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of the same for any purpose, and with respect to such application and license the following provisions shall apply:— (1.) The applicant shall mark out the land in the same manner as in the ease of a claim, but tree-blazing may be used instead of pegs. (2.) The application shall be made aud disposed of under such of the provisions of section 136 of the Mining Act and clause 23 of these regulations as are applicable : Provided that if the land has to be surveyed the Warden may accept as a sufficient survey a sketch-plan by a surveyor, showing appproximately the due measurements and locality of the land, the cost of such survey not to exceed £5. (3.) The area of the land comprised in the application shall not exceed 200 acres. (4.) There shall be payable in respect of the license an annual acreage-rent at the rate of Is. per acre, and also a royalty at the rate specified in the Fourth Schedule hereto in respect of all timber cut pursuant to the license. (5.) The acreage-rent shall be payable as provided by subsection (10) of section 138 of the Mining Act, and the royalty shall be payable on the same days and for the same periods as the rent: Provided that from the amount payable in respect of royalty for any period there shall be deducted so much thereof as is equal to the rent actually paid for such period. 46. When making his application for the license, or at any time thereafter during the currency of the license, the applicant or licensee may in like manner apply to have reserved for him not more than two additional areas not exceeding 200 acres each, adjoining the land comprised in the license, and the Warden may, by certificate under his hand in the form numbered 23 in the First Schedule hereto, reserve the same accordingly upon being satisfied that the sawmill plant referred to in subclause (1) of the next succeeding clause hereof has or will be duly provided and fitted up as therein required, and that in the case of an existing license all its conditions have been duly complied with to date; and with respect to such certificate the following provisions shall apply : — (1.) The certificate shall continue in force for one year, but may be renewed from year to year so long as the license continues in force, and shall ipso facto cease and determine with the license. (2.) There shall be payable in advance in respect thereof, and of each annual renewal thereof, an acreage-rent at the same rate as in the case of the license. (3.) The certificate shall not be transferable apart from the license. (4.) The certificate shall not confer any right to cut timber or otherwise use the same, but at any time during its currency the licensee may exchange his existing license for a sawmill license in respect of the land comprised in the certificate. 47. The conditions subject to which a sawmill license shall be deemed to be granted, and shall be held, shall in every case include the following conditions : — (1.) The licensee shall, within six months after the date of his license, provide and fit up, either upon his sawmill area or on some other site approved by the Warden, a substantial and fully equipped sawmill plant, including all the necessary buildings thereto appertaining; and also shall at all times thereafter during the currency of the license keep such plant in continuous working operation, unless valid and satisfactory reasons can be given to the Warden for any temporary stoppage. (2.) If such plant is not already provided and fitted up when the license is granted, the Warden shall require the licensee to give security to his satisfaction that it will be provided and fitted up within six months thereafter. (3.) If at any time the mill is closed for a longer time than the Warden thinks necessary or reasonable, he may give the licensee notice in writing to resume work within the period (not exceeding one month) named in the notice. (4.) If the licensee fails or neglects to resume and continue the bond fide working of the mill in terms of such notice, the Warden may forfeit the license. (5.) The Warden may require the licensee to use a brand for marking his timber, and to register the same in the Warden's Court. (6.) The Minister, or any local authority, may at any time, without compensation, make roads or tracks through the land comprised in the license, or in any reserved area. (7.) The licensee shall at all times keep full and accurate accounts of all timber cut by him under his license, and permit the same to be inspected at any time by any Inspector, and also shall furnish to the Eeceiver monthly returns showing particulars of all timber cut during the preceding month, together with such other details as the Eeceiver or the Inspector requires. (8.) The provisions of the Mining Act and the regulations thereunder relating to the registration, protection, surrender, forfeiture, and abandonment of mining privileges shall apply to sawmill licenses : Provided that at any time within three months after forfeiture or abandonment the licensee shall be entitled to remove all buildings and plant belonging to him on the land. (9.) Whenever the licensee of a sawmill area obtains a license for a reserved area, the firstmentioned license shall be surrendered and cancelled: Provided that the Warden shall grant him, without fee, the right to use for the purpose of working such reserved area the sites (if any) of any mill, building, or tramway belonging to him on the firstmentioned area. Hand-sawing and Splitting Timber Warrants. 48. On application in that behalf the Warden may grant to any person a warrant entitling him during its currency to cut timber (other than kauri-trees or trees reserved by the Warden)