(2). That the sawmill has been kept continuously in operation, when not stopped by causes considered unavoidable by the Board.

(3). That no trees or saplings under one foot in diameter have been cut, except as provided by Section 8, or destroyed by the act of or by the neglect of the licensee or his servants, and that none of the provisions of “The Southland Waste Lands Act, 1865,” and the “Amendment Acts, 1867 and 1875,” or the by-laws of the Waste Lands Board have been violated.

(4). And if it shall appear that these Regulations have not been complied with, or that any wrongful acts have been done by the licensee, then the Waste Lands Board shall appoint a valuator to ascertain and assess the amount of damage which the forest, whether under license or not, may have sustained by such wrongful acts; and no new license shall be granted until the amount of damage so assessed shall have been paid, in addition to the sum due by way of rent and expenses of valuation.

(5). If at any time during the currency of the yearly license the Inspector of Forests shall report that the timber on the licensed ground is being unfairly cut, the license may be suspended pending investigation, and cancelled if it is found that the timber regulations have been infringed.

24. The licensee shall keep a production book, showing the total number of superficial feet, without any classification, passing through the sawmill each day, or hewn timber, and exhibit the same on demand of any person authorised by the Waste Lands Board, and shall furnish a correct copy of it to the Inspector of Forests on or before the seventh day of each succeeding month, in the form prescribed in the schedule, the penalty for omitting to make a return, or making a false return, being forfeiture of the license and a penalty of five pounds.

25. Holders of a license to give all information whatsoever as to boundaries, position of cutting, &c., that may be required by the Inspector of Forests or any person authorised by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

General Regulations.

26. No person to cut down or otherwise injure any trees not required by him for the purpose of his business; and if it shall appear to the Inspector of Forests that any of the regulations have been infringed, or that the timber has been negligently or wilfully injured or destroyed, by fire or otherwise, he shall immediately give notice of the same at the office of the Waste Lands Board, and shall temporarily suspend the license of the party offending; and if the Commissioners shall judge that such infringement has been wilful, then the license shall be forfeited, and it shall be at the discretion of the Board to refuse to allow the issue of another license to the same person or persons.

27. Any person who shall cut timber without a license, or who shall continue to saw or cut timber after any payment shall have become due and shall not be paid, or after the Inspector of Forests by reason of any alleged breach of these regulations shall have given him notice to discontinue cutting, shall be treated as an unlicensed trespasser, and parties purchasing timber cut from Crown lands by unlicensed persons will be held responsible.

28. Where the terms “land,” “bush,” or “bush land” are used in the foregoing regulations the bush or timber only is meant.

29. A penalty not exceeding five pounds will be inflicted for every single breach of the above by-laws, and summary proceedings will be adopted to recover the same, besides an action at common law to recover the value of forest destroyed by such infringement or otherwise.

SCHEDULE.

Production Book.

of sawmill situate at __, giving the daily return of timber sawn or hewn under license during the month of __ 187_, in terms of section 25 of the Southland Timber Regulations.

I do solemnly and sincerely declare that the above is a correct copy of Production Book for the month of __, 187_, and is a true and complete return of all the timber sawn or hewn under license during the month, and make this solemn declaration, conscientiously believing it to be true, and by virtue of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, entitled “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1866.”

Made and subscribed at __, in the Colony of New Zealand, this __ day of __, in the year of Our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and seventy.

WALTER H. PEARSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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