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Otago Daily Times, Issue 46, 8 January 1862, Page 2 (Supplement)

R ]■: G U I, A T lONS FOR THE DISPOSAL, SALE, LETTING AND OCCUPATION OF THIi

WASTE LANDS OF TUB CRO^ 1

IN THE PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY AS AMENDED.

1. .4 LL Regulations now in force in the ProJTJI vincc of Canterbury for the sale, letting, disposal, and occupation of the Waste Lands of the Crown arc hereby repealed.

2. All such Wiistc Lands shall, from and after the day on which these Regulations slmllcome into force, be'sold, let, disposed of, and occupied according to these Regulations, and not otherwise. 3. Every Act which the Superintendent is hereby authorised or required to perform he shall perform solely in accordance with the advice of his Executive Council for the time being', and such advice shall be recorded on the minutes of the Council. II. —THE WASTE LANDS 110AHD. 4. There shall bo established a Board to be called the Waste Lands Board, to consist of one Chief Commissioner, and of not less (ban two nor more than five other Commissioners, all of whom (except such one as shall be appointed to net as Treasurer) shall be appointed and be removable by warrant under the hand of the Superintendent. 5. One member of the Waste Lands Board shall nlso be the Treasurer thereof, and such member shall bo appointed and removable by the Governor. 6. The Waste Lands Board shall sit, at the principal Land Office of the Province, at certain stated times to be determined by the Superintendent, and shall also sit for special purposes at such places and at such times as the Superintendent shall direct; of which sittings due notice shall be given in the Provincial Government Gazette, and one or more newspapers published in the Province. 7. The Chief Commissioner when present, and in his absence then some member selected by those present at any meeting- of the Board, shall preside theveat, and shall have a casting vote in all questions coming before the Board. 8. All questions coming before the Board shall be decided by a majority of the Commissioners present thereat. 9. All meetings of the Board shall be attended by at least tlu'ee Commissioners, and shall be open to the public. 10. All applications for Land and for Pasturage and for Timber Licenses shall, after hearing evidence when necessary, be determined by the Board at some sitting thereof. 11. The Board shall have power to hear and determine till disputes between the bowel's of Pasturage and Timber Licenses respecting the bounda. ies ot runs and districts, and shall have and exercise ail the powers which may be lawfully had and exerciser! by any Commissioner of Crown Lands, under the p,ovisions of the " Crown Lands Ordinance, Sess. X., No. 1 ;" and the " Crown Lands Extension Ordinance, Sess. XL, No. 10." 12. All the routine business of the Land Department shall be transacted by the Chief Commissioner, subject to such regulations as may be made by the Board in that behalf. 13. A book to be called the " Application Boe'c" shall be kept, open during office hours at the Lund Office, in which the name of every person desiring to make any application to the Board shall bo writ;en in order by himself or any person duly authorised on his behalf. And the Commissioners shall, during ihe sitting of the Board, consider and determine all apj'lirations in the order in which they shall appear in ihc application book. Provided that if any person sl.iili not appear himself or by some person duly authoii -ed on his behnW" before the Board when called in his turn, his appa.vition shall be dismissed until his name shall appear again in the Book in order. Provi' 'ed also that if two or more persons shall apply at i.h<; same time to write tlit!l' names in the Application Book the Chief Commis^oner shall bracket their names, and shall initial the bracket; .and when they shall-appear before the Board, the Board shall defarnune tlie priority of right to be hard by lot. And it shall not be lawful for the Board to hear any application except such as shall be made in accordance with this regulation. 14. The Board shall keep true and detailed minutes of all applications made to the Board, and all decisions thereon, and of all sums of money paid to the -Treasurer, and generally of all the proceedings of (lie Board; and such minutes shall be sigu^d by all ihe Commissioners present at any meeting. And such minutes shall be open to the inspection of all persons ■desiring to inspect the same, at all reasonable hours, on payment of the sum of two shilling's and sixpence for every such inspection. 111. —SUHYEYS. 15. There shall be a Chief Surveyor who shall be appointed and removable by Warrant under the liasid of the Superintendent, and as many) "sistant Surveyors as shall be necessary, who shall ue appointed and removeablc by the Superintendent upon the recommendation of the Chief Surveyor. 16. All surveys shall be conducted in such manner as the Board by any regulations to be made in that behalf shall direct. . IV.—THE LAND REVENUE. 17. All payments to be made in respect of land shall be made to the Treasurer of the Board during the sitting thereof, and the Treasurer shall thereupon give receipts for the same. 18.—By the 62nd clause of the Constitution Act the Governor is authorised and required to pay out of the revenue arising- from the disposal of the Waste Lands of the Crown all the costs, charges, and expenses incident to the collection, management,, and receipt thereof; and nlso to pay out of thusaid revenues such sums as shall become payable under certain other provisions therein contained. The Treasurer of the Waste Lands Board shall, therefore, pay out of-all the funds coming into his hands under these regulations all such sums for the above-named purposes, in such manner and to such persons as the Governor shall direct. V.—PUBLIC RESERVES. 19. Reserves for the uses of the Provincial Government and for other public purposes may, upon the recommendation of the Provincial Council, be m:rle by the Superintendent; and shall not be alienated from the specific purposes, to which they shall have •been severally dedicated, except under the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly, entituled the "Public Reserves Act, 1854;" and a full and complete description of every such reserve and of the purposes to which it shall have been dedicated shall, as soon as possible after it shall have been made, be published in the Government Gazette of the Province, and set forth on the authenticated maps in the Laud Office. Provided that the Superintendent may,, if the Provincial Council be not then sitting, temporarily reserve land for such purposes until the next session of such Council. 20. Reserves for public highways, bridle-paths, and foot-paths, shall be made by the Superintendent) and shall be set forth on the authenticated maps in tlie Land Office. The Superintendent and the Provincial Council may by Ordinance alter the line of any such highways, bridle-paths, and foot-paths, and dispose of the land theretofore used for the same. 21. The Superintendent may temporarily reserve , any land for the preservation or sale of the timber thereon; but such land may at any time cease to lie so reserved upon a resolution of the Provincial Council. 22. Tlie Superintendent may, upon the -recommendation of the Provincial, Council, by proclamation in the Government Gazette, reserve from the operation of these regulations any tract of country in which the precious metals may be found to exist: and,the land within such tract of country shall -be disposed of according to regulations hereafter to be issued and published in that behalf; in the same manner ■ and under the same authority as these present regulations. ■ ■ '■■■'•■ VI. —TOWN LANDS. ,23. The sites of towns shall be determined by the Superintendent, upon the recommendation of the Provincial Council, and shall be notified by proclamation in the Government Gazette of the Province. 24. Town Lands shall be sold by public auction, in sections, the size and upset price of which shall be determined by the Superintendent and the Provincial Council; and having been so-determined, for each town severally, shall not again be altered. 25. The time and place of every auction sale shall be fixed by the Superintendent, and shall be .notified in the Government Gazette, and one or more newnpapersof the Province, at least thirty days before such sale shall take place. 26. No such notification of any sale of tovm lands shall be published until a map ot the town, signed by the Chief Surveyor, shall have been laid open for public inspection in the Land Office; and such map shall set forth, accurately delineated, all the town sections numbered consecutively, so far as laid on t, showing the sections to be submitted for sale, and the public reserves in connection with them.

.. 27., Town sections may be put up to auction, either by order of the Superintendent, or upon the application of some person who shall, at the time of making such application, deposit ten per cent, of the upset price with the Treasurer of the Waste Lands Board. Such deposits shall, if no advance on the upset price be made, be considered as the deposit upon the sale at such public auction. 28. If any section shall be purchased by other than the original applicant, the deposit money shall bo forthwith returned on demand.

29. Ten days at least before- any such auction sale, a list of all the sections about to be offered for sn!e shall be published in the Government Gazette, and one or more newspapers of the Province. 30. Every auction sale of land shall be held'by the Commissioners in open court as hereinbefore provided.

-31. The.person -who shall bo declared the highest bidder at such auction shall immediately pay n deposit. of ten-per cent, of the purchase money to the Treasurer, and in default thereof, the section shall be again immediately put up to auction. 82. The remainder of the purchase money shall be paid to the Treasurer in full, ■within one week after