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Lyttelton Times, Volume XII, Issue 720, 1 October 1859, Page 6

Provincial Secretary's Office, Cliristcliuruli, August 9, ]859. ¥ N accordance with the provisions of. an I Act passed by the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled the' Waste Lauds Act, 1854, thu following amended requisitions for the manageineiit of tho Waste Lands of'tiie Crown within the Province of Canterbury sire published Cor general inlbrmation, previously to being, proposed .to the Provincial Council for their adoption. Amendments to be proposed by the1 Provincial Secretary. Clauses 33, 35, 43, 51, 52, 05, 66, and 71 of tlie regulations, issued by the Governor .in n proclamation bearing date 12th February. 1856, to be expunged and the following substituted : — 33. "Upon payment of the purchase money in full, the purchaser shall receive from the commissioners si "license to occupy" in the form set forth in Schedule A to the Waste Lands Regulations, and such license shall be restored to tint commissioners upon receipt of a Crown Grant of the,land purchased. 35. Save as hereinafter, provided, no section of Rural Land shall be sold, 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-pur-chase 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 Pre-emptive Right, the holder of such License shall be.entitled to,exercise such Pre-emptive lliyht under these Regulations upon payment of the gum of forty pounds for such section.. 43. If any person shall contract with the Superintendent to make and complete within a, given time any public road, bridge, or drain, or any parK of any such road, bridge; or drain,:furriishing: such security as the Superintendent may require for the due completion of such contract, and shall select such portion of rural land as he shall foe willing to accept by way of payment or compensation, cr. by way of part payment or compensation for such work ; It shall beiawful ■forthe'Sup'eriiitetrtlent to reserve such portion of hind from public sale for such given time but. no longer; and"such person shall on the completion of such contract be entitled1 tea1 free grant of such land, or sotnuch thereof as the Board shall adjudge, not exceeding one acre for every two pounds sterling which the Superintendent shall 'certify to the Waste Larids Board to be the bond fide value of the work so done,by such person according to the prices foi1 work and materials at the, ■time of such contract current in the -district. ' : ■ < ■.■,..■.■.■,./..:..:..:■ :■ EveiysUch 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 12 calendar months from the date on which it shall have been made., No land included in a Pasturage License with Pre-emptive 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 arid 66 of these Regulations. Wo greater amount of land than 250 acres shall under the provisions of This clause'be reserved :or granted to any one person under any such contract, unless in payment of work for wl.ich a vote hns been passed by the Provincial Council. No greater amount of land than 1000 . s ; ,cr,es in the aggregate shall in any one year be reserved.or grantee! under the 'provisions of this clause, without the special sanction of the Provincial Conn.cil.. ' ' Provided always that every parcel of land so granted shall be subjected to the same conditions as to form and frontage as any rural land sold under these Regulations. Provided also that /no application for less than 20 acres shall be received under, this clause, but that where any amount o if compensation awarded' by the Board shall be of a less extent than 20 acres of land, the perwbn entitled may pay the balance in cash upon the fjame terms as other applicants for the purchase of jrural 'lands under these- Regulations. ..-■-..' The fee shall 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 an'.y sitting day of the Board between the 20th day of April arid the first day- of May, inclusive; and ere ny pasturage license not renewed by payment 'of the required fee, on or before the first day of Ms:,;/, shall., unless good cause to the contrary be sho:s\?'n to the satisfaction of the Waste Lands Board, fcfe considered as abandoned. i 52. Every pasturage license shaM : be in the form set forth in the Schedule C to the Waste Lands Regulations, and shall be transferable by endorsement in the form set forth in such schedule, and such transfer si i; ill be deemed to be complete upon notice thereof being duly given to the Waste Lands Board and not before. A pasturage ' licence shall entitle the holder thereof to the exclu.viv c right of pasturage over the land specified them' q upon the terms above str.ted.- Such license' sha'-ll be renewed bb, endorsement Jrom year to yea r. until the land specified therein shall be purchased, granted, or resevved under these regulations ; and the fee to be paid in respect of such license shall not be altered until the first of 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 be allowed through allpasturage runs. '65. The applicant for any rural land included in any pre-emptive right slnalL deposit with tie Treasurer of the Waste Lands Board a sum equal to 4s. per acre of the purchase money, and the remainder he 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, jif the holder of the" preemptive 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 shall forthwith pay to the Treasurer of the Waste Lands Board a deposit of 4s. per acre of the purchase money of such portion; and, if he , shall not within six weeks thereafter have paid the remainder of. the purchase 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 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 purer ase on tho terms of these regulations, as if the same had not been included in any preemptive right. 71. All payments on account of pasturage runs shall in future be made on or before tho first day of May, in accordance with c-lauro 51, at the Land Office at Christchiireh, and the Waste Lands Board shall sifc at that place for the Treasurer to rsceive the same.