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

43. If any person shall contract with the Superintendent to make and iTinplete, within a given time, any public load, hi idee, or* drain, or any part of any such road, bridge, ordrain,.furnishing such- security as the Superintendent may require for the due completion of; such contract, and shall, select such portion of rural land as lie shall be willing to accept by way of payment, or compensation, or by "way of part payment or compensation for such work-; it shall be lawful for the Superintendent,to reserve such portion of land,,from public sale for sueli; given time but-no longer;.and such person shall, oi^.tue completion of such.contract, beentitled 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 bonajldu value of the "work jo 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,pf these Regulations. Nonsuch reservation shall continue in force for a longer period than twelve calendar months from the dateon 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 thq option of purchasing such land in the manner prescribed in clauses 64 and 06 to these Regulations. ■ No greater amount of land than 250 acres shall nniler the provisions of this clause'be reserved or to any person under any such contract^ unless iir payment of work for which a vote lias1 been ■•passed1 by the Provincial Council. ; ' '■<■■■ No greater amount of land than 1000 acres in the ■ aggregate shall, 'in- any one 'year, bo reserved or "granted under the. provisions of this clause, without the special sanction of the Provincial Council."-;':-" ' Provided always that ever}- parcel of land so granted shall be subjected to -the same conditions astoform and frontage as any rural laiio so 'under these Regulations; provided also tha - no application for less than 20 acres shall be received under tlu3 clause, but , v thafwherc any amount of compensation awarded by (the ■■Board1 shall be of less extent than 20 acres of land, foj-person entitled may pay the balance in cash upon fclii same terms as other applicants for the purchase of rural lauds under these Regulations'. < ... IX, NAVAL AND I.IILITARY BOUNTIES.-' .-,..-44,-Whereas-the Superintendent and rthe Provincial Council and other the 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 those who may be killed in such war:-— ~ .........'...,,, . ... ... ■ Any such person or widow, si'all, upon application •to the Waste Lauds EomJ,. and upon the production' of satisfactory, evidence, from the proper authprities as to such discharge or .death,...bo entitled to, receive a free grant not exceeding 30. acres of the Waste Lands within thjs Province, subject to the" conditions as to 1 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 l.liree .years .after such discharge or .death.. .. ~. ~. ■ ... '.. ,' ';. .' X.—-PASTURAGE. ; ,, h . 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 Lauds .Board, to occupy the same. .. ~ 46. Any person applying for a pasturage license shall state to the Commissioners what are the boundaries, and extent pf the rim. applied for, and the number • and description of the stock which he possesses, or.will undertake to place upon the run within twelvemonths from the date of the license.

.... 47.. The extent, of run alfowe.cl 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 oft-

spring. . , . . .. .. 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 thefdepth. 49. The fee to be paid for the license shall be.at the ollowing rates :—For every run containing less than 1000 acres, twenty _shiliings 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 evprv run oohfnininer 5000 ncrfc« or upwards, one farthing per acre for the fust 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 ther first day of May next following. 50. No pasturage license shall'be granted for a less annual fee than £;1 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, andfor the second and every subsequent year on any sitting day of the Board, between the 20th day of April ana 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 j shall,1' unless good cause to the contrary be shown to the satisfaction of the Waste Lands Board, be considered as abandoned. ■ 52. Every pasturage license shall be in the form set forth in the Schedule C to the Wastg 'Lands Regulations, and shall he transferable by "endorsement in the form get forth in such Schedule, and such transfer shall he 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, orreaerved 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 these regulations.. A reasonable right of way, shall be allowed through all pasturage runs. ,:■•;.!■■•■•:-....: 53. II at anytime 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 tunes that amount, the Waste Lauds.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 -winch 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 wliich a runholder can prove to the satisfaction of the Waste Lands Board that he 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 be sufficient if he prove to the satisfaction of the Board that he possesses within the Province the requisite amount of stock, and will'undcrtake to place the same n the run at the expiration of such peoiod. 55. Every holder of a licenseshall, at any time, upon a written order from the" Wast)||£sinds ■: Board to that .effect, make:a true and completl'l'eturnof all.thestock on his run: and if he shall;wilfully'and knowingly make any false return,.the Waste Xands Board shall immediately declare his license to b£ forfeited. 50. 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 original license. .Upon appeal from any person whose run:has been forfeited, within 60 days from the date of such forfeiture, it sliall be lawful for the Superintendent to. reserve or suspend such forfeiture either 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 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 de- j 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 exceedine;2os. 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 : —F or a run o f not less han 1,000 acres and not more than 5,000 acres, over a block ofland^comprisfag and circumjacent to liis homestead to .the extent of 5 per cent of the acreage of the fun. For a run of 5,000 acres and upwards, over 250 acres of land com- ' prising 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 thequdgment of the Waste Lands Board be deemed'sumcient for the purposes of tills clause, together with fifty acres comprising andcircumiacent to the lands,so occupied or impraved. •" - t.. .' .