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Otago Daily Times, Issue 69, 4 February 1862, Page 6 (Supplement)

il E G U I, A T 1 O N S I--CK Tin; DISPOSAL, HALV% LKTTIXC A^D I OCt'UrATIOIN or t 11 v WASTE I-AX DH OF Till" CEOAv> T IN Til 15 HIOVJXCK OF CANTERBURY: AS AMESOKI). 1. A LL l\i'»-i;l:ilions now in force in ilio TY6J.\ vincc of Caniei'lmi'.v lor tin; sale, letting, disposal, iiinl occupation of ilie Waste Lands of the Crown :m; hereby repealed. H. All such Waste Lands .'-h;i!l, from and after the day on whicli these Itcuiilsilions shall come into force, lvfsold, let, disposed of, and occupied according to these Regulations, and not otherwise. 3. Evcrv Act which the t'uperhilendent is hereby authorised'or required to peribnu he shall peiform solely in accordance with the advice of his Executive Council for the time being, aud such advice shall be recorded on the minutes of the Council. II. — TUB WASTE T.ANDri IiOAKD. 4. There shall be established a Board to be called the Waste Lands Board, to consist of one Chief Commissioner, and of not lr--s than two ii'.ir more than live other Commk-'ioner.v, all of whom (except, such one su shall bo appointed to act as Treasurer) shall be appointed and bo removable by warrant under the hand of the Superintendent. 6. One member of the Waste Lands Board shall also be the Treasurer thereof, and such member shall be appointed and removable by the Governor. 0. The Waste Lands Board shall sit at the principal Land Office of tiic Province, at certain stated times to bo determined by the Superintendent, and shall also sit for special purposes at such plr.ee:; and at. such (iir.es as the Superintendent shall direct; of which fiittincs due notice shall be given in the Provincial Government Gtizc/.fc, and one or more newspapers published in the province.' 7. The Chief Commissioner when present, and in Isis absence then some member selected by those present at any meeting of the Hoard, shall preside thereat, and shall have' it easting vote in all questions coming before the Hoard. 8. All questions coming before the Hoard shall be decided by a majority of the Commissioners present thereat. 9. Ail meclhisrs of the Doard .shall be attended by nt. least three Commi^-ioin.rs, and shall be open to tho pnb'.ic. 10. A"I applications for' Land and for Pasturage and for Timber Licenses shall, sifter hearing evidence when necessary, be determined by the 13oard at some sitting t"Hereof. 11. The Loard shall have power to hear and determine nil disputes betwecn-thc holders of l'asinrntrc and Timber Licenses respecting the boundaries of runs and districts, and shall have ami exercise all the powers which may be lawfully had and exercised by any Commissioner of Crown Lauds, under tin; provisions of the " Crown Lands Ordinance, Sess. X., IS ro. 1;" and the "Crown Lauds Extension Ordinance, Sess. XL, Xo. 10." 12. All the routine business of (ho Laud Depart-ment-shall be transacted by liiu Chief Commissioner, subject io such regulations as may be made by the Board in that behalf. ].'?. A book to he called tho "Application Book" shall be kept, open during cilice hours at the Land Office, in which the name of every person desiring to make any application to the Board shall be written in order by himself or any person duly authorised on his behalf. Aud the Commissioners shall, during the. sitting of the Hoard, consider aud determine all appliration's in the order in whicli they shall appear in tho application book. Provided Hint if any person shall not appear himself or by some parson duly authorised on his behr."' before the Board when called in his turn, his app i.'ation shall be dismissed until his name shall appear again in the Hock in order. Provided iilso that if two tr more persons shall apply at the same time to write tlii> names .in the Application Book the Chief Co mini sooner shall bracket their names, and shall initial the bracket; and when they shall appear before the Hoard, the Board shall determine the priority of right to be hard by lot. And it shall not be lawful for'the Hoard to hear any application except, such its shall be made in accordance with this regulation. 34. The Hoard shall keep trite and detailed minutes of all applications mr.de to the Hoard, and all decisions thereon, and of all sums of money paid to the Treasurer, and generally of all the proceedings of the Board ; find such minutes shall be j.igi.-'.d by all the Commissioners present at any meeting. And such minutes shall be open to the inspection of all persons desiriiia: to iuspr ct tho same, at all reasonable hours, on luyinent of tho sum of two shillings and sixpence for every such inspection. in.—sunvi'.YS. 15. There shsill be a Chief Surveyor who shall be. appointed and removable by Warrant under the hand of the Superintendent, ami r.s many I "-a.stant Surveyors as shall be necessary, who shall oe appointed and retnoveiible by the Superintendent upon the recommendation of the Chief .Surveyor. IG. AH.surveys shall be conducted in such manner as the Board by any regulations to be made in that behalf shall direct. IV. —Til): I.AXD REVENUE. 17. All payments to bo made in respect, of land shall be made to the Treasurer of the Board during the sitting thereof, ami the Treasurer shall thereupon give receipt.-, ibr the same. 18.-^-By the G2ml clause of Ihe Constitution Act the Governor is authorised anil required to pay out o the revenue arising from the disposal of the Waste Lands of the Crown all the coats, charges, and. expenses incident to the collection, management, aiyi receipt thereof) and also to pay out: of the said revenues such sums sis shall become payable uncle? 'certain ' other provisions therein contained. The Treasurer of the Waste Lauds Hoard shall, therefore, pay outofsili the funds coining into his hands under these regulations all such sums for the above-named purposes, in such manner and to such persons as ths Governor shall direct. V. —PUBLIC BESJSKVES. 19. Reserves ibr the uses of tho Provincial Government and for other public purposes may, upon the recommendation of the Provincial Council, be made 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, 1851 j" 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 Land Office. Provided that the Superintendent may, if the Provincial Council bo not! hen sitting, temporarily reserve land for such purposes until the next session of such Council. 1 | (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 the Land Office. Tiie Superintendent and the Provincial Council may by Ordinance alter the line oi' any such_ highways, l'rid'le-paths, and loot-paths, and dispose of the land theretofore used tor the same. 21. Tiie Superintendent may temporarily reserve any land for the preservation or sale of the timber thereon; but such land may at any time cease to be so .reserved upon a resolution of tho Provincial Council. 22. The 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: aud the land within such tract of country shall be disposed of according to regulations hereafter to be issued ami published in that behalf; in the same manner und under the same authority as these present regulations. VI. —TOWN LANDS. 23. The sites of towns shall be determined by the Superintendent, upon tho recommendation of the Provincial Council, aud shsill 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; ami having been so determined, for each town severally, shall not again be altered. 20. 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 newspapers of the Province, at least thirty days before such sale shall take place. 20. JN'o such notification of any sale of town lands shall be published until a map of the town, signed by the Chiet 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 tar as laid out, showing the sections to lie submitted for Side, 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 ot some person who shall, at tho time of making such application, deposit ten per cent, of the upset price with the Treasurer of tho Waste Lands Hoard. eucli deposits shall, if no advance on tho upset price oe made, be considered as the deposit upon the sale fit such public auction. 28. If any section shall bo■ purchased by other than the original applicant, the deposit money shall be forthwith returned on demand. 20. Ten days at least before any such auction sale, n list of all the sections about to be olfered for sale shall be published in the Government Gazette, and one or more newspapers of tho Province. 30. Every auction sale of land shall he held by the Commissioners in open court as hereinbefore pro--31 ' The person who shall be declared the highest liider ■ at such auction shall immediately pay a deposit often per cent, of the purchase money to the Treasurer, and in default thereof, the section shall be again immediately put up to auction. # -' , i ... ~ JA, :„ f.,11 x< ,ifiiin one week after

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