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Section 133 : Subsection (1) — That the following words be inserted at the commencement: " Subject to the provisions of the Mining Act, 1908, relating to the disposal of Crown lands within a mining district " ; that the words "as provided in section one" hundred and thirty-five hereof " in the fourth and fifth lines be deleted, and the words "under this Act" substituted. Subsection (3) — That the words "as provided in section one hundred and thirty-five hereof " be deleted. Section 135, paragraph (a) : That after the word "VI " in the second line the words " or under Part VIII " be inserted. Section 144, subsection (1) : That the word "or " in the third line be deleted, and the words " or VIII " inserted after the word " VI " in the third line. Section 145. subsection (1): That the words "or lease under Part VIII" be inserted after the word " lease " at the end of the eighth line, and that the words " or license under the Regulations for the Occupation of Pastoral Lands within the Karamea and Westland Mining Districts " be inserted after " 1892 " in the eleventh line. 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 Karamea and Westland Mining Districts 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 day of January, nineteen hundred and fifteen." Section 179: Subsection (1) —-That after the word "mining" at the end of the third line the following words be inserted : "or any license under section one hundred and thirty of this Act over rural lands not required for mining purposes within the mining districts in the Westland, Nelson, and Marlborough Land Districts " ; that after the word " lease " in the fourth line the words "or occupa-tion-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-six 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 subclause 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