THE OTAGO WASTE LANDS ACT, 1872.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 3370, 23 November 1872, Page 2

THE OTAGO WASTE LANDS ACT, 1872.

SAKE OK TOVN LANDS. All town lands, except as otherwise provided, shall be sold by auction, and the upset price of the allotments shall be fixed by the Board. In tho case of sections, however, which, having been put: up for sale, have either been withdrawn or have not been sold, or which, having been sold, the purchasers have failed to complete their purchases, the Board maysell such sections otherwise than byauction.

In special cases, where persons being in duly authorised temporary occupation o£ town lands shall apply to" be allowed to purchase such lands, the Board may, witlk the approval of the Superintendent an^t Provincial Council, sell town land, except land within the limits of the towna ©It Dunedin and Port Chalmers, without exposing the same to auction.

auctioNh of town ani> suburban tlxhd^

Notice shall be given of any intended auction of town lands through the medium of the Provincial Gazette, or a newspaper published in the Province, not more than three months, nor leas than one month, before such auction shall taic place. .- ; No town land shall be sold by auction unless previously snrveyed. The land shall be offered for sale by auction by some person to be appointed. for that purpose by the Board, who, if ara officer of the Board, ahall not be required to take out an auctioneer's license. The purchaser shall pity one-tenth part of the purchase money at the time of sale, and the remaining nine-tenths shall be paid within one month of the date of sale, otherwise the deposit money shallbe for*foiled, and the sale be null and void. All. suburban lands shall be offered for

■vile by auction in sections, the size or extent and upset price of which shall be fixed and determined by the Board, subject to the approval of the Superintendent, and subject also to the provision* affecting town lands.

HALfSS OK BUBAL fcA-VDS.

All rural lands shall hereafter be opea for sale or disposal, except such jis at the* time application ia mad« arc lawfully oocupied or reserved, But it shall be ia.w-

Jul for the "Board, with the consent of ihe Superintendent, tn reserve or withdraw from sale any land, the Bale or disposal of which may appear to them to be or likely to bo prejudicial to the public inteeste.

The upset price of rural lands shall be twenty shillings per acre ; and in the event of two or more Applications for the •same land being made on the name day such land sihall bo put up at auction, the •npstofc price of which shall be twenty shillings per acre. The Board m&y, with the approval of the Superintendent, s«Il at twenty shillings per acre, or at such highor price as i;he Board may determine, rural lands ■either within hundreds or comprise*; ■within any license or lease to depasture sitock, not exceeding 320 acres to tiny :p«rson who may have improved the same prior to the passing of tho Act; but no »uch lands comprised within any license or leasfl to depasture stock, shall be sold without the consent of the licensee or lessee. Land which shall have remained open for selection for woven yearn may, with the sanction of the Superintendent and Provincial Council, be offered for sale by auction at the upset price of ten shillings per acre. The Governor in Council may, upon -the recommendation of the Superintendent and tho Provincial Council, increase the price at which the waste lands shall be offered for sale, cither by selection or auction. The application of any person-desirous of purchasing rural land shall be accompanied by a deposit of ten per cent, upon the upset price, and the decision of th« Board upon such application shall, in the cuio of surveyed land, be given within six days after tho receipt of the application at the Land Oftiee in Dune-din, if there be no more than one applicant for the land. In the case of unsurveyed land, however, the decision of the Board shall be given within six months after the receipt of the application. Any applicant refusing to complete his purchase Khali forfeit the deposit he paid. Any application may, at the option of tho applicant, be enclosed in a wealed cover, which Bhall not bo opened till after the oflico hours on the day it is made. No application for a lens quantity than fifty acres of rural land shall, except- as otherwise provided, be granted by the Board. Provided always that the Board may divide any of the Waste Lands into blocks and sections of any size, and offer the same for sale, and may also permit owners of land desirous of making an addition to lands already purchased, to apply for and purchase adjoining lands of irregular shape and of small extent, if such purchase shall not unduly interfere with tho advantageous division of adjoining land into convenient allotments. The purchaser of unsurveyed land shall, upon payment of the purchase money, receive an occupation license, and as soon thereafter as conveniently may be, the land shall bo surveyed by the district surveyor. The expense of the survey shall be borne by the purchaser, who shall at the time of the purchase deposit the estimated cost of such survey. Notwithstanding that the Board may have received an application for unsurveyed land, the Board may, should they deem it prejudicial to the public interest to grant the application, refuse to grant the application, and may return the deposit money. The purchaser of surveyed land shall ■complete his purchase within ton days after his being declared the purchaser thereof ; and the purchaser of unsurveyed land shall complete his purchase within fourteen days after a notification shall have been published •in the Provincial Gazette, and sent by post to tho applicant, that the applicant has been declared the purchaser. And if, in either case, the purchase money is not paid at tho time fixed, such application shall be deemed withdrawn and cancelled, and shall thereupon become void. Jn the event of two or more persons making application to purchase the same v land on tho same day, the said land shall a bo ottered for sale by public auction, open to all bidders. g The Board may, with the consent of t " the Superintendent, receive and grant f applications for the purchase of timbered land in such-quantities as the Board shall n see lit. f, Contractors for public works may arrange to receive land by way of payment n for their work-to-the-extent of one acre rj for every one pound sterling which the s Superintendent shall certify to the Waste t Lands Board to the'hoit/ijule value of tho t work. Provided that no contractor shall t receive more than 250 acres in payment g of work done, unless in payment of work t for which a vote'ban been passed by tho c Provincial Council ; and that no greater j, amount of land than 1000 acres in the aggregate shall in any one year be devoted to the payment of public works without the special sanction of the Provincial ■ Council. " Provided also, that no greater amount than 10,000 acres shall be granted J in any one year.