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Otago Daily Times, Issue 50, 13 January 1862, Page 2 (Supplement)

: tlie d:iv of sale; and, in default iheveof, tin: pur-i c ! ciij'itii! %=lissll lii.'liiii ill's deport rnonev. iiiu! a!:"') nil i'. mill or lit": to theixui; iiiid tin; ivo'luii maybe;; | sold to iiny person app'.ying for tin: saint; for flu price r lal which it was knocked ' down at t.ho auction; and. t i if not so sold, the section may bo again put up H> 1 I auction at any future sale. i :JU. Upon payment of the purchase money in full, j; I tic piiivliii-cv shall receive fimi the Con.'mourners a j | " liifiise lo Occupy," in the tbrni set tb:-Ui in I n Schedule .4 to the 'Waste Lands Its-ii-ulatioii'?. and \ i | such License shall bo restored to tin; C<>>nni;?sioaer:; i; | M'JOii loreipt of'a Crown Gra.. .I'thehmd purchas..".!. . i VII. —'KUIIAI, I.ASD. I, Si. All lands not included in any of the foregoing | , ir<ruJntions shall be open for sa!u as rural laud, at ail i uniform price of forty shillings pi".1 acre. _ _ : •V>. iSavo as heviuafter provided, no section of F.iir.i! Land shall he so:d, containing le«s than twenty i; a r.'f: but anv section so limited by frontage lines i.i- ; private iands as to contain loss than twenty acres limy ; bo sold by auction at tin: upset, price of forty shilling.* ;)■■!■ aciv : the liiiie and place of sale, ami til.: nii:;!o oi , ii:io, and payment of put-clia-u money to b:: as nearly as-may he in iuwniiiiw with the regulations herein ,'.. utained applicable to tin; sale of Town Lain!. Prov:.;«i. neveriiiuies?. tiiiit if any section so limited : M;aU 'be included ill a Pasturage ■ License with Preemptive Kkvlif, the holder of such License shall be entitled to 'exerei-;1 such Pre-emptive ilight under r!.e.-e Regulations up an payment of the sum of forty pounds for ft'o'i section. :!ti. Every seclioa of rural laud .'hall bo ui one W <n'?~-. ■>;!■:!.except: as In-iviuafter proviled, of a netangular :brin, anil if boiiu-.u.d by afreul.-.ge line, shall he of a d -pMi of half a mile (or 40 chains) from sucii frontage. jfoxjs.—A frontage lino shall he taken to mean the boundary of a road^ river, or public reserve, or any stream or watercourse which shall have been declare I by notification in the Government Gnze.tte to constitute a frontage for the purpose of selection. 37: Where,' from the frontage not being a sf r:isglit line or from the interference of other frontage lines, natural features, or the boundaries of private lands, the above rules in respect of form caunoi be accurately observed, the form of the section shall Ik; determined as nearly in accordance with thes:; rules as, in tin; judgment, of the Hoard, circumstances will admit. ' 38. In sections of .lands not adjacent to or bounded by a frontage line, all the sides may be equal, but on ■ side may not be less than cue-third of tin; other; and such section shall not he less than half a mile distant fiom a frontage line. 39. Any person possessing a section of land may at any time" select ■ another adjacent thereto, of Mich form that the two together,'being considered as one section, shall bo in the- form required for a single section under the foregoing rules. 40. Immediately on the payment of the purchase money, tin! purah'i..er slut'! receive from the Commissioners'a." License to Occupy," in the form set forth in the Schedule; 3! hereunto annexed ; and as soon thereafter as conveniently may lie,- (In; laud sluiH b-; laid off by a Goyernnieut" iSunvyor, as nearly in accordance" with the de'cripMon •riven by the purchase;in his application as rhe.-'e reiruhsi-jiiM will admit; p-ovided that whenever :!i ;.i;ids selected lie witl.oiir the surveye'd fjistriets, tin- expense of the survey an-! ot'counectinif nuc!i Mi;vey with the existing surveys shall be borne by the purchaser, who shall at the time of purchase deposit the amount of the estimated cost, of such surveys with the Tivir'tirer of the Waste Lands Board, which shall be made as soon as practicable, by order of the Chief Surveyor. Provided, always/that should any section when surveyed prove to differ in any respect from that intended by the purchaser, the Government will not be responsible for any loss or inconvenience which the purchaser may experience, nor will the purchase money be returned. Provided also, that if the Surveyor shall find that the whole extent of laud in tin; selected locality falls short of the quantity paid for by the purchaser, the Treasurer shall repay so much of the purchase money as exceeds the price of tiie land to be conveyed. The" License to Occupy" shall, in any such case, he amended by the Commissioners, in accordance with the report of the Surveyor, and the Crown Grant shall be made out in accordance therewith; and the "License" shall be returned to tlie Commissioners when the Crown Grant shall be issued. 41. Any person making a ditch and bank fence to lands adjoining Waste Lands of the Crown may take out of such lands half the land required for the ditch and bank: provided that no ditch or bank shall be more than six feet in width. VIII. —COMPENSATION LANDS. 42. Whereas it is desirable that private persons should be enabled to receive portions of Waste Land in exc'iange for private lauds taken for roa:is or f'o:1 oilier public purposes; if any person shall be entillei! to receive any compensation in respect of any land which shall have been taken for Vv. purposes of n 'road or of any other public work, or in respect of any damages done to his property by the taking of such land for such purposes, such per.;on shall, upon application to the Waste Lands Board, be entitled to a '.:!-ant of rural land in such situation as he shall select, subject to the conditions as to form and frontage ii; these regulations contained, to the extent of one acre for every two pounds sterling of the amount of compensation which the applicant shall be entitled to receive in respect of the land taken for such purposes or in respect of such damage as aforcvau'. 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 part of any .-uch road, bridge, or drain, furnishing such security r; the Superintendent may require for the (hie completion of such contract, and shall selec! such portion Aii' rural land as In; shall he willing to accept by way '.if payment or compensation, or by way of part payment or compensation for such work; i: shall be lawful for the Superintendent to reserve such portion of land from public sale for such given time but. no longer; and such per. on sin'!, on" the completion of sacli contract, beien titled to a five grant of such land, (;;• so much thereof as tiie Hoard shall adjudge, not exceeding one acre for every iwo pounds sleriiii;;vhich the Superintendent shall certify to the Waste lands Board to be the loni'i fr.la value'of the work so done by such person according 1° *'"-' prices for work arid materials at t)ie time of performing such contract current in the district. livery such 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 twelve calendar months from the date on which it shall have been made. No land included in a Pasturage License with Preemptive Right sh'all, 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 04 and (i(i to these Regulations. No greater Innoiint of land than 200 acres shall under the provisions of this clause be reserved or granted to any pel-son under any such contract, un-le-s in payment of work for which a vote has been /passed by the Provincial Council. No greater amount of land than 1000 acres in the aggregate shall, in any one year, be reserved or granted under the provisions of this clause, without ii: ■special sanction of the Provincial Council. Provided always that every parcel of land so granted sh.ill be subjected to the same conditions as to form and irontag'e as any rural land sold under these Iteguiations /'provided also that- no application for less th in 20 acres shalf be received under this clause, but that'where any amount of compensation awarded by the Board shall be'of less extent than 20 acres of land, the- person entitled may pay the balance in cash upon tin- same terms as other applicants for the purchase of rural lands under these Regulations. IX.—NAVAL AND MILITAItY 11OUNTIES. 44. Whereas the Superintendent and the Proviiir, cial Council and other the inhabitants of Canterbury are desirous to aid in making provision for the maintenance of such persons of Hei-Majesty's laud and sen forces as may be discharged as unfit for further .service' in consequence of wounds or loss of health iiu'iirred in the present war with Russia, .and also for !he maintenance of the widows of those who may be kiii.^l iu such war:— Any such person or widow shall, upon'application to tii.: Waste Lands Board, and upon the production 'of satisfactory evidence from the proper authorities as to such discharge or death, be entitled to receive a 'free-grant not, exceeding 00 acres of the Waste Lands vvii'Mu this Province, subject to the conditions as to form and frontage contained in thes;-1 Regulations; provided always that such application shall be made to the Waste Lands Board by such person or widow in person within three years after such discharge or death. X'.—PASTURAGE. ' 4. r>.! Until sold, gianted, or reserved for public purposes as herein provided; the Waste Lands; maybe occupied" for pasturage purposes by persons holding licenses from the Waste Lauds Board to occupy the sairie." " ■'"'■■ 4u. Any person 'applying for a pasturage license «lia'l:stato'to the"Commissioners what are the boundaries and extent of the run applied for, and the millibar and description of the stock which he-pos-sesses, or will undertake to placcupon the.run within twelve months from the date of the license. 47. The extent of run allowed to each applicant ::ha:l 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, inaie and'ftlmale, with their oifsprhifi; above six months of: age ; and the words "small cattle" shall be cousirued to nieaushi-ep, male and female, with' their weaned offspring. ,:...,: - ' ' ' ' 48. Every pasturage run shall be in one block, and, 'asfiii'asicircumstaiices will admit, of'-.a rectangular' form: ithe .frontage,.. : uudrr ordinary circumstances,-/.-shall not be,greateritlnin bue-liaif'the depth., , 49. The fee to be paid for the. license, shall be at the following rates :—For every run containing less than .'lOQO.ficrea,!twenty shilling-! for every hundred acres; for every, run cpujaiivinglOOO acres, anri not less than. pOOO nci ssjj two-pence per aere tor the fiisti .thousand, and one pennv'per aero tor every acre in addition. For every' run containing 5000 acres or upwards,