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re-lease, or to be entitled to compensation for all im- 

 provements effected during his tenure. 



5. That it should be clearly stipulated in the covenants of the 



lease that the whole of the land should be devoted to 

 the growth of wattles, and that successional sowings 

 be made compulsory up to the last year of the lease, in 

 order that a continuous supply be maintained. 



6. That those parts of the colony growing wattles at present 



shall be mapped out in districts ; and, for the purpose 

 of affording increased facilities for supervision, licenses 

 issued in one district shall not be available for strip- 

 ping in another. Each stripper, on payment of his 

 license fee, shall receive a full and clear definition of the 

 boundaries of the district within which he must confine 

 his operations, such definition to be printed or written 

 on the license form itself. 



7. That instead of quarterly licenses being issued at the rate 



of twenty-five shillings each, as at present, season 

 licenses for the right to strip wattle bark on the 

 Crown lands of the colony shall be issued at the uniform 

 rate of one pound and ten shillings sterling. 



& That stripping wattle bark on Crown lands shall only be 

 permitted from the 15th day of September to the 15th 

 day of January next following. Any stripping carried 

 on out of the season so specified shall be considered 

 illegal ; and the offender shall be adjudged guilty of a 

 breach of these regulations. 



9. That licenses for the right of stripping bark on Crown 



lands shall be issued at one central office only in each 

 district. . 



10. That each license shall be issued on the following con- 



ditions : 



(a.) No trees of less than five inches in diameter, when 

 of the black or feather-leaf species ; nor less than 

 four inches, when of the golden or broad-leaf 

 species, shall be stripped of their bark ; the 

 measurement to be taken two feet at least from the 

 ground. 



(.) Any waste of bark, from negligent stripping, shall 

 be punishable as an offence against these regula- 

 tions. The licensee to thoroughly strip the tree in 

 every instance. 



(c.) Licensees shall complete the stripping of one tree 

 before commencing to strip another. 



