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■purchase »inni"y as exceeds the price of the land to bo's ■ conveyed. Tli« "License to Occupy" shall, in anvil i such case, lw amended My the Commissioners, in ae-'f iißOwlaiiw with t!ie report of !ln: Hiirvej'or, and tlieji , Crown Grant shall !>,; made out. in accordance s : therewith; nntl flit! " Lie.jn->;" sliall be returned to the Commissioners when the Crowu Grant ahull be i issued. r ? ■ 41. Any person m.'ilcin;; a difc.ii and bank fence to i p lands adjoining M'usli- Lands of tin," Crown may take i ' out of such lands hull' the land required for the flitch i : and..bank : provided tliat no ditcli or bank shall be ] ' mdre than six feet in width. i VIII. —COMPKJtSATION" LANDS. ■ 42. Whereas it is desirable that, private pm'sons ! should be enabled to receive portions of Waste Land in exchange for private lands taken for roads or for . other public purposes; if any person shall be entitled j I to receive any compensation in respect of any land . ; .which sliall 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 tho taking of sucli ! t laud for such purposes, such person shall, unon appli- \ cation to the "Waste Lands Board, b». entitled to a , grant, of rural land in sueli situation a.s he shall select, .• '_ .subject to tiic conditions as to form and frontage in ' I these regulations contained, to the extent of one acre c . for every two pounds sterling' of the amount of com- '" [ pensation which the applicant shall be entitled to J j- receive in respect of the laud taken for such purposes '. I orin respect of such damage as aforesaid. ' 43. If any person sliall contract ■with the Supcrin- ! tendent to make sau\ complete, within a Riven time, j , any public road, bridge, or drain, or any part of any . such road, bridge, or drain, furnishing' such security ' f a-s the Superintendent may require for the due com- ' plction of such contract, and shall select such portion of rural land as he shall be willing' to accept by way ' , of payment or compensation, or by way of part' pay- '■ , mentor compensation for such work; it Khali be law- s [ till for the Superintendent to reserve such portion of " , land from public sale for such given time but i:o ' J longer; and such per-on shall, on the completion of ;, $uch contract, be entitled to a tree grant of such land, i ~ or so nmch thereof as tlie Boai'd sliall adjudge, not ' , exceeding one acre for every two pounds sterling i which the Superintendent shall certify to the "Waste 1 ', Lands Board to lie the bond fide, value of the work so done by such person' according- to the prices for work c and 'materials at the time of performing' sucli contract: . }• current in the district." ■ • Every such reservation of land from public sale " shall be published in (lie Government Gazette of the Province, as directed in clause 19 of these Regulations. - 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. t No kind included in a Pasturage License with Pre- '- C emptive Right shall, as against the holder of such I Pre-emptive Right, be so reserved or granted until '- ■ he sliall have been allowed the option of purchasing '-' . such land in the manner proscribed in clauses 04 and 1 , Co to these Regulations. i ! iSo greater amount of land than 2.30 acres shall I uiuier the provisions of this clause be reserved or granted to any person under any such contract, un- .. . less in payment of work for which a vote lias been \ \ passed by the Provincial Council. , ... No greater amount of land than 1000 acres in the , , aggregate shall, in any one year, ba reserved or f [granted under the provisions of this clause,, without ] the special sanction of the Provincial Council. |; Provided always that every parcel of land so granted I c shall be subjected to the same conditions as to form ;1 and fl'outage as any rural land sold under these Regulations ; 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 ' 1 the Board shall be of less extent than 20 acres of Jam. J 1 the:person entitled may pay the balance in cash upon ' the same te.ms us other applicants for the purchase 1 of rural lands under these Regulations. c 1 ... v IX. —If AVAL AND MILITARY BOUNTIES. 44. Whereas the Superintendent and the Provin- t [ cial Council and other the inhabitants of Canterbury 1 t are desirous to aid in making provision for the main- {. ten an cc of such persons of Her Majesty's land nnd|i , saa forces as may be discharged as unfit for further service in consequence of wounds or loss of health . incurred in the present war with Russia, 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 ! to the Waste Lauds Board, and upon the production of satisfactory evidence from the proper authorities as I to such discharge or death, bo entitled to receive a free grant not exceeding' 30 acres of the Waste Lands . within thi3 Province, subject to the conditions as to . form and frontage contained in these Regulations; . provided nhvays that .such application shall be made - to the Wash! Lands Board by such person or widow in person within three years after such discharge or \ death. ; X. —PASTURAGE. i 45. Until sold, granted, or reserved for public pur- ; poses as herein provided, the Waste Lands may be occupied for pasturage purposes by persons holding , licenses from the Waste Lauds Board to occupy the ? same. ' 4G. Any person applying for a pasturage license shall state to the Commissioners what are the boun- ; daries and extent of the run applied for, and the ■ number and description of the stock which he possesses, or will undertake to place upon the run within t twelve months from the date of the license. ' 47. The extent of run allowed to each applicant shall be at the rate of ISO acres to every head of greal 1 cattle, ami 2!) acres to every head of small cattle. The words " gre.it cattle" shall be construed to mean [ horned cattle^ horses, mules, and asses, male and female, with their offspring above six months of age; i" and the words "small cattle" shall be construed to [ mean sheep, male and female, with their weaned ofll spring. 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 be greater than one-half the depth. I 49.' The fee to be paid for the license shall be at the j following rates : —For every run containing' less than I 1000 acres, twenty shillings for every hundred acres; 3 for every run containing 1000 aeres^ and not less than 5000 aci as, two-pence per acre for the first thousand and one penny per acre for every acre in addition. For cvrrv vim contninlnar 50flfl acres or upwards, one farthing per acre for the first and second years, r one half-penny per acre for the third and fourth yearsj i three-farthings per acre for the fifth and every subsequent year; provided that the first year shall j>e taken f to bo the time elapsing from the date of the original ' license to the first day of May next following, i' 50. No pasturage license shall be grantedfor a less ! annual fee than £2 10s. sj 51. The fee shall be paid to the Treasurer of the fj Winte Land Board every year, in advance; tor the f I first year on ths issue of the license, and for the second l and every subsequent year on any sitting' day of the -1 Board, between the 20' th day of April and the first day 1 of Jlay, inclusive; and every pasturage license not -■renewed by payment of the required fee, on or before 3 the first day of May, shall, unless good cause to the r contrary be shown to the satisfaction of the Wiiste ! Lauds Board, be considered ;is abandoned. j 52. Every pasturage license sliall be in tlic form set 31 forth in the Schedule C to the Waste Lands Regula--|tions, and shall be transferable by endorsement in the I 'form set forth in such Schedule, and such transfer shall ' be deemed to be complete upon notice thereof being duly given to the Waste Lands Board, and not before. ? r <\.. pasturage license shall entitle the holder thereof to f .the exclusive right of pasturage over the land specified .1 therein upon tlie terms above stated. Such license - shall l)e renewed by endorsement from year (o year, until the land specified therein shall be purchased, t granted, or reserved under these regulations; and the , fee to be paid in respect of such license shall not be al- .. tered until the Ist May, 1870. Such license shall give i uo'rig'ht to the soil or to the timber, and shall immedi--1 ately determine over any land which may be purchased, 2 granted, or reserved uiulcr these regulations. A reasonable right of way shall be allowed through all pas--1 turage runs. 2 53. If at any time during the first four years after 1 the issue of the lirst license the quantity of stock for t the run shall be less than that originally required, or during the next three years less thaii twice that amount, t or during any sultsnquent period less than three times i that amount, the Waste Lands Board may declare the s whole or a portion of such run to be forfeited ; pro- : vided always, that with regard to rmis granted prior to the issue of these Regulations such first period of four ? years shall commence from the date on which these ■ Regulations shall come into operation : provided that l one or mor.e runs held by the same individual or firm i 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 W:iste Lauds Board that he is ; precluded by arrangements entered into previous to the : passing of these regulations from actually, for a given i period, placing- his stock on his own run, it shall be > sufficient if he prove to the satisfaction of tlie Board i that 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 from the Waste Lands Board to that effect, make a true and complete return ctf all the stock on his run: and if he sliall wilfully and knowingly : make any false return, the Waste Lands Board sliall • immediately declare his license to be forfeited. 50. Every run or portion thereof which sliall have been forfeited, as above provided, shall be put up by the Waste Lands Board to public auction, after an advertisement in the Government Gazette, and one or more newspapers of the Province. A license granted js