LETTERS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 153, 13 May 1862, Page 7

LETTERS.

I.—lnland Letters. Not exceeding h 02... ... .. ... 2d. Exceeding £ oz7, and not exceeding 1 oz. ... 4d. „ 1 oz., „ „ 2oz. ... Bd. And so on, increasing fourpence for every additional ounce or fraction of un ounce. # 2.—To tub United Kingdom. By Southampton or by direct ship— Not exceeding J0z..., . .. • ■ .. 6d. Exceeding i oz.. and not exceeding 1 oz. ... Is. „ 1 oz., „ ~ ,2oz. ... 2a. And so on, increasing one shilling for every additional ounce or fraction of an ounce. By Marseilles— Not'exceeding \oz ... .. .. ... 9d. Exceeding 1 oz., and not exceeding £ oz. ... Is. „ I oz., „ „ i «z. Is. fld. jioz., „ „ loz. ... 2s. And so on, being an addition to the ordinary postage, at the rate of threepence per quarter ounce. 3.—To Bbitisii Colonies akd Foreign Countries Not exceeding ioz .. • • •• •• 6d. Exceeding .J oz., and not exceeding 1 oz. .. Is.. „ 1 oz., „ ~ 2oz. .. 2s. And so on, increasing one shilling for every additional ounca or fraction of an ounce. g«r Except in the following cases, where special rates arc payable. 4. —TO THE CONTINENT OK EUROPE Via TRIESTE. Not exceeding loz .. .. .. Is. Cd. Exceeding 3 oz., and not exceeding 1 oz. .. 3s. ~' 1 oz., „ „ 2 oz. .. 6s. And so on, increasing three shillings for every additional ounce or fraction of an ounce. s.—To Stria and Turret. Lctterß will be forwarded via Alexandria and Jaffa (unless marked for transmission via the United Kingdom), and will he charged as follows : — Not exeetdiug I oz. ... ... ... ... lid. Exceeding j oz . and not exceeding 1 oz. Is. lOd. And 80 on, increasing one shilling and tenpence for every additional ounce or fraction of an ounce. 6. —TO CniRA AND THE EASTERN AIICnirELAGO. ' Letters addressed to Hongkong, Pei)iing,_ Singapore, or any part of China or Japan, the Phillipine Islands. Java, Sumetra,.Borneo, La buan, the Moluccas, and giam, are chargeable as follows : — Not exceeding Joz. ... ■ ~" ~ .. Is Excc'edipg i oa., and not exceeding 1 oz. .. 2s And soon, increasing two shilling for every addi- \ tional ounce or fraction of an ounce. - J7.—To X aval Officers on Foreion Statioks. Letters addressed to Officers serving on board any ef Her Majesty's ships on a foreign station, when sent through the United Kingdom, are chargeable as follows :— Not exceeding A 0z.... ... # ... ... Is. Exceeding A oz., and not exceeding 1 oz. ... 2s. ~ I oz., „ „. 2 oz. ... 4s. And bo en, increasing two shillings for every additional ounce or fraction of an ounce. B.—To Naval Seamen and Soldiees. Jitters sent to or by Seamen and Soldiers in Her JljijVfcty's service will be transmitted within the Cplopy, and between the Colony and any Post Office jn the British dominions, at a charge of Ope Penny, provided that the following regulations-are observed :—; 1. Each letter must not exceed half an ounce in weight.1 ■•'./•. ' 2. It must be superscribed wiffl the name of the writer, his description or class in the vessel or regiment, and signed by the officer at the time in command ■' 8. The postage must be pre-paid. Every letter of this description, posted or received in this Colony -not in accordance with the foregoing regulation, will be treated as an ordinary letter. 9.—Freb Letters. Letters on the public service of Her Majesty's Naval and Military Forces, are exempted from the payment of postage, if bearing the words "On Her Jtiajesty's Service, and the signatuve of the officer in command of the force on the service of which the letter'is despatched. But such letters cannot be tr&nßmitted j,y al) y ji Te g U ] ar ronte, or one entailing additional expense on the Colonial Government. Letters on the-public service of the General GoYernmept of the Colony are transmitted free by poet, if bearing the words, " On the Public Service only," Mid the signature of sonic officer of the General Governnient authorised to frank official letters. » 10,— Registered Letters, ■ Etgestration Fee ... ... .. ... Is In additiob to the ordipary postage chargeable on any letter. Except in special cases, as exhibited in table (B •'u.ljoined. > ; ' ' NEWSPAPEKS. ** 1. To any part of the Colony, if published in the Colony, and posted within seven days from publication .'. .. Free. If not published inthe Colony, or not posted within seven days from publication, each .. .. .. .. Id. 2. To the United Kingdon, via Southampton, or by direct ship '.. ••'.■. ..Free. To the United kingdom, 'via Marseilles, each .. .... .. 3d. 3. To the Continent of Eurojje. via Trieste, each ... ... : 2d. '4. To Syria and Turkey (not through the United Kingdom), _ not exceeding two ounces ... ... ... ••■ W« And co on, at the rate of one penny for every additional two ounces. Note.—For the Postage chargeable on Newspapers, forwarded to other countries, through the United Kingdom, see table (A) subjoined. -BOOK PACKETS. 1. To any part of the Colony, or to the United Kingdom, via Southampton Not exceedine; 4oz ... ... ... 4d. Exceeding 4 oz., and not exceeding 8 0z... Bd. „ 8 or., „ „ ICcz... Is. 4d. And co on, iijcicaHi<g eifht pence fcr eveiy additianal Lalf-pouiid, cr" fraction cf lialfa-] lxwA. 2. To the following British Colonies— Ascension lonian Itlands Bermuda Natal Britith Vest Indies Ktw Brunswick Canada Newfoundland Cspc of Gccd Hope* Nova Scotia . Tslklnnd Islands Printe Edward Island Gsiubia t-t. Helona Gold Coast }-ierra Leone Heligoland ' . Vancouver's Island Not exceeding 4 oz. ... . — ••■ 7d. Excetiiing 4 oz., ar.d not e>.cee«mp 6 oz. ... Is. 2d. 8 cz... ~ „ 16 oz. ... 2s 4d. Ar.d to en. inertatir.g cne thillii p nr.d two pence for ttrj Lali-ita.ir. or iicttioi: of Lali »-jxuiid. PKirAVI.LKI BY tTAJiIS. All letttiE, ]iiiU'U, ai.d nii-.tjajers ported in New Ziaiiii.u, 11.1.M. Lt- piejuio Lj tiLiiug pontage I«b«l8 cf the colony of kuthcient value.

lOOSK LETTERS. All letters received from beyond seas, at any Post Office in this Colony, which have not 'been regularly posted at the place of despatch (loose letters), u>e chargeable with full postage, aecordivg to the rates established by the foregoing tables, unless they fire letters which it is not compulsory by law to Bend by post, in which case they are chargeable with the inland rate of postage only. IKSCFFICIEST PAYMENT. Letters and pickets liable to more than one rate of postage, uiidatidiesstd to places within the Colony, or to'the United Kingdom, ii bearing at least a single rate, will be fortvnrded and chained with the postage deficient, and another single rate us a fine. Letters .and packets so addressed, and bearing less than a single rate of postage, and all letters and packets otherwise addressed, not bearing the full postage chargeable, will be detained and returned to the sender in all cases where practicable. Newspaper.", j if posted without prepayment of the full amount crj postage chargeable, can neither be forwarded to_ their destination nor returned to the sender; but will be delivered 'or forwarded to the person addressed, on application, within six mouths, at the office where same were posted, and payment of the deficient postage in stumps. REQIPTRATIOIf. Any person can have a letter registered by affixing on it by means of the proper labels the amount of the registration fee, in addition to the proper postage, and presenting it at a Post Office during office hours), and at least one hour before the dosing of the mail by by which it is desired to bo transmitted. Every precaution will be adopted to ensure the safe delivery of a registered letter, by entering it on the letter bills, and obtaining areeeipt for the same ondelivery.Asthe Post Office, however is not responsible for the loss of any letter, whether registered of otherwise, persons sending bank notes or drafts are advised to take the numbers and "particulars,''and to cut the notes or drafts in halves, and to send them by different posts. RE-DIRECTION. '. Letters, newspapers, and packets will be re-directed, from one Post Office to another on the written instructions of the per.-on addres-sed, but on re-direction are chargeable with a new and distinct rate of postage, to be paid on delivery. ' . : ' PENALTIES. Any person sending as exempt from postage letters not liable to exemption, or enclosing a communication in the nature of a letter in any newspaper or book-packet, it liable to a penalty of £20. SIZE AND WEIGHT. : No book-packet or packet of newspapers will be received, nor will any Postmaster be required to receive any letter if it exceed two teet in length, one foot in v idth or depth, or three-pounds in ■weights. BOOK-PACKETS TO BE OPEN FOR INSPECTION. Every book-packet shall be sent open at the ends or sides, and there shall be no enclosure sealed or otherwise closed against inspection sent in or with such packet, nor any thing printed or written in the nature of a letter. CONTENTS. With the above limitations, a packet-book may contain any number of separate books, maps, priuts, or pbotogiaps, and any quantity of paper, vellum, or parchment, either printed, written on, or plain, (exclusive, of anything in the nature of a letter whether sealed or open,) with the binding, covering-, or mounting attached or belonging to such book, print, map, or photograph, nnd all things legitimately appertaining to or necessary for the transmission of any enclosed literary or artistic matter, but exclusive of glass in any form. The names and address of the sender may appear on the cover. OVERLAND CARRIAGE. No Postmaster will be required to receive any book-packet for transmission by an overland mail, it from its weight or any other cause the packet appear calculated to retard the" carrier. CROSBIE WARD, Postmaster-General. REGULATIONS FOB THE DISPOSAL, SALE, LETTING AH) OCCUPATION OT THB WASTELANDS 01" THE CROWI* tIK TUB PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY: . •AS AMENDED. 1. A LL Regulations now in force in the ProXJL. vince of Canterbury for the sale, letting, disposal, and occupation of the Waste Lands of the Crown are hereby repealed. 2. All such Waste Lands shall, from and after the day on which these Regulations shall come into force, be sold, let, disposed of, and occupied according to these Regulations, and not otherwise. 3. Every 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 the minutes of the Council. II. —THE "WASTE LANDS BOARD. 4. There shall be established a Board to be 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 appointed to act as Treasurer) shall be appointed and be removable by warrant under the hand lof the Superintendent. 0. One member of the Waste Lands Board shall also lie the Treasurer thereof, and such member,shall be appointed and removable by the Governor. 6. The Waste Lands Board shall sit at the principal Land Office of the Province, at certain stated times to 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 sittings due notice shall be given in the Provincial Government Gazette^ and one or more newspapers published in the Province. 7. The Chief Commissioner when present, and in his absence then some member selected by those pre r sent at nny meeting of the Board, shall preside thereat, and shall have a, casting vote in all questions coming before the Board. 8. All questions coming before the Board shall be decided by a majority of the Commissioners present thereat. 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, be determined by the Board at some sitting thereof. 11. The Board shall have power to hear and determine all disputes between the holders of Pasturage and Timber Licenses respecting the boundaries of runs and districts, and shall have and exercise all the powers which may be lawfully had and exercised by any Commissioner of Crown Lauds, under the provisions of the " Crown Lands Ordinance, Scbs. X., No.l ;" and the "Crown Lands Extension Ordinance, Sess. XL, No. 10." 12. All the routine business of the Land Department Bhall 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" Bhall be kept open during office hours at the Land Office, in which the name of every person desiring to make 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 Board, consider and determine all applications in the order in which'they shall appear in the application Wmk. Provided that if any person shall not appear himself or by some person duly authorise! on his belief before the Board when called in his turn, his appi.'ation.shall be dismissed until his -name shall appear again in the Book in ' order. Provided also that if two. or more persons shall apply at the same time to write the.fr names in the Application Book the Chief Commiia/oner shall bracket their; tones f and shall initial the bracket; and when- they all apppar before the. Board, the Board shall determine the priority of right to be hard by lot. And it shall not be lawful for the Board to hear any application except such as shall be made in accordance with this recuuition. ' 14. The Board shall keep true and detailed minutes of all applications made to the Board, and all decisions thereon, and of all sums 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 shall be open to the inspection of all persons desiring to inspect the same, at all reasonable hours, 6d payment oi the sum of two shillings and sixpence for every such inspection. , .". lII.—SURVEYS. 15. There shall be a Chief Surveyor who shall be appointed and removable by Warrant under the hand .pi the Superintendent, and as mnpy . distant Surveyors as shall be neecssai-y, who shall ue appointed and removeable by the Superintendent upon therecommendation oi the Chiet Surveyor. • 16. All surveys shall be conducted in such manner an the Board by any regulations to be mad* in that behalf shall direct. •' . IT. —THE LAND REYENUK. / 17. All payments to be made in respect of land shall be made to, the Treasurer of the Board during the" ■ sitting thereof, and the Treasurer'shall thereupon give receipts for the same. 18.—By the 62nd clause of tie Constitution Act i the Governor is authorised and.required to,pay out of j the revenue arising iioui the disposal, of the Waste Lands of tie Cr»wa all tbt Mate tkargtt, bmA «x-

penses incitlcut to the collection, management, and receipt thereof; and also to pay out of the said revenue such sums as shall become payable under cerfair: other provisions tlitrcin contained. Tlie Treasurer of the Waste Lmids Board shall, ihei-efore, pay out of all the funds cowing into his hands under these regulations all such suing for the Kbovr-nnmed purposes, in such manner :iud to such persons as the Governoi shall direct. V.—PUBLIC RESERVES. 19. Reserves for tie uses of the Provincial Government and for other ] uhiic purposes may, upon the ecoirunemintinn of the Provincial Council, be made liy the Superintendent; and shall not be alienated i'rom the specific purposes to which they shall have been severally dedicated, except under the provisions of nn Act of the General Assembly, cntituled the " Public Reserves Act, 1854;" and a full and com-, plete description of every such reserve and of the purposes to which it shall have been dedicated shall, I us soon as possible after it shall have been made, be I published in the Government Gazette of the Province, and set forth on the authenticated maps in the Land 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. 20. Reserves for public highways, hridle-paths, and foot-paths, shall be made by the Superintendent, and shall be set forth on the authenticated maps in the Land Olfice. The Superintendent and the Provincial Council inny by Ordinance niter the line of any such highways, bridle-paths, and loot-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 land may at any time cease to be so reserved upon a resolution of the Provincial Council. 22. The Superintendent may, upon the recommendation of the Provincial Council, by proclamation in the Government Gazette, reserve from the operation 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 o according to regulations hereafter to be issued and published in that behalf; in thn same manner and under the same authority as these present regulations VI.—TOWN I,ANI>S. 23. The sites of towns shall be determined by the Superintendent, upon the recommendation of the Provincial Council, and 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 which shall be determined by the Superintendent and the Provincial Council; and 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 be notified in the Government Gazette, and one or more newspapers of the Province, at least thirty days befor* such sale shall take_ place. 20. No such notification of any sale of town lands sliall be published until a map of the town, signed by the Chief Surveyor,- shall have been laid open for public inspection in the Land Office; nnd such map j shall set 'forth, accurately delineated, all the town I see.tions numbered consecutively, so far 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 ot some pei-son who shall, at the time of making such application, deposit ten per cent, of the upset price with the Treasurer of the Waste Lands Board. Such deposits sliall, if no advance on the 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 be- } 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. SO. 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 .bider at such auction shall immediately pay a deposit often per cent, ol the purchase money to the Treasuror, and in default thereof, the section shall be again immediately put up to auction. paid to the Treasurer in full, within one week after 32. The remainder of the pnrWia-u* mnvny shol I'm the day of sale: and, in default thereof, the pur chase sliall forfeit his deposit money, and also al right or UL.le to the land; and the section may be 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 maybe again put iip 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 se.t forth in Schedule A to the "Waste Lands Regulations^ and such License shall be restored to the Commissioners upon receipt of a Crown Grant of the land purchased. Vfl. —KURAI. LAND. .'- ■ ; ' 34. All lands not included in any of the foregoing regulations shall be open for sale as rural land, at an uniform price of forty shillings per acre. 35. Save as hereinafter provided,- no section of Rural Land shall be "Bold, containing less than twenty acres; but any section so limited by frontage lines or private lands as to contain less than twenty acres may be sold by auction at the upset price 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 as 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 unon payment of the sum of forty pounds for such section. ." -.. 36. Every section of rural land shall be 'n one block, and, except as hereinafter provided, of a rectangular form, and if bounded by a frontage line ,shall be of a depth of half a mile (or 4.0 chains) from such frontage. ■ '■■-. ".-■■'.. Note.—A frontage line sliall be taken to mean the 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. Where, from the frontage not being a straight line or rom the interference of other frontage 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 as, in the judgment of the Board, circumstances will admit. 88. In sections of lands not adjacent to or bounded by a frontage line, all the sides may he equal, but one side may not be less than one-third of the otherj and such section shall not be less than half a mile distant from & frontage line. 39. Any person possessing a section of land may at any time' select another adjacent thereto, of such form that the two together,"being considered as one section, shall be in the form required for a single section under the foregoinc: rules. 40. Immediately on the payment of the purchase money, the purchaser shall 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 sliall 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 lands selected lie without the surveyed districts, the expense of the survey and of connecting 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 surveys' with the Treasurer of the Waste Lands Board, which shall be made as soon as practicable, by order of the Chief Surveyor. Provided a'ways, that should any section when surveyed prove to diner iv 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 the purchase money be returned. , Provided also, that if the Surveyor shall find that thewhole extent of land in the selected locality falls.short ot the quantity paid-for by the purchaser, the Treasurer shall repay so much of the purchase money as exceeds the price of the land to be conveyed. The "License to Occupy" shall, in any sucli case, be amended by the Commissioners, in accordance with the report of the Surveyor, and. the Crown Grant shall be made out in accordance therewith;, and the "■license" shall be returned to die'.Commissioners'when''the Crown Grant shall be ssued. 41. Any person making a ditch and bank fence on lands adjoining Waste Lands of the Crown mny take out of such lands half the land required for the ditch and bank: provided that no ditch or bank shall be more than six feet in width. VIII.—COMPENSATION IjANDS. 42. -Whereas it is desirable ■ that private persons should be enabled to receive portions of Waste Land iv exchange for private lands taken for roads or for other public purposes; if any person shall be entitled to receive any compensation in respect 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 damages done to his property by the taking of sucli land lor suclnpurposes, such person shall, unon application to the' Waste Lands Board, be entitled to a grant of rural land in such situation as he shall select, subject to the conditions as to form and frontage iv 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 ro receive in respect of the land taken for such purpose* •ximrmptM »f wok «Uaug* at aforesaid.

43. If any person shall contract with the Superintendent to make and conp'ote, within a given time, miy public road, bridge, or drum, 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 snail select such portion of rural land as he shall be willing to accept by way j of payment or compensation, or hv way of par/, payment or compensation for such work ; it. shall be lawful for the Superintendent to reserve such portion of laud from public sale for .«iieh given time but no lonper; 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 Board to be the bond fide value of the work so done by such person according to the 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 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 moutlis 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. 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 sliall, 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 pam:l of land so granted shall be subjected to the same londitionsas to form and frontage as any rural lano. so «under those Regulations; provided also thai.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 lands under these Regulations. IX. —NAVAL, ANDMILITAHY BOUNTIES. 44. Whereas the Superintendent and the Provincial Council and other the inhabitants of Canterbury are desirous to aid in making provision for the main- ! tenance 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 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 depth, 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 sucli person or widow in person within three years after such discharge or death. X. —PASTURAGE. 45. v 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 Lands Board to occupy the same. 46. Any person applying for a pasturage license shall state to the Commissioners wkat 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 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 their weaned offspring. ~.-.'-. 48. Every pasturage rim shall be in one block, and, as far as circumstances will admit, of a rectangular form: the frontage, under ordinary circumstances, shall not biT greater than one-half the depth. ~: 49. The fee to be paid for the license shall be at the ollowing 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 aeijs,'two-pence per acre for the first thousand and one penny per acre -for every acre in addition. Tot pvptv run mrntaining" rrflfio nmw.-nr-'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 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. No pasturage license shall be granted for a less annual fee than £210s. * : 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 and every subsequent year on any sitting day of the Board, between the 20tH day of April anf 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 o£ the Waste Lands Board, be considered as abandoned. 52. Everyjjasturage license shall be in the form set forth in the Schedule C to the Waste Lands Regulations, and shall be transferable by endorsement in tjie 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 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 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 years 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 Lands Board may declare the whole or a portion of such run to he forfeited; provided always that with regard to runs granted prior to the issue of these Regulations sucli 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 this clause be considered as one run. 54. In any case n 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 his stock on his own run, it shall be sufficient if he prove to the satisfaction of the Board that he possesses' witliin the Province the requisite amount of stock, and will undertake-to place the same 1 i. the yan 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 I effect, make a true and complete return of all the stock on his runj and if he shall wilfully-and knowingly make any false return, the Waste Lands Board shall immediately deelare.his.lieense to be forfeited. 00. Every run or portion thereof which 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 originallicense. 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 1« 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 interest as soon as he shall have fulfilled the conditions in respect to slocking the run within the prescribed period; but if such conditions be not fulfilled such deposits shall be forfeited 58. The above rules in respect to stocking ft run, and to the lodgment of the money- with the Treasurer, shall not apply to -Tins 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 exceediug2os. for every thousand acres. 60. Every holder of a pasturage license shall, upon ' application to the Waste Lands Board, be entitled to ; a pre-emptive right over portions of his run, as follows ;—For a run of nut less han 1,000 acres and not more than 5,000 acres, over a block of land comprising and circumjacent to his homestead to the extent of 5 per cent of the acreage of the run. For a run of s,ool).acres and upwards, over 250 acres of land comprising and circumjacent to his homestead pr principal station. And for all runs, over all lands occupied by any buildings, enclosures, plantations, cultivations, or any such other improvement* as shall in the judgment of the Waste Lauds Board be deemed sufficient for the pui'poses.of this clause, together with fifty acres comprising and circumjacent to the lands *o ec•upied «r iiajr* voi.

61. The Licensee shall at the time of his application to the Bonrd give a sufficient description of tnc land* over wliicn he claims such pre-emptive right, to the satisfaction of the Chief .Surveyor. And the sanifshall be marked off on he authenticated Maps in the Land Office. 02. The lands included in such pre-emptive rig/i may be of such form as the applicant shall choose : but any land purchased by him hi the exercise of such right shall be subject to the regulations as to form and frontage herein contained. 63. The Waste Lands Board shall not receive nor entertain any application to purchase, from any person other than the runholder, the aforesaid block around the homestead or principal station which does not include the whole of such block. 64. The right of pre-emption hereby given shall be exercised within one week for all lands within twenty miles. of the Land Office, at Christchurch; and within one month for all lands at a greater distance therefrom; such time being reckoned,from the date of service of n written notice from the Waste Lands i Board, setting forth a copy of the application for any of the lands included in the pre-emptive right. Such noticemay be served either personally on the runholder, or by leaving the same at his last-known place of abode within the Province, or at 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 the purchase money, and the remainder he sliall 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 deposit. 66. If the holder of the pre-emptive right decide upon purchasing any portion of the land applied for, he sliall forthwith pay to the Treasurer of the Waste Lands Board a deposit of 4s. per acre of the purchase money ot such portion; and, if he shall not r-i'' 'in aix weeks thereafter have paid the remainder of tiuj parchase 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 clause 60 of the Waste Lands Regulations shall neglect or refuse to purchase any portion of the laud applied for, such portion sliall 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. 67. Pasturage Licenses with pre-emptive right in connection with purchased lands, whether under the Canterbury Association or the Grown, shall, from and after the first day of April,"'.due thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, be taken and deemed to be pasturage licenses over this "lands included therein, upon the terms of these Regulations, with a preemptive right over all such land, to be exercised subect to these Regulations as regards notice of application, payment of deposit, purchase money, price ot 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 50 and 53, the holder thereof in paying rent for the same may take credit for the amountpaia 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 shall voluntarily resign the same, he sliall be entitled to receive a license under these Regulations, and shall from the date of such exchange hold his run at the rate and on the conditions specified in these Regulations. 69. 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 the Waste Lands 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 Ofbce, at. Christchurch, and the Waste Lands Board shall sit at that place for; the Treasurer to receive ; ; the 'same... ..' .-■:„..,.■ .., v ■:.....,....,-...■....... ■~..,./.!,- ,; ■72 All payments to be made on account ot pasturage runs before the first day of !May next'ensuihg shall be made for the portion of the year only whicfi 'shall 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 thatfor which such part payment shall hnve been made. 74. Notwithstanding anything contained in these regulations, it shall be lawful for the Governor, upon tlie recnmmpTidat.inn of the Superintendent, anil 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 witliin 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 coase and be of no effect; on and from which day, .ill 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 Lands 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, cut 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 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 every1 monthly license, and of £5 upon every yearly license. 78. A license shall entitle no one but the person named therein to cut down standing timber, but it will authorise liim 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 (ransferable. 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 j saw-pit; provided that if the person establishing such 1 pit shall not use the same, and shall not cut timber 1 within such distance as aforesaid from the pit for 28 consecutive days, it shall be lawful for any other holder of a license to, enter thereupon, and to 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 the Crown and not being a highway, it shall not be lawful for any other person to use the.same without the permission of'the person making the same first obtained; provided that if such road shall not be used at nny time for GO consecutive da.^s, it shall be lawful for any holder of a license at any time thereaiter to.use.tlie same. 82. ff 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 have wilfully or negligently inured or destroyed by fire or otherwise any timber be-longing-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 ) of \ ■ Canterbury. ) LICENSE TO OCCUFT TOWN XAKSS. Whereas of hath been duly deared the purchaser for the sum of pounds, shillings, and pence ? of the section of tlie Waste Lands of the Crown hereinafter described land hath this day paid to tlie, Treasurer of the Waste Lands Boaril of the Province of Canterbury, tlie said sum ot pounds. '. ■ shillings, and pence, the receipt whereof is hereby aeknowUipi, Jf«w av«w Ai* wn **» uoii

presents witness, that We. In pursuance of the powers vested in us as Commissioners of the said Waste Land* Board, do hereby authorise mid empower the said " liis heiis •«" a^ignst, at any time alter the date herefore, to enter upon all that seccion of land situated in : street, in tha town of uiarkotl, No. ■ in the antheniiauod map of the diiid town in the Crown Lands Office and containing acres, or thereabouts, being the soction of and purchased as aforesaid, and to hold and enjoy tho same for his and their absolute use aad benelit Uiven under our hands at the sitting of tlie Waste Lands Board held at on the day or Sohedulk B. Provinc* 1 of [ Canterbury.) LICENSE TO OCCUPY RDRAL LAND. Whereas of hath been duly declared the purchaser for the sum of pounds, 'shillings, and pence, of the section the Waste Lands of the Crown hereinafter described, and hath this day paid to the" Treasurer of thr Waste Lands Board of the Province of Canterbury, the said sum of pounds, shillings, and pence, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, WOW KNOW ALT. MEN AND Til USBPRI3BKXTB witness, that We, in pursuance of the powers vested in us as. Commissioners of the said Waste Lands Board, do hereby authorise and empower the said Ins heirs or assigns, at any time after the date hereof, to enter upon all that section of land situate and bounded as hereinafter described,.that is to say ; and to hold and to enjoy the same for his and their absolute use and benefit, subject nevertheless to the Regulations now iv force for the sale, letting1, disposal, and occupation of the Waste Lauds • of the Crown within the Province of Canterbury. "Given under our hands at tha sitting' of the Waste Lands Board, held at on tilt * day of II BCHB»ffJ.« Q, Provine* ) «f \ Canterbury. ) LICENSE TO DBPASTUKB STOCK. Wheiikas t of hath been duly declared to be entitled to a license to depasture stock upon the Waste Lands of tlie Crown within the Province of Canterbury, upon the terms and upon tho conditions hereinafter'mentioned: Now therefore We in pursuance of the powers vested in us as Cohiinis' sioners of the Waste Lands Board to tho said Pro vince, do hereby grant to the said ■ the exclusive license from and after the date hereof witil the first day of May next, to depasture stock upon the land situate'and bounded as hereinafter described, that is to say— and containing acres or thereabouts. Subject nevertheless to all the provisions and conditions containing in the Waste Lauds Regulations now in forco withm the Province of Canterbury. Given under our hands at the sitting of tlie Waste Lands Board, held at ■ on the day oi 18 " Endorsement. I, the within-named for valuable consideration to me paid by of do hereby transfer to the said ' the witlu'n written. Pasturage License, and nil my estate and interest therein. Witness my hand this d y o! 18 Witness APPENDIX Clauses 35 and 43, which were repealed by tht Waste Lands Regulations Amendment Ordinance, Scs.t. VII., No. 2, 1856", originally stood as follows: — 35. No section of rural land shall be sold'containinf less than twenty acres j provided that any section so limited by frontage lines or private lands as to contain less than twenty acres may be sold by auction at the upset price of forty shillings per acre; the timo and place of sale, and the mode of sule and payment of purchase money to be as nearly as may be in -accordance with the regulations herein contained, applicable to tlie sale of Town Land. • 43. If any person shall at any time have made and completed at lus own cost any public road or bridge or any public main drain, or"any part of such road, bridge, or drain, such person shall, upon application 'to the Waste Lands Board, be entitled to a free grant of rural land in such situation as he shall select, subiect to the conditions as to form and frontage in these regulationscontained, to such an extent as the Board shall adjudge, not exceeding one. acre for every four pounds sterling which he. shall prove to the satisfaction of the Waste Lands Board' that he shall have actually expended in the construction of such road, bridge, or drain. ■• ■ • ProviV:i always that it shall be proved to the satisfaction-of tlie Board that the money so expended by the applicant Imm-been beneficially expended for .he use and advantage of the public. Provided al hat no application for lass than twenty acres shall be received under this clause, but that where any amount of compensation awarded-by the Board shall be of a less amount than twenty acres of land, the party entitled may pay the balance in cash upon the same terms as other applicants to purchase rural lands under these regulations. Clauses 07 and 68, which toere repealed by proclamation of the Governor, dated lith August, 185G, publitlied in the Provincial Government Gazette, Vol. 111., No. 17, p. 63, 4th September, 1856, originally stood as follows:—• 67. Holders of pasturage licenses with pre-emptive right in connection with purchased' lands; whether ' under the Canterbury Association, or tho Crown, shall be entitled to claim pasturage licenses over the lands included therein upon the terms of these regulations, with a pre-emptive right over such laud, to ~ be exercised subject to these regulations as regards notice of application, payment of deposit and .purchase money, prico of land, and size and shape oi blocks. If the land 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, ' on paying rent for the same, may take credit for the amount paid by lum in respect of lands covered by such pre-emptive right. 68. Nothing.in these 'Regulations shall be interpreted to affect the legal rights or equitable contracts made by the Canterbury Association or. the Government with holders of the pasturage licenses; but 1 any person holding a license under the Canterbury Association or the Government, shall voluntaril resign the same to the Government, he shall be en titled to receive a license under these Regulations and shall from the date of such exchange hold his run at the rate and on the conditions specified in these Regulations." APPENDIX 11. Clauses Nos. 33, 51, 52, 65, 60, and 71, which v> repealed by the. " Haste Lands Itegulati Amendment Ordinance, ■ Sess. IX., No. 1 originally stood as follows: — 33. Immediately on the payment of the purchase money in full, the purchaser shall receive from the Commissioners a " License to Occupy," in the form set forth in the Schedule A hereto annexed, wliich he shall return "again to the Commissioners when he shall receive the Crown Grant of the Land. ■ Such "License to "Occupy" shall be transferable by endorsement, in the form set forth in the Schedule. 51. The feesball.be paid to the Treasurer of the Waste Lands Board every year, in advance; for the first year on the issue of the License, and for. the - second and every subsequent year on the first-day oi May; and evcrv pasturage license not renewed by payment of the required lee on the first day of May shall, unless good cause' to the contrary be shown the satisfaction of the Waste Lands Board, be considered as bandfooned. . 52. Every pasturage license shall be In the form set forth in the Schedule C hereto annexed, and shall be transferable by endorsement in the form set forth in the Schedule;' and shall entitle the holder to tha exclusive right of pasturage over the lands specified therein, upon the terms above stated. It is intended that such license shall be renewable from year to year until the land specified therein shall be purchased granted, or reserved, under these Rcgulaiions; and if so renewed, the fee to be paid in respect of such licenses shall not be altered until the first of Slay 1870. Such license shall give no right to the soil or to the timber, and shall immediately determne 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. • 65. The - applicant for any-rural land included in any pre-emptive right shall deposit with the Ti easurer of the Waste Lands Board a sum equal to 4st*per acre of the purchase money, and the remainder be shall pay within one week from tlie date of his application being, granted, or forfeit such deposit. Sucfi deposit, however, shall be immediately returned on demand, if the holder of the pre-emptive right shall purchase any portion of the land applied for. 66.. If the holder of the-pre-emptive right decide npon purchasing any. portion of th« . and applied for, he shall forthwith pay to the Treasurer of tlie Waste Lands Board a deposit of 4s. per acre of the purchase money of such portion ; and if be shall not within six weeks thereafter have paid the remainder of tlie purchase money, he shall forfeit such deposit together with all right or title to the land. 71. All payments on account of pasturage run shall in future be made on the first day of May, at the Land' Office, st Christchurch, and the : Wa«t« Lands Board shall ait at tint place tar. the Treasure! to receive tteiwn . . /' ".