Common of Pasturage on Waste Lands of the Crown.

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 323, 2 September 1848, Page 3

Common of Pasturage on Waste Lands of the Crown.

21. Whenever the Governor shall by proclamation duly made, divide any county or settled portion of the Province into Hundreds, and declare the boundaries thereof; the Commissioner of Crown Lands shall, on or before the Ist day of December in each year, compute the quantity of waste lauds of the Crown, in such Hundred, which isnotheld under any ' lease or license, and shall also compute the quantity of cattle capable of being depastured on such waste lands of the Crown as aforesaid, and having regard to the number of acres held under grant from the Crown, within the Hundred. The Commissioner shall declare by notice in the Government Gazette, the proportionate number of great cattle and small cattle which may be depastured on the waste lands of the Crown within the Hundred, in respect of any given number of acres within the same held under grant from the Crown, by the occupiers of land held as aforesaid. 22. In computing the proportions of cattle to be depastured upon the waste lands of the Crown, within the Hundreds as aforesaid, six head of small cattle shall be deemed equal to one head of great cattlo. 23. The notice published by the Commissioner in the Government Gazette as aforesaid shall regulate for the year commencing from the day named in such notice, the proportion of cattle to be depastured by the occupiers of land held under grant from the Crown within the Hundred. 24. No person but an actual occupant of land held under grant from the Crown, within the Hundred, shall be entitled to depasture cattle on such waste lands of the Crown within the Hundred as aforesaid. 25. No person shall be entitled to common of pasture until he shall have deposited with the Commissioner of Crown Lands a declaration of the number of acres held under grant from the Crown, occupied by him in every Hundred in which he claims such advantage, such return to be in the form of schedule C. hereunto annexed. 26. No purchaser or occupier of any waste lands of the Crown shall enjoy common of pasture within the Hundred, until the Ist of January, next ensuing, when a re-calculation shall have been "made by the Commissioner. 27« Pensioners occupying land under permission of the Crown, shall have the same rights as regards the common of pasture, as persons occupying land held under grant from the Crown. 28. Natives or half-castes occupying land with the consent of the Crown, shall have the same rights regarding common of pasture, as persons occupying land held under grant from the Crown. 29. Nothing herein contained shall be taken to prevent the sale by the Crown at any time, of any portion of the waste lands of the Crown as aforesaid, nor to effect the enjoyment of any purchaser or occupier thereof, when purchased. 30. The words, " Great Cattle," shall be construed to mean horned cattle, horses, mules, and asses, male and female, and their offspring, above six months of age ; and the words " Small Cattle," shall be construed to mean sheep, goats, and swine, male and female, with their weaned offspring, provided that this definition shall not be taken to permit or suffer the feeding of swine on any waste lands of the Crown, over which common of pasture may be enjoyed, oi where a a right to depasture a proportionate amount of cattle may be claimed, in virtue of recently purchased land, or of land held under grant from the Crown.

Timber Licenses. ! 31. Persons occupying Waste Lands of the Crown for the purpose of cutting timber will be required to pay a fee of five pounds yearly to the Crown upon the issue of the license. 32. The Commissioner of Crown Lands will determine the extent of land to which such license shall give a right of occupancy. 33. Such extent of Crown Land will be estimated by the means which the claimant has of removing the timber and of profitably using the land. 34. No fresh applicant for a license will be permitted injuriously to interfere with a portion of forest upon which another person may have expended capital and labour.

35. In the event of an occupant of a portion of forest upon which 4re may have expended any considerable sum in the formation of roads or improvements to facilitate the removal of timber, wishing to resign his license, he will, if in the consideration of the Commissioner he should be regarded as having established a claim to this indulgence, be permitted to transfer his license and right of pre-occupancy to such person as he may select.

General. 36. All disputes between persons claiming runs, and all complaints having reference to runs and timber licenses shall be heard and decided by the Commissioner of J Crown Lands. 37. Any licensed person against whom the Commissioner of Crown Lands shall give a decision upon the complaint of another licensed person in any matter relating to the depasturing of cattle or the culting of timber upou the Crown Lands, will be required to pay a fee of five pounds. Schedule A. Description of a run on the "Waste Lands of the Crown claimed by Situation " Boundaries Estimated extent Number and description of the Stock ordinarily kept upon the run , Signature Schedule B. Return to the Colonial Treasurer of the number of cattle depastured by on Crown Lands. Head of great cattle. Head of small cattle. Signature Commissioner of Crown Lands. Schedule C. I hereby declare that I hold__ acres under grant lrom the Crown, in Hundred. Signature To the Commissioner of Crown Lands.