"r6i. The Licensee ilmll at thYt'nife of ins application to the Bc»{rd give a sufficient description,oi.tlie.Jandi _over_wljjcfi hejclaims_auclil.'piiej:eiiipjive right, to'the satisfaction of the Chief Surveyor. ~~ And thp same shaU he mhvked oil'on he'-autheuticatcd'-Maps-'in the • Lnnd' Orficjp. <i 2. The lands included in, such nre-emptivsjigj! may be of such form as' the" applicant shall choose'; but linylaVi(l purchased, by ,_liim in.the exorcise of such right' shall| be subject tot ha-regulations'as to form and iWmiasrphpivin contained. .j , ■ '. . . . 03" The] Waste. Land* Board, shall not receive nor entertain Why. .application'- to - purchase, from any person other than the runholdor, the aforesaid block around the| homestead or 'principal station which does not irtclude the whole of such block. - ~, '' 64. The-right'of pre'-emptioif hereby given 'shall be exercised within one>weck for all.lands within twenty miles of ihe Land 'Office,- at 4 ,Clirii>tchure,h;, ,and a within one; month 'far.air hinds' at a greater .distance therefrom j such time being reckoned from the date of service of » written notice from the Waste Lands IJonnl^settintr forth a copy of the application for any of the lands included in, the pre-emptive right. Such noticemay be served cither personally on the runholder, or' by ]ea\ing the same at his last-known placo of abode within the Province, or at the principal homesteader station on the fun. Go. The applicant for any rural land included in any pr.e-emptive right shall deposit with the Treasurer of the Waste Lands Board a sum equal to 4s. per acre of the purchase money,'and .the remainder lie shall pay within one week from the date of his application being granted, or forfeit such deposit. Such deposit, however, shall be immediately returned on demand, if the holder of the.pre-emptive right shall give notice of his intention to purchase-any portion of the land applied for, and pay the requisite depoiit. 6G. i-It'tlic holder of- -.the pre-emptive right decjde upon purchasing any portion of the land applied for, he shall forthwith pay to the Treasurer of the Waste Lands Board a deposit of 4s. per acre of the jivrcbtse money of such portion; and,'if he shall nbt ■vft*'"*.'\3bc weeks thereafter have paid the remainder of tko purchase money, he shall forfeit such deposit, together with all right or title to the land. If the h6ldor ot any pre-emptive right other than those created by clause 60 of the Waste Lands Regulations shall neglect or refuse to purchase any portion of the land applied for, such portion shall from and immediately after such neglect or refusal be released from all 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. ,' G7. Pasturage Licenses with pre-emptive right in connection with purchased lands, whether under the Canterbury Association or the Crown, shall, from and after the first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, be taken and deemed to be pasturage licenses o\ct the lands included therein, upon the terms of these Regulations,- with a preemptive right over all such land, to be exorcised sublet to these Regulations as regards notice of application, payment of deposit, purchase money, price ol land, and size and shape of blocks. If the land covered by such pre-emptive right shall be included within the' limits of a run held by license under clauses oO and 53, the holder "thereof in paying rent for tlie 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 be entitled to hold such licenses or to have them renewed upon the terms of their contract with the Canterbury Association or the Crown, as 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 bs entitled to receive a license under these Regulations, and shidl from the date of such exchange hold his run at the rate and on tlfg conditions specified in these , Regulations. ' CD. If any person exchanging his license shall for any period included in the new license have paid rent at a higher rate than would be payable under such license, such overpayment shall be adjusted at the next payment of rent. 70. In the event ot improvements having been effected by the licensee of a run on any land which shall be reserved by the General Government or by the Provincial Government under these Regulations, the licenseee shall receive payment of the value of such improvements, such value to be decided by arbitration under direction of,the Waste Lands Board, and to be paid by the Treasurer of tlie Waste Lauds Board out of the' land fund. 71. All payments on account of pasturage runs shall in future be made on or before the first day o May,'in accordance with clause 51, at the Land Office, at Christchurch, and the Waste Lands-Board shall sit at that place for the Treasurer'to receive the same, ' . ~ 72 All payments to be made on account of pasturage runs .before the first day of May next ensuing shall be made for the portion of the year only which sluill elapse between such day of payment and the said first day of May. , • - 73. 'In calculating the amount of the 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 shnlljhavc been made. 74. Notwithstanding anything contained in these regulations, it shall be lawful for the Governor, upon the rpenmmpndfltion ol the and Provincial Counil, at any time, and from time to time, be proclamation in the Government Gazette of the Province, to reserve for the purposes hereinafter mentioned any lands within Hie Province, adjacent to or in tlie 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 of the" Superintendent and Provincial Council,'to regulate the occupation of-the Waste Lauds of the Crown within such reserved districts, TIMBER. 75. If any tract of land 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; and all the timber not removed within such time may be again put up to public auction. 76. No person shall, without a .license,"out or remove any timber from any Waste Lands of the Crown (except timber which he shall have purchased under the last clause); and any persons so cutting or removing timber shall be liable to pay the cost of such license for onS'year together with the costs of recovering the amount of the same. 77.'* Every license for cutting ot removing timber shall be issued f&r one month, or for one year, at the request of the person applying for thosame; and a fee of 10s. shall be paid upon every monthly licensp, and of"jss upon every yearly license. 78. A licence shall entitle no one but the person named therein to cut 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. ■ ■.- -79- A license to cut timber shall extend only to the district named.therein. 80. If any 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; provided that if the person establishing such pit snail not use the same, and shall not cut timber within such distance as aforesaid from the pit for 28 consecutive days, it shall ho lawful for any other holder of a license tp enter thereupon, and to cut,timber as though suoh pit had not been established. H , ~ 81. If any person shall.'for the purpose of removing" timber, have made a road upon land being the Waste Lands of the' Crown and not being'a highway, it shall not be lawfuLfor any. other-person -to use the same without the pel-mission of the person making the same first obtained; provided that if such road shall not be used at any time for 90 consecutive da.^s, it shall , be lawful for any holder of a license at any time thereaiter to use the same.' - _■ . , 82. If any person holding a timber license shall be proved before the Waste Lands Board to have offended against any regulations herein contained respecting timber, or to ha.ye wilfully or negligently inured or destroyed by five or otherwise any timber belonging to the Crown, such license shall be, and shall be immediately declared to be forfeited, and it shall be. at the discretion of the Board to refuse to issue another timber license to the same person. \ <~ SCHEDULES." Schedule A. Province 1 . of \ \ ' Canterbury.) > . - LICKNSS TO OCCUTT TOWN LANDS. ' WqER^AB [ of , hath been duly'dearedthe purchaser for'the sum of" ' pounds, shillings, and . _.pence ? of the section of. the Waste, Lands of the Crown hereinafter. described land hath this day paid to - the Treasurer of the Waste Lands Board of the Pre vines of Canterbuiy,. the said sum of * pounds., " "shillings j- and pence,'the .receipt whereof is" hereby*acknbw-
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 151, 10 May 1862, Page 7
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