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Regulations. Interpretation : In these regulations, unless inconsistent with the context, the word "licensee" includes "his heirs and assigns." . 1 Application may be made for any of the Crown lands within such portions ot the Hauraki Mining District as lie within the Counties of Coromandel, Thames, and Ohinemuri, excepting timber and other public reserves, and the areas described in the Schedule attached hereto. 2 The area which may be applied for under these regulations shall not be less than 25 acres nor exceed 1,000 acres, and shall entitle the holder thereof to the exclusive right of pasturage over the lands specified in the license, but shall give no right to the soil, timber, minerals, or kaunm- 3 The Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Land District of Auckland may, with the approval of the Land Board, grant pastoral licenses under these regulations for a total area not exceeding 1,000 acres to any person of the age of seventeen years and upwards who may apply for the same. All lands held by one lessee under these regulations must be contiguous. 4 Annual rent payable under the license shall be a sum to be fixed by the Land Board ot the, Auckland Land District (hereinafter referred to as "the Land Board"), but shall be not less than 3d. per acre per annum, payable half-yearly in advance to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Auckland. The first half-year's rent must be accompanied with the lease fee of £1 5 Term of license to be twenty-one years, and upon the expiration of the term it shall be competent for the Land Board to grant a renewal for twenty-one years over the whole or part ot the area comprised in the license, upon such terms as they think fit subject to the Warden s approval and section 207 of " The Land Act, 1892." Such license shall be issued subject to the terms and conditions, as nearly as may be, contained in section 199 of the said Act. 6 No deposit of survey fees shall be required, except in exceptional cases, which shall be determined by the Land Board, who shall also fix the amount of deposit, which shall be in accordance with the scale of fees for the Survey of Crown lands, and such deposit of survey fees shall be credited to the lessee as rent. Pastoral areas to be defined where possible by ridge or othernatural boundaries already determined by the mining surveys made for mining claims. 7 The licensee shall have the right to the use of the surface soil only of the demised land, for the purpose provided for in his license, as already set forth in Regulation No. I 8 The licensee shall have no right, either himself or through any other person, to tel , cut, sell remove, or otherwise dispose of any kauri, totara, puriri, matai, rimu, mangeao, pohutukawa, or other reserved trees being on the land included in his license, except in conformity with the regulations under the Mining Acts for the time being in force. . 9 The licensee shall not be entitled to fell, cut, or remove any timber growing on the land comprised in his license, except for his domestic use, or for fencing or clearing for cultivation an" no trees exceeding 2 ft. in diameter are to be cut down without the special permission of the War io n 'The licensee shall, by virtue of his pastoral license, acquire no rights to mine for gold silver, or any other metals or minerals whatsoever, without first obtaining the sanction of the .Warden in the manner provided for by the mining laws 11 The holders of miners' rights shall have the right to prospect over the whole area held under pastoral license, and for that purpose to enter and camp thereon, and to use mining-timber ?not be?n? Served trees) and firewood growing thereon, so long as they are legitimately engaged n Prospecting -but any prospecting carried on upon the cultivated area surrounding the dwelling oi the licensed' „ limited b/condition No. 13 hereof, shall be subject to the provisions of sectiOnS i? The t right B t; g rant any mining privilege or easement in and over the land comprised in a pastoral lease, subject to the compensation for improvements as provided fnr in "The Mining Act, 1898," and its amendments. 13 No p≤ consent shall be required from the licensee to enable the Warden to grant any application which may be lawfully made to him under the Mining Act or regulations for the tTme beinTin fol-ce in a/d over the lands comprised in a pastoral license, unless the applicant e™roaches g upon the area containing the dwelling-house or immediately surrounding the same proviS the dwelling is of a substantial nature, the land in cultivation, and-surroundedbja Substantial fence For the purpose of this proviso, and for the purpose of condition 11 hereof, the TnH such other things as may in his opinion be of benefit to the resident community or may fn any way cduceSe advancement Tthe mining industry or of the persons engagedherein. 15 The Crown and the local bodies shall have the right to survey and take all lands. neeeesarv for the construction of roads on the demised pastoral lands, and compensation only for the value of substantial improvements made by the licensee will be paid in case of land resumed for & reduction proport ionate to the the area held under the license. Such permanent improvements shall include reclamation from