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Otago Daily Times, Issue 76, 12 February 1862, Page 2 (Supplement)

iiEGULA T I O N S FOIi THE DISPOSAL, SALE, LETTUMC AND OCCL'i'AXiON {>!•• TI'K WASTE LAKHS OF THE CEOWT IN THi; PROVINCE OE CANTERBURY : AS AMENDED. 1. A LL Regulations now in force in the Pro~ J\ vince of Canterbury for ihe axle. Ist ting, disposal, unci occupation cf the Waste Lauds oi' the Crown arc hereby r«?c-alcd. C. A'Hneh Waste I*:mds sdia'!, from and after the day on which these Kej-ulafions shall cnoe into force, be'sold, let, disponed cf, ami occupied according to these liei;i;iafioiW, real not oikenvis". 0. Every j'.ct v.-'hieli the F-uparintendent is hereby authorised'or required to port! ;vm he shall perform solely in accord a .teo wish the advice-of his Executive Council for (be time being, and such advice shall be recorded on the minutes of the Council. ir.—Tin-: k-astk lands hoajit". 4. There shall be established a Board to be called the V, rasie. Lands Beard, to consist of one Chief Commissioner, ai:;; r-f not Ic.'lk I'tan two nor move than five other Commh'-ieniTS, all of whom (except such one as shall be appointed lo act as Treasurer) shrill be appointed mid be removable by-warrant uuiler the hand ef the Sueeriutotidr-iit. =). One"member of the "Waste Lands Board shall also lie the Treasurer thereof; and such member shall be appoint!-:! and removable by the Governor. 6. The Waste Lands Board'sJi.'il! sit at the principal Land Oiliee of the. Province, at certain stated times to be determined by (he Superintendent, and shall also sit for special purposes at, such places and af- such "times-us tho Superintendent shall direct: of which sittings due notice shall be given in the Provincial Government Gnz-.:iic, and one or more newspapers published in the Province. 7. Tlie Chief Commissioner when present, and in. his absence then some member selected by those present iit any meeting- ofthe Board, shall preside thereat, and shall have" a casting vote in nil questions comimr before tiie Board. & AU questions coming before tho Board shall bo decided by a lnsjoritv ofthe Commissioners present thereat. 0. AU meetings of ihe Sowd-shall be attended by at least three Commissioners, and shah be open to the public. 10. -Ml applications for Land and for Pasturage and for Timber License shall, after heaving evidence when necessary, be determined by the Board at some sitting-thereof. 11. The Board shall have power to hear and determine nil disputes between the holders of Pasturage and Timber Licenses respecting the boundaries of runs t\ui\ districts, and shall have and exercise all the powers which may he lawfully had nnd exercise:! by any Commissioner of Crown Lands, under the provisions of the " Crov.ii Lands Ordinance, Sr.-s. X., No. 1;" and the'"' Crown Lauds Kxtension 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 Koard in 1 bat behalf. 13. A book to be called, tho "Application Book" shall be kept open during etiiee hours at the Land Office, in which the mime of every person desiring io make z-ay application io tlie. Bo.vrd" shall be written in order by iiiinself-oi' any person duly authorised en his behalf." And She Commissioners shall, during fhe sitting of the lioa-v, consider and determine all uppiiraiioiVsiu the'oriler'in which tbey shall appear iit the application book. Provided fiiat if any person shall not appear himself or by some peivou duly authorised j on his hefcr.'-f before tlie j?:>ard when eailed iv his j turn, his app i.-aiion shall be dismissed until his name shall'appear again in the Book iv order. Provided also that if two or more persons shall npplyjit.thti ! same time to write thi:" names in the AppiicHliou : Book the Chief Coi<.mis»;oi:er .r.hail bracket their names, and shall initial the br-neket; and wiien they shall appear before the Board, tho Board shall determine the priority of rU-:ht to be hard by lot. Am! it ' shall not be lawful for "the Board to hem- any appiieaiior. except, such as shall be made it:, accordance with this regulation. 14. 'The .Beard shall keep true and detailed minutes of all applications made to the Beard, and all decisions thereon, and of all sums of money paid to the Treasurer, and crei.c-raliv of ell the proceedings of the Board; and such minutes shall be sigi.-.d by al! the Cemmi.wioiK-.-s present at <:«>- meeting. And such minui.es shall be oj-.eu to Ihe inspection of. all persons desirhi.n- to inspect the saute, at nil reasonable hours, on payment, of the sum of two shillings and sixpence tor every such inspection. ni.—pr;-nvEY.«. 15. There shall be t: Chief Surveyor who shall be appointed and iciuovab's by 'Vnmiiit under the hand -.'oi't!:-:-^np"i-h!iev.dei:t, and as many i o^isiaiit Siirveynrs as siiail bf; nf e-wf-ary, who shall ne appointed; and reinpveabie by the Superintendent upon the re-j ■'coiSia'cji'i'iilion 61' the C'liief Surveyor. I 30. AU si.-rreys shall be uor.ihiCted in sucn maimer j as tlie Board hy any.rejjiihitioijs-to Lo made iti that behalf shall direct. - IV. —THE LAND KEVIiJTUK. 17. AH poymi-uts to he made in respect of land shall be made to the Treasurer of the Boar.! during the sitting- thereof, :uu! the Treasurer shall thereupon give i-ee'eipis for the same. 18.—Ey the Usr,c! cbur-.e of the Coesiitiition Act the Governor is authorised mid required lo pay out. o 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; anil alio to pay out ef the said revenues such sums as-shall become payable ■ under cr-rtahi other provisions therein contained. The Treasurer of the 'Waste Lands Beard slain, therefore, pay out of all the funds coming into his hands under theso regulations all such sums for the above-mimed purposes, iv such maimer and to such persons *as the Governor shall direct. . V.—PUBLIC KESEIIYKS. 19. Reserves for the uses'of the Provincial Government awl for other .public purposes may, upon the recommendation of tlie.'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 tiie pvoviainns of an Act of the General Assembly, (intituled the " Public Reserves Act, 185-1;" iiiid" a full hhd' complete description of" every site!) veserv.; and of the purposes to which it shall have been dedicated shall, as soon as possible after it el mil have been made, be published iii the Government Gazette of the Province, nnd set forth on the authenticated maps in the Land Office. Provided that the Snpei-'intendeut may, if the Provincial-Council bo not thou sitting-, temporarily reserve land for such purposes until the next session of such Council. | [20. Reserves for public highways, bridle-pat lis, and foot-paths, 'shall be made by:the .-superintendent, and shall be set-forth on the'" authenticated maps in the Land Office. The Superintendent and the Provincial Council may by Ordinance alter ihe line of any such highways, bridle-paths, and loot-paths, and dispose of the land theretofore used for the same. 21. Tiie Superintendent may temporarily reserve any land for tlie preservation or sale of the timber thereon; but such land may at any time cease to be so reserved upon a resolution -of the "Provincial Council. 22. The Superintendent may, upon the recommendation of the Provincial Council, hy proclamation in the Government Gazette, reserve from the operation of theso regulations any frnei of country in which the precious metals may bo" found to exist: and the land within such tract "of country shall be disposed cf 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 lakhs. 23. The sites of towns shall ba determined by tho. Superintendent, upon the 'recommendation cif the Provincial Council, and shall be, notified by proclamation in the Government Gazette of the Province. 24., Town Lauds shall.be sold by public miction, in sections, the size uiic! upset price of which shall*be " determined by tbe Superintendent and tlio Provincial "Council; anil having been so determined, for each town severally, shall iiot again be altered. 25, The tinie 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 plr.ee. 20. No such notification of any sale of town lands shall be published until a map ofthe town, signed by the Chiei Surveyor, shall.have been laid open for public inspection "in the Land,. Office j anil such map shall set forth, accurately ""delineated,' till the town '. sections numbered consecutively, so far as laid out, 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 tbo Superintendent, or upon the application of some person who'shall, at the time of makingsuch application, deposit ten per cent, of the upset price with the Treasurer of tbe Waste Lands Board. Such deposits shall, if no advance on tho upset price lie made, lie considered as the deposit upon the sale nt such public auction. 28. Jf any section shall be purchased.by other than the original applicant, the deposit money shall be forthwith returned on demand." 29. Ten days at least before any such auction sale, a list of all the sections about to bo offered for sale shall be published in the Government Gazette, and one or more newspapers of tbe Province. 30. Every auction sale of land shall be held by the Commissioners in open court as hereinbefore pro- . vided. 81. The person who shall be declared the highest bider at such auction shall immediately pay a deposit often per cent, of the purchase money to the IVoauror, and in default therebf, the section shall bo again immediately put up to auction. ■'.';''.' .1 paid to the ■-Treasurer in full, •wit.liin.o'riP:w-eek after [ 32. The remainder ofthe purchase money shal lbj