12 TKEE CUITUEE IN SOUTH AUSTEAIIA. 



ing, on the certificate of the Conservator of Forests, or other officer appointed hy the 

 GoTernor to report on such planting, that all the conditions of the Act and of these 

 regulations, have heen complied with. 



Conditions to be complied with by persons claiming orders : — 

 Distances at which Trees to be planted. — Trees must he planted not more than sixteen 

 (16) feet apart. 



Size of Blocks. — Blocks planted to be not less than five acres in area, and if strips of 

 land are planted in form of shrubbery they must be not less than 100ft. wide. 

 Description of Trees. — Trees to be planted must consist of the foUowing : — 

 Eucalypti, except dwarf varieties Chestnut Pinus Halepensis 



Oak "Walnut Pinna Maritima 



Ash Poplar Finns Insignis 



Elm "Willow Cedar 



Sycamore Cork Oak 



and any other trees that it shall be shown to the satisfaction of the Government are 

 likely to produce good, useful, and valuable timber. 



Land to he Fenced. — The proprietor of lands planted as above wiU be required to erect 

 a sheep and cattle proof fence of post and wire, or a stone wall round the planted 

 land — the same to be kept in thorough repair during the entire term for which trees 

 are to be preserved, as hereinafter mentioned. 



No Stock to ie Depastured. — The proprietor of any land planted with trees under 

 these regulations wiU not he allowed to depasture stock thereon to the injury of the 

 young trees. 



Period for which Trees must be preserved.— Trees must not be cut down or injured io 

 amy way whatever for a period of five years from the date of planting. 



Planting on Pastoral Leases. — Pastoral lessees of the Crown wishing to avail them- 

 selves of the provisions of clause 27 of this Act, will be required to comply with the 

 above conditions in addition to those contained in that clause. 



Upon receipt of a certificate from tbe Forest Board that a plantation 

 has been formed xmder the above conditions in any of the Districts to be 

 afterwards referred to, an order wiU be issued by the Commissioner of 

 Crown Lands in the following form : — 



South [EoyalArms.] Australia. 

 ^ : '■ Order. £ ■ • 



No. 



It having been duly certified that acre have been planted with forest trees 



in accordance with Act No. of 1878, it is hereby directed that this order shall 



be avaUable as cash at any Government sale of lands, at auction or otherwise, or in 

 payment of the interest of purchase -money for Crown lands selected on credit, or of 

 any rent due by the holder thereof for the time being, upon condition that this order 

 be exercised within five years from the date hereof. 



Given under my hand, at Adelaide, this day of 18 . 



By His Excellency's command. 



Commissioner of Crown Lands. 



The Act applies only to such portions of the colony as maybe declared 

 _ Forest Districts" by Proclamation in the Government Gazette; and it 

 IS clearly stated that its provisions come into operation only from the 



