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cost of the applicant, in three consecutive issues of a newspaper circulating in the locality in. which the area applied for is situated; and such advertisement shall fix a time and place for lodging objections, such time being not less than ten days after the date of issue of the newspaper in which the third insertion of the advertisement is published." Clause 32 : That this clause be amended to read as follows : — " The original area of a sawmill license shall not exceed 400 acres, but the holder may apply to have one or more additional areas of not more than 400 acres each adjoining each other, and forming together as far as circumstances will permit one compact block, reserved for his exclusive use. The total area of the sawmill license and reserved areas shall not exceed the following : Where the necessary outlay to erect mills, sidings, tramways, &c, does not exceed £1,000, 400 acres ; exceeding £1,000 but less than £2,000, 800 acres; exceeding £2,000 but less than £3,000, 1,200 acres; exceeding £3,000 but less than £4,000, 1,600 acres; exceeding £4,000, 2,000 acres." Clause 47 : That this clause be revoked. Clause 67 : That the following words be added : " Such royalty shall be paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue; and, in respect to telegraph-poles, the Postal Department shall require proof that the royalty has been paid before accepting the same, or, failing such proof, shall deduct from the amount otherwise payable for the telegraph-poles the royalty herein provided, and shall pay the same to the Receiver of Land Revenue." Clause 91 : That " 400 " be substituted for " 200 " in the third line, and that the words " but not exceeding a total area of 600 acres " in the fifth and sixth lines be deleted. New clause : That the following additional clause be inserted : — " With respect to timber set apart for mining purposes under the provisions of the Mining Act, all powers and duties conferred by these regulations upon the Minister and the Commissioner of Crown Lands shall be transferred to and exercised by the Warden for the mining district in which such timber is situated. The revenue from, such timber shall be deemed to be goldfields revenue, and shall be payable to the Receiver of Gold Revenue." The Land Act, 1908. Section 62 : That the word " or " in the first line be deleted, and the words " or VIII " be inserted after the word " VI " in the same line. Section 63, subsection (1), paragraph (c) : That after the word "lease " in the first line the words " or lease under Part VIII hereof " be inserted. Section 96, subsection (1) : That the word " and " in the second line be deleted, and the words " and VIII " be inserted after the word " V " in the same line. Section 97, subsection (1) : That the word "or " in the second line be deleted, and the words " or VIII " be inserted after the word " IV " in the same line. Section 116, subsection (1): That the word "VIII" be inserted after the word " IV " in the sixth line. Section 133 : Subsection (1) —That the following words be inserted at the commencement: " Subject to the provisions of the Mining Act, 1908, relating to the disposal of Crown lands within a mining district " ; that the words "as provided in section one hundred and thirty-five hereof " in the fourth and fifth lines be deleted, and the words "under this Act" substituted. Subsection (3)—That' the words " as provided in section one hundred and thirty-five hereof " be deleted. Section 135, paragraph (a) : That after the word "VI " in the second line the words " or under Part VIII " be inserted. Section 144, subsection (1) : That the word "or " in the third line be deleted, and the words " or VIII " inserted after the word " VE " in the third line. Section 145, subsection (1) : That the words "or lease under Part VIII" be inserted after the word "lease " at the end of the eighth line, and that the words "or license under the Regulations for the Occupation of Pastoral Lands within the Hauraki Mining District " be inserted after " 1892 " in the eleventh line.