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Section 18 : That the words "including the cutting of timber for mining purposes " be inserted after the word " exclusively " in the second line of paragraph (a), and that the word " unoccupied " in the same line be deleted. Section 19 : That the words " or for the cutting of timber for mining purposes " be inserted after the word " purpose " in paragraph (a). Sections 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, and subsection (27) of section 392 : That these sections be repealed. Section 37 : That the words "no Crown lands within " in. the first line, and the whole of the second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh lines, be deleted and the following words substituted : " The Land Board or the Commissioner of Crown Lands may dispose of Crown lands within any mining district, not set apart for mining purposes under section eighteen hereof, under any of the provisions of any enactment for the time being in force in such district relating to^— " (a.) The making of reserves ; or to " (b.) The exchange of agricultural leases under any former Mining Act for leases or licenses under the Land Act, 1908-; or to " (c.) The occupation of land held under any lease or license granted before the first day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninetynine (being the date of the coming into operation of the Mining Act, 1898), or in the case of a mining district existing at the time of such coming into operation, and in any other case before the issue of the Proclamation constituting the mining district ; or to " (d.) Land reserved for any public use or purpose ; or to " (e.) The issue of leases or licenses for any of the following purposes : Depasturing; removal of clay for bricks or pottery ; removal of sand, gravel, or stone ; working of quarries ; sites for ferries, sawmills, flour-mills, tanneries, fellmongers' yards, slaughter-yards, potteries, brick- or lime-kilns, and cutting, growing, or dressing flax." That the last two paragraphs be deleted, and the following substituted : "In no case shall any land set apart for mining purposes under section eighteen hereof be dealt with in any manner without the consent of the Warden." Section 39, subsection (1) : That the following words be added at the end of the third paragraph : "as to whether the said land or any portion thereof should be set apart for mining purposes in terms of section eighteen hereof." Section 167 : That after the word " acres " in the second line the following words be inserted : "or the mining privilege applied for is a residence-site." The Mining Amendment Act, 1910. Section 10 : That the words " the subject of the license " in the last line be deleted. Regulations under the Mining Act, 1908, dated 25th October, 1909. Clause 105 : That the words " to the Warden " in the second line be deleted, and that the words " or held under license to cut timber or reserved, for the use of any person under the provisions of any statute for the time being in force relating to the disposal of timber " be inserted after the word " person " in subclause (a). Clauses 107 to 119 inclusive : That these clauses, together with forms in the First Schedule numbered 65 to 70 inclusive, and also the Fourth and Fifth Schedules, be revoked. Clause 153 : That after the word " holder " in the third line the following words be inserted : " and while actually engaged in mining." Regulations under the Mining Act, 1908, dated 3rd July, 1912, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 11th July, 1912. That these be revoked. Forest Regulations under the Land Act, 1908, dated 31st March, 1909, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 15th April, 1909. Clause 3 : That the following words be added at the end of the clause : " Every such application shall be advertised by the Commissioner of Crown Lands, at the

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