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Otago Daily Times, Issue 112, 26 March 1862, Page 7

43. ..im }-«';><i!i niiifci-,1" ■„ liirch ami bank fence ■ h<]:i!* ri<!j< iiiinsr Waste T.iir.cis of tin- Crown may take cut r.! -r.c i; ::u,i ■■ half '!;.': 1: l d required for the ditch and l::n:k : iu-ovli'm! Uuit no <'ik-ii or bank shall be more than si>: fuel iv width. VIII.—(/O.WPKXSATroN' LANDS. 40. Wliti'fss it is deMi-sib'c that, private persons should hi; i iNiMcii in receive poifionsof Waste Land.; in exchange for privsiif.'binds taken for roads or for other public purpw'S : -if any |;er.~o>> shall be wtitled to receive ai;y eoiri'A.i;si;ii:ii in lv.-iiiect of any land which shall have been taken for the purposes of. a road or of any other public work, or in respect of any damtiQfts done to hi* properly by the taking of such land .for such purposes, such person shall, mion application to-the Waste Lands Board, be entitled ton grant of rural hind in such situation as ho shall select, subject to the conditions as to form and frontage in these regulations contained, to the exlent of one acre for every two pounds sterling of the amount of compensation which the applicant shall he entitled to receive in respect of the land taken for such purposes or.in respect nf such damage as aforesaid.

43. If iiny 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, oiMlrain, furnishing' such security as the Superintendent, may require for the due completion of such contract, taxi shall select such portion of rural land as he shall be willing to accept by way of payment or compensation, or byway of part payment or compensation for such work; it s!iii!l bo lawu 'for the Superintendent to re.-ervc such portion of land from public sale for such given time but no longer; and such per.-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 for every two pounds sterling which the Superintendent shall certify to the Waste Lands Hoard to b<: the buna file value of the work so done by such ;>oi>xm Recording to the prices for work and materials at the time of performing' such contract current iv the 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 Regulation?.

No siicii reservation shall continue in force fora longer period'than twelve calendar months from the date on which it shall have been Tiir.de.

No land included in a Pasturage License with Preemptive 'Right shall, 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 G4 and 66 to these Regulations. No greater amount of land than 2.50 acres shall under the provisions of this clause be reserved or I granted to any person under any such contract, unless in payment of work for which a vote haa 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 oj' this clause, without the special sanction of the Provincial Council. Provided always that every parcel of land so granted shall bo subjected to the same louditions as to form and frontage as any rural lanci so ■ ( under these Regulations; provided also (iiat no applicafion for less than 20 acres shall be received under this clause, but that win re any amount of compensation awarded by the Board shail 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- fur the purchase of rural lands under these liegulatioi is. IX.- —NAVAL AND MIMTAIIX" BOUNTIES. 44. -Whereas the Superintendent and the Provin.'cial Couhcil and other tlm 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 in the present war with Russia, and also for the maintenance of the widows of thosewho 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 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. 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 Lands Board to occupy the same. 40. 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 each applicant shall beat 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 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 be greater than one-half the depth. 49. The fee to be paid for the license shall be at the ollowirig" rates :—For every run containing less than 1000 acres, twenty shilling's for every hundred acres; for every run containing 1000 acres, and not less than 5000 aciss, two-pence per acre for the first thousand and one penny per acre for every acre in addition. For fvirv run rnnt-nininnr 5(100 firms nr nnwnrriß one farthing per acre for the first and second years, one half-penny per acre for the third and fourth ycais, three-farthings per acre for the fifth and every subsequent year ; provided that the first year shall he taken to be the time elapsing" irom the date of the original license to the first day of 31 ay next following. 50. Ko pasturage license shall be granted for a less annual-fee than £-2 10s.

51. The fee shall he paid to the Treasurer of the Waste Land Board every year, in advance; for the first 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 firet 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. />2. 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 ill the form set forth in such Schedule, and such transfer shall bo deemed to be complete upon notice thereof being duly given to the Waste Lands Board, and not before. A pasturage license shall entitle the holder thereof to the exclusive right of pasturage over the land specified therein upon the terms above stated. , i Such license shall ho 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 the?e regulations. A reasonable right of way shall be allowed tlirpugh all pasturage runs? 53. It at any time during the firet four yws after the issue of the1 first license the quantity of stock for the run shall be less'thaii'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 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 years shall commence from the date on which these Regulations shall come into operation : provided that one Qr-more runs held by the same individual or firm may for the purposes of this clause be considered as one run. ■

54. In any ease 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 passing of these regulations from actually, for a given period, placing iiis 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 Hoard to that effect, make a true and complete return of all the stock on his run ; and if lie shall wilfully and knowingly make any false return, the Waste Lands Board shall immediately declare his license to be forfeited. 50. Every run or portion thereof which shall have been forfeited, ta 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 app-al 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. Kvery person taking out a license 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 interest as soon as he shall have fulfilled the conditions in respect to stocking the run within the prescribed period; but if such conditions be not fulfilled such deposits shall be forfeited 58. The above ru i 1 respect to stocking a run, and to the lodgment of < < (vi money with the Treasurer, bhall not apply to ru l.1 containing less than 501)0 acres. ■ r>9. Every holder of a, license" may be required at any time to pr ( y for the' actual"cost of the survey of his run at a rate not exceeding 20s. for every thousand acres.