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Otago Daily Times, Issue 150, 9 May 1862, Page 7

43. If any person shall contract with tlie_ Superin-tendent-to make, and --complete, within n given time, uny public,road,-bridge, or. drain, or.-nny part of any sue!) road, bridge, or driiin.'.i'iirinshinsr such security as tlie Superiiitendcnt.may,require for the due com-i pletion of such contract, unit shall .select such pqr^ionj of rural land ;as. he shall be,\yilling.to,accept by wayi of payment or comjiimsafirm,' or hv way. of part payment, or compensation for Ruph vyork ; t it shall be law,ful for the Superint(>.iiilerit!to resei-ve such portion of! land from-; public sale ,fui.vsiich : :givcn. time' but no! longer; aiiil sucli person shall, oh the completion ofj such contract, be entitled,to: a ; free grant of such land, or so mucli thereof Us the Board" shall adjudge, not: exceeding one,, acre, : for , every twp pounds , which ,the. Superintendmit shall certify to the Wastej Lands Board to be the bond fide ; value of the work soj done by such person according to the;, prices : for workj and materials at the time of peribruurigjSUch'contract, current in the district. , ".."...'.'...' . "i '• Every such reservation of land from public sale > shall be published in the 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. • 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 64 and 66 to these Regulations. i 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 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 of the Provincial Council. Provided always that every par«el of land so granted shall be subjected to the same jonditions astoforni and frontage as any rural hum so i under these Re-f gulations; provided also tha 1 ho 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 lnnd^ 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 MILITAItY BOUNTIES. ': 44. Whereas the Superintendent and the Provincial Council and other the inhabitants of Cantei'bury are desirous to aid in making-provision for the msiintenance 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 those who may be killed in such war:—' Any sucliperson or widow si*all, 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 I 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. ■ . 46. Any person applying for a pasturage license shall state to the Commissioners what arc tlie boundaries, and extent of the run applied for, and the number and description of the stock which he possesses, or will undcrtuke to place upon the run within twelve months from the date of the license. 47. The extent of run allowed to each applicant shall bo 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 their weaned off- : spring. . I 48. Every pasturage run shall be in one block, and, as ferns circumstances will admit; of a rectangular form: the frontage, under ordinary circumstances, shall not be greater than one-half the depth. 49. Tlie fee to be paid for the license shall be at the ollowing4 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 aeies, two-pence per acre'for the first thousand and one penny per acre for every acre in addition. : For every run containine" 5000 acres or upwards, one farthing per acre for the first and second years, one half-penny per acre for the third and fourth years, three-farthings per acre for the fifth and every subsequent year; provided that the firs.t; year shall be taken to be the time elapsing from the date of the original license to the first day or^May next following. 5,0,. No 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 Land Board every year,-.' in advance; ■'■ for the first year on the issue of the license, and for the second arid 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 oi May, shall., unless good cause to the contrary be shown tp the satisfaction of the Waste Lands Board, be considered as abandoned.. •■• 52. Eyery 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 the : form set forth in such Schedule, and such transfer shall be deemed to be complete upon notice thereof being duly giveu 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. Such license shall be renewed by endorsement from year to year, until the land specified therein shall be purchased, granted, or reserved under these regulations; and the tee to be paid in respect of such .license shall not be al-> tered until the Ist May, 1870. ' Such license shall give no right to t^ie 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 years after the issue of the first license the quantity of stock for the ruushall 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 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 or more runs held by the same individual or .firm s may for the purposes of this' clause be considered as one ,run. . ' , ■'.'.' 54. In any case n which a runholder can prove to I! the satisfaction of the Waste Lands Board that lie is | precluded by arrangements en-tered into previous to the passing of these regulations from actually, for a given period, placing his stock on his own run, it shall ha sufficient if he prove to the satisfaction pf the Board that he possesses within the Province the requisite amount of stock, and wili 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 run; and if he shall wilfully and knowingly ; make any false return, the Waste Lands Board shall 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 the Waste Lan^s 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 originaflicense. 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 cither wholly or in part. 57. Every person taking out a license for a run which is not stocked will be required to deposit with the Treasurer tlie 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 m respect to stocking the run within the prescribed period; but if such conditions be not fulfilled such dei posits shall be forfeited 58. The above rules in respect to stocking a run, and to the lodgment of the money with the Treasurer, shall not apply to runs 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 exceeding2os. for every thousand 60.' Every holder of a pasturage license shall, upon application to the Waste Lands Bo.ard, he entitled to n pre-emptive right over portions of his run, as follows:—For a run of liot.less han 1,000 acres and not more'than 5,000 acres, over a block of land comprising and circumjacent;to,liis homestead to the extent ; of% per cent of the acreage of the run. For a run of 5 000 acres and upwards, over 250 acres of land comprising and circumjacent to his homestead or principal station. And for all runs, over all lands occupied by any buildings, enclosures, plantations, - cultivations, or any such other improvements as shall in the judg 7 ment of tlie' Waste Lands Board be deemed sufficient for the purposes of this clause, together with fifty acres comprising and circumjacent to ths lands ao ooeapi«dwwufr«'T»*: "