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of Crown lands, and a man can no longer build a permanent 

 hunting camp in the bush, or he will be liable to a penalty of 

 100 fine and a further penalty of 10 a day after notice to 

 quit has been given. 



I think this is rather a harsh and unjust law when 

 applied to parts far removed from civilisation, and it is 

 evident that there is one law for the blacks and another for 

 the whites, for the former can go where they like, build 

 villages, and cut timber on Crown lands. 



Land is no longer sold here by the Administration as it 

 used to be, and it can now only be leased for a term of 

 seven, fourteen, or twenty-one years ; so if a man wishes 

 to buy land, he can only do so from people who acquired 

 it before the new regulations came out. 



Of course a man can still travel about and pitch a tent ; 

 and, I suppose, make a rough shelter, and use timber for 

 firewood ; but, as I have said, he cannot erect a permanent 

 shooting camp here, and spend his time hunting and making 

 notes on natural history, as I did, without special permission, 

 and this, I fancy, it would be difficult to get at the present 

 time.] 



