KAURI GUM INDUSTRY

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14511, 27 October 1910, Page 6

KAURI GUM INDUSTRY

AN AMENDING-BILL. ' Jj|i [Br TELEGRAPH.— COBBSSPQ^^j^W j . -■ ;,„ Wellington, ..Wednesd^J|J||M' A number of amendments have been mßSi|f ~ ■ by the Lands Committee in the '-l!&jwffg j Gum Industry Bill, whichit has--nowtf|||, ported. New clauses .have .beenv£3|l||p| to the following effect: — ~ k ,"55^S 1. No person shall be entitled ;to a, cial license unless he satisfies the Ctß^^fe t sioner that he is a British subject bybirofei or naturalisation in New Zealand. ; 4t#^^i 2. A special licence m?,y be its operation to any one, or gum reserves" specified, m ' the, license, ference being, given >to 'lioeiison^ilejsll^S .in : the • county. in which ■ tin* rpsflrttjgjraj||f| situated. " *JBgM. 3. Residence" «ites may ho extended üߧlfa leased if the licensee has resided thccawlll for one year. , > : :.^iS-I^B| 4. The provision in the original m which allows a member of the specified -in the Order-in-Council arfamjjs&, the reserve, or a native residing in'{i|||j|' vicinity of such settlement, 'to I gum, is repealed. ;. '~"\ ; ,-* '$|||1§ 1 5. No person shall be .'entitled^;.tQsi||| 1 ordinary license unless '.■ he has I New Zealand for 12 months' (the 1 Act says three}, or is a British 3 birth or naturalisation in New ZeaJa^^fet 1 6. The fee for an ordinary. . liaumjafp 8 raised from £1 per annum to £2,~and s Htd.:|| Egg rights of licensees are made to appjt|s|llifl kauri gum reserves. , "^ti^jspsfl 7. The Government may make &ss*%>§ 9 tions for the grading of kauri gum. ,_ fl^fim