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Dunstan Times, Issue 834, 12 April 1878, Page 2

JjEPASTURIN G REGULATIONS Jot the County of Vincent , in the Colony oj New Zealand, J - (1.5.) Vincent Pyke, Chairman. it r r ? A Proclamation. e d Whereas by Rubsections four and five of the fifty-first section of “The Alines Act 1877 ” it is enacted that it shall' be lawful for the Governor, subject to the provisions of the said Act from time to time to make, alter, amend and revoke rules and regulations for regulating the depasturing of stock upon any lands within mining districts for which a lease or licensefordepasturingpurposesbas not beengranted,or has been cancelled or suspended, and the number of horses or cattle which may be run upon such lands by the holders of miners rights and business licenses, or of mining and agricultural j leases, or by other persons, and for the issue of depasturing licenses and to regulate the fees that shall be paid therefoi” and for imposing penalties in respect to the breach of any such regulations : for imposing penalties upon the owners of any cattle illegally depasturing on such lands, and for recovering from such owners in addition to any of the aforesaid penalties all the cost and charges incident to the collecting and re covering such cattle; And Whereas by the sixth section of “The Mines Act 1877” it is enacted that, until the Governor I shall otherwise order, every gold field duly proclaimed orconsti- , tuted at the time of the commencement of the said Act shall be and be deemed to be a mining district under the said Act; And Whereas by the one hundredth section of “The Mines Act it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor : to delegate to the Chairman of the County Council in the raining districtin which such county is situateall the powers vested 1 in the Governor for the purposes hereinbefore recited, subject or not to any limitations or restrictions as he may think fit and in like manner to alter or revoke such delegation : And ( Whereas the Governor hath, by delegation in the New Zealand Gazette on the fourth day of February one thousand eight hundred and seventy eight, in pursuance of the power and authority for that purpose vested in him - by “ The Mines Act 1877 ” and subject to its provisions, de- 1 legated unto the Chairman for the time being of the County 1 Council of Vincent all the powers vested in the Governor 1 by sub-sections four and five of section fifty-one of “ The 1 Mines Act 1877,” and hath declared that the powers thereby < delegated shall be exercised and performed only within the 1 said County of Vincent, and by and with the consent of f the County Council of the said County of Vincent: And < Whereas the County Council of the County of Vincent have 1 determined to make proclaim and declare the regulations i hereinafter mentioned : Kow Therefore I Vincent Pyke, Chairman of the Council of the Vincent County, by and with the con- J sent of the County Council of the said County, and by viHue c and in exercise of the power delegated to the Chairman for t the time being of the County Council of the County of Min- 1 cent, do hereby make proclaim and declare the regulations « hereinafter mentioned for the depasturing of stock on any f lands within the said County of Vincent, for which a lease t or license for depasturing purposes has not been granted or s has been cancelled or suspended. Regulations. I.— lnterpretation. c a c

In these Regulations the words “great cattle ” shall be construed to mean and include horned cattle, horses, mules and asses, male and female, and the offspring thereof above six months of age; and the words “ small cattle" shall be construed to mean sheep, male and female, and the weaned offspring thereof; and the word “ District ” shall mean one of the Depasturing Districts described in the First Schedule hereto, and every other district which may hereafter be proclaimed within the County of Vincent. 2. —Miners Right and Business License holders may run cattle. Every holder of a miner’s right issued within the County, or any borough therein, and every holder of a business license occupying land by virtue of such license, within the County, shall be entitled to run one head of great cattle free of assessment fees. 11 cl a t; hj tl rt ai e: 3. —Mining and Mineral lessees, The person, or persons, holding or occupying any land within the County, under or by virtue of any mining or mineral lease or leases, shall he entitled to rim one head of great cattle free of assessment fees ] provided that in the case of a lease or leases to two or more persons jointly the number of rattle which they shall le together entitled to run shall not be more than one head for every such lease. 4. —Agricultural lessees. Holders of agricultural leases within the County shall he on. titled to run great cattle free of assessment fees therein in proportion to the acreage of their leases, as follows ' For a lease of fifty acres, or any less quantity one head. Foi every additional fifiy acres one head. 5. —Depasturing Licenses. tl b] w e? T ar to D or se; ta

Holders of miners’ rights or business licenses, and raining, mineral and agricultural lessees, within the County may run cattle therein in excess of the number which they are entitled to run free of assessment fees, on obtaining a depasturing license under these Regulations; and other persona resident in such County, not bring holdersofraincrs’ rights or business licenses or such lessees as aforesaid, may run cattle within any District on obtaining a depasturing license under these regulations. 6. —Application to be made. Persons desirous of obtaining a depasturing license must lodge with the Clerk of the County Council an appHca- t tion in writing in the form contained in the Second Schedule hereto; and deposit therewith the assessment and registration fees payable under these Regulations. If such applica- } tion is refused the assessment and registration fees shall be t repaid to the applicant, but not otherwise. 7. —Application how dealt with. If the application shall he to depasture not more than live head of great cattle, exclusive of cattle running free of charge as hereinbefore provided, or of other cattle for which a depasturing license has previously been granted to the applicant, the Clerk of the County Council may, with the consent and approval of the Chairman, forthwith issue a depasturing license to the applicant; but if such application 1 shall he for depasturing any larger number of great cattle than aforesaid, or for depasturing small cattle, the Clerk shall submit the same to the County Council at the next Ordinary b Meeting thereof, and the County Council shall determine o whether such application shall bo granted or refused. 8. —Assessment Fees. si The assessment fees payable annually under these Regelations shall be : For every head of great cattle, ... 3s. 6d, For every head of small cattle, ... Is. Od. And when six months or more of the annual period shall have expired, only one half of the above fees shall be charged > 9-— Duration and form of License. Depasturing licenses granted under these Regulations shall be signed by the Chairman of the County Council, and shall remain in force only until the 31st day of March next following the date thereof; and such Licenses shall be iu the form contained in the Third Schedule hereto.