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

the day of sale; and, in default thereof, the purchase shall forfeit bis deposit money, and also ai . riehr. or title to the land; and the se'etion may be sold fo any person apbiviiur Jbv the same for the price at. which ft was kiitiefco'il (Sown at tho auction; aud, if not. so sold, thy section inuy be again put up to iiiietion at any fuiure saic. S.S. Upon payment of the purchase money in fill!, the purchaser shall receive from the Commissioner a "License to Occupy," i.i the form 'set'forth in Schedule A to the Waste Lands Regulations, and such License shall be restored to the Commissioners upon receipt of a Crown Gram of the land purchased. Vrr.—itt.'KAL LAX». 34, AU lands nor included in any of the foregoing retaliations shall lie open for sale as rural land, at an uniform price of forty shillings per acre. So. Save as kereiiinfrer -provided, no section of Rural Laud shall be sold, containing'less than twenty neres; but any section so limited by frontage lines or private lauds aslo contain less than twenty acres may be sold liv auction at the upset, price ef forty sltiiiings por acre; the Time am! place of sale, and tbe mode of sale, and pavinent of purcha-* money to be as iiear'y as may be in accordance with the regulations herein contained nnplicablc to the sale of Town Land. Provided, nevertheless, that if any section so limited shall'be included ma Pasturage License-with Preemptive Kiiriif, the holder of such License site.!! be euiitle.,-1 to exercise such Pre-emptive Right, under these ite-ntl.'!tie:is upon payment of the sum of forty pounds tor such section. 3'o. Every section of rural laud shall be/v one block, ami,'except as hereinafter provided, ofarect-aiic-.iiat- form, and if bounded by a frontage line, shall be of a depth'of half a mile (or 40 chains) from such frontii'i-e. Noi'li.—A frontage line shall lie taken to mean the boundary of a road," river, or public reserve^ or auy strennt or waiercmirso which shali have bs'en (ieebn-jd by uotincatioii iv the Govei-ument Gazette to constitute a froutaire for the ptnT>o.:.e of selection. ■ 37. 'iV'iiere, Awn tlie frontage not heing a straight line or from the interierenee of other frontage lines, nr.lural features, or the boundaries of private lands, tlie above rules iii respect of form cannot, be accurately observed. the form of tlie section shall be determined as nearly in accordance wilh these rules as, in the judgment of tha Board, circumstances will admit. S'6. In section.1; of binds not adjacent to or bounded liv :i frontage line, ail the sides may !)■; equal, but one f-f.-ie may not be less than one-third of the of her: and such section shall --iot be les;; than half a mile distant irom v fvoiifniw: line. 30. Any jierson possessiua- a section of land may at any thus"'select another adjacent thereto, o? sticli form that the two together,'being consid.ercd as one ■section, shall 'no iv the form required for a single seel ion under (lie foi-egvjinjr rules. .40. Imnicdinteiy on the payment of the "purchase money, tiie mucimser s-.hal! receive from the Commis-iii-jitei'-'? a '•' License to Occupy," iv the form set forth in the Schedule B hereunto" annexed; and as soon thereafter as conveniently may be, the land shall be laid of?by a Government Surveyor, as nearly in accordance* vvi'ii the description given by the -purchaser in fn's application as these regulations will admit; provided' that whenever the lauds selected lie without tho surveyed districts, \ha expense ofthe survey and of connecting such survey with the existing surveys shall be borne by the purchaser, who shall at the time of purchase depo-rit the amount of tho e.stimatedcyst of "such surveys with the Treasurer of the Waste Lanes Board, which shall lie made an soon tis practicable, by order of the Chief .Surveyor. Provide.-! a!w;;vs,'thai; should any section when surveyed prove to dliler in any vespect fr'«n that intended by the purchaser, the Government will not be responsible for any loss or inconvenience v.-:iich the purchaser may cicneric-ice, uor will the mil-chase money be returned." I'j-ovi'Jed also, that 'if the Stirveyor shall find that the wiie|.'> extent of land in the selected loealiiv falls short- of the (juautily paid fur by the Wit-chaser, the Tit'Ksurer sllnll repay so much ef the purchase nionev as exceed:-: the price of Ihe land io be conveyed. Tiie '-'License to Occupy" snail, in any such cr.se. be amended by the Commissioners, in ac-cordance'-with the report of the Surveyor, and the Orow.i Grant shall be made out in accordance therewith; and the " License" shall be returned to the Commissioners v.'hen tho Crown Grant- shali be issue.-.":. 41. -Any peirson making rt ditch and bank fence to Inmls adjoining- Wr.ste Lands of the Crown may take out of such lands half the hmd miuired for Iho ditch and ba.uk: provided that no ditch or bank shall be more llian six feet in width. vrn.—coati'KNSATroN lajtds. 42. Whereas it. is rtesirnble I hat iiriviile persons should be enabled to receive portions of Waste Land in exehanp;::- for private lands taken for toads or for other public purposes; if any person shal! be entitled to receive any compensation in respect of any land which shall have been taken for the purposes of a road or of any other public vvoi-k, or in respect of any damage:' done to his property by the taking of such land for such purposes, sue!: person sliat!, upon application to the Waste Lands Pom-.-!, bo entitled to a. grant of rural land in sue.l', situaiion as he shall select, subject fo the conditions as to form mid front ago iv these regulations contained, to thi: extent of one acre for every two pounds steriiniv of tbe amount of compensation which the applicant shall be entitled !o receive in respect of the land taken for .such purposes or, in respect of such damage as aforesaid. ' 40. If any person shali contract with tiie Superintendent to 'make and. complete, within a given time, any public road, bridge," or drain, or any pr.rl of any such run:!, bridge, or "drain, furnishing tueh security us the Superintendent may require for the dvto completion of"such contract, ami shiill select such povficu oi rural Ir.nJ as he eluul be willing fo accept by way of payment or cor.iper.sr.tion, or by way of part payment or compensation for such work; it shall be lawful for lite Superintendent to reserve such portion of land from public sale for such given time but no loiiß-er; and :;uch person shall, ou tiie completion of sneh contract, be entitled to n free grant of such hmd, or go much thereof as the lioard shall adjudge, not exceeding one acre for every two pounds, sterling ! '■wliich tlie t-mpei-iiv.endeiit glial! certify to the "Waste Lauds Board to be the bond jide value ofthe work fo done by such person according to the prices for work and materials at the time of performing such contract: current in the district. jivery such reservation- of land front public sale shall be published in tho.Guvernifteiit Gazette of the Province, as directed in clause 19 of these Hegulations.. Eo such reservation shall conliiiiie in force for a longer period than twelve Calendar months from tiie date on which ii; shall have been made. Kb kind included in a -Pasturage License with Preemptive Pug-lit shall, as against the holder of such Pre-emptive' Right, be so reserved er granted uufi! lie shall have been allowed the option of purchasing such land in flu: manner prescribed in clauses 04 and GO to these Regulations. No greater amount of hmd than 250 acres-shall under the provisions .of fills clause lie rc-ci-vcil or granted fo auy person under any such contract, unless iv payment of work for which a vote has been passed by tiie. Provincial Council. No greater amount of land than 1000 acres in tho aggregate shall, in any One year, be reserved or granted under the provisions of this clause, without the special sanction of the 'Proviupinl .Council.Provided always that every part-"! of laud so granted shall be subjected to the "same conditions r.s to form and frontage as any rural land sold under these Regulations ;' provided also that no application for less than 20 acres shall bo received under tliis clause,, but that where any amount of compensation awarded by the Hoard shall be of less extent than-20 acres of land", the person entitled may pay tiie balance in cosh upon the same terms as other applicants for the purchase of rural lands tinder these Regulations.IX.—NAVAL AND MII.ITAItY IIOUXTI.ES. 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 laud and sea forces as may be discharged as unlit for further .service in consequence of wounds or loss of health incurred in the present war with Russia, astel also for the maintenance of the widows of those .who may be killed in such war:— Any such person or widow shal!, upon application to the "Waste Lands Board, nnd upon the production of satisfactory evidence from the proper authorities as to such discharge or death be entitled to receive a free grant not'exceeding 30 acres of the .Waste Lands within tliis Province, subject to the conditions as to form and frontage contained iv these Regulations; provided always that such application shall be made to tiie Waste Lands Board by such person or y.itlow in person -within tiiree years after such discharge or death.- ■ ' X.—PASTURAGE. 45. Until sold, granted, or reserved for public,purposes as herein provided,-the Waste Lands maybe occupied for pasturage purposes-by-persons holding licenses from the "Waste Lauds Hoard to occupy the same. .40.. Any person applying for a pasturage license shall state to tbe Commissioners what are the boundaries and extent of the run applied for, and,the number and description of the stock which lie. possesses, or will undertake to place upon the rim within twelve months from the date ofthe 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^florae's, mules, and asses, -male and female, with their offspring above six months .of age ; and the words "small cattle" shall be construed to mean sheep, male and female/with their weaned offspring-. 48. Every pasturage run shall be in. one block, and, as far as circumstances will admit, of a rectangular form: the frontage, under ordinary circumstances, 'shall not he'greater than one-half the depth.

40. The fee to be paid for the license shall be at the following- rates:—-For every run containing less than 1000 acres, twentycshillings for every -hundred acres; for every run containing 1000 acres, and not less /than 5000 aci 3S, two-pence per acre for the first, thousand and one penny per acre for cvew.acre inraddition. For every run containing 5000 acres or upwards,