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Section 146, subsection (1), paragraph (c) : That after the words "renewable leases " in the fifth line the words " and of leases under Part VIII hereof " be inserted, and that the following subclause be added : "In respect of licenses under the Regulations for the Occupation of Pastoral Lands within the District or leases under Part VIII hereof granted prior to the coming into operation, of this Act for a period of fifteen years from the first January, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen." Section. 179: Subsection (I)—That after the word "lease" in. the fourth line the words "or occupation -with-the-right-of -purchase license " be inserted ; that after the word " Act " in the fifth line the words " subject to the approval of the Minister " be inserted. Subsection (2) —That the following words be inserted at the end of the second paragraph : " and that before any such new lease or license is granted the report of the Warden shall be obtained as to whether the land is required for mining purposes." Section 193 : That after the word " lease " in. the thirteenth line the words "or occupation-with-the-right-of-purchase license "be inserted. That the last paragraph be deleted and the following substituted : " Provided that before consenting to a new lease or license the Land Board shall obtain, from the Warden a report as to whether the land affected is required for mining purposes." That the following paragraph be added : " The cash price or capital value for the purposes of sections one hundred and seventy-one and one hundred and eighty hereof shall be assessed in manner provided in subsection two of section twenty-eight of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1913." Section 194 : Subsection (1) —That the word " renewable " in the fourth line be deleted, and the words " under Parts 111, IV, or VIII of this Act " be inserted after the word "lease "in the same line. Subsection (2) —That the word "renewable " in. the first line, and also the words "of sixty years " at the end of the subsection, be deleted. Section 269 : Paragraph (a) —-That the words " for agricultural or horticultural purposes "in the first and second lines be deleted. Paragraph (a), subparagraph (i) — That the words " set apart for mining purposes under section eighteen of the Mining Act, 1908," be added. That the following subparagraph be added : "Of any Crown lands held under license to mine at a depth of not less than fifty feet." Section 270, subsection (2) : That this be deleted. Section 271 : That the following words be added : " Every such, application, shall be advertised by and at the expense of the applicant twice in one such newspaper as the Commissioner of Crown Lands may direct." Section 272 : Subsection. (1) —That the words " consider such opinion before giving a decision on any application " in the sixth and seventh lines be deleted, and the following words substituted: "not grant any such application unless and until the approval of the Warden has been obtained." Subsection. (2)' —That after the word " discretion " in the fourth line the following words be inserted : " but subject to approval as aforesaid." That the following subsection be added : " With respect to land set apart for mining purposes under the provisions of section eighteen of the Mining Act, 1908, the Warden, shall have power to prescribe from time to time the maximum area that may be acquired under this Part of the Act in. any specified localities." Section 273 : Subsection. (1) —That the words "or following thirty days' notice of completion of the survey, as the case may be," in the fourth and fifth lines be deleted, and the following words inserted at the end of the subsection. : " and upon the expiration of the term of the lease the lessee shall be entitled to receive a new lease for a further term of twenty-one years, subject in all respects to the same conditions and provisions as the original lease, including the right of renewal, save that the rent shall be determined at the first and at each subsequent renewal in manner provided in section, one hundred and eighty-two hereof. The provisions of sections one hundred and eighty-three, one hundred and eighty-four, one hundred and eighty-five, one hundred and eighty-six, one hundred and eighty-seven, one hundred and eighty-eight, and one hundred and eighty-nine hereof shall extend and apply to a renewal of a lease under this Part of this Act." Subsections (2) and (3) —That these be deleted. Subsection. (4) —That the words " fixed by the