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Otago Daily Times, Issue 47, 9 January 1862, Page 2 (Supplement)

15. X G U L A T I O N S FOR THE DISPOSAL, SALE, LETTINC AND OCCUPATION op t;ik WASTE LANDS OF TILE CliOV, > T ix Tin; PROVINCE 01: CANTERBURY : AS AMENDKD. 1 ALL Kciiulations now in force in the ProJ\. vincc of Canterbury for the sale, letting, disposal, and occupation of the Waste Lands ot the Crown are hereby repealed: , 2 AH such Waste Lands shall, from and alter t.io day on which tin-so Regulations shall itouie into turco, be sold, let, disposed of, and occupied according to theseßegulal ions', arid not otherwise. 3. Every Act. which the Superintendent is hereny 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 oe recorded on the minutes of the Council. II. —THE WASTE LANDS HOARD. 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 live other Commissioners, all of whom (except such one as shall be appointed to act as Treasurer) shall be appointed and be removable by wan-ant under the hand of the Superintendent. 5. One member of the Waste Lands Board shall also be 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 such times as the Superintendent shall direct; of which sittings due notice shall be given in the Provincial Government Gazette, and one or more newspapers published 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 coining before the Board shall bo decided by a majority of the Commissioners present 9. All meetings of the Board shall be attended by at least three Commissioners, and shall be open to tlie public. „ 10. All applications for Land and for Pasturage and for Timber Licenses shall, after hearing evidence when necessary, bo determined by the Board at some sitting thereof. 11. The Board shall have power to hear and determine all disputes between the holders of Pastu.-----a°-e and Timber Licenses respecting the boundar;.* of runs and districts, and shall have and exercise al the powers which may be lawfully had and exercis.-d 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. XL, 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 tiie Board in that behalf. 13. A hook to be called the " Application Boole 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 tiie sitting of the Board, consider and determine all app irjitioils in the order in which they shall appear in tae application book. Provided that if any person slml not appear himself or by some person duly authons Ml on his belli:!'" before the Board when called in jus turn, his app.-ation shall be dismissed until his name shall appear again in the Book in order. Provided also that if two or more persons shall apply at tne same time to write tht;v names in the Application Book the Chief Commissioner shall bracket thennames, and shall initial the bracket; and when they shall 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. The Board shall keep hue 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 the proceedings ot the Board ; and such minutes shall be sigod by all the Commissioners present at any meeting. And such minutes shall be open to tiie inspection ot 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. 111. —SURVEYS.' 15. There shall be a Chief Surveyor who shall'he appointed and removable by Warrant under the hand of the Superintendent, and as many) <=sistant Surveyors as shall be necessary, who shall ue appointed and removeable by the Superintendent upon the recommendation of the Chict Surveyor. 10. 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 oflandshr.il 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 02nd clause of the Constitution .act the Governor is authorised and required to pay out oi the revenue arising from the disposal of the W:is-ie Lands of the Crown all the costs, charges, and expenses incident to the collection, management, and receipt thereof; and also to pay out of the said revenues such sums as shall become payable under cerhr.n other provisions therein contained. The Treasurer ot the Waste Lauds Board shall, therefore, pay out of all the funds coming into his hands under these regulations all such sums for the above-named purposes, in such manner'and to such persons as the Governor shall direct. V. —PUBLIC RESERVES. 19. Reserves for the uses of the Provincial Government and for other public purposes may, upon the recommendation1 of the Provincial Council, be mane by the Superintendent; and shall not be alienated from the specific pin-poses to1 which they shall have been severally dedicated, except under the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly, entituled the "Public Reserves Act, 1854;" and a full and co;nplete description of every such reserve and of the purposes to which it shall have been dedicated shall, as soon as possible after it shall have been made, be published in the Government Gazette of the Province, and set forth on the authenticated maps in the Laud Office. Provided that the Superintendent may,_ if the Provincial Council be not then sitting, temporarily reserve land for such purposes until the next session of such Council. 20. Reserves for public highways, bridle-paths, and foot-paths, shall be made by the Superintendent, and shall be set forth on the authenticated maps in the Land Office. The Superintendent and the Provincial Council may by Ordinance alter the line of any such highways, bridle-paths, and foot-paths, and dispose of the land theretofore used for the same. 21. The Superintendent may temporarily reserve any land for the preservation or sale of the timber thereon; but such land may at any time cease to be so reserved upon a- resolution of the Provincial Council. 22. The Superintendent may, upon the recommendation of the Provincial Council, by proclamation in the Government Gazette, reserve from the operation of these regulations any tract, of country in which the precious metals may be found to exist: and the land within such'tract of country shall be disposed of according- to regulations hereafter to be issued and published in that behalf; in the same manner and under the same authority as these present regulations. VI. —TOWN LANDS. 23. The sites of towns shall be determined by the Superintendent, upon the recommendation of the Provincial Council, and shall be notified by proclamation in the Government Gazette of the Provinca. 24. Town Lands shall be sold by public auction, in sections, the size and upset price of which shall be determined-by the Superintendent and the Provincial Council; and having been so determined, for each town severally, shall not again be altered. 25. The time and place of every auction sale sh;ill be fixed by the Superintendent, and shall be notified in the Government Gazette, and one or more newspapers of the Province, at least thirty days before such sale shall take place. 26. No such notification of any sale of town lands shall be published until a map ot the town, signed by the Chief Surveyor, shall have been laid open for public inspection in the Land Office; and such map shall set forth, accurately delineated, all the town sections numbered consecutively, so far as laid out, showing the sections to be submitted for sale, and the public reserves in connection with them. 27. Town sections may be put up to auction, either by order of the Superintendent, or upon the application of some person who shall, at the time of making such application, deposit-ten per cent, of the up?et price with the Treasurer of the Waste Lands Board. Such deposits shall, if no advance on the upset price he made/ be considered as the.deposit upon the sale at such public auction. 28 If any section shall be purchased by other than the original applicant, the deposit money shall he forthwith returned on demand. . 29 Ten days at least before any sucli auction sale, a list of all the sections about to be offered for sale shall be published in the Government Gazette, and one or more newspapers of the Province. 30 Every unction sale of land shall be held by the CommSrs.'in open court as hereinbefore properson whoshall be declared the Ugliest, bidder at such auction shall immediately pay a deposit of ten per" ent-of the purchase money to the Trea-. surer" a Pnd'in default thereof, the section shall be agmn • /.u^w.ntit nn to auction.' ■ ....