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Otago Daily Times, Issue 59, 23 January 1862, Page 2 (Supplement)

the day of sale; and, in default thereof, the purchase shall forfeit, his deposit money, and also all right or tit'e to the laud; a,id the section maybe sold to any person applying for the same for the price iit which i'l was knocked down at (he auction; and, if no! so sold, (he section maybe again put up'to nuclion at any future sale. :tt. Upon payment of the purchase money in full, tin! purchaser shall lvceive from the Commissioners a " TJeense to Occupy," in *-h« form set forth in Schedule A to the 'Waste Lands Hepuliitious, and such License shall lie restored to the Commissioners upon receipt of ;i Crown Grant of the land purchased. VJI. — JU'HAI, I.AXII. 34. All lands not. included in any of dm foregoing-re-ridntions shall he ojien for sale as rural laud, at an uniform price of forty shillings per acre. 35. .Save ;is hereinafter provided, no section of Rural Land shall be sold, contninin^ loss than twenty .icr.s; hut. any section so limited hy fronta»-e lines or m-ivatc lauds as to contain less than twenty acres may ix; .sold by auction at tho upset, price of forty siiiOintrs per acre • the time and piace of sale, and the mode o! sale, and' payment of purchase money to be as nearly as may be in accordance with the regulations herein contained applicable to the sale of Town Land. Provided, nevertheless, Hint if any section so limited ■Oii'll 'he included in n Part urafre License with Prefiiiptivp li"i!'-ht, Hi.-; holder of such License shall be entitled to exarcisc such Pre-emptive Right under ihese Beirulalioit.-i upon payment of the sum of forty pounds for such section. 30. Every section of rural land shall ben one block, and, except as hereinafter provided, ofarectiniruhir form, and if houuded.liy a frontage.line, shall b.'ofa depth of half a mile (or '40 chains) from such fi-cntiUi-''. Not*:. —A fi-ontnire line shall be taken to mean tun boundary of a road, river, or public reserve, or any stream or watercourse which shall have been declared by notification in the Government Gazette to constitute a frontage (iir the purpose of selection. 37. Wh'ire, from th.; frontage not being.a straight liiii- or frons Hip interference of other fronta>re lines, iiiiiurni ti-.Uures. or the boiiuii.-iries of private lauds, the above rules in nvpee.tof form eaunot.be accurately observed, (he form of th-- section shail be determined as nearly in necor-ianci' with these rules as, in the jiit'iiiiuiir of tinl Board, circumstances will admit. 38. In sections of lauds not adjacent to or bounded by a frontuire line, all the sides may be equal, but one si'du may not be hiss than one-third of the other; and such section sha'l not lie less than half a mile distant from a frontage line. 30. 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 sect in:!, shall h.i in the form reijiiired for a single section under llie foregoing rules.

40. Immediately on the payment of the purchase money, the purchaser shall receive from the Commissioners a •'' License to Occupy," in the form set forth in the Sc'ii"iiuli- B hereunto' annexed; and as soon thereafter.«« conveniently may lie, the land shall be laid off by a Government Surveyor, as nearly in ac-cordance'v.-itli tlie description given by the purchaser in his -application as these regulations will admit; provided'that whenever the lands selected lie without the surveyed districts, Hie expense of the survey and of connect-no- suc'i survey with the existing surveys shall he borne by the purchaser, whoshall at the time of purchase-d.:j;n«it the amount of the estimated cost of such surveys with the Treasurer of the Waste Lands Board, which shall be made as soon as practicable, by o;\lur of' the Chief Sui-veyor. Provided always,"that s!:ou'd any section when surveyed prove to diifcr in any respect frj-.n that intended by the purchaser, tin- G-nvrnnient will not bo responsible for any loss or inconvenience wliieli the purchaser may experience, nor will the purchase money be returned. Pr-ivi-k-1 also, that if the Surveyor'shall find that tlie wh.i'e extent of iaiul in the selected locality falls short of the quantity paid for by the purchaser, the Treasurer sha'l repay so much of the purchase money as exceeds the price of the 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 th" "License" shall be returned to the Comi::is:-ioii.--j* when the Crown Grant shall be issued. 41. Any person making a ditch and bank fence, to lands adjoining Wasie Lauds of the Crown may lake out of such !ai«;s half the land required for the ditch and bank : povii'ed that no ditsh or bank shall Inmore than j-ix tret in width. VIM .—COM PKSTATION US DS. 42. Vher'-as if is desirable that private persons should lie r-:i;.li!eii to receive portions of Waste Land iv exchange for private lands taken for routis or fo. other public purposes; if any person shall be entitled to receive any compensation in respect of any laud which -i-ali have been taken for the purpose of a road or ol any other public work, or ill respect of any dr.mnsrcs doiie 'o his properly by the taking of sucii land ibr such purposes, such pcr>u;i shall, upon application !o the Waste Lands Boanl, be cntitli-d io a gTiuit (if rural land in such situation a-i hcuhidi si.-iec-t. subject 10 the condilions as to form and froniiigo iv these l-i-gulavioiis contained, to thi; extent of one acr. for every two pounds sterling of the amount of compensation which the applicant shall be entitled to receive in respect of Ihe iimd taken ibr such pur|.<ises or in respect ofutch damage as aforesaid. 4!J. If any person slia'.l contract with the Sujjcviuteudent to iuaki; and complete, within a aivcu time. any puliiic road, bridge, or drain, or any part of any such road, bridge, or'drain, furnishing such security as the .Sii;'ierint!-ii'de!it may n quire for the due ciimpletion of such i-(nitra;!t. and si.-.dl select such pdifioii of rural lanil as hi- siii.'U be willing to accept by way of paynieui or eo-,n;i:-Hsation, or by way of part payment! or compensation for such work; it sliuli he .awful for the .Superintendent to reserve such portion of laud from inib'ic sale for such given time bin no longer; and siu-h pi r on shall, on'the completion of such contract, be entitled to a five iziant of such laud, or so much thereof as the 8.-ard shall adjudge, not exceeding one acre for every two pouuds sterlii-.f; which >!>'•- *iip-rinlendeiii shall certify to t!*.- Wast. Lanils Hoard i'o he t!i-: boni'i Jiile value of the woi k s-i done by such wrson according to the prices for v.-ork and iiiateriai.s'aUhe rime of performing such coutrac: current iv the district. Kvery such reset vation of. laud from public sail shall be |iiib!ish.«l in Ilu- Government Gazette of tin Province, as directed in clause 19 of these Regulations. No sueli reservation shall continue in force for a lonsrer period than twelve calendar mouths from the date on which it shall have been made. No land included in a Pasturage License with Preemptive liiglit shall, as against" tlie holder of .- ue!: Pre-emptive Right, be so reserved or granted until \ lie shall have been allowed the option of purchii.rin.u such land in the manner prescribed in clauses ($4 ami (j(i to these Regulations. jNo greater "amount of land than 250 acres shall uuder the provisions of this clause be reserve.i or granted to any person under any such contract, tinless in payment of work for which a vote has been [Hissed by the Provincial Council. No greater amount of land than 1000 acres in the aggregate shall, in any one year, be ivswwl or granted under the provisions of this clause, without thespeci.il of the Provincial Council. Provided always t hut every parcel of laud so granted shall be .'iibjeotell to the same conditions ar, to form and frontage as any rural land sold under these Regulation* ; provided also that no application tor less than 20 acres shall be received uuder this clause, but that where any amount of compensation awarded by the Board slmi'l be of less extent than 20 acres of lain!, the person entitled may pay the balance in cash upon the same terms as other applicants for the pureinise of rural lands under these Regulations. IX. —NAVAL AND MILITARY BOUNTIES. . 44. Whereas the Superintendent and tlie Provincial Council and other die 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 ! thereaintenanee of the widows of those who may lie killed in such.war: — Any such person or widow shall, upon application to the 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 !>() acres of the Waste Lands within this Province, subject to the conditions as to form and frontaur contained in these Regulations; provided a-ways 'that such application shall be made to ilie Waste Lands Board by suc^i person or widow iv person within three years after such discharge or death. X. — I'ASTUSAUK. ° 45. Until sold, uranted, or reserved for public purposes as herein jirovided, the Waste Lands may he occupied for pasturage purposes by persons holding licenses from tiie Waste Lands Board to occupy the same. 40. Any person applying for n pasturage license shall staa- to ti'iu Commissioners what are the boundaries and extent of the run applied ibr, and the number and description of the stock which he possesses, or wil- undertake to pi; o ■ upon the run within twelve months from the date of the license. 47. The extent of run allowed to each applicant, -hall be at the rate of 120 acres to every head of great cattle, and 20 acres to every head of small cattle. Th'- words '•' great cattle" shall lie construed to mean horned cattle, horses, mules, and asses, male and female, with their otisj>ring above six mouths of age ; and tiic words "small cattle" shall be construed to mean sheep, male and female, with their weaned offspring. 48. Every pasturage run shall be in one block, and, as far as circumstances will admit, of a rectangular form : the frouiage, under ordinary circumstances, shall not be <rreat.eV than one-half the depth. 49. The fee to be paid for the license shall be at the following raies :—fur every run containing less than 10U0 ac-ifs. :w';ii-y shillings ibr every hundred acres; for every run containing 1000 i\:-i-.fs, and not less than 5000 aei is, two-jvii. ■..■'p'e;-iiciv tor th" fir.i thousand, and one penny per acre for every acre in addition. 'For every "run containing 5000 acres, or upwards,