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Mr. DILL (Hay) said it was a yery necessary amendment to bring in, and be would second it. 



Mr. WILKES (Broken Hill) said, with the consent of his seconder, that as Mr. Leslie's proposition 

 was a very good one, he would withdraw his motion. 



Mr. DAYIES (Gunnedah) said, in support of Mr. Leslie, that it was often very difficult to erect 

 rabbit-proof fencing, either in shifting country or in rocky country, on the proper boundaries, and this 

 was a very necessary amendment. It was necessary for all people to get up their fences, as quickly as 

 possible, and if they had to wait for the lines to be moved, and the boundaries re-marked, and get the 

 approval of the Survey Department, and all that, they would never get their fencing up. 



Mr. Leslie's (Forbes) proposition was then put to the Conference, and carried. 



Clause 34, as amended, was put to the meeting and carried. 



Clause 35. 



Babbit-proof fences across roads. 



35. When any lands are intersected, divided, or bounded by a road or travelling stock 

 reserve or route or public lands, the Local Land Board may grant to the owner of such lands 

 permission to carry a rabbit-proof fence across such road, reserve, route, or public lands : 

 Provided always that rabbit-proof gates be erected at places where the fence crosses such road 

 or route, unless the Local Land Board shall in any case dispense for the time being with the 

 erection of the same. Any permission or dispensation granted under this section may be 

 revoked by the Board upon reference by the Minister or application by any person interested. 



Mr. CAMERON (Ivanhoe) moved that Clause 35, as printed, be passed. 



Mr. MOOBE (Goodooga) seconded the motion. 



The Honorable KUPEBT CAEINGTON (Jerilderie) said he presumed that the word " Board " in the 

 last line but one meant " Eabbit Board." 



Mr. CUDMOBE (Wentworth) proposed that "gates should be registered in the usual way." 



Mr. ALISON (Canonbar) then pointed out to Mr. Cuduiore that there was a provision in another 

 clause for a fine if a gate were left open, and Mr. Cudmore withdrew his amendment. 



The original motion by Mr. Cameron was then put and carried. 



Clause 36. 



Babbit-proof fences a distributed improvement. 



36. When any Crown lands containing a rabbit-proof fence or portion thereof shall 

 become the subject of any purchase or lease from the Crown, payment for such rabbit proof 

 fence or portion thereof shall bo made in accordance with the provisions of the Crown Lands 

 Acts ; but this enactment shall be subject to the following qualifications : 



(i) Where any holding or group of holdings has been or shall be made rabbit-proof, the 

 rabbit-proof fence shall be deemed to be an improvement distributed over the whole 

 enclosed area of such holding or group of holdings (exclusive of any roads), so that 

 every portion of such area shall be taken to be proportionately improved thereby. 



(LI) The amount so distributed in respect of the improvement shall, in all cases, be limited 

 to one-half of the value of making the fence rabbit-proof : Provided always that if any 

 portion of such rabbit-proof fence is upon or adjoining any land which becomes the 

 subject of any purchase or lease from the Crown the purchaser or lessee thereof shall 

 also bo liable in respect of the fence itself. 



(in) No portion of the value of any rabbit-proof fence erected as a barrier fence at the 

 public expense shall be deemed to be distributed in accordance with this section. 



Mr. LESLIE (Forbes) proposed, " That Clause 30 be passed as printed." 



Mr. OAKDEN (Cobar) seconded the motion. 



The Chairman put the question to the Conference, and it was carried. 



Clause 37. 



Babbit-proof fences on occupation license or annual lease. 



37. Any owner, whose holding consists wholly or in part of Crown lands under occupation 

 license or annual lease, may give notice in the prescribed form to the Chairman of the Local 

 Land Board that he intends to make such holding rabbit-proof; and in any case where notice 

 as aforesaid shall have been given, and such holding shall have been made rabbit-proof in 

 accordance with the terms thereof, such holding shall be deemed to have been made rabbit- 

 proof as from the date of such notice, so far as regards the amount payable for improvements 

 under this Act in connection with any lands which, may be withdrawn from the occupation 

 license or annual lease by becoming the subject of any purchase or lease from the Crown after 

 the date of such notice : Provided always that the rabbit-proof fence shall be completed within 

 one year from the date of such notice or within such further time as the Board on application 

 may allow ; and that the liability to pay any moneys under this Act in respect of such rabbit- 

 proofing or any portion thereof shall be suspended until such fence shall have been completed. 



Mr. LESLIE (Forbes) proposed that the " Local Land Board" should be struck out of lines 11 

 and 12. 



Mr. CUDMOBE (Wentworth) moved that the clause be passed as printed. 



Mr. LITTLE (Bullock Creek) seconded Mr. Cudmore's proposition. M 



Mr. OAKDEN (Cobar) proposed that in line 21 the words " one or" should be altered t 

 years. If there was a large expense required, it might be impossible to carry out the work within a year. 



Mr. DILL (Hay) seconded Mr. Oakden's proposition. 



The CHAIRMAN then put Mr. Oakden's amendment to the meeting, and it was lost. 



Mr. Cudmore's (Wentworth) original proposition, that the clause be passed, as printed, was 

 put to the Conference and carried. 



Clause 



