18 Rabbit. 



" Holding" means any land or any collection of lands constituting 

 and worked as one property, whether held under the same 

 title or different titles or under titles of different kinds, 

 together Avith all proclaimed, reserved, or reputed roads in- 

 tersecting or hounding the same. 



"Local Land Board" means the Local Lafld Board of the Land 

 District in which the land in question is situate, or any Local 

 Land Board duly appointed to act in place of such first- 

 mentioned Board. 



" Minister " means the Secretary for Lands for the time being, or 

 any other Minister from time to time charged Avith the 

 administration of this Act. 

 "Notification" means notification published in tlie Government 



G azettc. 

 " Occupier" means the owner if he resides on the holding, but 



if not, his resident manager. 

 "Owner" means 



() the person registered as the holder of any lease or license, 



or promise of lease or license from the Crown ; or 

 (6) the person registered as the holder of any purchase, whether 



conditional or otherwise, from the Crown ; or 

 (c) the applicant for a homestead selection whose application 



has been confirmed ; or 



((/) the person entitled at law to an estate of freehold in 

 possession in any land granted by the Crown for private 

 purposes ; or 



(e) the person in whom is vested any land taken or appropri- 



ated under authority of any statute authorising land to 

 be taken or appropriated for the purposes of any private 

 undertaking ; 



(f) in respect to public lands, the Minister ; 



(//) in respect of lands situate within the boundaries of any 

 Borough or Municipal District, the Council of such 

 Borough or District for the time being. 



" Pastures and Stock Protection Acts" means the Act forty-fourth 

 Victoria number eleven, or as amended by the Act forty-fifth 

 Victoria number twenty-three, or any other Act now or here- 

 after to be passed. 

 " Prescribed" means prescribed by this Act or any regulation to 



be made thereunder. 

 " Private holding " means a holding consisting of lands which 



are not public lands as hereinafter described. 

 " Private lands " means lands which are not public lands as 



hereinafter described. 

 " Public Land " means 



() land vested in the Crown which is not the subject of any 

 lease or license, or promise of, or agreement for, any lease 

 or license under the Crown Lands Acts or under any other 

 Act authorising the occupation or use of land vested in 

 the Crown, and which is not the subject of any contract 

 for the sale thereof ; or 



(i) any land which is the subject of any dedication or per- 

 manent reservation for public uses or purposes, not being 

 for a road, whether the said land has been granted for the 

 said uses or purposes or not, and which is not for the time 

 being lawfully held under any lease or license, or promise 

 of, or agreement for, any lease or license. 



" Stock Board" means the Board of Directors constituted pur- 

 suant to the provisions in force for the time being of the 

 " Pastures and Stock Protection Act" as amended by the 

 Act forty-fifth Victoria number twenty-three, or any other 

 Act. 



