M. REUTER.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 70, 5 February 1862, Page 1 (Supplement)

M. REUTER.

M. Riit'Tim is becoming n nuisance. Personally, we are told, he is deserving of ail commendation as a most energetic man who earlj' perceived the monopoly the telegraph must acquire in the transmission of intelligence, who tins simplified telegraphic communication, and who has Hid the foundation of a fortune by lessening .newspaper expenses. A\re have no quarrel with M. Renter, who is, we imagine, simply a very keen sighted speculator, and whose action, like that of most other keensighted speculators, is'generally beneficial,

but the system wliich hears his name is by no

means an unmixed blessing. The monopoly is far too exclusive. In England, at all events, M. Renter has complete possession of the main channel through which information reaches tho public; and as.he is dependant upon his agents, politicians, traders, and the Stock Exchange are all equally at the mercy of a knot of irresponsible men, whose sources of information are unknown, who may be prejudiced to any degree, and many of whom could not be checked, much less punished, except after an interval of months. M. Renter looks, of course, to business returns, and in his selection of agents must be guided far more By business habits, promptitude, and honesty than by either acumen or absence of political feeling. In sonic cases, as for example, in the East,'where his agents are almost of necessity not selected at all, but appointed en masse — the a<snt for the Peninsular and Oriental Company being always, we believe, Renter's —he has no guarantee except for character, and the Indian, telegrams, for example, are almost invatiably '-European" in tone. At all events, however excellent his correspondents may be, there is an obvious disadvantage in a!! the news of the world filtering to England through a single channel fed by rivulets wliich may be flavored to any extent unseen. It may be said that the agency iv this respect differs nothing from a newspaper ofiice, and the assertion is perfectly correct. But the newspaper is watched and corrected by hundreds of acute and eager rivals, with different interest^ hostile views, and separate means of information, by Parliament, and hy the thousand channels through which the intelligence permeates well-informed circles. Renter's agency is not corrected at the time by anybody. In very , great crises a conspicuous event might be reported direct to tlie newspaper offices by their own agents, and the Government has always separate information ; but the general run of European news, and all news from countries beyond the newspaper limit, is prepared for the public eye by a single firm. Any news- '■ paper which was alone in England would become in a few months a dangerous tyranny, '. and Mr Router's newspaper is for early intel- s ligence alone in England. It is open to its 1 director to modify English feelings, and witli them English politics, to an indefinite degree, ' only by giving a bias to a narrative of abso- [ lute facts. Power like tliis in the hands of the best man on earth would require watching ; and when placed as it is in the hands of a ] firm wliich must be dependent on host of ' other men, becomes infinitely more formid- J able.

It is not a sufficient answer to say that no mischiefs have hitherto arisen from this monopoly. AYe willingly allow the genera! fairness of tlie telegrams issued from the agency, and the remarkable intelligence and prompitude with wliich tlie news is condensed and forwarded. But there is still enough apparent on the face of these messages to suggest the evils which may, or rather must, be latent in such a system. AYe are scarcely aware how far M. Renter can keep his agents independent of official influence, but no one who has studied politics at all reads a telegram from Poland except to ascertain the Russian view of any disturbance which may have occurred; telegrams from Rome are very Roman indeed in their theory of events ; and telegrams from America always appear to have been drawn up by some oils with Southern Rj'mpathics. In the two former cases no particular mischief is done A Russian account with the necessary additions, is just as trustworthy as a Polish one with the necessary deductions, and nobody ever believes anything good or bad from Rome. But a Southern bias in the telegraph is a misfortune, for first impressions on battles and proclamations are apt to give public opinion an incurable twist. The \ery utmost was made of the Federal defeat at Bull's 'Run, and to tliis hour the idea that the Confederates mean toprohibit the export of cotton till tiie blockade is broken rests chiefly upon an additional telegram which emanated from the agency. \\ re do not suppose M. Renter cares sixpence about the result of the contest, the contest itself, not its consequence, being the source of tlie profit.; but it is something to the public to know whether the messages are prepared by a man ■who thinks with Mr. Sewaid, or feels with Jefferson Davis, or raves with "Manhattan." A bias in a long-continued series of telegrams operates ns powerfully as one in a newspaper, and over a far wider area pf opinion, and in this case the telegraph is undoubtedly a friend of the Secessionists. Moreover, whether it he so or not, it is on M. Reuters good sense and moderation that the public is dependent, and the public having no control whatever, except ns to facts. over M. Renter, that dependence is in itself decidedly mischevons. Suppose, for example, that the English telegraph had announced in Prussia several times, " Great excitement still manifested in the Macdonald case," it would have reported a fact which would seem to be confirmed not only by newspapers but by despatches. Yet the effect of that irritating message would be entirely incorrect, one-half of England certainly thinking the official reclamations bad been pushed too far, an 1 the remainder discussing the affair simply as a passing item of news. It is much easier to describe the evil than to point out the remedy, which, indeed, can be found only in the reduction of cost which competition and new inventions may one day produce in this mode of communication. M. lleutur has really diminished newspaper expenses, and no single paper could now bear the expense of maintaining an effective rivalry. But that fact only increases the necessity for watchfulness on the part of the public, and the most suspicion.? and stringent supervision on that of M. Renter; and it is watchfulness, and not a change of system, for which we at present plend.-r—Spectotor.

Easter Cerhmontat, at the Cathedral oi' Fi.'iHßNCi;.—But the sight which has attracted most of the 001111117 fo!k to the city is the seoppio del cnrro, which takes pine" exactly at mid-day 0:1 the Saturday. The " blowing up of the car "is effected in this wise :—A huge structure of timber, some thirty or forty feet high, is" raised on wheels aud drawn to the front of the great western door ofthe cathedral, In the space between it and tlie baptistry ! this is tlie cnrro. It is adorned with garlands and abundantly hung a!! over with crackers, and rosket-i, and detonating fireworks of all sorts; and a longliue, 0? which ono end is fixed to the liic'h altar, pinses down the nave of ths church and out through the'wide open doors, and is at the other end attached to the enrrn. The ancient practice, continued till recently, was, at a certain point in tins celebr.ition of the mass, to let loose a dove witii a light affixed to its tail, attached in such a manner to the Una which lias been described that it could fly in the direction of the carro, but iv no other. The intention was, as will be understood, that tlie dove should carry the light to the gunpowder prepared fijr if, aiul.tlius fire" all the pyrotechnic devices on the car, and iipon the duo success of this manoeuvre the peasants founded auguries to the agricultural prosperity, or'the reverse, ofthe comingl Slimmer—auiuries which'were so implicitly and extensively believed that, it became a matter of serious consequence that the dove should not fail in his very tin— dovelike mission. Yet, as may easily ba imagined, failures often took place. Modern ingenuity, however, and the " march of mind" have remedied t.his, and found the me ins or'compelling tin intern ry to lie favorable. A mode! '-.fa dove, so contrived ns to run along the cord an i carry the match with a ce.'hiinfy. is now subititute;! for tiie real bird : genppa del cnrro takes place with the.utmost regularity, and prophesies admirable harvests pyery year, to the perfect contentment of the Tuscan agricultural mind.— Trollope's Za Beata.

DISBAXDMENT OF MILITIA

(Fi-o-ii t'ue Tarnnahl Herald, '.Tan. 7.)

A letter has been received by Major Herbert from the Under-Secretary, Mr. Gisborne, which will be fouud below, and the purport of wliich is known by this time to most of our readers. Ever since it became probable that a " peace at almost any price policy" would be adopted, it has been generaliy'felt that measures would have sooti to be taken for lightening, as fir as justice would permit, the burden which the maintenance of the Militia force imposes on the colony. What the precise course to be taken in the

matter will be has not yet been decided by

the Government, and must, in a great measure, depend on the answer received from his Maori Majesty's Government to Sir G. Grey's terms. Probably the whole force will, in the first instance, bo disbanded, and afterwards those who can show that the} r are unable to obtain a certain livelihood in other ways will be enrolled in a sort of Volunteer force, which will be employed on public works, until such time as Sir G. Grey can tell us with a clear conscience that we may safely return to our farms, anil the Government has put us in a position to do so. The pay ofthe working force is to be at the rate of ss. per diem, and the money will be furnished by the General Government, subject to a future adjustment. Such an arrangement appears to us to he fair under the circumstances, provided that it is carried out in a liberal spirit, which we have at present no reason to doubt, and provided also that a discretionary power is left with some one capable of exercising it judiciously as to the nature and amount ofthe work to be required. It should not be forgotten that manj' of our ruined settlers are men past the prime of life, and more or less broken clown in health and physical activity. Such casea should, under the circumstances, have special consideration. If the organisation of the working force is not of a military kind, the men should at least be allowed to retain their arms, and to carry them, when going out to work in remote districts Probably, however, the whole Militia force ofthe Province will be called out for training and exercise, and all will then, as a matter of course, retain their arms and accoutrements.

Militia Branch, Colonial Secretary's Oiiice,

Auckland, January 0, 1832. Sir, —I am directed to inform you that the Government have had under their consideration t'ue question of the present state of the Alilitia Force in the Province oi Taranaki, and of its future constitution and maintenance, and that although the Government have nut yet come to a decision on ilia subject, they will iv all probability do so in the course of the present month. Tlie effect of that decision will probably be au entire change in the establishment of the present Taranaki Militia, and a great reduction in its e>qieiise. It is intended that all persons able to maintain themselves should be left to their own resources, and that in the case of others, tho receipt of pay an-1 rations should bo coupled with conditions requiring from such persons effective services in return for the same.

This intimation of the views of the Government, is given ia order that it may be at once communicated io all persons concerned, both officers and privates, in order that they may be previa red for the impending change which is likely will take place from the commencement of next mouth. lam ti request you tv give immediate publicity to this announcement, f have, &c, AY. GiSBoa.N'E, Under-Secretary. Major Herbert, Coiamain'ung Taranaki Militia. Thb Grace Dakling and the Iv attves at Kawhia.—The following particulars of the treatment received by the master of the cutter Grace Darling from the natives at Kawhia has been furnished us hy Captain Con-ins: —The Grace Darling left Taranaki oil the 16th of Deceinher for Kawhia, for the purpose of procuring a cargo of wheat there from the natives. She arrived on the 18th, when a number of natives came on board the vessel, who appeared to be friendly disposed, and such ns had wheat agreed to sell it to the captain. Two days afterwards a number of natives came again on board, and toid the master that they had received a letter from Taranaki, wliich informed them that the Grace Darling had been engage 1, dining the late war, in conveying wounded and dead natives from Waitara to >Tew Plymouth, and in bringing back to Waitara munitions of war; that, while engaged in this service, a native chief was sent onboard of her to bo conveyed to Mew Plymouth from AVaitara, who was harshly treated during the passage; that the visit of the vessel to Ivawiiai was lor no good purpose, the pretence of trading being used only to conceal her real object, which was that of a spy. Captain Cousins"went on shore to consult the missionary stationed there, but was informed by that gentleman that his prudent course I

would be to sail at once, for. if he did not do so, the natives would probably seize the vessel. Subsequently, the natives consented to illo'.v the vessel to remain in the river until the wind was favorable to her leaving, but interdicted the captain from making any purchases on shore, lor trade. Afterwards thej' expressed a willingness to let the vessel remain unmolested until they could hear something of her character from the Governor, or from Mr. Parris: but as tliis would have led to a long and unprofitable detention, the captain took the first opportunity that offered to leave, and came on to Kelson. The Grace Darling was not engaged in running between Waitara and New Plymouth during the war, having only recently been purchased out of the trade between Nelson and Wairau, in which she had previously been engaged. Xo doubt the natives at Kawhai had been duped by some person or other, but whether by Europeans or natives i 3 not known, nor the object that led to it. The occurrence has entailed a severe loss on Captain Cousins, who is an industrious man, and had just purchased the vessel for the purpose of trading with her on the coast.— MarlborovghPress, Jan. JOlh.

ExTaAouni.'-.'AKV Rail wai- Mininmt.— The Tim.2l American coiT-espon-lent, furnishes the following account : —An extraordinary railway murder bus been perpetrated on the Northern Central railroad. A detachment of men and horses were, proceeding to Baltimore, when, on arriving at Harrisburg, they (baud no preparation made to forward thorn on. A detachment was therefore told off, who seized a locomotive bei onging to the Pennsylvania railroad, and was about to go off with it when the superintendent interfered and undertook to provide an engine and engineer : — " This was finally done. Upon arriving at the depot of the Northern Central Road no train was ready, and to avoid a repetition ofthe experiences ut the other depot and farther delay, as his men were without food, Colonel Kilpatrick cou.dn.lcd to come on to Baltimore with tlie train lie had, and directed the engineer accordingly. They proceeded safely, at a rate o: about oiglifc miles an hour, until within four miles of Coekeysville, when the engineer put on the steam, aud began to run the train afc a fearful speed. Colonel Fitzpatriek and his wife aud most of the officers were in the last car. The breaksmau left his post and came into the car, declaring that he could not manage the break-whet:!, the train was dashing along at such a speed. In going round a sharp curve, as soon as the engine reached the straight road, tho steam was suddenly let on, fearfully increasing the rate of speed. Lieutenant Lyon, nephew of the late Genera! Lv«n, volunteered to man the break ofthe, last car. Aided by Serjeants M'Donald and Fuller, and one of the privates, he had managed to put down the break', when the four cars immediately in front of if were thrown from the track, and the breaking of the coupling of the last car let it escape the same fate. Lieutenant Lyon, and Serjeants IP Donald and Fuller, and the private, who were managing the breaks, were, instantly killed. They had gallantly exposed themselves to danger, and'lost tlieir lives, but saved those of the occupants of the last car. As soon as tho cars were thrown off, the engineer detached tiie locomotive and tender from the frame and started a-head, exclaiming, ' There, your G train is a wreck, aud I hope the whole party is killed.' Colonel FiUpatrick promptly gave orders for his arrest, and some of the. men started after him, and endeavoured by hurting stones, to knock him off the engine. Tlie fireman beside him was tii us knocked insensible, and fell from tho car, bat the engineer at that time made his escape.'' Three of the injured men subsequently died. The telegraph V»i>lfysd, »md feU« 9Dtf i«<ttjr ya\i iuv<f)jt^i«

YOUNG ELTROPI

Nearly twenty years ago tliere arose a little parly, or rather a. little school of political theorists in tliis country, who oii'ered to cure the maladies

I of the a;;e by the specific, of a modern feudalism. c ' There a'ded themselves " Young England," for--0 j ge!fill of Bacon's niaxiin that the world waxes c j older witli the accession of each new century and c their error should be compared,, not to that of - dressing up a child in the garments of his grand--0 father, but to that of clothing a grown man in the 1 easf.off petticoats of his childhood. Tbey made f landed proprietorship the basis of all social relations ; they were for reviving' the old mediaeval i fashions of Sunday sports and popular festivals, " all under aristocratic patronage ; tlicv preached benevolence to the- rich, docility and trustful de- " peudence to tlie poor, and would iiu'n have stilled s the reeolk'Ctiou of rights by a fanciful catechism 3 of duties. The spirit in wliich the Young Engi land movement originated was as shortlived as it - deserved to lie. It could not survive the repeal 5 of the Corn Laws, the spread of education, and • tiie manifold experiences which have taught the - working classes io respect their own independence. Some of its apostles have 'forgotten that ! they ever professed such a creed ; others are ] ; heartily ashamed of all tbey said and wrote about _ ! it ; while the English public has long since nniii--1 j bored it among tiie amiable weaknesses of Con--1 j servalism. Let in not be misunderstood if we designate M. Mon.'ahinibert as the prophet, of a similar reaciion ou tho Continent. Young England is dead and gone, but tliere is still a Young Europe, and iAI. Moiitalembert has devoted to its service all the energy of his indignation and the power of liis glowing eloquence. Hence tiie exiraordinary inconsistency of the views which lie has advocated, without being, or even seeming to be, inconsistent with himself. He abhors political tyranny, but be admires the Jesuits ; be loves England for her liberty, but he loves still better the gloomy ecclesiastical tiys'imi which our patriots hated more than they haled the Star Chamber or arbitrary taxation ; ho sympathises with oppressed nationalities and caused a funeral service to be performed in memory of O'Counell, yet he earnestly recommended the French expedition to Rome and fulminates bis most scathing I invectives against the constitutional kingdom of Italy. The last of his many (noniiures is in favor of Poland, and he could scarcely have chosen a more congenial theme. Poland was wrengfuily dismembered, and has been cruelly' oppressed ; this justifies tiie genuine interest v.-hieh Rf. Montn'iembsrt takes in tier destiny ; but we know by tbe example of Italy that persecution alone will not win M. Montiileiuberl's sympathy, and by that of Ireland that it sometimes flows abundantly where there is no persecution at all. Two things are necessary to bring over to a cause the leader of the Parti Cathnli que; it must be Catholics tbat suffer,- and. it must be a revival of past memories, not the present and practical benefits of good government, that is the object of agitation. Poland satisfies both these conditions. Her old constitution was notoriously the worst in Europe.!] and the grotesque absurdity ofthe "rota eijncniris " and the " lil/cram veto" —tlie voting 'bra King armed and on horseback, and the requiring absolute unanimity on every article of legislation —were no unfair specimens of the state of society which it represented, Yet M. Moiitalembert tells us triumphantly that " Poland thinks only of her past and her future," and it is but too plain that his ideal • of Polish regeneration is a regulation of tlie future by the light of the past. Memories and hopes ; are the materials with which lie would build, but of present wants and the requirements of'modern civilization' bo says nothing, except that they 1 ' look but to lucre and pleasure.' What interests him is the spectacle of a ' nation in mourning,' abandoned to a dominant idea which there i.s no definite prospect of realizing, united under the

sway of a national priesthood, and making a religion of its sense.of wrong. Apparently unaware that tho notion was borrowed from the practice of the tenth century, M. Moiitalembert quotes willi fervour the interpolation in the Litany, 'From pestilence, fire, and Muscovite ser-

vitade, good Lord deliver us." He is absorbed in the contemplation of the external symptoms of grief,—funeral clothing, deserted playhouses, empty ballrooms, melancholy looks and gestures. He prefers the national chant of Poland to the masterpieces of ancient and modern music:, and hears in it ' at once the cry of a soul and the cry of a nation.' He awards tiie crown of martyrdom to those who perished in the streets ot AA'arsaw ; he exalt:; this passive protest of the Poles into an effort of spiritual faith, and he discovers a lofty symbolism in all tbe petty acts by which they provoke their enemies.

AV'c would not willingly smile at M. Montnletnbcrst's enthusiasm, but wo cannot pretend to keep pace with it. So far as it is not the expression of the same feelings which led Tacitus and Rousseau to idealize manners which contrasted violently wbh tbo cirruption.-: around them.it will not bear criticism. To us tho attitude assumed by the Poles appears—we will not say cil'eotcd or ridiculous, but very iil-adviscd. Armed resistance is one thing, arid quiet preparation for the, assertion of independence, when circumstances shall make, it possible, is another. There is much to be said for method by which Garrihakli cm inchoated Naples;' much, too, for that by which AVilhain of Orange. organized the revolt of the Spanish Netherlands ; but we never heard of a despotism being overturned by frowns and feminine demonstrations of resentment. Yet M. Montalcnibcrfc is quite right iv saying that these arc the tactics with which. Poland proposes to combat the Muscovite Empire. We published yesterday an " Address from the Inhabitants of * Warsaw" to their brethern in Russian, Austrian, nnd Prussian provinces. This document contains a tolerably ciea'r, though rhetorical statement of Polish grievances, and insists with much good sense on the duty of seli'-reliunec and moral control. Bat it harps' on tbe same topic as M. Moiitalembert :—" Let ns reject lux. urious and dissolute living and all useless gaietyLet us dress iv black as a sign ofthe af'dietion in which wo arc plunged ; let us dre.-.s in Polish costume, but without persecuting those who wear other costumes. Let tho-e who understand foreign 'languages, especially German and Muscovite, speak them to no Gorman or Muscovite on Polish soil. You must avoid bad men, and all such as pollute themselves by taking service under the government. Drive them away from your circle ; nobody must abase himself ami injure his country unpunished. Instead of seeking for bread in the army, or in any vile service, Keek it in industry, agriculture., commerce, and other honest occupations. Let us not spend our money uselessly ; tint let us give it willingly for patriotic purposes, for supporting the poor, for arms, and for Polish hooks and pictures." No doubt, if this programma is systematically carried out, the hatred

" Muscovites " will be effectually sent to Coventry, but wo cannot see how this result will tend to advance the sacred cause of Kosciusko and Czarto-

The grand error wliich underlies this address, and is sanctioned by M. Moiitalembert, is that of playing with a very small capital for the highest possible stake, and rejecting all minor gains with contempt. " There is no hope whatever from the government," say the citizens of Warsaw. Poland is determined to accept " neither peace, nor prosperity, nor security, and not to leave cither to her masters till justice is done her," says ?.I, Moiitalembert. If so, —aud the late outrages ou the property of Germans and other foreigners lead us to fear that it may be so—-,ve think she has chosen a perilous path. The Romans themselves did not insult Bremins when he used the " intolerable expression," Vw victis! but were content to compound for his departure. It. does not become a nation which confesses its inferiority in strength to reject all compromises and half-measures, and to stand upon its abstract rights. The true policy is to take, what it can got, without foregoing ulterior claims. If Poland is again to take her place in the republic of nations, she will do well to regard her own previous history as a blank or as a warning, and to study the example ofthose States which M. Montalembcrt only considers inferior to her because they are more successful. Sentiment alone cannot make a people, it is not. by being a " glorious" exception to the rules by which liberty is won and kept that Poland can undo the effects of three partitions. Let her consent to advance step by step, and to accept the guidance of common sense, in the career before her, and, though she may sink in the estimation of M. Moiitalembert, slie will find herself gaining ground in the jiublic opinion oi Europe.— Times.

Two old friends mat, not long since, after a separation of thirty-live years. "Well Toiii," says one, " how has the world glue with you, old boy ) Married yet'<"—" Yes, and I've a family yuii can't match; seven boys and one girl," '" I can match it exactly," was the reply, " for I have soy en girlo and oue boy." New Soveheicin joe the U-«ran States.—lvlartial Law, vice Jtog MQb, put under restraint.—

REGULATIONS Frtll THE DISPOSAL, SALE, LETTING AM") OCCUPATION OP THE WASTE LANDS OE THE CROAA\> T IK THE PROVINCE OE CANTERBURY : AS AMGXOKI). 1. A LL Regulations now in force in the ProX3l viuce of Canterbury for the sale, letting, disposal, and occupation of the AVaste Lands of the Crown are hereby repealed. 2. AI! such AVaste Lauds shall, from and after .the clay on which these Regulations shall come into force, be sold, let, disposed of, and occupied according- to these Regulations, and not olherwi.-e. 3. Every Act which the Superintendent is hereby authorised or required to pcr.'brni he shall perform solely in accordance with the advice cf his Executive Council for the time being', nnd such advice shall be recorded on the minutes ofthe Council. II.—THE WASTE I,A>'!)S HOARD. 4. There shall bo established a Board to be called the AVaste Lands Board, to consist, of one Chief Commissioner, and of not less than two nor more than five other Commissioners, all of whom (except such one ns sliall bo appointed to act as Treasurer) shall be uppointed nnd he removable by warrant under the baud of the Superintendent. 5. One member of the AVaste Lands Board shall also be the Treasurer thereof, and such member shall be appointed and removable by tho Governor. 6. The AVaste Lands Bonrd'shal! sit at, the principal Land Office of tlie Province, at certain stated times to he determined by tlie .Superintendent, and shali also sit for special purposes at. such places and at such times as tlie Superintendent shall direct; of wliich sitting's due notice sliall be given in the Provincial Government Gazette, and one or more newspapers published in the Province. 7. The Chief Commissioner when present, and in liis absence then some member selected by-those present at any meeting ofthe Board, shah preside thereat, and sliall have" a casting vote in all questions coming before the Board. 8. All questions coming before the Board shall be decided by a majority ofthe Commissioners present, thereat.

fl. All meetings of the Board shall be attended by at least three Commissioners, and shall be open to the public. 10. All applications for Land and for Pasturage and for Timber Licenses shall, after hearing evidence when necessary, be determined by the Board at some sitting thereof.

11." The Board shall have power to hear and determine all disputes between the holders of Pasturage and Timber Licenses respecting the boundaries of runs and districts, and shall have and exercise all the powers which may be lawfully had and exercised. 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 he transacted by the Chief Commissioner, subject, to such regulations as maj' be made by the Board in that behalf.

13. A book to lie called the "Application Book" shall be kept, open during ofiice hours at the Land Office, in which tiie name of every person desiring to make any application to the Board sliall be written in order by himself ur any person duly authorised on bis behalf." Anil the Commissioners shall, during the sitting of the Board, consider anil determine all applications in the order in which they shall appear iv the application book. Provided that if any person shall not appear himself or by some person duly authorised on his belir.b' before the Board when called in his turn, his appOation sliall be dismissed until his name sliall'appear again in the Book in order. Provided also that if two or more persons shall upply at the same time to write their names in the Application Book tiie Chief Cominis^oner shall bracket their names,.and sliall initial Ihe bracket; and when they shall appear before the Board, tlie Board shall determine tiie priority of rigid to be hard hy lot. And it shall not be. lawful for'the Board to hear any application except such as shall be made in accordance with tliis regulation. 14. vrhc Board shall keep true and detailed minutes of all applications made to tlie Board, and ail decisions thereon, and of all sums of money paid to the Treasurer, nnd generally of all the proceedings of the Board ; and such minutes shall be sigfitl by all the Commissioners present at any meeting1. And such minutes shall bo open to tlie inspection of nil persons desiring to inspect the same, nt all reasonable hours, on payment of the sum of two shillings and sixpence for every such inspection. 111. —STTItVEYS. 15. Thr-rc shall be n Chief Surveyor who sliall be appointed and removable by AA'nrrniit under the hand of the Superintendent, and" ns many I "sistant Surveyors as shall be necessary, who shah ue appointed and immoveable by the Superintendent upon the re- r . commendation of tlie Chief Surveyor. IG. All surveys shnll be conducted in such manner as the Board by any regulations.to be made in that behalf shall direct. IV. —THE LAND KHVETfIJK. 17. All payments to lie made in respect oflnnd shall die made to the Treasurer of the Board duriug' the sitting thereofj and the Treasurer sliall thereupon give receipts for the same. 18.—By the 62nd clause of the Constitution Act the Governor is authorised and required to pay out o the revenue arising from the disposal of tlie AVaste Lands of the Crown all the costs, charges, and expenses incident to the collection, management, and receipt thereof; and also to pay out ofthe said revenues such sums as shnll become payable under certain other provisions therein contained. The Treasurer ofthe AVaste .Lands Board shnll, therefore, pay out of all the funds coming into his hands under these, regulations all such sums for tlie above-named purposes, in such manner and to such persons as th« Governor shall direct. V. —PITHI.IO EESKKTES. 19. Reserves for the uses ofthe Provincial Government and for other public purposes may, upon tho recommendation of tiie Provincial Council, be made by the Superintendent; and shal! not he alienated from the specific purposes to which they shnll have been severally dedicated, except under the provisions of an-Act of" the General Assembly, entituled the " Public Reserves Act, 18o4;•" and a full and complete description of every such reserve and of tlio 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 ofthe Province, and set forth on the authenticated maps in the Land 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. ;[2O. Reserves for public highways, bridle-paths, and bot-paths, shall be made by the Superintendent, nnd 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 lughways, bridle-paths, and foot-paths, and dispose ofthe land theretofore used for the same. 21. Tlie Superintendent may temporarily reserve any land for the preservation or sale of tlio timber thereon; but such land may at any time cease to beso reserved upon a resolution of the Provincial Council. 22. The Superintendent may, upon the recommendation ofthe Provincial Council, by proclamation in the Government Gazette, reserve from the operation of these regulations any tract of country in winch the precious metals may be found to exist: and the laud within such tract, of country shall lie 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. VI.—TOWN LANDS. 23. The sites of towns shall be determined by the Superintendent, upon tlie recommendation of the Provincial Council, and shall be notified by proclamation in the Government Gazette of the Province. 24. Town Lands sliall be sold by public auction, in sections, the size and upset price of which sliall 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 sliall be fixed by tho Superintendent, and shall be notified in the Government Gazette, and one or more newspapers of the Province, at least thirty dny3 befor» such sale shall take place. 2G. No such notification of any sale of town lands shall be published until n map oi the town, signed by the Chief Surveyor, shall bave been laid open for public inspect ion in the Land Office; and such map uhall 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 tbein. 27. Town sections may be put up to auction, either by order ofthe Superintendent, or upon the application of some person who shall, at the time of making such application, deposit ten per cent, of the upset price with the Treasurer ofthe AVaste Lands Board. Such deposits shall, if no advance on the upset price be made, be considered as the deposit upon the sale at such public auction. 28. If any section shall be purchased hy otner 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 the sections about to be offered for sale aball 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 court as hereinbefore provided. 31. Tlie person who sliall be declared the highest iider at such auction shall immediately pay a deposit often per cent, ol the purchase money to the Treasurer, and in default thereof, the section shall be again Immediately put up to auction. paid to the Treasurer in full, within one week after j 82. fhs remainder of the purchase money shall be

the day of sale; and, in default thereof, the pur chase shall forfeit his deposit money, and also al right or title to tlie land; and the section may be sold to any person applying for the same for tiie price at which it was knocked down at, the auction; and, if not so sold, the section may be again put np to auction at any future sale.

33. Upon payment of the purchase money in full, tlie purchaser shall receive from the Commissioned a '•' License to Occupy," iv the form set forth in Schedule A to the 'AVaste Lands Regulations, and such Licence shal! lie restored to the Commissioners upon receipt of a Crown Grant of the land purchased. VII.—1! Ult AI, T, AN D. 31. All lands not included in any of the foregoing regulations shall be open fur sale as rural kind, at an uniform price of forty shillings per acre. 35. Save as hereinafter provided, no section of Rural Land shall be sold, containing less than twenty acres; but any section so limited by frontage lines or private lands lis to contain less than twenty acres may lie sold by auction at tbe upset price of forty shillings per acre j the time nnd place of sale, and the mode of sale, and payment of purchase money to be as nearly as may he hi accordance with the regulations herein contained applicable io the sale of Town Land. Provided, nevertheless, that if any section so limited shi.dl 'bo included in a Pasturage License with Preemptive Right, the holder of such License sliall lie entitled to exercise such Pre-emptive Right under these Regulations upon payment of the sum of forty pounds for such section. 30. Every section of rural land sliall hebi one block, and, except as hereinafter provided, of a rectangular form, and if bounded by a frontage line, sliall lie of a depth of half a mile (or '40 chains) from such frontage. Note.—A frontage line shall lie taken to mean the boundary of a road, river, or public reserve, or any stream or watercourse which she!! have been declared by notification in the Government Gazelle to constitute a frontage for tho purpose of selection. 37. AA'here, from the frontage not being a straight line or from ihe interference of other frontage lines, natural features, or the boundaries 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 judgment, ofthe Board, circumstances will admit. 33. In sections of lands not adjacent to or hounded by a frontage line, all the sides may be equal, but one side may not lie less than one-ihird of the other: aud such section shall not be less than half a mile distant from a frontage line. 39. 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 lie in the form required for a single section under the foregoing rules. 40. Immediately mi tlie payment of the purchase money, the purchaser shall receive from the Commissioners a " License to Occupy," in the form set forth in the Schedule B hereunto' annexed; and as soon thereafter as conveniently may be, the land shall be laid off by a Government Surveyor, a? nearly in accordance with the description given by the purchaser in his application as these regulations will admit; provided that whenever tlie lands selected lie without the surveyed districts, the expense of tlie survey and of connecting such survey with the existing surveys shal! be borne by the purchaser, who shall at the time of purchase deposit tlie amount of the estimated cost •of such surveys with the Treasurer of the AVaste Lands Board, which sliall be made as soon as practicable, by order of the Chief Surveyor. Provided alwavs,'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 land in the selected locality falls short of tlie quantity paid for hy_ the purchaser, the Treasurer shall repay so much of the purchase money as exceeds tlio price of tlie land to lie conveyed. Tlie "License lo Occupy" shall, in any such case, be 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 lie issued. 41. Any person making a ditch and bank fence to lands adjoining AVaste Lands of the Crown may take out of such lands half the land required for tlie ditch aud bank: provided that no ditch or bank shall be more than six feet iv width. ■ VIII.—COMPENSATION USDS. 42. AVhcrcas it is desirable that private persons should be enabled to receive portionsof AVaste Land in exchange for private lands taken for roads or for other public purposes; if any persou 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 doiie to his property by the taking of such land for such pui'poses,.such person shall, upon application to the Waste Lands Board, be entitled tn a grant of rural land in such situation as 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 tiie applicant sliall ho entitled io receive in respect of the land taken tor such purposes or*in respect of such damage as aforesaid. 43. If any person shall contract with tlie Superintendent to make and complete, within a given time, any public road, bridge, or drain, or any part of any such r.oad, bridge, or drain, furnishing1 such security as the Superintendent may require for the due completion of such contract, and sliall select such portion of rural land as lie shall be willing to accept by way of payment or compensation, or by way of part payment or compensation tor such work; it shall be lawful for th; Superintendent to reserve such portion of land from public sale for such given time but no longer; and such person shall, on the completion of such contract, be entitled to a free grant of such kind, or so much thereof as the Board shall adjudge, uot exceeding one acre for every two pounds sterli..g which the Superintendent shall certify to the AVaste Lands Board to be the uondjide value of the work so done by such person according to the prices for work and materials at the time of performing such contract current in the district. Every such reservation of land from public sale shall be published in the Government Gazette of tlie Province, as directed in clause 1!) of these Regulations. No such reservation shall continue in force for a longer period than twelve calendar months from the dab', on which it shall have been made. No land included in a Pasturage License with Preemptive Right shall, as against the holden- of such Pre-emptive Right, he so reserved^ or granted until he shall have been allowed the option of purchasing such land in the manner prescribed in clauses 04 and CO to these Regulations. No greater amount of land than 250 acres shall under the provisions of this clause be reserved or granted to any person under any such contract, unless in payment of work for which a vote has been passed liv 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 tlie special sanction ofthe Provincial Council. Provided always that every parcel of land so granted shall he subjected to the same conditions as to form mid .frontage as any rural land sold under these Regulations; provided also that no application for less than 20 acres shall 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 hmd, the persou 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 AXD JIIT.ITAKY BOUNTIES. 44. AVhcrcas 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 i— Any such person or widow shall, upon application to the AVaste Lands Board, and upon the production of satisfactory evidence from the proper authorities as to such discharge or death, he entitled to receive a free grant not exceeding 30 acres of tlie AVaste Lands within tliis Province, subject to the conditions as to form and frontage contained in these Regulations; provided always that such application shall lie made to the Waste Lands Board by such person or widow in persou within three Years after such discharge or death. X.—PASTURAGE. 45. Until sold, granted, or reserved for public purposes as herein provided, the AVaste Lands may lie occupied for pasturage purposes by persons holding licenses from the AVaste Lauds Board to occupy the same.

40. Any person applying for a pasturage license shall state to the Commissioners what are tlie boundaries and extent of the run applied for, and the number and description of the stock which ho possesses, or will undertake to place upon the run within twelve months from the date of tlie license.

47. The extent of run allowed to each applicant shall be at tlie rate of 120 acres to every head of gTeat cattle, and 20 acres to every head of small cattle. The words " great cuttle" shall be construed to mean horned cattle, horses, mules, and asses, male and female, with tlieir offspring above six months of age ; and the 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 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 aci 2S, two-pence per acre for the first thousand and one penny per acre for every acre in addition. . For every run containing 5000 acres or upwards,

one farthing per acre for the, first- and second ycare, one lialf-peiiny per acre for the third and fourth years, three-farthings per acre for the fifth aud every subsequent year ; provided that the first year shah be taken to bo the time clap-dug from the date of flic original license to tbe first day of Way next following. 50. No pasturage license sliall be granted for a lass annual fee than £2 10s.

51. Tlie fee sliall be paid to the Treasurer of the Waste Land Board every year, in advance; for the fii-st year ou tlie issue of the license, and for flic second and every subsequent year on any sitting day of tlie Board, between the 20' th day of April and the first day of Way, inclusive; and every pasturage license not renewed by payment of the required tbe, on or before t!ic first day of Way, sliall, unless good cause to tlie contrary bo shown to the satisfaction of tlie AVaste Lands Board, be considered as abandoned. 52. Every pasturage license shall be in the form set forth in the Schedule C to the Waste Lands Regulations, and sliall be transferable by endorsement iv the Ibriu set forth in. such Schedule, and such transfer shall be deemed to lie coniplcte upon notice thereof being duly given fo the AVaste Lands Board, and not before. A pasturage license shall entitle the holder thereof to the exclusive right of pasturage over the land specified therein upon tlie terms above stated. Such license shall he renewed by endorsement from year to year, until the laud specified therein shal! be purchased, granted, or reserved under these regulations; and the foe to be paid in respect ol'sueli license, shall not be altered until tlie Ist May, 1870. Such license shall give no right to the soil or to the timber, and shall immediately' determine over any land which may be purchased, granted, or reserved under these regulations. A reasonable right of way shah be allowed through all pasturage runs.

53! If at any time during the first four years after the issue of the first license" tho quantity of stock for tlie run shall lie less than that originally required, or during the next three veal's less than twice thatamount, or during any subsequent period less than three times that aniouutj the AVaste Lands Board may declare the whole or a portion of such run to be forfeited ; provided ahvavs that with .regard to runs granted prior to tlie issue of these Regulations such first period of four years shall commence from tlie date on wliich these Regulations shali come into operation : provided that one or more runs held by tlie same individual or firm may for the purposes of this clause be considered as one run.

54. In any case in which a runliolder can prove to tho satisfaction of the AVaste Lands Board that be is precluded by arrangements entered into previous to the passing of these regulations from actually, for a given period', placing liis"stock on liis own run, it. shall be sufficient if ho prove to the satisfaction ofthe Board that ho possesses within the Province tlie requisite amount of stock, and will undertake to place the same on tlie run at the expiration of such peoiod.

55. Every holder of a license shall, at any time, upon a written order from the AVaste Lands Board to that effect., make a true and complete return of all the stock on his run: and if lie sliall wilfully and knowingly make any false return, the AVaste Lands Board shal! immediately declare his license to be forfeited. 53. Every run or portion thereof which shall have been forfeited, as above provided, shall be put up by the AVaste Lands Board to public auction, after an advertisement in the Government Gazette, and one or more newspapers of tho Province. A license granted after forfeiture shnll be deemed fo be an original iiceiise. Upon appeal from any person whose run lias been forfeited, within 00 days' from the date of such forfeiture, it shall be lawful for the Superintendent^ to reserve or suspend such forfeiture cither wholly or in part. 57. Every person taking ou tali' ense for a run which is not stocked will be required to deposit with the Treasurer tho sum of ten shillings for every hundred acres included in tlio license, wliich will be returned without interest as soon a* lie shall have fulfilled tlie conditions in respect to stocking the run within tho prescribed period ; but. if such conditions be not fulfilled such deposits shall be forfeited. 56. The above rules in respect to stocking a run, and to the lodgment of deposit money with the Treasurer, shall not apply to runs containing1 less than 5000 acres. sf). Every holder of a license may lie required at any time to pay for the actual cost of the survey of Ids'run at a rate not exceediug2os. for every thousand acres.

00. Every holder of a pasturage 'icenso shall, upon application'to the AA'aste Lands Board, be entitled to a pre-emptive right over portions of.his run, as follows :—For a run of not less than 1,000 acres and not more than s,ooo'acres, over a block of land comprising' and circumjacent to his homestead to the extent of'o per cent of the acreage ofthe run. For a run of •5,000 acres and upwards, over 250 acres of bind comprising and circumjacent to his homestead or principal station. And for nil runs, over all lauds occupied by any buildings, enclosures, plantations, cultivations, or any such 'other improvements as sliall in the judgment of the Waste Lands Board be deemed sufficient for the purposes of this clause, together with fifty acres comprising and circumjacent to the lands so occupied or improved.

CI. Tlio Licensee shall at the time of his application to the Board give a suilicicnt description of tlie lands over which lie claims such pre-emptive right, to the satisfaction of tlie Chief Surveyor. And tlie same shall be marked off on the authenticated Maps in the Land Office.

<J:i. The lands included in such pre-emptive right may be of such form as the applicant shall choose ; but any land purchased by him in the exercise of such right shall be subject to the regulations as to form and frontage herein contained.

03. Tlie AVaste Lands Board shall not receive nor entertain any application to purchase, from any person other tban The runholder, the aforesaid block around the homestead or principal station which does not include the whole of such block.

04. Tlie right of pre-emption hereby given shall be exercised within one week for all hinds within twenty miles of tlie Land Office, at Christchurch; and within one month for nil lands at a greater distance therefrom ; such time being reckoned from the date of service of a written notice from the AVaste Lands Board, setting forth a copy of the application for any of tlie hinds included in the pre-emptive right. Such notice may be served either personally oil the ruuholder, oi- -by leaving the same at his last-known place of abode within the Province, or at, the principal homestead or station on the run.

• 05. Tlie applicant for any rural land included in any pre-emptive right shall deposit wit!i the Treasurer ofthe AVaste Lands Board a sum equal to 4s. per acre of the purchase money, and the remainder he sliall pay within one week irom the date of his application being granted, or forfeit such deposit. Such deposit, however, shal! lie immediately returned on demand, if the holder of tiie pre-emptive right sliall give notice of his intention to purchase any" portion of the land applied for, and pay the requisite deposit.

00. If tlie holder of the pre-emptive right decide upon purchasing any portion of tlie land applied for, he sliall forthwith pay to the Treasurer of the AVaste Lands Board a deposit of 4s. per acre ofthe purchase money of such portion ; and, if he shall not within six weeks thereafter have paid the remainder of the purchase money, lie sliall forfeit such deposit, together with all right or title to the land.

If the holder of any pre-emptive right other than those created by clause GO ofthe AVaste Lands Regulations shall neglect or refuse to purchase any portion of the laud applied for, such portion shall from nnd immediately after such neglect or refusal lie released from all right of pre-emption and open to purchase on tlie terms of these Regulations, as if the same hud not been included in any pre-emptive right.

07. Pasturage Licenses with pre-emptive right in connection wilh purchased lands, whether under the Canterbury Association or tiie Crown, shall, from and after the "first day of April, ono thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, be taken and deemed to be pasturage licenses over the lauds included therein, upon tlie terms of these Regulations, with a preemptive ri«!it over all such land, to be exercised subcct to these Regulations as regards notice of application, payment of deposit, purchase money, price of land, and size, and shape of blocks. If the land covered by such pre-emptive right shnll be included within the limits of a run held by license under clauses 50 and s!}, the holder thereof in paying rent, for the same may take credit for the amount paid by him in respect of.hinds covered by such pre-emp-tive riirht.

08. Holders of pasturage licenses without preenmtive right shall be entitled to bold such licenses or to have them renewed upon tlie terms of tlieir contract with the Canterbury Association or the Crown, as tlie caso may bo ; but if any person holding a license under tlie Canterbury Association or the Crown shall voluntarily resign the same, he shall be entitled to receive a license under these Regulations, nnd sliall from the date of such exchange hold his run at the rate and on the conditions specified in these Regulations. 09. If any person exchanging his license shall for any period included in the new license have paid rent at a higher rate than would be payable under such license, such overpayment shall be adjusted at the next payment of rout. 70. In the event of improvements having been effected hy the licensee of a run on any land which sliall be reserved, by the General Government or by the Provincial Government under these Regulations, tho Hcenseec sliall receive payment of the value of such improvements, such value to be decided by arbitration under direction of the AVaste Lands Board, and to be paid by tlie Treasurer ofthe AVaste Lands Board out ofthe land fund.-

71. All payments on account of pasturage runs shall iv future be made on or before tlie first day of Mnv, in accordance with clause 51, at the Land Ofiice, at 'Christchurch, and the AA rnste Lands Board shall sit at that place for the Treasurer to receive the same.

72 All payments to be made on account ot pasturage runs before tlie first day of May next ensuing shall be made for the portion of the year only which shall elapse between such day of payment and the said first day of May.

73. In calculating the amount ofthe license fee and the stock required to be on the run, the year commencing on the said first day of May shall be deemed to be the same year as that for which such part payment shall have been made.

74. Notwithstanding anything contained in these regulations, it shall be lawful for the Governor, upon lie reconnnendation^piJJie Superintendent and Pro

vineial Coiuii!, at any time, and from time to time, by proclamation in the Government Gazette of ihe Province, to reserve for the purposes hereinafter mentioned any lands witliin the Province, adjacent to or in the neighbourhood of any town, now or which may hereafter be formed, and to declare that on and from a day to be named in such proclamation all depasturing licenses issued under these regulations, in respect cf such reserved lauds, shall cease and be of no effect ; on and from wliich day. all such licenses sliall, as respects such lands, cense and be of no effect accordingly. And it shall be lawful for the Governor at any lime, hereafter, by regulations to bo issued iv that behalf, according to the provisions of the AAbvste Lands Act, upon the recommendation of tlie Superintendent and Provincial Council, to regulate the occupation of the AVaste Lauds of'the Crown within such reserved districts. TIMBER. 75. If any tract, of land shall have been reserved for the sale of the tiusJier thereon, such timber may be sold by public' auction at an upset price and subject to conditions to be fixed by the Superintendent, and the purchaser shall agree to remove the same within a certain time; and all the timber not removed within such time may be again put up to public, auction.

76. No person shall, without a license, cut or remove any timber from any AA'aste Lands ofthe Crown (except timber wliich he shall have purchased under the last clause); and any persons so cutting or removing timber shall be liable to pay the cost of such license for one year together with the costs of recovering tlie amount of the same. 77. Every iicense for cutting or removing timber shall be issued for one month, of for one year, at the request of tlie person applying for the same; and a fee of 10s. sliall be paid upon every monthly license, and of £5 upon every yearly license. 78. A license shall entitle no one but the person named therein to cut down standing timber, but it will authorise him to employ any number of persons, during- the term of tiie license, to saw, split, or remove the timber so cut; and such license sliall not be transferable.

79. A license to cut timber sliall extend only to the district named therein.

80. If'any person duly licensed shall have established a saw-pit for the purpose of sawing timber, no other person sliall cut timber witliin 50 yards of such pit without consent of the person first occupying such saw-pit; provided that if tlie person establishing such pit shall not use the same, and shall not cut timber witliin such distance as aforesaid from the pit for 28 consecutive days, it shall be lawful for any other holder of a license to "enter thereupon, and to cut timber as though such pit had not been established. 8R If any person shall, for the purpose of removing timber, have made a road upon land being the AA'aste Lands of the Crown aud not being a highway, it, shall not be lawful for any other person tb use the same without the permission of the person making the same first obtained; provided that if such road shall not be used at any time for 90 consecutive days, it sliall be lawful for any holder of a license at any time thereaiter to use tlio same.

82. If any person holding a timber license sliall be proved before the AVaste Lands Board to have oliended against any regulations herein contained respecting timber, or to have wilfully or negligently inured or destroyed hy fire or otherwise any timber belonging to the' Crown, such license shall be, and shall be immediately declared to be forfeited, and it shall be at the discretion ofthe Board to refuse to issue another timber license to the same person. SCHEDULES. Schedule A. Province ) of > Canterbury. ) LICENSE TO OCCUPY TOWN LANDS. Whereas of hath been duly declared the purchaser for the sum of pounds, shillings, and pence, of tho section of the AVaste Lanils of the Crown hereinafter described, ' and hath this day paid to tlie Treasurer of tiie AVaste Lands Board of the Province of Canterbury, the said sum of pounds, shillings, aud pence, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, NOW KNOW ALL MEN AND THESE presents witness, that AYe, in pursuance of the powers vested in us as Commissioners of the said Waste Lands Board, do hereby authorise and empower the said his heirs or assigns, at any time after ' tlie date hereof, to enter upon ail that section of land situated in street, in tho town of marked, No. in the authenticated map of the said town in the Crown Lands Office and containing • acres, or thereabouts, being the section of land so purchased as aforesaid, and to hold and enjoy the same for his and their absolute use and benefit. Given under our hands at the sitting of tlie AVaste Lands Board held at on the day ot 18 Schedule B. Province ) of \ Canterbury. ) LICENSE TO OCCUPY RURAL LAND. AViikreas of liiith been duly de- ; clarcd the purchaser for the sum of pounds, shiilhurs, and pence, of the section of tlie AVaste Lands of the Crown hereinafter described, and hath this day paid to the Treasurer of the AVaste Lauds Board of the. Province of Canterbury, i the said sura of pounds, shillings, nnd i pence, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowI lodged, NOW KNOW ALL MEN AND THESE presents witness, that AYe, in pursuance of the i powers vested in us as Commissioners of the said Waste Lands Board, do hereby authorise and empower : tlie said his heirs or assigns, at any tinie^ after . the date hereof, to enter upon oil that section of laud situate and bounded a< hereinafter described, that is to say ; nnd to hold and to enjoy the same for '• liis and their absolute use and benefit, 'subject never- . theless to the Regulations now in force for the sale, I letting1, disposal, anil occupation of the AVaste Lands of the Crown within the Province of Canterbury. Given under our hands at the sitting of the AA raste Lands Board, held lat on the day of 18 Schedule C. ', Province ) of \ Canterbury. ) LICENSE TO DEPASTURE STOCK. Whereas of hath been duly de- : dared to be entitled to a license to depasture stock '■ upon the AVaste Lauds of tlie Crown within the Province of Canterbury, upon the terms and upon the conditions hereinafter mentioned : Now therefore AAV, in pursuance ofthe powers vested inns as Commis- . sioners of the AVaste Lands Board to tlie said Province, do hereby grant to the said tlie exclusive license, from and after the date hereof, . until the first day of May next, to depasture stock upon the land situate and bounded as hereinafter described, that is to say— and containing acres or thereabouts. Subject nevertheless to all the provisions and conditions contained lin the AVaste Lands Regulations now in force witliin the Province of Canterbury. Given under our hands at the sitting of tlie AVaste Lands Board, held at on the day of 18 Endorsement. I, the within-named for valuable consideration to me paid by of do hereby transfer to the said the within written Pasturage License, and all my estate and interest therein. AVitness my band this day of 18 AVitness APPENDIX I. Clauses 35 and 43, which were repealed by the Waste Lands Regulations Amendment Ordinance, Sess. J rII., No. 2, 1850, originally stood as folloics: — 35. No section of rural land shall lie sold containing less than twenty acres ; provided that any section so limited by frontage lines or private lands" as to contain less than twenty acres may be sold by auction at the upset price of forty shillings per acre; the time and place of sale, and the mode of sale and payment of purchase money to be as nearly as may lie in accordance with tlio regulations herein contained, applicable to the sale of Town Land. 43. If any person shall at any time have made and completed at his own cost any public road or bridge or any public main drain, or any part of such road, bridge, or drain, such person shall, upon application to the AVaste Lands Board, be entitled to a free grant of rural land in such situation as he sliall select, subject to the conditions, as to form and frontage in these regulations contained, to such an extent as the Board shall adjudge, not exceeding one acre for every four pounds sterling wdiich he shall prove to the satisfaction of the AVaste Lands Board that lie sliall have actually expended in tlie construction cf such road, bridge, or drain. Prov'^a rtuvays uiat it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the' Board that the money so cxp nded by the applicant has been beneficially expendeu tor

he use and advantage of the public. Provided also bat no application for less than twenty acres shall be received under this clause, but that where any amount of compensation awarded by the Board sliall bo of a less amount than twenty acres of land, the party entitled may pay tlie balance in cash upon the same terms as other applicants to purchase rural lauds under these regulations. ' Clauses 07 and 68, which were repealed by proclamation of the Goeernor, dated llth August, 1856, published in the Provincial Government Gazette, Vol. 111., No. 17, p. 63, it It September, 1856, originally stood ax follows: —

G7. Holders of pasturage licenses with pre-emptive j right iv connection with purchased lands, whether under tlie Canterbury Association or the Crown, sliall he entitled to claim pasturage licenses over tlie j lands included therein upon the terms of these regu- | lations, with a pre-emptive right over such laud, to be exercised subject to these regulations as regards notice, of application, payment of deposit and purj chase money, price of laud, and size and shape of blocks. If the land covered by such pre-emptive right shall lie included witliin the limits of a run held by license under clauses 50 and 53, the holder thereof, oil paying rent for the same, may take credit for the amount paid by him iv respect of lauds covered by such pre-emptive right, 08. Nothing in these Regulations shall he interpreted to affect the legal rights or equitable contracts made by the Canterbury Association or tlie Government with holders of the pasturage licenses; but if any person holding a license under the Canterbury Association or the Government, sliall voluntarily resign the same to the Government, he shall be entitled to receive a license under these Regulations, and sliall from tho date of such exchange hold his run at the rate and on tho conditions specified in these Regulations. APPENDIX 11. Clauses Nos. 33, 51, 52, 05, 66, and 71, which were repealed by the, " Haste Lands Regulation Amendment Ordinance, Sess. IX., No. 1," originally stood as follows : — 33. Immediately on the payment of the purchase money in full, the purchaser "shall receive from tiie Commissioners a " License to Occupy," in the form set forth in the Schedule A hereto annexed, which he shall return again to tlie Commissioners when be sliall receive the Crown Grant of tlie Land. Such " License to " Occupy" shall be transferable by endorsement, in the form set forth in the Schedule. 51. Tlie fee shall be paid to the Treasurer thea AVaste Lands Board every year, in advance; for the first year on the issue of tiie License, and for the,, second and every subsequent year on the first day of Way; and every pasturage license not renewed by payment of the required fee on the first day of Slay shall, unless good cause to the contrary be shown to the satisfaction of tlio AVaste Lands Board, be considered as bandfooned.

52. Every pasturage license shall be in the form set forth iu'the Schedule C hereto annexed, and shall be transferable by endorsement iv the form set forth iv the Schedule;'and shall entitle tlie holder to the exclusive right of pasturage over the lands specified therein, upon tlie terms above stated. It is intended that, such license shal! he renewable from year to year until tlie. land specified therein shall he purchased, granted, or reserved, under these Regulations; and, if so renewed, tlie fee to be paid in respect of such licenses shall not bo altered until the first of May, 1870. Such license shall give no right to the soil or to the timber, nnd shall immediately determine over any land which may be purchased, granted, or reserved under these Regulations. A reasonable right of way shnll be allowed through all pasturage runsT

65. The applicant for any rural land included in any pre-emptive right shall deposit with the Treasurer ofthe AVaste Land's Board a sum equal to 4s. per acre of the purchase money, and the remainder he sliall pay within one week from the date of his ajiplieation being granted, or forfeit such deposit. Such deposit, however, shall lie immediately returned on demand, if the holder of the pre-emptive right shall purchase any portion of the laud applied for. 6'G. If the holder of the pre-emptive right decide npon purchasing any portion of the land applied for, he sliall forthwith pay to the Treasurer of the AVaste Lands Board a deposit of 4s. per acre of tlie purchase money of such portion; and if he shall not within six weeks thereafter have paid the remainder of the purchase money, he shall forfeit such deposit together with all right or title to tlie land. 71. All "payments on account of pasturage runs shall in future lie made on the first day of Slay, at the Land Office, at Christchurch, and the AVaste Lands Board shall sit at that place for tlie Treasurer to receive the same.