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Otago Daily Times, Issue 94, 5 March 1862, Page 3

cation lo the AVaste. Lands Board, be entitled toaj. grant, of rural laud iv such situation as he shall select, in subject to the conditions as to form and frontage in of these regulations contained, fo the extent of one acre ?>,< for every two pounds r-tcrling of the amount of com- pr pensatiiin which the applicant shall be entitled to sfi receive in respect of the iaud taken for such purposes ;\v, orj'in respect of such damage as aforesaid. or 43. If any person Khali contract -witli the Superin- m tendent to make aud complete, within a given time, tb; any public road, bridge, or drain, or any part, of any ac such road, bridge, or drain, furnishing Mich security en as the Superintendent may require for the due completion of such contract, and shall selec' such portion f 0 of rural laud as ho shall be willing to accept; by way in of payment or compensation, or by way of part pay- a meat or compensation for such work; it shall lie law- s ], i'ul for the Superintendent to reserve such portion of r. ; laud from public sale for such given time but no longer; and such person shall, on the completion of „ such contract, be entitled to a free grant of such land, . j or so much thereof as the Board sliall adjudge, not • exceeding one acre for every two pounds sterling ».j which the Superintendent, shall certify to tbe AVaste Lands Board to be the boniifide value"of the work so done by such person according to the prices for work er and'materials at the lime of performing such contract pt current in the district. at Every such reservation of land from public sale u< shall he published iv the Government Gazette of the Province, as directed in clause 1!) of these Resrula- eJ tions. ~ m No such reservation shall continue in force for a n . longer period than twelve calendar months from the jj date on whicli it. shall have been made. 0 j No laud included in a Pasturage License with Pro- j; empfive Right shall, as against the holder of such () j Pre-emptive Bight, be so reserved or granted until n( he shall have been allowed the option of purchasing |J ( such laud in the manner prescribed in clauses 04 and „] 00 to these Regulations. j 1( No greater amount of laud than 250 acres shall under the provisions of this clause be reserved or granted to any person under any such contract, un- ai less in payment of work tor which a vote has been ol passed by the Provincial Council. of No greater amount of land than 1000 acres in the P1 aggregate shall, in any one year, be reserved or bi granted under the provisions of this clause, without hi the special sanction ofthe Provincial Council. h Provided always that every parcel of land so gran ted ol shall be subjected to the same conditions as to form a] and frontage as any rural laud sold under these Regulations';' provided also that no application for less ~ than 20 acre* shall be received under this clause,, but j, tbat whero any amount, of compensation awarded by r tlie Board sh'.'ll be of less extent than 'JO acres of land, n the person entitled may pay the balance in cash upon the same terms as other applicants for the purchase ~; of rural lands under these Regulations. „ IX. —NAVAL AND MILITARY BOUNTIES. 44. Whereas the Superintendent nnd the Provin- ~, cial Council and other the inhabitants of Canterbury Jj are desirous to aid in making provision for the maintenance of such persons of "Her -Majesty's laud and sea forces as maybe discharged as unfit for further j sendee in consequence of wounds or loss of health, incurred in the present war with Ru-sia, and also for,' the maintenance of the widows of those who may be killed in such war:— » Any such person or widow shall, upon application C to the Waste Lands Board, and upon the production a of satisfactory evidence from the proper authorities as h to such discharge or death, hs entitled to receive a p free grant not exceeding 30 acres of the Waste Lands v within this Province, subject to tho conditions as to ci form and frontage contained in these Regulations; i provided always that such application sliall be made ti to the Waste Lands Board by such person or widow If iv person within three years after such discharge or o death. r. c: X. —PASTURAGE. ~, , 45. Until sold, granted, or reserved for public pur- b. poses as herein provided, the AVaste Lands may be ti occupied for pasturage purposes by persons holding licenses from the AA'aste Lauds Board to occupy the c: samo. ti 40. Any person applying for a pasturage license t] shall state to the Commissioners what are the boun- a daries and extent of the run applied for, and the i; number and description of thu stock which ho possesses, or will undertake to place upon the run within ~ twelve montlis from the date of the license. iV 47. The extent, of run allowed lo each applicant a shall he at the rate of 1:20 acres to every head of great j; cattle, and 20 acres to every head of small cattle. The words " great cattle" shall ho construed to mean horned cattle, horses, mules, and asses, male and fe- a male, 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 off- 1J spring. 48.~Every pasturage run shall be in one block, and, fi as far tis circumstances will admit, of a rectangular $ fi.rm : the frontasre, under ordinary circumstances, t shall not. be greater than one-half the depth. t 49. The fee to be paid for the license shall be at the v f .(lowing rates: —Por every run containing less. than c 1000 acres, twenty shillings for every hundred acres; I ftr 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 every acre in addition. s I'nr every fun cnuiaiiiimr 500n acres or upwards j one farthing per acre for the first and second years, a one half-penny per acre for the third and fourth years, s three-farthings per acre for the fifth aud every sub.se- s quent year; provided that the first, year shall bo taken to be the time elapsing from the date ofthe original _ license to the first ilnv of May next following. 50. No pasturage license shall 'be granted for a less * annual fee than £-2 10s. ' 51. The. fee shall be paid to tbe Treasurer of the - Waste Land Board every year, in advance; for the first year on tbs issue of'the, license, and for the second t and every subsequent year on any sitting day ofthe i Board, between the 20th day of April and the first day 1 of May, inclusive; and every pasturage license not i renewed by payment of the required fee, on or before the first day of May, shall, unless good cause to^ the contrary he showii to tho satisfaction of the AVaste Lands Board, bo considered as abandoned. , 52. Every pasturage license shall be iv the form set forth in the Schedule'C to the AVaste Lands Rcgula- ' tions, and shall be transferable by endorsement in tbe form set. forth in such Schedule, and such transfer shall ( be deemed to be complete upon notice thereof being . duly given to the AVaste Lands Board, and not before. ; A pasturage license shall entitle the holder thereof to ■ the exclusive right of pasturage over the la-.nl specified j therein upon the terms above stated. Such license ; shall be renewed by endorsement from year to year, j until the land specified therein shall ba purchased, j granted, or reserved under these regulations; and the j fee to be paid in respect of such license shall not. be al- ' tercel until the Ist May, 1870. Such license shall give no right to the soil or to the timber, and shall immedi- . atclv determine over any land which may be purchased. granted, or reserved under these regulations. A rea- . souable right of way shall be allowed through all pas- ' turnge runs. 53. If at any time during the fust four years after the issue of the first license the quantity of stock for the run shall ba less than that originally required, or during the next three years law thau twice that amount, ' or during any subsequent period less than three times tliat amount, the Waste Lands Board may declare the whole or a portion of such run to be forfeited; provided always that with regard to runs granted prior to the issue of these. Regulations such first, period of four j years shall commence from the date on which these Regulations shall come into operation : provided that one or more runs held by the same individual or firm may for the purposes of'this clause be considered as one run. ~ , 54. In any case in which a runholder can prove to the satisfaction of the AVaste Lands Board that he is precluded by arrangements entered into previous to the passing of these regulations ta actually, for a fnven period, placing his stock on his own run, it shad be 'sufficient if he prove to the satisfaction of the Board jthat he possesses within the Province the requisite amount of stock, and will undertake to place the same on the run at the expiration of such peoiod. 55. Every holder of a license shall, at any time, upon a written order fi-om the AVaste Lands Board to that effect, make a true mid complete return of all the stock on his run; and if he shall wilfully and knowingly make auy false return, the AVaste Lands Board sua), immediately declare his license to be forfeited. 50. Every run or portion thereof which shall have been forfeited, as alxivc provided, shall be put up by the AVaste Lands Board to public auction, after an advertisement in the Government Gazette, ami one or more newspapers of the Province. ' A license granted after forfeiture shall be deemed to be an originallicensc. Upon appeal from any person whose run has been forfeited, within 00 days from the date of such forfeiture, it shall be lawful for the Superintendent to reserve or suspend such forfeiture either wholly or in part. 57. Every person taking out a li> ensc for a run which is not stockTccl will be required to deposit with the Treasurer the sum often shillings for every hundred acres included in the license, which will be returned without interest as soon as he shall have fulfilled the conditions iv respect to stocking the run within the prescribed period; but if such conditions be not fulfilled such deposits shall be forfeited. 58. The above rules in respect to stocking a run, and to the lodgment of deposit money with the Treasurer, ; shall not apply to runs containing less thnn 0000 acres. 59. Every holder of a license may be required at • any time to pay for the actual cost of the survey of bis run at a rate not excecding'2os. for every thousand i " 00.' Every holder of a pasturage license shall, upon application to the AVaste Lands Board, be entitled to i a pre-emptive right over portions of his run, as fol- . lows:— For a run of not less nan 1.000 acres and-not