right I had hitherto been assured to be
mine, and that without giving me the op-
tion of making good that right by com-
plying with the new regulations which I
was quite prepared to do.

Believing that the Government would
not willingly commit so gross an act of
injustice, and believing also that by com-
plying with the notice of February, 1857.
I have justly made good my right of pri-
ority to the run I have applied for and
which I have now been two years in oc-
cupation of, I beg to refer the case for
your consideration.

(Signed), R. COLLINS.

NOTICE TO APPLICANTS FOR

RUNS ON LANDS NOT YET PUR-

CHASED FROM THE NATIVES.

WHEREAS a Notice to such Appli-
cants as above was issued by me in
the Provincial Government Gazette pub-
lished on the 20th February, 1857, stating
that "no such applications already made
or thereafter to be made would be treated
as conferring any priority when the lands
in question should be purchased unless De-
posits be paid upon the same." AND
WHEREAS, the late Commissioner in
the Hawke's Bay District at one period
received such Applications without De-
posit but subsequently required Deposits
under circumstances which would operate
unfairly towards parties who had not
Notice of the alteration of the practice,
if the terms of the Notice issued by me
as aforesaid should be strictly insisted
upon, I hereby revoke the said Notice
so far as relates to Applications made in
the Hawke's Bay District during such
time as Mr. Domett held the Office of
Land Commissioner. And I hereby give
Notice that parties who may have regis-
tered such Applications as above with the
late Land Commissioner at Hawke's Bay
without payment of Deposit shall be
allowed three months from the date
hereof to pay deposits on their Applica-
tions so registered and shall on payment
thereof be entitled to such priority as
they would have had if deposits had been
paid at the time when the Application
was originally made, and after the expir-
ation of the said three months all Applica-
tions shall be considered as null and void
unless Deposits have been paid
thereon.

WILLIAM FOX,
Chief Land Commissioner.

CHIEF LAND COMMISSIONER'S

OFFICE.

At a Court held at the Survey office,
Napier, on the 27th March, 1857, the
following cases were decided.

1. Disputed boundaries between
   Messrs. Duncan, Fannin, and Worgan.

2. Do. Messrs. Grant and Tully.

3. Do. Messrs. Guthrie and Valentine
   Smith.

4. Do. Messrs. Rhodes, G. Moore,
   and St. Hill, and licences directed to.
   issue accordingly.

5. Mr. J. W. Snodgrass was fined £20
   for illegally occupying a run awarded to
   Mr. Tully, and obstructing the latter in
   his attempt to take possession of the
   same.

6. Mr. Hallett was fined £10 for
   illegally occupying a run awarded to
   Messrs. Rhodes and refusing to quit the
   same when requested.

WILLIAM FOX,
Chief Land Commissioner,
Wellington.

CHIEF LAND COMMISSIONER'S

OFFICE, WELLINGTON.

In the matter of James John Taine, a
Licensed Occupier of a Pastoral Run
in the East Coast District.

BEFORE THE CHIEF LAND COMMISSIONER,
AT WELLINGTON, MAY 4TH, 1857.

A LICENSE was issued to Mr. Taine
by the late Land Commissioner,
Mr. Bell, dated 1st April, 1856. Mr.
Burton was next applicant for the same
Run, and now alleges that Mr. Taine
has not fulfilled the condition imposed
by the 7th section of the 11th Regula-
tion, by placing on the Run the stock
required; and that he has further trans-
gressed the 13th Regulation, by transfer-
ring his interest in the Run to Mr. Hume,
without having stocked it as aforesaid.

The Regulations referred to are as
follows:—

"7th.—Within twelve months after
the issue of a License, the holder thereof
shall be required to place on the Run
at least one breeding ewe for every
twenty acres, or else one cow or more
for every 120 acres, and he shall be re-
quired to keep at least that number of
breeding stock upon the Run during the
whole period of his occupancy."

"XIII.—The beneficial interest in any
Occupation License may at any time be
transferred by the holder. In order to
render such transfer valid, it shall be
necessary,—1st., That the conditions
upon which the original License was