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

the ilny ofs-ilc; and, in default thereof, the pur | chase h;iii'.l r'.,r!'eit his deposit money, aii'i also ;il right oi' lif.Sc io the land; ;uu! tlic section maybe si'hl tn any person applying ibr tt.o ssunc for the. price ;if. which i( wns kno-.'L.'d down at the auction; stud, ! ii' lifit so sol.i, tin.' section may lie again put up to auction nt any future sale. ;}■'). Upon payp.iunt o!' the purchase money in full, thi' purchaser shall receive fro:s> tin; Commissioners :i "License to Occupy." in the ibrni set forth in Schedule A to tiio '\\":i:ts Lands llegulatious, and such License shall be restored fn the Commissioners upon receipt of a Crown Grant or' the land purchased. VII. —UURAT. LAND. !14. All lands not included hi any of the foregoing regulation'! shall be open fin1 sale sia rural land, at au ihiirbmi price <>f forty shiih'im's \w acre. Jij. Save as heroiiiafler ])i-ovidi.'d, no section of Rural Land shall be sold, containing less than twenty acres; but iibv action so limited by frontage lines ov privaie lands as to contain less tha:i twenty acres may be sold by and inn at the upset price of forty shillings per acre; the time and place of sale, and the mode ot .■ale, and payment of purchase money to Ik; as nearly as may In? in accordance with t!>;; regulations herei;! contained applicable to the sale rf Town Land. Pro-vid.-d. nevoYthe.'ess, that if any section so hunted sh?.ll 'ho inclmled in a Pasturage Liccnsa with Preemptive P.ight. the holder of such- License shall be eniitleil Io exercise such Pre-emptive llight under these Uegulalious upon payment of the sum of forty pounds for such section. VM. Kvcry section of rural land shall be ;n one block, and, 'except as hei'cinrif'er provided, of a ree.!'ruigular form, and if bounded by a frontage, line, shall be'of a depth'of half a mile (or 40 chains) from such frontasre. Note.—A frontage Hue shall be taken to mean the boundary of a road, river, or public reserve, or any stream or watercourse whicli shall h:ive been declared by notification in the Government Gnzett-.: to constitute si frontace for the purpose of 'election. D 7. Where^ from the frontage not being a straight line or from the interference of other frontage lines, natural features, or the boundaries of private lands, the aljove rules in rc:.pect of form cannot be accurately observed, the form of the section shall be determined as nearly in accordance with these rule.-i as, in the juiiyinrii't of the Hoar;!, eircinnsi .suiees will r.dmit. OS. I;i .sections of lauds not adjsieeut to or bounded by st froutsiia- line. s'.li t!ie sides may be equal, but one side m.-sy not I.«e less thriii one-third of the other; and such section shall not lie less than half a mile distant from a frontage line. !3l). A:iv person possessing a section of land may at any time" select another adjacent thereto, of such form that ill-; two foguther/heing considered a? one section, shall l;e in the form required for a single seel ion under Hie foregoing; rules. 40. Immediately on the payment, of the purchase money, the purchaser shall receive from the Commissioners, a " License to Occupy," in the form set. forth in the Schedule B hereunto' annexed ; and as soon thereafter as conveniently may be, ths land shall be laid vi't'hy a Government' Surveyor, a; nearly in accordance'with the description given by the purchaser in his application as these regulations will admit; provided that whenever the lands selected lie without the surveyed districts, the expense of the survey and of connecting such survey with the existing surveys shall be borne by the purchaser, who shall at the time of purchase deposit the amount, of the estimated cost <;f such surveys with the Treasurer of the Waste Lands .'Hoard, which shall he mad:; p.:i soon as prac'icahie, by order r.f the Chief Surveyor. Provided always,*that should any section when surveyed prove to di'iK:r in any re.-p'-'ct from that intended by the purchaser, the' Government will not he responsible for any loss or inconvenience which the purchaser may experience, nor will the purchase money lie returned. Provided also, that if the Surveyor shall find that the whole extent of laud in the selected locality falls short of the quantity paid for by_ the purchaser, the Treasurer shall repay so much of the purchase money as exceeds the. price of the land to be conveyed. Tlie '-License to Occupy" shall, in any such case, be amended by the Commissioners, in accordance with the report of tin; .Surveyor, and the Crown Grant, shall be made out. in accordance therewith; and the '"'License" shall be returned to the Commissioners when the Crown Grant shall be issued. 41. Any person making a ditch and bank fence to lands suljuini'.i"1 Waste Lands of the Crown may take out of such lauds half the land required for the ditch and bank: provided that no ditch or bank shall be more than six ieet in width. VIII.—COItI'EX.SATIOX LANDS. 42. Whereas it is desirable that private persons should he enabled to receive portions of Waste Laud in exchange for private hinds taken for roads or for other public purposes; if any person shall be entitled to receive any compensation in respect, of any 'and which shall have been taken for the purposes of a road or of any other public: work, or in respect of any damages done to his property- by the taking of such laud for such purposes, such person shall, upon application to the Waste Lands Board, be entitled to a grant of rural land in Mich situation as he shall select, subject to the conditions as to form and frontage in these regulations contained, to the extent of one acre ibr every two pumw.!;: .sterling of the amount of eo:ujieiisatio'u which the applicant shall be entitled to receive in respect of the land taken for such purposes oimii respect of such damage sis aforesaid. 43. If any person shall contract with the Superintendent to "make and complete, within a given lime, any public road, bridge, or drain, or any part of any such road, bridge, or "drain, furnishing such security as the .Superintendent may require for the due completion of siH'ii contract, and shall select such portion of rural land as lie shall be willing io accept by way of payment ov compensation, or by way of part payment or compensation for such work ; it. srhall lie lawful ibr the Superintendent io reserve such portion of laud from public sale for Mich given time but no j longer; and such percon shall, on" tiie completion of such contract, be entitled to a free grant of such land, or so much thereof as the Board shall adjudge, not exceeding one acre for every two pounds stern. ,g which the Superintendent shall certify to the W;;<le Lands Board to be the bond .//i/r/value of the work so done by such person according to the prices for work and materials at the time of performing such contract current in the district. Every such reservation of laud from publicsale shali be*published in the, Government Gazette, of the Province, r.s directed in eiauss 19 of these llegulations. No such reservation shall continue in force for a longer period than twelve calendar months from the date on which it: shall have been made. No land included in a Pasturage License with Preemptive Riaht shall, as against Ihe holder of such Pre-emptive' Kis-ht. be so reserved or p-ranted until he shall have, been 'allowed the option of purchasing .such land i:i the manner prescribed in clauses U4 and 60 to these Ucffulsitions. I\'o greater 'amount of land than 200 acres shall under the provisions of this clause be reserved or granted to any person under any such contract, unle.vs in payment of work for which a vote has been passed by"the Provincial Council. No greater amount of land than 1000 acres in the aggregate shall, in any one year, be reserved or granted under the provisions of this clause, without the special sanction of the Provincial Council. Provided always that every parcel of laud so granted shall be subjected to the same conditions as to form and frontage as any rural land sold under these Kegulatkms;' provided also that no application for less than '20 acres shall be received under this clause, but that where any amount of compensation awarded by the Doard shall be of less extenfthan 20 acres of land, the person entitled may pay the balance in cash upon the same terms as other applicants for the purchase of rural lands under these lteguhitions. IX. —NAVAL AND MILITARY BOUNTIES. 44. Whereas the .Superintendent and the Provincial Council and other the inhabitants of Canterbury are desirous to aid in making provision for the maintenance of such persons of Her Majesty's land and sea forces a/3 may be discharged as unlit for further service in consequence of vrounds or loss of health incurred in the present war with Jhissia, anil also for the maintenance of the widows of thoso who may be killed in such war: — Any such person or widow shall, upon application to the Wsisto Lands Board, and upon the production of satisfactory evidence from the: proper authorities its to such discharge or dentil, ho entitled to receive a free grant not exceeding 30 acres of the Waste Lands within this Province, subject to the conditions_as to form aud frontage contained in these Regulations; provided always tlint such application shall be made to the "Waste Lands Board by such person or widow in person within three years. after such discharge or death. x.—rASTUflAfirc. 4~j. Until sold, granted, or reserved for public, purposes aa herein provided, the Waste Lands may bo occupied for prwluragu purposes by persons holding licenses from the Waste Lands Board to occupy the same. 40. Any person applying for a pasturage license shall state to the Commissioners what are the boundaries and extent of the run applied ibr, and the number and description of tlu? stock which lie possesses, or will undertake to place upon the run within twelve months from the date of the license.

47, The extent of run allowed to each applicant shall be at the rate of 120 acres to every head of great cattle, and 20 acres to every head of small cattle. The words "great cattle" shall be construed to mean horned cattle, horses, mules, aud asses, male and female, with their offspring above six months of age; and the words "small cuttle" shall be construed to mean sheep, male and female, with their weaned oftsprinff. 48."Every pasturage run shrill be in one block, and, as f;ir as circumstances will admit, of a rectangular form: the frontage, under ordinary circumstsuices, shall not be greater than one-half the depth.

49. The fee to bo paid for the license shall be at the following' rates : —For every run containing- less limn 1000 acres, twenty shillings ibr every hundred acres ; for every run containing-1000 aerra, and not less than 5000 aci23, two-pence per acre for the first thousand and one penny per acre for every acre in addition.