recovered in a summary way.

7. All unbranded cattle above six months of age