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Otago Daily Times, Issue 55, 18 January 1862, Page 2 (Supplement)

It E G U I, A T I 0 N S Fiji. "I'll 15 | . DISPOSAL, SALE, LETTING AND OCCUPATION• OF TIIH WASTE LANDS OF THE CRO"\V>~ is Tiir. PROVINCE OF CANTER-BURY : AS AMEXDBD. 1. A LL Regulations now in force in the Pro- -£ a. vinee of Ciintertmry for the sale, letting, disposal, and occnpafion of the AVnstc Lands of the Crown arc herc-hy repealed. 2. AH such Waste Lands shall, from and after the day on which these Regulations shall pome into force, he sold, let, disposed of, mid occupied according' to these Regulations, and not, otherwise. 3. Every Act which the Superintendent is hereby authorised or required to perform ho .shall perform solely in accordance with the advice of his Executive Council for the time being, and such ;; -I vice shall be recorded on the minutes of the Council. lI.—THU WASTE LANDS DOAIiD. 4. There skill be established n Board to be called the Waste Lands Board, to consist of one ChM'Commissioner, and of not, Jess than two nor more than five other Commissioners, all of whom (except such one as shall be appointed to net as Treasurer) shall Ik; appointed and he removable by warrant wirier the hand of the Superintendent. 5. One member of the Waste Lands Board shall also ho the Treasurer thereof, and such member shall he appointed and removable by the Governor. 6. The Wa>le Lands BoardVunll rii-. at Hie principal Land Office of the; Province, at. certain stated times to he 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 sitting's due notice skill be pi veil in the Provincial Government, Gazette, and one or more newspapers published in the Province. 7. The Chief Coninii.ssio7ie-r.when present, and in his absence then pome member selected by those present at any mectim* of the Board, shall preside thereat, find shall have' a casting vote in all questions coining' before the Board. 8. AJI questions coming before ihe Board shall be decided by a majority of' the Commissioners present thereat. 0. All meefintre of the Board r-hall bo attended by at least three Commissioners, and slia'l be: open to the public. 10. AH applications for Land, and for Pasturage and for Timber Licenses shall, after hearing1 evidence when necessary, be determined by the Board at sonicsitting thereof! ll.' Tlte Board skill have power to hear and determine all disputes between the holders of Pnsturae'e and Timber Licenses respecting' t?ie boundarie.--of runs and districts, and shall have and excrase all the powers which may be lawfully had and exercised by any Commissioner of Crown Lands, under the provision's of the " Crown Lands Ordinance, s?ess. X., No. 1 ;" and the "Crown Lands Extension Ordinance, Sess. XL. No. 10." 12. All the routine business of Hie Land Department shall be transacted by the Chief Commissioner, subject to such regulations a.s may be made by the Board in that beha.T. 13. A book to he called the " Application Book" skill be kept open during office lima--; at the Land Ofiice, in which the name 'of every person desiring to make any application to tin? Boai'd shall be written in order by himself or any person duly authorised on his behalf." And the Commivioners shall, during the sitting of the Board, consider, and determine all appliratioiii! in ihe order in which they shall appear in the application book. Provided tkit if any person shall not appear himself or by some person duly authorised on his belie1 f'before the Board when called in hi-s turn, his app.i.'iition shall be dismissed until his nain'; shall appear ag.rin in tiie Book in order. Provided also that if two or more pel sons shall apply at the same time to write thi> names in the Application Book the Chief Cemrmss'oner shall bracket their names, ami shall initial liio bracket; and when they shall appear before the Board, the Bor.rd shall determine tiie priority of risht to be hard by lot. And it shall not be ■ lawful for "the Board to bear any application except puch as skill be made in accordance with this regulation. 14. The. Board shall keep true and detailed minutes of all applications made to the Board, and all decisions thereon, and of all .';ir.i3 of money paid to the Treasurer, and u'eneriiliy of all the. 'proceedings of the Boai'd ; and such minutes siialWe sun.id by all the Commissioners present at any minting.- And such minute& shall be open to the inspection of 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. lII.—SUJWEYS. 15. There shall be a Chief Surveyor who shall he appointed and removable by "Warrant under the hand of the Superintendent, and as many) <=«istant Surveyors as shall be necessary, who shall oe appointed and removeable by the Superintendent upon the recommendation of the Chief Surveyor. 10. All surveys shall he conducted in such manner as the Board by any regulations to be made in that behalf shall direct. it.—Tin: i>aj;d jievknue. 17. AH payments to bo made in respect oi'land shall be made to the Treasurer of the Board during the sitting- thereof, arid the Treasurer shall thereupon give receipts for the same. 18.—By the Grind clause of the Constitution Act the Governor is authorised iind required to pay out <-f the revenue arising- from the disposal of the Waste 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 revonui s such sums f\ff shall become payable, under cerh-.il other provisions therein contained. The Treasurer if the Waste Lands Board shall, therefore, pay out of a"i the funds coming into his hands under these regulations all such sums for the above-named purposes, in such manner aiid 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 recommendation of the Provincial Council, be mrttkby the Superintendent,; and shall not be alienated from the specific purposes to which they shall have been severally dedicated, except under the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly, entitulcd tho. " Public He-serves Act, 1854;" and 'a full and complete description of every such resei-ve and of th.? 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 tire Land Office. Provided that the Superintendent may, if the Provincial Council be not then sitting, temporarily resei-ve land for such purposes until the next session of such Council. 20. Reserves for public highways, bridle-paths, and foot-paths, shall bo made by "the .Superintendent, anil shall he 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 laud 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 Grtzette, reserve from the operation of these regulations any tract of conn try in which the precious metals may be found to exist: and the land within such tract of country .shall bo disposed of according to regulations hereafter to be issued and published in that, behalf; in tho same manner and under the same authority as these present regulations. TI. —TOWN IASDS. 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 Province. 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; anil having' been so determined, for each town severally, shall not again be altered. 25. The time and place of every auction sale shall he fixed by the Superintendent, and shall be notified in the Government Gazette, and one or move 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 of the town, signed Inthe 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 he 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 makingsuch application, deposit ten per cent, of the upset price with the Treasurer of the Waste Lands Board. Such deposits shall, if no advance on tho upset price be 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 be forthwith returned on demand. 29. Ten days at least before any such auction sale, a list of all ilie sections about to be- offend for Hide *hall be published in the Government Gazette, and one or more newspapers of the Province. 30. Every auction sale of land shall be held by the Commissioners in open cotrrt as hereinbefore provided. 31. The person who shall ho declared the highest bidder at such auction shall immediately pay a deposit often per cent, of the purchase money to the Treasurer, and in default thereof, the section shall be again immediately put up to auction. _^Lj_t^_tinLmmasiLEgr-jui full, within one week after