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

the day of sale; and, in default thereof, the pur-cha-o 'shall forfeit, his deposit money, and also all rijrlit or title to the laud; and the section maybe sold to any por.son applying for the same for the price at which it was knocked down at the auction; and, if not so sold, the section may be again put up to auction at any future sale. 33. Upon payment of the purchase money in full, the purchaser shall receive from the Commissionersa " License to Occupy," in the form set forth in Schedule A to the 'Waste Lands Regulations, and such License shall be restored to the Commissioners upon receipt of a Crown Grant of the land purchased. VII. — RURAIj LASD. 04. All lauds not included in any of the foregoing regulations shall be open for sale as rural land, at au miilbrm price of forty shillings per acre. 3-j. Save as hereinafter provided, no section of Itural Laud 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 ho sold by auction at the upset price of forty shillings per acre; the time and place of wile, and the mode of sale, and payment of purchase money to be as nearly as may be in accordance with the regulations herein con I aitied applicable to the sale of Town Land. Provided, nevertheless, that if any section so limited shall be included in a Pasturage License with Preemptive Right, the holder of such License shall be entitled to exercise such Pre-emptive Right under these Regulations upon payment of the sum of forty pounds for such see!ion. 30. Every section of rural land shall be m one block, and,'except, as hereinafter provided, of a rectangular form, and if bounded by a frontage lino, shall be'oi'n depth of half a mile (or'4o chains) from such frontaae. Note.—A frontage line shall he taken to mean the boundary of a roatf, river, or public reserve, or any stream o'i- watercourse which shall have been declared by notification in the Government Gazette to constitute a frontage for the purpose of selection. 37. Where, from the frontage not being a straight line or from the interference of other frontage lines, natural features, or the boundivries of private lands, the above rules in respect of form cannot be accurately observed, the form of the section shall be determined as nearly in accordance with these rules as, in the iudamerit of the Board, circumstances will admit. 38. In sections of lands not adjacent, to or bounded by a frontage line, all the sides may be equal, hut one j side may not be less than one-third of the other; and j such section shall not be less than half a mile distant from a frontast- line. 3!). Any person possessing a section of land may at any time" select, another adjacent thereto, of such form that the two together, being considered as one section, shall be in the form required for a single sec! ion under the foregoing rules. 40. Immediately on the paymenfof the purchase money, the purchaser shall receive from the Commissioners n " License to Occupy," in the form set forth in the Schedule B liereunto'aimexcd; and as soon thereafter as conveniently may be, the land shall be laid ofi'liy a Government* Surveyor, as nearly in accordance with the description given by the purchaser iv his application as these regulations will admit; provided that whenever the lands selected lie without the sun-eyed districts, the expense of the sui-vey and of connecting such survey with the existing surveys shall be borne by the puielmser, who shall at the time of purchase deposit the amount of the estimated cost of such survey? with the Treasurer 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 purchap-T, the'fiovprnmont will not. be responsible for any loss or inconvenience which the purchaser may experience, nor will the purchase money he returned. Provided also, that if the Surveyor shall find that the whole extent of land in the selected locality falls short of i.he quantity paid for by the purchaser, the Treasurer shall repay so much of the purchase money as exceeds the price of the land to be conveyed. Tiie "License to Occupy" shall, in any such case, ho 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 the 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 LAXDS. 42. Whereas it. is desirable that private persons should he enabled to receive portions of Waste Land in exchange for private lands taken for roads or for other public purposes; if any person, shall be entitled to receive any compensation in respect of any land which shall have been taken for the purposes of a road or of any other public work, or in respect of any damages done to his property by the taking of such hind for such purposes, such person shall, upon application to the Waste Lands Board, be entitled to a grant of rural land in such situation ,-ts'he shall select, subject to the conditions as to form and frontage in 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' orj'in respect, of such damage as aforesaid. 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 sue!'" road, bridge, or'"drain, furnishing such security a:! the Superintendent may require for the due completion of'such contract, and shall select such portion 1 of rural land as he shall be willing to accept by way of payment or compensation, or by way of part payment or compensation for such work; it shall be lawful for the Superintendent to reserve such portion of laud from public sale for such given time but no lomrev; and such person shall, on the completion of 1 such contract, be entitled to a free grant of such land, or ;;o much thereof as the Board shall adjudge, not exceeding one acre for every two pounds sterling which the Superintendent shall certify to the Waste Lsuids Board to be the bond fide value of the work so done by such person according to the prices for work and materials at tho time of performing such contract current iv the district. Every such reservation of land from public sale shall unpublished in the .Government Gazette of the Province, as directed in clause 19 of these Regulation;-.. iVo 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 shall, as against" the holder of siwli Pre-emptive Right, be so reserved .or granted until he shall have been allowed the option of purchasingsuch land iv tho manner prescribed in clauses 64 and GO to these Regulations. Wo greater'amount of land than 200 acres shall under the provisions of this clause be reserved or granted to any person under any such contract, uni«v3 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 jii-ovfsions of' this clause, without the special sanction of the Provincial Council. Provided always that every parcel of laud so granted shall be subjected to the same conditions as to form aiuMroiitaere as any rural land sold under these Regulations/"provided also that no application for less than 20 acres shall be received itivJer this clause, but that where any amount of compensation awarded by the Board skiil be of less extent ihan 20 acres of laud, the person entitled may pay the balance in cash upon the same terms as other applicants for the purchase of rural lands under these Regulations. IX. —NAVAL. AJi"D MILITARY BOUNTIES. 44. Whereas the Superintendent and the Provincial Council and other "the inhabitants of Canterbury are desirous to aid in making provision for the maintenance of such persons of Her Majesty's land and sea forces as may be discharged as unfit for further service in consequence of wounds or loss of health incurred in the present war with Russia, and also for the maintenance of the widows of those who may be killed in such war:— Any such person or widow shall, upon application to the Waste L-nuls Hoard, and upon tho production of satisfactory evidence from the proper authorities as to such discliiirge or death, ba entitled to receive a free grant not exceeding 30 acres of the Waste Lands within this Province, subject to the conditions as to form and frontage contained in these 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. —PASTUMASE. 45. Until sold, granted, or reserved for public purposes as herein provided, the Waste Lands may bo occupied for pasturage purposes by persons holding licenses from the Waste Lands Board to occupy the same. 46. Any person applying for a pasturage license shall state to the Commissioners what are the boundaries and extent of the run applied for, and the number and description of the stock which he possesses, or will undertake to place upon the run within twelve months from the date of the license. 47. The extent of run allowed to each applicant shall be at the rate of 120 acres to every head of great cattle, and 20 acres to every head of small cattle. The words " trrcat cattle" shall be construed to mean horned cattle', horses, mules, and asses, male and female, with their olispring above six months of age; and the words "small cattle" shall be construed to mean sheep, male and female, with their weaned off- . spring. 48. Every pasturage run shall be in one block, and, as far as circumstances will admit, of a rectangular form: the frontage, under ordinary circumstances, shall not be greater than one-half the depth. 49. The fee to be paid for the. license shall be at the following rates : —For every run containing less than 1000 acres, twenty shillings for every hundred acres; for every run containing 1000 acres, and not less than .5000 aciES, two-pence per acre for the first thousand, and one penny per acre for every acre in addition.