SCHEDULES.

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SCHEDULES.

Schedule A. ) Canterbury. /"■■■ LICENSE TO OCCUPY TOWN LANDS. Whereas , of hathi been duly declared the purchaser for the sum of pounds, shillings, and pence, of the section of the Waste Lands of the Crown hereinafter described, and hath this day paid to me as Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Province of Canterbury the said sum of pounds, shillings, arid pence, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged. Now know all MEN AND THESE PRESENTS WITNESS, that I in pursuance of the powers vested in me as such Commissioner, do hereby authorise and empower the said his heirs or assigns, at any time after the date hereof,to enter upon <\\ that section of land situated in street, in the town of , marked No. in the authenticated map of the said town in the Crown Lands' Office, and containing acres, or thereabouts, being the section of land so purchased as aforesaid, and to hold and enjoy the same for his and their absolute use and benefit. Given under my hand in the Commissioner's Court, at this day of 185 Commissioner of Crown Lands. (Witness) Clerk to Commissioner's Court. Endorsement. I the within named for valuable consideration to me paid by of do hereby transfer to the said , the section of land within described, and all my estate and interest therein, and do further empower the said his heirs or assigns, to demand or 'take the Grown Grant of such section to and for his and their own absolute use and benefit 1 Witness,

Schedule B. iProfrfnce of I ©anterbutt?. | LICENSE 10 OCCUPY EUEAI, IAND. Whebeas of hath been duly declared the purchaser for the sum of pounds shilllings, and pence, of the section of the Waste Lands of the Crown hereinafter described, and Hath this day paid to me as Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Province of Canterbury, the said sum of pounds, shillings, and pence, the receipt whereof is herehy acknowledged, Now know hi MEX, AND THESE PRESENTS WITNESS, that I» m pursuance of the powers vested in me as such Commissioner, do hereby authorise and empower the said his heirs or assigns, at any time after the date hereof to enter upon all that section of land situate and bounded as hereinafter described, that is to say, and to hold and enjoy the same for his and their absolute use and benefit, subject nevertheless to the Regulation now in force for the sale, letting, disposal, and occupation of the Waste Lands of the Crown within the Province of Canterbury. Given under my hand in the Commissioner's Court, at this day of 185 Commissioner of Crown Lands. (Witness) . Clerk to Commissioner. Endoesiment. (Same form as Schedule A.) Schedoue C. Probtnce of I ©anterfcurs. | LICENSE TO DEPASTURE SHEEP. Wheeeas of hath been duly declared to be entitled to a license to depasture stock upon the Waste Lands of the Crown within the Province of Canterbury, upon the terms and upon the conditions hereinafter mentioned. Now therefore I in pursuance of the powers vested in me as Commissioner of Crown Lands, for the said Province do hereby grant to the said the exclusive license, from and after the date hereof, until the year 1870 inclusive, to depasture stock upon the land situate and bounded, as hereinafter described, that is to say, and containing acres or thereabouts. Subject nevertheless to all jtbe provisiors and conditions contained in the •' Waste Lands regulations " now in force within the Province of Canterbury. Given under my hand in the Commissioner's Court at this day of 185 Commissioner of Crown Lands. Witness Clerk to Commissioner. Endorsement. I, the within-named for valuable consideration to me paid by of do hereby transfer to the said the within written pasturage License, and all my estate and interest therein. Witness my hand this day of 185 Witness Provincial Secretary's Office. Christchurch, November 11. 1851. HIS HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT directs the publication for general information of the following Draft if an Ordinance to be submitted to the Provincial Council for (heir adoption. H. G. Goulaxd, Provincial Secretary.

Preamble.— Whereas, in accordance with the original plan under which the settlement of Canterbury was founded in New Zea-]and,-and with various terms of purchase made and issued by the Canterbury Association, in pursuance of the powers .vested in them by Royal Letters Patent, bearing date the 13th day of N0v.'1847, and by a certain act of the Imperial Parliament; passed in the ."session holden' in ,the ,13th; and 14th years off the*reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled: an act empowering.the Canterbury' Association to,dispose of certain lands in <New- Zealand, the purchasers of land within, the said settlement of Canterbury, did pay over1 and above the sums paid to the Crown for the acquisition of the land, certain .other sums by way, of special contribution','according to' a irate set .forth in the saidtermsof purchase ,to,beexpended in the promotion of emigration to the' said settlement, and in the executionof-various works of public utility therein : > *- <-. And whereas'it is expedient that those who shall become 'purchasers of land within the said district, and within the other parts of &c Province of Canterbury, under any terras of purchase.tobemade and issued for the said Province under the authority* of a ceitain act of the General Assembly of "New .Zealand passed in the second session of the same, entituled* .the -Waste Lands' Act, 1854, should in like manner contribute certain, sums'of -money, by way~ot* special contribution or rate upon the lands so to be purchased by them, to be expended in like objects of public.utiUty to the said Province: Be it ,therefore enacted .by the Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury, with the advice and'consent of the, Provincial Council thereof, as follows. vl. A Rate to he levied on nil elands purchased under future Regulations.?— Upon all lands within the Province of Canterbury purchased from the Crown under any Regulations for the disposal ,of the Waste Lands within the .said Province issued in pursuance of the provisions, of the said recited Act of the General Assembly, there shall be charged and levied every year for five years a rate often shillings in respect of .every acre of land ,so purchased. , , 2. The Rate to be, payable on the first day of May, —-The said rate shall become payable on the first day, of May in each year commencing on the first day of May which shall fall next after the purchase of the land shall haye1 been made; provided that if the first day of May shall fall on a Sunday,- the said rate shall be paid on the Monday following: for'the purpose of this Ordinance the purchase of the land'shall be deemed to have been made upon the date of any license from the Government to occupy the said land.

3- Superintendent to appoint District Receivers, $-c., to collect the Rate. —Foi the purpose of collecting the said rate, the Superintendent shall divide the Province of Canterbury into convenient districts, and shall appoint a fit person to be the Receiver of the said rate within each district, and shall appoint a convenient place within each district whei'e the said rate shall be paid; and the Superintendent shall give due public notice in the Government Gazelle of the boundaries of all such districts, and of the appointment of all such Receivers! and places as aforesaid.

4. Ratepayers to attend at the Receiver s^ Office to pay Rate. —Every person who shall be liable to pay the said rate, shall between the houis of nine o'clock in the morning, mid.five o'clock in tbfi afternoon of theizrsj <Jay of May in"each year attend i>y himself

or his agent at the place so appointed, within the district in which the land is situated in respect of which the rate is due, and shall pay such rate to the Receiver of the district who-shall, thereupon receive and shall give a receipt for the same. 5. Rate mat/, be recovered by distress. —If any person shall fail to pay'the amount of rate which may be due upon the first day of May as aforesaid, it shall be"law T ful for the Receiver of the, district-at any time within bix months .thereafter to enter or to appoint jßome person toenterupon the land in respect of which such rate shall be due, and to levy the same. "by. distress and sale of any goods. and chattels which may be found upon the said, land in the same manner as in the case of an ordinary "distress for rent. •6. In ease of no sufficient distress land may be sold after six months.-^Ai-no sufficient' distress shall be found upon such land, and if the rate shall remain in arrear for tHe space of six calendar monthsj the Receiver of the district within which the same shall have become due shall within teni days after the expiration of such six months make a declaration in writing setting forth the locality and extent'of the'said land, and1 the ~anrountof f the rate due thereon, and shall declare to the same before any Jus-, tice of the Peabe Upon oath; which oath the 'said Justice is hereby authorized to administer,'and shall transmit the same to the Superintendent/ and the" Superintendent shall thereupon by warrant under his hand order 1 the sale of so much-of the said land as shall be sufficient to: satisfy tHe rate due, together" with all^ expenses" attending the collection of the same. • l * ■7. Land to be sold by public Auction, and notice of Sale to be published. —The land "so to be sold, shall be sold in one or more lots by public auction by v the Receiver,' or spine other, perjson authorized by the Superintendent to act as auctioneer for.the occasion: and thirty, days' notice at least of every such sale shall be given in the Goyernment Gazette and in the public newspapers. -* ; 8. Land to be put up at 10s. per acre: if not sold,~rate to accrue ~as charge on the land. —All land so to be sold, shall be put up to auction at the upset price of ten shillings] per acre: and if not sold the rate or arrears of rate shall remain as a" charge upon the land and'may at any time be levied by thel Receiver of J:he, district,' either by distress and sale 'of any goods rand chattels found upon the land, or ,by the sale of the land itself, or any part thereof, at the fixed price of ten shillings per acre. 0 9." Right of way to be reserved. — ln r every such bale of any land to .which there shall be access from a public highway, care shall be taken to preserve a" right of way to the portion of the section remaining unsold: and in any such sale of land to which there shall be no access, a right of way'shall-be specially reserved thereto, and shall be set forth in the deed of conveyance of the said land as hereinafter provided. 10. Uncultivated land must be sold first. — When any such sale shall be, ordered of any section of land whereof a part shall be cultivated or occupied by buildings or improvements, it shall not be lawful to sell the part so cultivated or improved unless the remaining part of the section shall be found to be insufficient to satisfy the amount of the rate due and expences as aforesaid. 11. Surplus of proceeds of Sale to be returned on demancl.-^li the sum realized by the sale of the land shall' exceed that required, the surplus shall be returned -to the owner on demand j and if not so demand-ed-within one jear from the date of the

sale, it shall be paid intojhe ProvhicT Treasury, *nd shall be appropriated to tli public service of the Province. 12. Sakmay be stopped by paymentof y a , and expenses. —lf at anytime previous to th saleof ahygbods^chattels, or land under th provisions of this Ordinance, the person liab] for the rate on account of which such goods chattels or land, Bhall have been seized i distress for the said rate,- shall tender'tb th Receiver the amountrpf, the, rate due^togethe with all expenses incurred by the non-pay tnent of the same at the time*" appointed, th Receiver shall receive the amount so ten dered, and Bhall thereupon restore posses sion of the goods and chTattels'seized, if &*>,, and all further proceedings for the recover of the said rate shall thenceforth "cease ant determine. .13. Bate, may be redeemed within flirc years." The rate with, which any land shall b chargeable under the provisions of this Ordi nance may be redeemed at any time withii three years,,after the purchase of the sait land .from the Cro,wn by .a payment of j sum amounting to seventy-five per cent, ot the whole amount of .the (rate which''shal then be outstanding and unpaid as heren before provided. . V* - 14. Receivers to give' securities, r^Everj such Receiver of the Land rate, shall gi\< security ,for the faithful discharge of hit duties as such Receiver./ by himself am by two sureties to such amounts,\and ii such forms as the Superintendent shall direct ]5. Conveyances to be under Seal of th Province.~A\\ conveyances'of land sold unde the provisions 'of this act, shall be issued h\ the Supferintendent?,under fthe public Sea of the Province; and'shall" vest the absoluU property'in.such land in the person thereii named, free of all incumbrances whatsoever . 16. Receivers to, pay over Monies to th {Provincial Treasurer.— Every suchHeceive oTthe Land rate, shallYrom time to*time, a such times as the Superintendent shall direc >ay over the gross amountof his receipts tath Provincial Treasurer, and shall furnish theie with a fdiLßtateraent of all particulars relating to the sante, and shall declare to the truth o such * statement of particulars-upon oatl before any Justice of the' Peace, .which oatl such Justice is hereby, empoweied t< administer: "~ - 17. Rate to be divided into r two parts.The Provincial Treasurer shall keep a sepa rate account of the' proceeds of the sait rate, - and! Bhall divide the same into tw< equal parts, whereof one shall-be called tbi Immigration Fund, and the other the Pub He Works' Pund. * 18. Appropriation ojf the - Immigratm Fund. —The Immigration Fund^ shall b< appropriated to the promotion of Immigia tion into the Province, and shall be expend ed in such manner, as. the Superintenden and Provincial Council*may from,time t< time, by any Ordinances to'be passed in tba behalf, direct; and full and detailed ac counts of the receipt and expendituie o such Fund, shall be laid before the Pro vincial,' Council every year at-the annua meeting thereof. . '* ' * 19. And of Public Works' Fund.The Public' Works Funds shall be ap propriated from time to time by Oidi nance of the Superintendent and s^io vincial Council to* the -execution of feuci Public Works as they shall think fit. An< full and detailed accounts of the and expenditure of such fund shall be lai< before the Provincial Council every yeat a the annual meeting thereof; - ' 20. 'Title.—The Ordinance shall be enti tuled and may be cited as u/fhe Law Rate Ordinance, Sess. No. " -