REGULATIONS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 106, 19 March 1862, Page 7

REGULATIONS

DISPOSAL, SALE, LETTING AND OCCUPATION WASTE LANDS* OF THE CROWN PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY: AS AM IOTD ED. 1. A LL Regulations now in force in the Pro- '' A vincc of Canterbury for the sale, letting, disposal, and occupation qi the "Waste Lands of the Crown ;ire hereby repealed. 2. All such Waste Lands shall, fi-om and after the day on which these Regulations shall cetne into force, be sold, let, di.-j)ospd of^ aiid occupied according to these Regulations, and not otherwise. 3. Kvery Act which the Superintendent is hereby authorised or required to perform he shall perform solely in accordance with the advice of his Executive Council for the time being:, and such advice shall be recorded on thcniinutes of'the Council. II. —THE WASTE LANDS BOARD. 4. There shall be established a Board to lie called the Waste Lands Board, to.consist. of one Chief Commissioner, and of not less than two nor more than five other Commissioners, all of whom (except such one as shall be ajipointcd to act as Treasurer) shall ho appointed and be removable by warrant under the hand of the Superintendent. i 5. One muiTibur of the Waste Lands Board shall also he the Treasurer thereof, and such member shall be appointed and removable by the Governor. 16. Tho Waste Lands Bo.ird shall sit at the principal ' Land Office of the Province, at certain stated times Ito be determined by the Superintendent, and shall also sit for special purposes at such places and at such times as the Superintendent shall direct/ of which fitting? due notice shall be given in the Provincial Government Qaze.ite, and one or more newspapers published iv the Province. 7. The Chief Commissioner when present, and in his absence then some member selected by those present at any meeting of the Board, shall preside thereat, nnd shall have a casting vote in all questions cominnr before the Hoard. 8. All questions coming before the Board shall be decided by a majority of the Commi&ioncrs present theient. 9. All meetings of the Board shall be attended by at least three Commissioners, and shall be open to the public. 10. All applications for Land and for Pasturage and for Timber Licenses shall, after hearing evidence when necessary, lie determined by the Board at some sitting thereof. 11. The Board shall have pftwer. to hear and determine all disputes between the holders of Pasturafje nnd Timber' Licenses' respecting the boundaries of runs and districts, find shall have and exercibe nil the powers which may be lawfully had and exercised by any Commissioner of Crown Lauds, under the provisions of tiie " Crown Lands Ordina7>.ce, Sess. X., No. 1;" and the "Crown Lands Extension Ordinance, Sess. XI., No. 10." ' 12. All theroutinc business of the Land Department shall be transacted by the Chief Commissioner, subject to such regulations as may be made by the Board in that behalf. 13. A book to be called the " Application Book" shall be_ kept open during oilice hours at the Land Office, in which the name of every pereon desiring to rnnke any application to the Board shall be written in order by himself or any person duly authorised on his behalf. And the Commissioners shall, during the sitting of the Bonrd, consider and determine all applications in the order in which they shall appear iv the application book. Provided that if any person shtUl uot appear liimself or by some person duly authorised on his behalf before tlie Board when called in his turn, his appj'ation shall be dismissed until his name shall appear again in" tile Book in order. Provided also that if two or more persons shall apply tit the same time to write tht.'v .names in the Application Book the Chief 'Coinmisa'oncr shall bracket .their , ti'ames, and shall initial the brncket; and when they I Khali appear before the Board, the Board shall deter- ]

mine the priori! vr.triarht-tii bo hard by lot. Audit, shall not be lawt'id for the Hoard to hear any application except such as shuli be made in accordance with this regulation. 14. 'I'm: Board shall keep true and def ailed minutes of nil applications made to'the Board, ami all decisions thiTcim,* and of all .=i:nis of money paid to the Treasurer, and generally of all the . proceedings of the Board ; and such minutes shall be sigL°d by all the Commissioners present at any meeting. And such minutes sliall be open to the inspection of all pel-sons', desiring to inspect the same, at all reasonable hours, on payment of the sum of two shillings and sixpence for every such inspection. lII.—SURVEYS. 15. There shall be a. Chief Surveyor who sliall he appointed and removable by Warrant under the hand ofthe Superintendent, and as ninny I distant Surveyors as shall be necessary, who sliall be appointed and removoable by the Superintendent upon the recommendation ofthe Chief Surveyor. 16. All surveys shall be conducted in such manner as the Board by any regulations to be made in that behalf shall direct. IV.—THE LAND REVENUE. 17. All payments to be made in respect ofland shall be made to tiie ..Treasurer of the Board during the sitting thereof, and the Treasurer shall thereupon give receipts for the same. 18.—By the 62nd clause of the Constitution Act the Governor is authorised and required to'pay out o the revenue arising from the disposal of the Waste Lands of the Crown all the coats, charges, and expenses incident to the collection, management, and receipt thereof; and also to pay out ofthe said revenues such sums as shaU become payable under certain other provisions therein container.. The Treasurer of the Waste Lands Board shall, therefore, pay out of ail the funds coming into his hands under these regulations all such sums for the above-named purposes, in such manner aud to such persons os the Governor shall direct. V.—rPUBLIC RESERVES. 19. Reserves for the uses ofthe Provincial Government and-ibr other public purposes may, upon the econimeu'dation ofthe Provincial Council, be niaiief by the Superintendent; and sliall not be alienated from the specific purposes fo which they, shall'have been severally dedicated, except under the provisions of-an. Act of the General Assembly, erifituled the " Public Reserves Act, 1854;" and a full and complete description of every such reserve and of the purposes to which it shall have been dedicated shall, as soon as possible after it shall have been made, be published, in the Government Gazette of the Province, and set'fbrth on the authenticated maps'in the Laud Office. Provided that the Superintendent may, if the Provincial Council be not then sitting, temporarily reserve land for such purposes until the next session of such Council. r, 20. Reserves for public highways, bridle-paths, and foot-paths, siiai't be made bythe Superintendent, and shall be set forth on the authenticated maps in the Land Office. The Superintendent and the Provincial Council may by Ordinance alter the line of any such highways/ bridle-paths, and foot-paths, and dispose of the land theretofore used for the same. 21. The Superintendent may .temporarily ■ reserve any land for the preservation or sale of the timber thereon; but such laud may at any time cease to be so reserved upon a resolution of the Provincial Council.. I 22. The Superintendent may, upon the rocora|.mendation ofthe Provincial Council, by proclamation i in the Government Gazette, reserve fi'om the operaI tion of these regulations any tract of country in which ! the precious metals may be found to exist: and the land within such tract of country shall be disposed of according to regulations hereafter to be issued and published iv that behalf; in the same manner and under the- same authority as these present regulations. VI. —TOWN LANDS. 23. The sites of towns shall be determined by the Superintendent, upon the recommendation of the Provincial Council, imd shall be notified by proclamation in the Government Gazette of the Province. 24. Town Lands shall be sold by public auction, in sections, the size, and upset price of wliich shall be determined by'the' Superintendent and the Provincial Council; ana having been so determined, for each town severally, shall not again be altered. 25. The time and place of every auction sale shall be fixed by the Superintendent, and shall bo notified in tlie Government Gazette, and one or more newspapers of the Province, at least thirty days before such sale shall take place. 20. No such notification of any sale of town lands shall be published until a map ol the town, signed by the Chief Surveyor, shall have been laid open for public inspection in the Land Ofßee; aud such map shall set forth, accurately delineated*- all the town scofions numbered consecutively, so fhr 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 the Superintendent, or upon the application of some person who shall, at the time of making such application, deposit.ten.per cent, of the upset pi-ice. with, the Treasurer ofthe Waste Lands Board. Such deposits shall, if no advance on tho, upset price oe made, be considered as the deposit upon the sale at such public auction. 28. If any section shall be purchased by other than the original applicant, the deposit money shall'he forthwith returned on demand. 29. Ten days at least before any such auction sale, a list of all the sections about to be offered for sale shall be published in the Government Gazette, and one or more newspapers of the Province. 30. Every auction sale of land shall be held by the 'Commissioners in. open court as hereinbefore provided. 31. The person who shall be declared the highest hider at sucli auction shall immediately pay a deposit of ten per cent, of the purchase money to the Treasur'or, and in default thereof, the section shall be again immediately put up to auction, paid to the' Treasurer in full, within one week after 3-2. The remainder ofthe rmr/dia'se money sbnl Ihe the day of sale; and,, in delimit thereof, tho pur chase "shall forfeit his deposit money, and also ni right or title to the land; and the section maybe sold to any person applying for the same for the price at which it was knocked down at the auction; and, if not so sold, the section may be again put up to. auction at any future sale. 33. Upon payment of the purchase money in full, the purchaser shall receive from the Commissioners a "License to Occupy," in the form set forth in .Schedule A to tho Waste Lands Regulations, and such License shall be restored to the Commissioners upon receipt of a Crown Grant of the land nurchased. ~-■■-. VII. —RtJKAL LAND. 34. All lands not included in any of the foregoing regulations shall be open for sale as rural land, at an uniform nriee of forty shillings per here. 35. Save as hereinafter provided, no section of ■'Rural Land shall be sold/containing less than twenty acres; but auy section so limited by frontage lines or private liinds ns to contain less than twenty acres may he sold by auction at the upsetoirice of forty shillings per acre; the time and place of sale, and the mode of sale, and payment of purchase money to be as nearly us may be in accordance with the regulations herein, contained applicable to the sale of Town Land. Provided, nevertheless, that if any section so limited shall be included in a Pasturage License with Preemptive Right, the holder of such License, shall be entitled to exercise such Pre-emptive Right under these Regulations upon payment of the siim of forty pounds for such section. . 80: Every section of rural land shall be ?.n one block, and, except as hereinafter provided, ofarect- . angular form, and if bounded by a frontage line be of a depth of half a mile (or 40 chains) from such frontage. ' Note.—A frontage line sliall be taken to mean tlie boundary of a road,'river, or public reserve, or any stream or watercourse which shall have been declared by notification in the Government Gazette to constitute a frontage for the purpose of selection. - 37. Whcrcl from the fi-ontage not being- a straight line or from the interference of other fi-ontage lines, natural features, or the boundaries of private lands, the above rules in respect of form cannot be accurately 'observed,'the form of the section shall be determined as nearly in accordance with these rules a 9, in the judgment of the Board, circumstances will admit. &S. In sections of lands not adjacent to or boipided. by a frontage line, all the sides ipiiy be equal, but one side may not be less than one-third of the other; and such section sliall not be less than half a mile distant from a frontage line. 30. Any person possessing a section of land may at any time' select another adjacent thereto, of such form that the two together, being .consideredas one section, shall be in the form required for a single section under the foregoing rules. 40. "Immediately on the payment of the purchase money, the purchaser sliall 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, the land Mhall be laid off by a Government Surveyor, as nearly in accordance with the description given by the purchaser in his application as these regulations will admit; provided that whenever the lauds selected lie without the surveyed districts, tho expense of the survey and ofeohnecting 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 ■of such suryeys with the ''Treasurer ofthe Waste Lands Board,"which shall be made as soon as practicable, by order of the Chief Surveyor.-■ Provided always, that should any section when surveyed prove to differ in any respect from that intended by the purchaser, the Government will not be responsible for any loss or inconvenience which the purchaser may experience, nor will tho purehi^e money be returned. Proyided also, that If the' Surveyor shall flnd'that the whole extent of land 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 ofthe land to be: conyeyed. The " License to Occupy" sbjUl, in any such case, be amended by the Commissioners, in accordance w(tli.the:report of the Surveyor, and the, Crown Grant sliall be made out in; accordance therewith!; and: the' t "-LicenSe',', shall; be returned to the Commissioners when the Crown Grant shall be issued.

41. Any t,ei-sim making v •lilch an.-! bank fence to lands adjoining.WiwtH Lands of the. Crown may take out of such land.-! half the li.-ii -cor: vi red for the ditch aud bank: provided that no diteii or bank shall be more than six feet in width. VIII.—COMPENSATION LANDS. 42. Whereas, it i* desirable that private persons should be-enabled lo receive portions of-Waste Land in exchange for private lauds taken for roads or for other public purpyr.es; if any pfi-sou sliall be entitled to receive any compensation in respect of any land which shall have been taken for the purposes'of a road cr of any ether public work, or in respect of any damages done to his properly-by the taking of such land for such purposes,- such person shall, mum application to the Waste Lauds Board, be entitled to a grant of rural land'ln such situation as lie shall select, Subject to the conditions as fo.fyj-ui and frontage in these regulations contained, to thq,extent of one aero for every two pouuds sterling of the amount of compensation which the applicant'- shall be entitled to receive in respect, of the land taken for such puiposes or*in respect of such damage ns aforesaid. 43. If any person shall.contract with the Superintendent to make and complete,: within a given lime, any public road, bridge, jyr drain, or :my part of any. such road,,bridge, or "drain, furnishing such security as the Superintendent may require for the due completion of such contract, and .shall select such portion of rural land as he shnll be willing to accept by way of payment or compensation, or by way of part payment or compensation for such work; 'it Uiall be lawu ';for the Siiporiuteudeiit-to reserve such portion of land 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, or so much thereof as the Board shal! adjudge, not exceeding one acre for every two pounds sterling which the Superintendent shall certify to the Waste Lands Board to be the bond fidcvnluc: ofthe work so done by snub person according to the prices for work and materials atthe time of performing such contract current in tho district. Every such reservation. of-land from public sale shall be published in the Government Gazette of tiie Province, as directed in clause 19 of these Regulations.,.-,, . . •; ... ■ No such reservation shall continue in fbi-ec for a longcivperiod than twelve culeudiir. montlis from the date oh which it shall have beeii made. ■■ - Nq land included in a Pasturage License with. Preemptive Right shall, as against the holder of such , Pre-emptive Right, bo so reserved or granted until he shall have been allowed the option of purchasing such laud in the manner in-escribed in clauses 04 and 66 to these Regulations. No greater amount of land than 250 acres shnll under the provisions of this clause be reserved or granted to any person under any such contract, unless 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 ofthe Provincial Council. Provided always that every parcel of land so granted shall be subjected to the same conditions as to form and frontage as auy rural land sold under these Regulations ; provided also that no application for less than 20 acres shall bo received under this clause, but that where any amount of compensation- awarded by the Board shall be of less extent than 20 acres of land, the. persou entitled may pay the balance iv 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 "and the Provincial Council and other the inhabitants of Canterbury are desirous to aid in making- provision- for the maintenance of such pei-sons of "Her Majesty's land and sea forces -as may be discharged ns 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 Lands Board, and upon the production of satisfactory evidence from the proper authorities as to such discharge or death, he entitled to receive a free grant not exceeding- 30 acres of the Waste Lands witliin this Province, subject to tiie conditions as to form and frontage contained in these Regulations; provided always that such application shall be made to the "VV nste Lands Board by such person or widow in person, witliin three years after such discharge or death. X.—PASTURAGE.. , 45. Until sold, granted, or reserved for public purposes 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. 46. Any person applying for a pasturage license shall state to the Commissioners what are tlie boundaries and extent of the run applied for, and the number and 'description of the'--stock which he possesses, or will undertake toplace upon the run within twelve months from the date oftTA; license. 47.'. The extent 'of* run alioweel to each applicant shall be at the rate of 120 acres to every head of great cattle, and 20 acres to every Load of small cattle. The. words "great cattle" shall be construed to mean horned cattle, horses, mules, nnd asses, male ahd female,: with their oifepring 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 fhr as circumstances will admit, of a rectangular form: the frontage, under ordinary circumstances, shall not be greater than one-half the depth. 49. The fee to be paid for the license shall be at the following-rates:—For every run containing less than 1000 acres; twenty shillings for every hundred acres; for every run containing 1000 acres, and not less than 5000 aci ss, two-pence per acre for the first thousand and oue penny per acre for every acre in addition. Pnr pvwv tiiti r/mtmnioe- fifHiO aires nr upwards, one farthing per acre for the first and second years, one half-penny per acre for tho third and fourth yenis, three-farthings per acre for the fifth and every subsequent year; provided that the first year shall be taken to be the time elapsing from, the date of the original license to the first day of May next following. 50. Njb pasturage license shall be granted for a less annual dee than ;£2 10s. 51. The fee shall be paid to the Treasurer of the Waste Land Board every year, in advance;- for the firet year on the issue of the license,.and for the second and every subsequent year on any sitting day of the Board, between the 20th day of April and the first day of May, -■ inclusive; and every pasturage license not renewed by payment of the required fee, on or before the first day of May, shall, unless good cause to the contrary' be shown to the satisfaction of the Waste Lands Boardj be considered as-abandoned. 52. Every pasturage licenie shall be in the form set forth in the' Schedule C to the Waste Lands Regulations, and shall be transferable by endorsement in the form set forth in such|Scliedule, and such transfer shall be deemed to be complete upon notice thereof being duly given to the Waste Lands Board, aud not before. A pasturage license shall entitle the holder thereof to the exclusive ri^ht of pasturage over the land specified therein upon the terms above stated. Such license sliall be renewed by endorsement from year to year, until the land specified therein shall be purchased, granted) or reserved under these regulations; and the fee to be paid in respect of such license shall not be altered until the Ist May, 1870. Such license shall give no right to the soil or to the timber, and shall immediately determine over any land which may be purchased," granted, or reserved under these regulations, A reasonable right of way shall be allowed through all pasturage: runs. ' . ' , . ■ ■ 53,. It at any time during the first four yr»s after the issue of the first license the quantity of stock for the run shall be less than that originally required, or during the next three years less than twice that amount;, or during any subsequent period less than three times that amount' the .Waste Lauds Board may declare the whole or a portion of sucli run "to be forfeited"; provided always that with regard tq,runs granted prior to the issue of these Regulations such firat period of four years shall commence frp.m '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 puiposes of this clause be considered as one "run. ■:''"■ '..-■""' 54. In any case in which a runholder can prove to the satisfaction ofthe Waste Lands Board that he is precluded by arrangements entered into previous to the passing of these regulations from actually, for a given period, placing his sto,pkon liis own run, it shall be sufficient if he prove' to the satisfaction of the Board that he possesses within the Province tho requisite amount of stock, and will undertake to place the same 11 the run at tho expiration of such peoiod. ■-■ 55. Every bolder 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 of all the stock on his run; and if he shall -wilfully and knowingly make any false return, the Waste Lands Board sliall immediately declare his license to be forfeited, 56. Every run or portion thereof which shall have : been forfeited, as above provided, shall be put up by thp W^te Lands Board to public auction, after an advertisement in tho Government Gazette, and one or more newspapers pfthe'i Province. A license granted after forfeiture shall be deemed to be an original license, j Upon appeal'from any.person whose run has been forfeited, within GO days from the dftte of "such forfeiture, it shall be lawful for ti\s ; Superintendent to reserve or] suspend such forfeiture either wholly or in part. 5,?. vESyei-y person taking- out a li< ense for a run which, j is not stocked 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 I kiterest (is soon as he shall have fulfilled the conditions I in respect to stocking the run. within tlie prescribed :.period; but if s'vioh conditions be hot fulfilledsuch deposits shall be forfeited.. " ' '. .:,': 58.. The, above' ru ' i'l'itrespect to stocking a run, and to the lodgment of 111 isitmoney',with the Trecpurer, shall' not apply to ru. 1 {containing less than. 500(J acres. : 59. Every holder qf a license niay lie Required (it any time tcy>ay for, the 'actual-"cost of the stiryey of his rui^ ai£-r£\tenotexceeding2os. for eyery thousand .'BGpa?>" ' ~,....

j (30. kvory holder of a past ut'-age '.icenpo sbail, upun i application*to she Waste Lands Board, bo entitle;! to a pre-emptive right over portions of his run, an follows: —For a run of witless ban 1.000 acres and not moi-i! t:!:;:ii 5,000 acres, over a block of land comprising niu! circumjacent to his homestead to tiie extent, of'o per cent of the acreage ofthe run. For a run of 5,000 acres and upwards, over 230 acres ofland comprising and circumjacent to his homestead ot- principal station. • And for all runs, over all lands occupied by any buildings, enclosures, plantations, cultivations, or any suclfother improvements as shall in the judgment ofthe Waste Lands Board be deemed sufficient for tbe purposes of this clause, together with fifty acre.-; comprising and circumjacent to the lauds so occupied or improved.

GI. The Licensee shall at the time of his application to thb Board give a sufficient description ofthe lands over which he-claims such pre-emptive right, to the satisfaction of the Cliief Surveyor." And the same shall be marked off on he authenticated Maps in the Land Office.

02. ThS-'larids included in such pre-emptive righ may be of such form as the applicant shall choose; but any laud purchased by him in the exercise of such right .shall be subject to the regulations as to form and frontage herein contained.

63. The AVaste Lands Board shall not receive nor entertain any application to purchase, from any person other than the runholder, the aforesaid block around tho homestead or principal station which does not include the whole of such block.

04. The right of pre-emption hereby given shall bo exercised within one week for all lands within twenty miles of the Land Office, at Christchurch; aud within one month for all lands at a greater distance therefrom; such time being reckoned from the date of service of a written notice from the Waste Lands Board, setting forth a copy of the application for any of the hinds included in the pre-emptive right. Such notice may bo served either personally on the runholder, or by leaving the same at his last-known place of abode within the Province, or al the principal homestead or station on the run.

05. The applicant for any rural land included in any pre-emptive right shall deposit with the Treasurer of the Waste Lands Board a sum equal to 4s. per acre of tjie purchase money,, and the remainder he shall ■payi-within one week from tlie date of his application being granted, or forfeit such deposit; Such deposit, however, shall be immediately returned ou demand, if the holder of the pre-emptive right shall give notice of his intention'to purchase any portion of the laud applied for, and pay the requisite deposit.

66. If the holder of the pre-emptive right decide upon purchasing any portion of tiie land .applied for, he shall forthwith pay to the Treasurer of the Waste Lands Board a deposit of-ts. per aero ofthe purchase money of such portion; and, if he shall not within six weeks thereafter have paid tho remainder ofthe purchase money, he shall forfeit such deposit, together with all right or title to the land.

If the holder of any pre-emptive right other than those created, by eiaiise 60 ofthe Waste Lands Regulations shall neglect or refuse to purchase any portion of the land applied for, such portion sliall from and immediately after such neglect or refusal be released from ali right of pre-emption and open to purchase on the terms of these Regulations, as if the same had not been included in any-pre-emptive right,

67. Pasturage Licenses with pre-emptive right in connection with purchased lands, whether under the Canterbury Association or the Crown, shall, from and after tho 'first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, be taken and deemed to be pasturage licenses over tho lands included therein, upon tlie terms of these Regulations, with a preemptive right over all such land, to be exercised su'oect to 'thek) Regulations as regards notice of application, payment of deposit, purchase money, price of land, and size aud shape of blocks. If the laud covered by such pre-emptive right shall be included within the limits of a run held by license under clauses 50 "and 53, the holder thereof in paying rent for the same may take credit for the amount paid by him in respect of lands covered by such pre-emp-tive right.

68. Holders of pasturage licenses without preemptive right shall he entitled to hold such licenses or to have them renewed upon the terms of their contract with the Canterbury Association or the Crown, a? the case may be; but if any person holding a license under the Canterbury Association or the Crown thill voluntarily resign the same, he shall be entitled to receive a license under these Regulations, and shall from the date of such exchange holdhis run at the rate aud pu the conditions specified in these Regulations.

60. If any person exchanging his license shall for any period included in the new "license have paid rent at a higher rate than would bs payable under such license, such overpayment shall be adj listed at the next payment of rent. 70. £11 the event of improvements having been effected by the licensee of a run on any laud which shall be reserved by the General Government or by the Provincial Government under these Regulations, the iieenscco: shall receive payment of the value of such improvements, such value to be decided by "arbitration under direction of the Waste Lands lioai-d, and to be paid by the Treasurer of the Waste Lands Board out ofthe land fund.

71. All payments ou account *of pasturage runs shall in future be made 011 or before tho first day of May, in accordance with clause 51, at the Land Office, at Christchurch, and the. Waste Lands Board shrill sit at that place for the Treasurer to receive the same.

72 All payments to be made on account ot pasturage runs before the first day of May next ensuing shall be made for the portion of the year only which shall elapse between such day of payment and the said first day of May.

73. In calculating the amount ofthe license fee and the stock required to be on the run, the year commencing on the said first day of May shall be deemed to be the same year as that for which such part payment shall have been made.

74. Notwithstanding anything contained in these emulations, it shall be lawful for the Governor, upon rh'e recommendation ol the Superintendent and Provincial Counil, at any time, and from time to time, he proclamation in the Government Gazette of the Province, to reserve for the purposes hereinafter mentioned any lands witlu'n the Province, adjacent to or in the neighbourhood of any town, now or which may hereafter be formed, and to declare that on and from a day to be named in such proclamation all depasturing licenses issued under these regulations, in respect of such reserved lands, shall cease and be of no effect; on and from which day, all such licenses shall, as respects such lands, cease and be of no effect accordingly. And it shall be lawful for the Governor at any time, hereafter, by regulations to "be issued in that behalf, 'according to the provisions of the Waste Lands Act, upon the recommendation ofthe Superintendent and Provincial Council, to regulate the occupation of the Waste Lands ofthe Crown within such reserved districts. TIMISEIt, 75. If any tract ofland shall have been reserved for the sale of the timber thereon, such timber may be sold by public auction at an upset price and subject to conditions to be fixed by the Superintendent, and the purchaser shall agree to remove the same within a certain time; aud all the timber not removed wltlun such time may be again put up to public auction. 76. No person shall, without a license { cut or remove any timber from any Waste Lands of the-Crown (except timber which ho shall have purchased under the l?.st clause) j and any persons so cutting or removing timber shall" be liable to pay the cost of such license for one year together with the costs of recovering the amount of the same. 77. Every license for cutting or removing timber shall.be issued for one month, or for one year, at the request of the person applying for the same; and a fee of 10s. shall be paid upon every monthly license, and of £5 upon every yearly license. -78. A license shall entitle no one but the person named therein to out 'down standing timber, but it will authorise him to employ any number of persons, during the term of the license, to saw, split, or remove the timber so cut; and such license shall not be transferable. 70. A license to cut timhen shall extend only to the .district named therein. 80. Ifany person duly licensed shall have established a saw-pit'for the purpose of sawing timber, no other person shall cut timber within 50 yards of such pit without consent of the 'person first occupying such saw-pit j provided that if the person establishing such pit shall not use the same, and shall not cut timber within such distance as aforesaid from the pit for 23 consecutive days, it shall be lawful for any other holder of a license to enter thereupon, and tci cut timber as though such pit had not been established. 81. If any person shall, for the purpose of removing timber, have made a road upon land being the Waste Lands of tho Crown and not being a highway, it shall not be lawftil for any other person to y^e the same without the permission djfthe person making the same first obtained ; provided that if such road shall not be used at any tune, ftp 90 consecutive days, it shall: be lawful for any holder of a license at any time thereottey to. use the same. . _

82. If any person holding a timber license shall be proved fcefore the Waste Lands Board to have offended against any regulations herein contained respecting timber, or to have wilfully or negligently in-: ured or destroyed by fire or otherwise any timber belonging to the Crown, such licence shall be, and shall be immediately declared to be forfeited,"and it shall be atthe discretion pffche Board to refuse to issue another timber license to the same person.