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Otago Daily Times, Issue 74, 10 February 1862, Page 2 (Supplement)

it i^ o o !- a . i v a a T-'lli; Til B DISPOSAL, SALi:, LETTINC AND. OCCUPATION OF TUB WASTE LANDS OF THE CROWr ix Tin: PROVINCE OF CANTEKI3UKY : as AMEM>i;r>. 1. A LL l>egnlntions in v in force in tin froJ\ viiu'c of Outer my for fho salt-, letting, disposal, rtn>i: occupation oi the Wastj Lands oi the I'nuvn sire hereby ivrjuu i . 2. All such Waste lands shii, licm aid alter tly day on which these Regulations slum raiw into force. be sold, let, disposed of, aiul occupied according to theft Keiyulations, mul "ot otherwise. 3. Uvi'i-v Act which tiic Superintendent is hereby authorised'or required to pr:i-form lie shall perform solely in accordance with the advice of hi* Executive Council for the time being, and such advice, shall be recorded on the niinutes of the Council. II. — THE WASTE LANDS nOAKD. 4. There shall he established a Board to be called the Waste Lauds Board, to consist of one Chief Com-nusj.ionf.-r, and of not less than two nor more than live 'other Commissioners, all of whom (except, such one as shall be appointed lo net as Treasurer) shid! ho appointed miil'lio removable by wuiTant under the hand of tlie Superintendent. 5. One member of the Waste Lands Board snail also he the Treasurer thereof, and such member shall be appointed and removal)!;; by the Governor. (i. The Waste Lands Board shall sit at the principal Land Office of the Province, at certain staled times to be determined by the Superintendent, and shall also sit lev special purposes at such places and at such • times as tlic Superintendent shall direct; o! wlncii sittings due notice shall be given in the Provincial Government Gtizattr, and one or more newspapers published in the Province. 7. The Chief Commissioner when present, and in his absence then some member selected by those present at auv meeting of the Board, shall preside thereat, and slin.ll have'a casting- vote in all questions coniinc; before the Board. 8. All questions eomiutf before the Board shall be decided by a majority of the Commissioners present <J. All meetings of the Board shall be attended by at least, three Commissioners, and shall be open to the P 10. All applications for Land and for Pasturage and lor Tiniher Licenses shall, after hearing evidence when necessary, be determined by the Board at some sitting tiienof. 11.'The Board shall have •power to hear and determine all disputes between the holders of PastnrBjre and Timber Licenses respecting the boundaries of runs and districts, and shall have and exercise all the powers which msiv be lawfully had and ewiviscd by any Commissioner of Crown Lauds, under t he provisions of the " Crown Lands Ordinance, Sws. X., No. 1;" and the "Crown Lands Extension Ordinance, St-ss. XL, JVo. 10." 12. All the routine business of the Land Department shall be transacted by the Chief Commissioner, subject to such regulations us may be made by the Board in that behalf. VS. A book to he called the "Application Book" shall be kept open during office hours at the Land Office, in which the name of every person desiring to make any application to the Board shall lie written in order by himself or any person duly authorised on his behalf." And the Commissioners shall, during the wttin-v of the Board, consider and determine all applications in the order'in which they shall appear m the implication hook. Provided that if any person shall not anuear himself or by some person duly authorised on his'behcI*'1*' before the Board when called in his turn, his «pp...-ation shall be dismissed until his name shall appear atraiii. in tha Book in order. Provided also that if two or more persons shall apply at the same time lo write tin.:'1 names in tlie Application Book the Chief Comniisa'oner shall bracket thennames, and shall initial the bracket; and when they shall appear Ix-iore Ihe Board, the Board shall determine tiie priority of right to ha hard by lot. And it ihali not be lawful for the Board to hear any apphca- • tion except such as shall be made in accordance with thiso-eguiatiou. ..... 14. The Board shall keep true and detailed minutes of all applications made to'the Board, and nil decisions thereon, and of all sums of money paid to the 'Ireagurcr, ami generally of all the proceedings of the ' Board ; and such niinutes shall be ;;ip--d by all the Commissioners present at any meeting. And such lmiiutes shall he open to the inspection of all persons desiring1 to in?:iect the same, at all reasonable hours, on iMyriieut ot'the sum of two shillings and sixpence for every such inspection. 111. —SURVEYS. 15. There shall be a Chief Surveyor who shall be appointed ami removable by Warrant under the hand of the Superintendent, ami r.s many! ««istant Surveyors as shall bfi necessary, who shnllou appointed and removenble by the Superintendent upon the recommendation oft he Chief Surveyor. 16. All surveys shall be conducted in such manner as the Board by any regulations to hs made in that behalf shall direct. IV. —THE I,AND. REVENUE. 17. All payments to be made in respect of land shall be made to the Treasurer of the Board during- the •itting thereof, and the Treasurer shall thereupon give receipts for the same. 18.—By the (52nd clause of the Constitution Act the Governor is aiuhorisi d and required to pay out o the revenue, arising frotn the disposal of the Waste Lands of the Crown all the costs, charges, and expenses incident <o the collection, management, and vi ceipt 1 hereof; and also to pay out of the said revenues •uch sums as shall become payable under certain other provisions therein contained. The Treasurer ot the Waste Lands Board shall, therefore, pay out of all the funds coming into his hands under these regulations all such sums for the above-named purposes, in ouch manner and to such persons as the Governor ehall direct. V.—PUBLIC RESERVES. 10. Reserves tor the'uses of the Provincial Government and for other public purposes may, upon the recommendation of the Provincial Council, be made by the Superintendent; and shall not he alienated from the specific purposes to which they shall have been severally dedicated, except under the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly, eutituled the " Public Reserves Act, 1854;" and a full and complete description of every Mich reserve and of the purposes to which it shall have been dedicated shall, ek soon as possible after it shall have been made, be published in the Government Gazette of the Province, and set forth on the authenticated maps in the Land Office. Provided that the Superintendent may, it the Provincial Council be not then sitting, temporarily reserve land ibr such purposes until the next session of Biich Council. I 20. llesei yes for public highways, bndle-pnths, and foot-paths, shall be made by the Superintendent, and shall be set torth on the authenticated maps in the Land Office. The Superintendent and the Provincial Council may by Ordinance alter the line of any such highways, bridle-paths, and foot-paths, and dispose of the laud theretofore used for the same. 21. The Superintendent may temporarily reserve any land for the preservation or sale of the timber thereon; but such land may at any time cease to be so reserved upon a resolution of the Provincial Council. 22. The Superintendent may, upon the recommendation of the Provincial Council, by proclamation in the Government Gazette, reserve from the operation of these regulations any tract of country in which the precious metals may be found to exist: and the land within such tract of country shall be disposed of according to regulations hereafter to be issued and published in that behalf; in the 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 the recommendation of the Provincial Council, and shall be notified by proclamation in the Government Gazette of the Province. 24. Town Lands shall be sold by public audion, in sections, the size and upset price of which shall be determined by the Superintendent and the Provincial Council; and having been so determined, for each town severally, shall not aerain be altered. 25. The time and place of every auction stile shall be fixed by the Superintendent, and shall be notified ia the Government Gazette, and one or more newspapers of the Province, at least thirty days beiorsuch sale shall take place. 20. Kos-uch notification of any sale ot town lands shall be published until a map of the town, signed by the Chiei Surveyor, shall have been laid open for public inspect ion "in the Laud Office; and such map shall set forth, accurately delineated, all the town sections numbered consecutively, so far as laid out, nhowiug the sections to be submitted for sale, and the public reserves in connection with them. 27. Town sections may be put up to auction, either by order of the Superintendent, or upon the application ot some person who shall, at the time of making •uch application, deposit ten per cent, of the upset price with the Treasurer of the Waste Lands Board. Such deposits shall, if no advance-on the upset price 6e made, he considered as the deposit upon the sale at'Buch public auction. 28 If any section shall be purchased by other than the original-applicant, the deposit money shall be forthwith returned on demand. 2!» Ten days at least before any such auction sale, a list ol all the sections about to be offered for sale #ball be published i« 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 pro--31 'The 'person'who shall be declared the highest k. Wder at such auction shall immediately pay a deposit fcoftin per cent, of the purchase money to the TreaBfer, and in -■default thereof, the section shall be again put up to auction. ■X' til gMv&niirrer in full, within one ww*. after remainder of thgjjurchate_nibne£jflaJ£je_