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. LOOSE LETTERS. ' All letters received from beyond scas,at any Post Onice in this CWouy, which ha>u not been regularly posted at the place of despatch (loose letters), are chargeable with full postage, " according to the rates established by the foregoing tables, unless they are letters which it is not compulsory by law to send by post, 'in-which' case they are chargeable with the inland rate of postage only. INSUFFICIENT I'AYSIENT. Letters and packets liable to more than one rate of postage, and addressed to places within the Colony, or to "the United Kinsdoiu, it bearing at lenst a single rate, will bo forwarded and, charged with the postage deficient, and another single rate as 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. Newspapers, if posted without prepayment of the full amount of 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, withiu six months, at the office where sauie were posted, . and payment of the deficient postage in stamps. '"'• ' ■ "" REGISTRATION. ..■■'. 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 oirice hours, and at least .one lumr.before the closing of the mail by which it is desired to be transmitted. Every precaution will be adopted to ensure the .safe-delivery of a registered letter, by entering it on the letter, bills, and obtaining areeeip't for the same on delivery. As the Post Oflice, however is not responsible for the loss of any letter, whether registered or 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. ' ' ■• ■■'• ' ' ■ ■ ' ,; ~'•• .......■ ~ ketDirkction. • "'• ■ Letters, newspapers, and packets will be re-directed from one Post Office to another on the written instructions of the person addressed, but on re-direction are chargeable with a new and distinct rate of "post-, age, 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 pricket of newspapers will,be received, nor will any Postmaster be required to receive any letter if it exceed two feet in length, one foot in width or depth, or three pounds i)i..weight. BOOK-PACKETS TO BE OVEN FOR INSPECTION. Every book-packet shall be sent open at the ends or sides, and there shall be no enclosure Eealed 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, prints, or photographs, 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, and all things legitimately'appertaining to or necessary, .for.the transmission of any enclosed literary or artistic matter, but exclusive of glass in any fpvm. 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, ir from its weight or any other cause the packet appear calculated to retard the carrier. CROSBIE WARD, Postmaster-General.

REGULATIONS FOR THE

DISPOSAL, SALE, LETTING' AND - OCCUPATION OP THE WASTE LANDS OF THE .CKOW2* IN THE :; !.,, ' • .. PROVINCE- OF CANTERBURY: : .-_ .. •- ..■ AS AMENDED.. , -~--, >. -.. .. ■:■ 1. AXL Regulations now in force in theßroXsl. vinee 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 dny on which these Regulations shall come into force, be.sold, let, disposed of, and occupied according to these Regulations, and not otherwise. .• - ■ -■ 3.. Eve"ry 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 he recorded on the minutes of the Council. ;' lI.—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 of the Superintendent. 5. One meriibef of the Waste Lands Board shall also he 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 siieh times as the Superintendent shall direct; of which sittings due notice shall be given in the Provincial Government Gazette, and one or more newspaperspublished in the Province. ' 7. The Chief Commissioner when present, and in his absence then some member selected by those present at any 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 Lands, under the provisions of the " Crown Lands Ordinance, Sess. X., No. 1;" and the "Crown Lands Extension Ordinance, Sess. XI., No. 10." 12. All the routine business of the Land Department shall be transacted by the Chief Commissioner, subject to such regulations as may be made by the Board iv that behalf. . : . . 13. A hook to be called the "Application Book" shall 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 older in which they shall appear in the application.-.ivwilc. Provided that,if any person-shal not appear himself or by some person duly authorisd on his beha'f before the Board when called in his turn, his appj.'ation shall he 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 their names in the Application Book the Chief Coiumisvoner shall bracket their ames, and shallinitial the bracket; and when they all appear 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 regulation. 14. 'Die-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 tlie proceedings of. the Board; and such minutes shall be sigu°.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, on payment of the sum of two shillings/and sixpence for every such inspection. ~. in.—ar/RTETS. 15. There shall be a Chief Surveyor, who shall heappointed and removable by Warrant under the hand of the Superintendent, and as many «sistant Surveyors as shall be necessary, who shall tie appointed and removeable by the Superintendent upon the recommendation of the Chief Surveyor. . Ift All surveys shall be conducted in such manner as the Board by any regulations to be made in that behalf shall direct. IV.—THE LAND REVENUE. 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 the Constitution Act the Governor is authorised and required to pay out to .the.revenue arising h-om the disposal of the Waste Lands of the Crown all the costs charges, and ex-

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Otago Daily Times, Issue 180, 25 June 1862, Page 7

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Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 Otago Daily Times, Issue 180, 25 June 1862, Page 7

Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 Otago Daily Times, Issue 180, 25 June 1862, Page 7

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