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be insLtdVftr " °" f ° r CUttbg ° f timber for minin g " oe inserted alter the word purpose m subsection (a). 15 °' Ul > 152 ' Md SUbBection <*> 0f 392: That Regulations under the Mining Act, 1908, dated 25th October 1909 and M"V *f- ***** " * the Se °° nd bne be deleted > ana tnat tne words or held under license to cut timber or reserved for rh» n J of any person under the provisos of any statute for the beLTrnlorce retting T<w£T?i to 119 inclusive: That these clauses, together with forms in the S rtoked 6 ° 5 t0 7 ° mdUSIVe ' and als ° the F °" rth and KftrShedules! Regulations under the Mining Act 1908, dated 3rd July, 1912, and published in the Zealand Gazette of 11th July, 1912. That these be revoked. Forest Regulations under the Land Act 1908, dated 31st March, 1909, and pubUshed %n the New Zealand Gazette of 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 cost of the applicant, in three consecutive issues of a newspaper circulating in he locality in.which the area applied for is situated, and such advertisement fhah fix a time and place for lodging objections, such time being not less than ten days after is ''" n6WSPaper Which third ***** ° f the Clause 32 : That this clause be amended to read as follows • — i e i,T glnal aiea , ° f a SaWmiU license shall not ex ceed 400 acres t\ fl In ma \ a PP ] 7 t0 have on « 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 21' /I ° v area °ln he SaWmiU llGense and reserved «eas shall not tramway lc 'T™ °*% 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,tK» 1 200 Soi^otrfs.'' 3 ' 000 than £4 '°° 0 ' a -;'exc'eeding Clause 47 : That this clause be revoked. , n rt Cla p e67 : Tba T t th f words be added : « Such royalty shall be paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue, and in respect to telegraph-poles the Postal Department shal require proof that the royalty has bee/paid Moreacceptfng the same or, failing such proof, shall deduct from the amount otherwise payablf Clause 91 : That " 400 " be substituted for " 200 " in the third line and that beMeted. * not 6XCeeding ' total area ° f 60 ° aCr6S " b the 'sixth its That the following additional clause be inserted :— "With respect to timber set apart for mining purposes under th P provisions of the Mining Act, all powers and duties inferred by the 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

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