A—sb.

Mining.

(e.) The provisions of section forty-owe hereof relating to valuation and possession shall, mutatis mutandis, apply. (/.) The rent of all such leases shall be goldfields revenue, and shall be payable to the Receiver accordingly. (2.) With the consent of either the Greymouth Harbour Board or, 5 as the case may be, the Westport Harbour Board, whichever is entitled to' receive the rents and profits of the lands, the provisions of this section shall apply to] the lands comprised in the First, Second, and Third Schedules to " The Westland and Nelson Coalfields Administration Act, 1877 " : 10 Provided that the upset rental of the leases shall be fixed on the recommendation of the Harbour Board concerned, and also that all revenue derived from the disposal of such lands under this subsection shall be paid over to the Harbour Board concerned. (3.) The Governor may from time to time make regulations pre- L* scribing the mode of laying off townships and sections, and of leasing such sections, the forms, terms, and conditions of such leases, and whatever else he deems necessary in order to give full effect to this section. 47. Nothing in either of the two last preceding sections hereof contained shall affect " The Westland and Nelson Coalfields Administra. 20 tion Act, 1877," otherwise than is by those sections expressly provided. Illegal Occupation of Crown Lands. 48. For the purposes of "The Rating Act, 1894," and "The Rating on Unimproved Value Act, 1896," respectively, but for no other purpose, every person who is in the illegal occupation of any Crown lands 25 within a mining district shall be deemed to be an " occupier " within the meaning of those Acts, and shall be liable to pay rates in respect of the land illegally occupied by him in the same manner as if he were in lawful occupation thereof: Provided that nothing in this section contained shall be construed 30 to give any validity to such illegal occupation. 49. In any case where, without the consent of the lessee or|licensee of the land, any person depastures any horses, cattle, sheep, goats, or other animals upon any Crown land occupied by virtue of any lease or license within a mining district, such person is liable to pay to such 35 lessee or licensee, by way of damages, any sum not exceeding five shillings per head for J every animal so depastured, and such damages may be recovered by suit in the Warden's Court. 50. In any case where any person depastures upon any Crown land within a mining district any horses, cattle, sheep, goats, or other animals 40 without a license in that behalf, or a greater number of animals than he is authorised to depasture under any such license, such person is liable to a penalty not exceeding five shillings for every animal so depastured, and such penalty may be recovered by complaint in the Warden's Court. Lands open to Prospecting and Lands liable to Resumption. 45 51. Subject to the provisions hereinafter contained, it is hereby declared that all lands whatsoever that heretofore have been or hereafter jnay be° alienated L from the Crown, or, in the case|of Native land, from the Native owners thereof to any other person than the Crown,

" The Westland and Nelson Coalfields Administration Act, 1877," not affected. 1898, No. 38, sec. 46

Persons in illegal occupation may be rated as occupiers. Ibid, sec. 47

Penalty for depasturing cattle without consent of lessee. Ibid, sec. 48

Penalty for depasturing cattle on Crown lands without license. Ibid, sec. 49

Alienated Crown or Native lands open for prospecting, and may be resumed. Ibid, sec. 50

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