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Otago Daily Times, Issue 111, 25 March 1862, Page 7

41. Any person making a ditch arid bank fence * lands adjoining Waste Lands of the Crown may* takeout of Mich i.imls half the land required for the ditch and bank : provided that no Uileli or bank shall be more than mx feet in width. VIII. —COMPENSATION LANDS. 42. Whpreas it is desirable that private persous should be enabled to lwcrre portions of Waste Land in exchange for private lauds taken for roads-or for other public purpose*;.'-if any person shall be entitled to receive any compensation in respect of any land which shall havo.Kbeim taken for the purposes of a road or of any ot.her.piiblic work,'or in respect.of any damages clone to lijs, property by the takiiig of such', laud for such purposes, such person shall, nnon application to the AVaste Lands Board, he' entitled "to a grant, of rural laud in such situation as he sliall select, subject to the conditions as to form and frontage hi these regulations contained, to the extent of one acre for every two pounds sterling- of the amount of compensation which the applicant shall be entitled to receive in respect of* the fand taken for such purposes or'in respect of such damage as aforesaid. 43. If any person shall contract with the Superintendent to make and complete, within a given time, any public road, bridge, or drain, or any 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 lie shall he willing' to accept, by way of payment or compensation, or by way of part payment or compensation for such work; it shall be lawu "for the Superintendent to reserve such portion of land from public sale for such given time but no longer; and such-pc-r.-on shall, on the completion of such contract, be entitled to a free grant of such land, or so much thereof as the Board shall adjudge, not exceeding one acre tor every two pounds sterling which the Superintendent shall certify to the Waste Lands Board to be the bona fick. valucofthe work so done by such person according to tho prices for work and materials at the time of performing such contract current in the district. Every such reservation of land from public sale shall be published in tho Government Gazette of the Province, as directed in clause 19 of these Regulations. • / . . ~ No such-reservation shall, continue' in force fora longer period than twelve calendar months from the date on which it shall have been made. ' No land included in a Pasturage License with Preemptive Rightshall, as'against the holder of such Pre-emptive Right, be so reserved or granted until he shall have been allowed the option of purchasing such land in the manner prescribed in clauses 64 and C6 to these Regulations. No greater amount of land than 250 acres shall 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, Provinciitl Council. No greater amount of land than 1000 acres in the aggregate shall, in any one year, bo reserved or granted under the provisions of this clause, without the special sanction of the Provincial Council. Provided always tiiat every parcel of land so granted shall be subjected to the same ;oiiditions as to form and frontage as any rural lann so i under these Regulations also that no application for less : than 20 acres shall be 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 person entitled may pay the balance in cash upon the same terms as other applicants for the purchase of rural lauds under these Regulations. IX.—N^VAL AND MIHIAKy 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 persons of Her Majesty's land and sea forces as may be discharged as unfit for further service in consequence of wounds or loss of health incurred nv-tlic present, war with Russia, and also tor the .maintenance'of the widows of those who may be killed in sueW'war :— Any such^p'erson 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, be entitled to receive a free grant not exceeding 30 acres of the Waste Lands within this Province, subject to the conditions as to form and frontage contained in these Regulations; provided always that such application shall be made to the Waste Lands Board by such person or widow in person within three years after such discharge or death. * , X. —PASTURAGE. 46. 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 Board to occupy the same. 46. Any person applying for a pasturage license shall state to the Commissioners what are the boundaries 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 twelve months from the date of the license. 47. The extent of run allowed to eacli 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, horses, 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 then- 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 be greater than one-half the depth. 4U. The fee to be paid for the license shall he at the ollowing rates: —For every run containing less than 1000 acres, twenty shillings for every hundred acres; for every, run containing11000 acres, and not less than 5000 aci es, two-pence per acre for the first thousand and one penny per acre for every acre in addition. Tor pvpi-v vnn rnnfa-rniner fiflOO nnrns or upwards one farthing per acre for the first and second years, one half-penny per acre for tho third and fourth years, 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. N,b pasturage license shall be granted for a less annual fee than £2 10s. 51. The fee shall be paid to the Treasurer of the Waste Lane], Board every year, in advance; for the first year'pn'the issue of the license, and for the second and evei-y'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 Board, be considered as abandoned. 52. Every pasturage license shall be in the form set forth in the" Schedule C to the Waste Lands Regulations, and shall be transferable by endorsement in tho 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 befoi-e. A pasturage license shall entitle the holder thereof to the exclusive right of pasturage over the land specified therein upon the terms above stated. Such license shall be renewed by endorsement from year to year, until the land specified therein shall bo purchased, granted, or reserved under these regulations; and the fee to be paid in respect of jsuch 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 bo allowed through all pasturage runs. : 53. If at any time during the first four yea'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 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 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 tliis clause be considered as one run.

54. In any case in which a runholder can prove to the satisfaction of the Waste Lands Board that he is precluded by arrangements entered into previous to the pass-ing of these regulations from actually, for a given period, placing his stock on his own run, it shall be sufficient if he prove to the satisfaction of the Board that he possesses within the Province the requisite amount of stock, and will undertake to place the same n 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 of all the stock on his ran; and if he shall wilfully and knowingly make any false return, the Waste Lands Board shall immediately declare liis license to be forfeited. 56. Every run or portion thereof wliicli shall 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 after forfeiture shall be deemed to be an original license. Upon appeal from any person whose run has been forfeited, within 60 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 lit ense for a run which is not stocked will be required to deposit with the Treasurer the sum of ten shillings for every hundred acres included in the license, which will be returned without as soon- as he shall have fulfilled the conditions in respect to stocking the run within tile prescribed period; but^f-suuh conditions be not fulfilled such deposits shall be: forfeited. 58. The above run respect to stocking a run, and to. thei lodgment of i v H money with the Treasurer, shall not appty to ru i (containing less than 5000 acres. 59. Every holder of a license may be required at any time to pay for the actual cost of the survey of his run at a rate not exceedina;2os. for every thousand acres, ■ ■'■. ■■•■•■■• ■■■■'■ ■'■■ ■:■'■•