REGULATIONS FOR TIIE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 100, 12 March 1862, Page 6

REGULATIONS FOR TIIE

DISPOSAL, SALE, LETTING AND OCCUPATION OF TIIE WASTE LANDS OE TIIE CROAVN IN TIIE PROVINCE OE CANTERBURY: AS AMENDED. 1. A LL Regulations now in force in the ProjCSl vince of Canterbury for the sale, letting, disposal, and occupation of the "Waste Lands of the Crown are herebv repealed. 2. All such AVaste Lands shall, from and after the day ou which these Regulations sliall come into force, he sold, let, disposed of, and occupied according to these Regulations, and not otherwise. 8. Every Act which tlie Superintendent is hereby authorised* or required to perform he shall perform solely in accordance with the advice of his Executive Council for the time being, and such advice shall be recorded on the minutes of the Council. II. —THE WASTE LANDS BOARD. 4. There shall be established a Hoard to be called the AVaste Lands Board, to consist of one Chief Commissioner, anil of not less than two nor more than five other Commissioners, all of whom (except such one as shall be appointed to act as Treasurer) sliall be appointed and be removable by wan-ant under the hand ofthe Superintendent. .o. One member of the AA Taste Lauds Board shall , also lie the Treasurer thereof, and sueh member shall he appointed and removable by tlie Governor. G. The AVaste Lands Hoard.shall sit at the principal '. Land Ofiice of the Proviuce, at certain stated times j to be determined by the .Superintendent, and shall also sit for special purposes at such places and at such , times as the Superintendent shall direct; of which ' ( sittings due notice shall be given in the Provincial , Government Gazette, and one or more newspapers , published iu the Province. , 7. The Chief Commissioner when present, and in his absence then some member selected by those pre- ] <ent ar, any meeting of tlie Hoard, shall preside tliere- . at, and shall Have a casting vote in all questions j coining before thc Hoard. | 8. All questions coming before tho Board shall be decided by a majority of the Commissioners present j thereat. < 9. All meetings of the Board sliall be attended by | |at least three Commissioners, and shall be open to thc , public. I 10. All applications for Land and for Pasturage ] and for Timber Licenses shali, after hearing evidence , when necessary, be determined by the Board at some sitting thereof. , 11 ."The Board shall have power to boar and determine nil disputes between tbe holders of Pasturj age and Timber Licenses respecting the boundaries ■ jof 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 pro—jl visions of the "Crown Lands Ordinance, Sess. X.,il No. 1;" and the "Crown Lands Extension Ordinance, Sess. XL, No. 10." 12. All the routine business of the Land Department shall be transacted by the Chief Commissioner, subject to such regulations as may be made by the , board in that behalf. 13. A book to be called the " Application Book" shall be kept open during oiiice hours at the Land Oiliee, hi wliich tlio name of every person desiring- to make any application to the Board shall be written in order "by himself or any person duly authorised on . his behalf. And the Commissioners shall, during the fitting of tlie Board, consider and determine all applications hi the order in which they sliall appear in the application book. Provided that if any person shall . not appear himself' or by some person duly authorised .on his beha'f before thc Board when culled in his turn, his app.i.'ation sliall be dismissed until his name sliall appear again in the Book in order. Provided also tliat if two or more persons sliall apply at the same time to write tilth' names in the Application Book the Chief Coinmisvoncr shall bracket their names, and shall initial the bracket; and when they shall appear before thc Board, the Board shall deterV mine.tlie-priority of right to be hard hy lot. And it shall not be lawful for the Board to hear any application except such as sliall be made in accordance witli this regulation. 14. The Board shall keep true and detailed minutes of all applications made to the Board, and all decisions 1 thereon, and cf all sums of money paid to the Treasurer, and generally of all tbe proceedings of tlie ■ Board; and such minutes shall be sigi_°d by all the Commissioners present at any meeting. And such ' minutes shall be open to the inspection of all persons ■ desiring to inspect the same, at all reasonable hours, ;on payment of the sum of two shillings and sixpence [ for eyci'Y such inspection. 111. —SURVEYS. 1 15. There shall be a Chief Surveyor who shall be ' appointed and removable bv AVarrant under the hand ; ofthe Superintendent, unit as manyi =sist»ut .Sj.ir--1 veyors as sliall be necessary, who shall oe appointed ' and immoveable by the Superintendent upon the re*i commendation ofthe Chief Surveyor. ■. IG. All surveys shall be conducted in such manner .as the Board by any regulations to be made in that . behalf shall direct. IV. —THE LAND REVENUE. i 17. All payments to be made in respect of land sliall he made to the Treasurer of the Board during the . sitting thereof, and the Treasurer shal) thereupon . giy C receipts for tho same. 18. —By the 02nd clause of the Constitution Act ' tlie Governor is authorised and required to pay out o the revenue arising from the disposal of the AVnstc ' Lands of tlie Crown all the costs, charges, and expenses incident to the collection, management, and ' receipt thereof j and also to pay out of the said revenues ', such sums as shaU become payable under certain - other provisions therein contained. The Treasurer of ; the. AVaste Lands Board sliall, therefore, pay out of all > the funds coming into his hands under these regula- , tions all such'sums for tlie above-named purposes, in '^ such jn.ajmer and to such persons as the Governor! [ shall direct. , * V.—PUJJLI,C RESERVES. j 19. Reserves for tbo uses of the Provincial Government and for other public purposes may, upon tlie ecommendation of the Provincial^Council,' be made

-Iby the Superintendent; and shall not be alienated . I from the specific purposes to which they sliall have I !'been severally dedicated, except under the provisions i iof im Act of tlie General Assembly, eutituled tlie ' " Public Reserves Act, 1854;" and ,a." full and com'ipleie description of every such reserve and (i'i the "Ipurposes to which it shaii have been dedicated shall, • as soon as possible after it shall have been made, be ; published in tiie Government Gazette of the Province, i and set forth on the authenticated mapsjn the Lund Ofiice. Provided that the (.-Superintendent may, if c the Provincial Council be not thon'sitting,'temporarily ! reserve laud for such purposes until tlie-next session , of such Council. ? 20. Reserves for public highways, bridle-paths, and ' foot-paths, sliall he made bv'the Superintendent, and ' shali be set forth on the authenticated, maps iu the 1 Land Oiiice. Thc .Superintendent, aintthe Provincial - Council may bv Ordinance alter the line of any such 1 highways, bridle-paths, and foot-paths, and dispose of i tlie land theretofore used for the same. 21. The Superintendent may temporarily reserve 5 any land for the preservation or sale 'of the timber thereon; but such land may at aiiy time cease to be ,so reserved upon a resolution of tlie Provincial Council. 22. The Superintendent may, upon the recom- ' mendiition ofthe Provincial Council, by proclamation hi the Government Gazette, reserve from tlie operation of these regulations any tract of country in which the precious metals may be found to exist: and tbe 7 land within sucli tract of country shall bo disposed of according to regulations hereafter to lie issued and 1 published iu that behalf; in tlie same manner '. and under the same authority as these present [ regulations L ' VT. —TOWN LANDS. ! 23. The sites of towns shal] be determined by the t Superintendent, upon the recommendation of the u Provincial Council, and shall be notified by procla- ' mntiou in the Government Gazette,yi' the Province. 3 24. Town Lands shall bo sold by public auction,,in 3 sections, the size and upset price of which shall be ' determined by the Superintendent and tlie Provincial ' Council; and having been so determined, for each 3 town severally, sliall not again be altered. ' 25. The time and place of every auction sale shall r be fixed by the Superintendent, and shall be notified ,' in the Government Gazette, and oue or more news- , papers of the Province, at least thirty days befor" such sale shali take place. "' 20. No such notification of any sale of town lands 1 shall be published until a map ol the town, signed by 1 the Chief Surveyor, shall have been laid open for " public inspection'in the Land Office; and such map 1 sliall set forth, accurately delineated, all the town ' sections numbered consecutively, so far as laid out, I showing tlie sections to be submitted for sale, and the J public reserves in connection with them. " 27. Town sections may be put up to auction, either ;by order of the Superintendent, or upon the applicai ti'on ot some person who shall, at tlie time of making such application, deposit ten per cent. ■of the upset s price with thc Treasurer ofthe AVaste Lands Board. 1 Such deposits shall, if no advance on the upset price [ nc made, be considered as the deposit upon tho sale 5 at such public auction. 28. It'any section shall be purchased by other than ' the original applicant,-the deposit money shall be ; forthwith returned on demand. 20. Ten days at least before any suelt;auction sale, '■ a list, of all the sections about to be offered for sine shall be published in tiie Government <7«£C«c, and one or more newspapers of tlie Province. " . ; SO. Every auction sale of land sliall be held by tbe Commissioners iu open court as hereinbefore provided. 31. The person who sliall be declared the highest liider at such auction shall immediately pay a deposit ' often per cent, of the purchase mouey 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 32. The remainder of the purchase money shal Ihe the day of sale; and, iu default thereof, tlie pur , chase shall forfeit his deposit money, and also al ' right or title to tho land; and the section may be sold to any person applying for the same for tho price ,at which it was knockc"d down at the auction; and, if not so sold, the section may be again put up to | auction at anv future sale. 33. Upon payment of the purchase money in full, - the purchaser sliall receive from the Commissioners a " License to Occupy," in tlie form set forth in . Schedule A to tlie 'Waste Lands Regulations, and I such License sliall be restored to the Commissioners upon receipt of a Crown Grant of the land purchased. ' VII. —UURAL LAND. 34. All lands not included in (my ofthe foregoing regulations shall be open for sale as rural land, ut nn uniform price of forty shillings per acre. 35. Save as hereinafter provided, ho section^ of Rural Laud shall be sold, containing less thai twenty acres; but any section so limited by frolitage lines or private lands as to contain less than twenty acres may be soid 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 boas nearly as may be in accordance with tlie regulations herein contained applicable to the sale of,Town Land. Provided, nevertheless, that if any section so limited ' shall be. included in a Pasturage License with Preemptive Right, tlie holder of such License shall be entitled to exercise such Pre-emptive Bight under these Regulations upon payment of the sum of forty pounds for such section. 30. Every section of rural land shall be hi one block, and, except as hereinafter provided, of a rectangular form, aud if bounded by a frontage line ,shai! be of a depth of half a mile (or 40 chains) from such frontage. , ,*„ ! Note. —A frontage line shall be taken to mean the boundary of a road, river, or public reserve, or any stream or watercourse which shall have heen declared hy notification in the Government Gazettfi to consti- ■ tufrS a frontage for tiie purpose "of selection. 37. Where, from the frontage noticing a straight I line"or from tbe interference 6f other frontage lines, ; natural features, or the boundaries-of private lands, tlie above rules in respect of form cannot£be accurately ' observed, the form of the section shall be determined ' as nearly in accordance witli these rules -as, iu the 1 judgment; of the Board, circumstances will admit. 3d. In sections of lauds not adjacent to"or bounded by a frontage line, all tbe sides maybe espial, but one side may not be less than one-third Of the other; and Lsuch section shall not be less than half a njilo 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 tho two together, being considered as one section, shall be in tlie form required for a single 1 section muler the foregoing rules. , 40. Immediately on tho payment of the purchase money, the purchaser shall receive from the Comniis- ■ sioners a " License to Occupy," in the form sot forth lin the Schedule B hcrounto'aiinexed; and as soon thereafter as conveniently may be, the laud shall be laid off by a Government Surveyor, as nearly in ac- : cordimce with the description given by thc purchaser 'in his application as these regulations will admit; ; provided that whenever tlie lands selected lie without ; the surveyed districts, the expense of the survey anil [of connecting such survey witli the existing survey j sliall be borne by the purchaser, who shall at the tiim j of-purchase deposit the amount of the estimated cost [of such surveys witli the Treasurer of tlie AVaste1 ! Lands Board, which shall be made as soon tis praetic- ' able, by order of tho Chief Surveyor. Provided always, that should tiny section when surveyed prove to differ iu any respect from that intended by tire ' \ purchaser, tlie Government will not be responsible - for any loss or inconvenience which the purchaser may experience, iior will the purchase money be re--1 turned. Provided also, that if the Surveyor shall find that the whole extent of land in the selected J locality falls short of the quantity paid for by the ' purchaser, tlie Treasurer shall repay so much of the [ purchase mouey as exceeds the price of the land to be ! conveyed. The "License to Occupy" shall, in any ! such caso, be amended by the Commissioners, in ac- | cordance with the report of the Surveyor, and tlio ' Crown Grant shall he made out in accordance > therewith; and the "License" shall be returned to ; tlie Commissioners when the Crown Grant sliall be issued. 41. Any person making a ditch and bank fence to lands adjoining Waste' Lands of tlio Growri may take j out of such lands half the land required for the ditch ! and bank: provided that no ditch or bank shall be - more than six feet in width. VIII. —COMPENSATION LANDS. 42. AVhcreas it is desirable tb.ijt .private persons j." should be enabled to receive portions of AVaste Land *■ in exchange ibr private lands taken for. roads or for other public purposes; if any person slifiil be entitled to receive any compensation in respect of.jiny land 1 wliich shall have been taken for the 'purposes of a :• road or of any other public work, or in respect of any i damages done to bis property by the taking of such laud for such purposes, such person shall, jinon applit cation to thc AVaste Lands Board, bel'entitled to a grant of rural land in such situation os ho shall select, j subject to the conditions as to form and frontage in . these regulations contained, to the extent of one aero 1 for every two pounds sterling of the oiiiolillt of comi pensation which tlie applicant shall bo entitled to i receive in respect of the land taken for such purposes f or°in respect of such damage as aforesaid. ! 43. It any person shall contract with..'the Supcrin- . tendcut to make and complete, withiu a given time, i any public road, bridge, or drain, or any part of any •'sue!.' road, bridge, or drain, furnishing such security las tlie Superintendent may require for the due completion .of such contract, and sliall select such portion of rural land as he shall be willing to accept by way -of payment or compensation, or by way of part pay- • ment or compensation for such work; it shall be law- • ful for the Superintendent to reserve such portion or

land from public sale for such given time but, no' longer; and such person shall, on" tlie completion ot i such contract, be entitled to a free grant of such land, 1 or so much thereof as. the Board shall adjudge, not i exceeding- one acre for every two pounds sterling I which thc Superintendent shall certify Jo the AVihliLands Board fo he flic hmui fide valuo'of the work so ■ lone by such person according to the prices for work | and materials at the time of performing such contract ; current in the district. i Every such reservation of hmd from public sale shall be published iu the Government Gazette of the i Province, as directed in clause 10 of these Itegu'.a- i tions. No such reservation shall continue in force for a-. longer period than twelve calendar mouths from thi' i date on which it shall have been made. No land included in a Pasturage License with Pre- , oniptive Right shall, as against the holder of such Pre-emptive Right, be so reserved or granted until he shall have been allowed the option of purchasing such laud in tlio manner prescribed in clauses (it ami • GO to these Regulations. No greater amount of laud than 250 acres shall under the provisions of this clause be reserved or granted to any person under any such contract, un- - less in payment of work for which a vote has been passed hy the. Provincial Council. No greater amount of land than 1000 acres in thc i aggregate shall, in any one year, be reserved or : grunted under tlio provisions of' this clause, without \ the special sanction ofthe Provincial Council. I Provided always that every parcel of land so granted • shall be subjected to the same conditions as to form : and frontage as any rural land sold under these Regulations ; provided also that no application for less than 20 acres shall bo.rcceived under this clause, but j that whore any amount of compensation awarded by \ the Board shail be of less extent than 20 acres of land, • the person entitled may pay tlio balance in cash upon the same terms ns other applicants for the purchiise of rural lands under these Regulations. | IX. —NAVAL AND MILITARY BOUNTIES. 44. Whereas thc Superintendent and the Provincial Council and other the inhabitants of Canterbury arc desirous to aid in making provision for the maiu- ' tenancc 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 tlie widows of those who may be killed in such war:— Anv such person or widow sliall, upon application to the AVaste Lands Board, aud upon the production of satisfactory evidence from tho proper authorities as to such discharge or death, be entitled to receive a free grant not exceeding 30 acres of tiie Waste Lands withm this Province, subject to the conditions ns to ' form and frontage contained in these Regulations; provided always "that such application shall be made to tlie AVaste Lauds Board by such person or widow' in person within three years after such discharge or death. X. —PASTURAGE. 45. Until sold, granted, or reserved for public purposes as herein provided, thc AVaste Lands may he occupied for pasturage purposes by persons holding licenses from tbo AVaste Lands Board to occupy the same. 48. Any person applying for a pasturage license shall state to thc Commissioners wli.it are the boundaries and extent, of the run applied for, and the number and description of the stock which be possesses, or will undertake to place upon the run witliin twelve months from tlie date of tlio license. 47. The extent of run allowed to eacli applicant | shall bo at the rate of 120 acres to every betid of great cattle, and 20 acres to every head of small cattle. Thc words " great cattle" shall be construed to mean . horned cattle, horses, mules, and asses, male and female, with their offspring above six mouths of age; . and the words "small cattle" shall be construed to mean sheep, male and female, with tlieir weaned off- . spring. ', 48. Every pasturage run shall be in one block, and, as far as circumstances will admit, of a rectangular , form: the frontage, under ordinary circumstances, shall not be greater than one-half the depth. 49. The fee to bo paiil for tho license shall be at tlie I following rates : —For every run containing less than 1000 acres, twenty shillings for every hundred acres ; for every run containing' iOOO acres, and not, lass than I 5000 aciss, two-pence per aero for the fbst thousand and one penny per acre for every acre in addition. For nrirv run pfin*nl>iir>BT 51101) aeres or nmranh one farthing per acre for the fiist and second yews, one half-penny per acre for the third and fourth years, tlu'ce-fartliings per acre for tho fifth and every subsequent year ; provided that thc first year shall be. taken ■to be the thne elapsing from the date ofthe original license to the fust day of May next following-. 50. No pasturage license shall be granted for a less annual fee than £2 10s. 51. The fee sliall be paid to tlie Treasurer of the • Waste Land Board every year, in advance; for the first year on the issue of "ihe license, and ibr the second and every subsequent year on any sitting day ofthe Board, between the 20th day of April and the first day of May, inclusive; and every pasturage license not renewed hy payment of thc required fee, on or before the first day of May, shall, unless good cause to the contrary be shown to the satisfaction of the AVaste Lands Board, be considered as abandoned. 52. Every pasturage license shall be in the form set forth hi the'Scheduled to the AVaste Lands Regulations, and shall be transferable by endorsement in the form set-forth in such Schedule, and such transfer shall be deemed to be complete-upon notice thereof being duly given to the AVaste Lauds Board, and not before. A pasturage license shall entitle the holder thereof to the exclusive right of posflirage over the land specified therein upon tlie terms jibovo stated. Such license shall be renewed'by endorsement from year to year, until the land specified therein shall lie purchased," granted, or reserved under these regulations; and the fee-to be paid in respect of such license shall not be altered until the Ist May, 1.870. Such license sliall give no right to the soil or to tlie timber, and sliall immediately determine over any land wliich may be purchased, granted, or reserved under these regulations. A reasonable right of way shall be alloweu through all pasturage runs. 53. lt at any time during the fust four years after the issue of the first license the quantity of stock for the run sliall be less than that originally required, or during the next three years less than twice that amount, or during any subsequent period less than three .times that amount, the AVaste Lands Board may declare the whole oi- a portion of such run to be forfeited; provided always that with regard to runs granted prior to the issue of these Regulations such first period of four years shall commence from the date on which these Regulations shall come into operation : provided that one or more runs held by the same individual or firm may for the purposes of tliis clause be considered as one run. 54. In any case in which a rpnholder can prove to the satisfaction of the AVaste Lands l]onrd that he is precluded by arrangements entered into previous to the passing of these regulations from actually, for a given period, placing his"stock on bis own run, it shall be sufficient if ho prove to the satisfaction of tlie Board that lie possesses witliin tlie Province the requisite amount of stock, and will undertake to place the same a the run at the expiration of such peoiod. 55. Every holder of a license sliall, at any time, upon a written order from tlie Waste Lands Board to that, effect, make tt true and complete return of all the stock on his run; and if lie shall wilfully and knowingly make any false return, the AVaste Lands Board sliall immediately declare his license fo be forfeited. 50. Every run or portion thereof-which shall have been forfeited, as above provided, shall be put up by tiie AVaste Lands Board to public auction, after an ad- , vertiscmont in the Government Gazette, and one or more newspapers of tbe Province. A license granted after fbiieit.ufe shall be deemed to be an original license. - Upon appeal from anv person whose run lias been f'or- . I'eited, within 00 days" from the date «t such forfeiture, . it shall be lawful for thc Superintendent to reserve oi' '■ suspend such forfeiture either wholly or in part. , 57. Every person taking out a li' enso for u run which . is not stocked will be required to deposit with the Trea- ' surer the sum often shillings for every hundred^ acres , included in the license, which will be returned without . interest as soon as lie sliall have fulfilled the conditions , in respect to stocking the run within the proscribed : period ; but if such conditions be not fulfilled such dc- ': posits shall be forfeited. 58. The above rules'in respect to stocking a run, and to tlio lodgment of deposit money with flic Treasurer, ■ sliall not applv to runs containing less than o0 : 00 acres. ' 59 Every holder of a license may be required at . any time to pay for the actual cost of tho survey of [ his run at a rate not e*ceeding2os. for every thousand acres. .. , „ 00 Every holder of a pasturage ic.ense shall, upon ■ application to tlie AVaste Lands Board be entitled to , a pre-emptive right oyer portions of his run, as follows -—Vqv a run of not less ban I.QQQ acres and not '. more than 5,000 acres, oyer a block of hand cpmpris- ' in" and circumjacent to his homestead tpitlic extent lof 5 per cent ofthe acreage of therun. I'or a run oi . 5 000 acres and upwards, over 2ao acres of land comI prising mid circumjacent to liis homestead or principal , ita ion. And for nil runs, over til! lands occupied by < : any buildings, enclosures, plantations cultivat.ons, or any siich"other improvements as shall m the judg- . ment ofthe AVaste Lauds Board be deemed sufficient ; for the purposes of this clause, together with fifty acres comprising and circumjacent to the lands so occupied or improved. ~ ~ | 01. The Licenses shall at tho time of his application t to tho Board give a sufficient description of the lands ■ over wliich lie claims such pre-emptive right,' to the I satisfaction of the Chief Surveyor. And tlie same sliall be marked off on he authenticated Maps in the • Land Office.

i 02. The lands included in such pre-emptive right may be of such form as the applicantshallchoo.se; i but any land purchased by liim in the exercise of such s right shall be subject to the regulations as to form and frontage herein contained. ; 03. 'Tlio Waste Lauds Board shall not receive nor t ■intcrtain auv application to purchase, from any ( person other than the runholder, tlie aforesaid block around the homestead or principal station which does not include tlie whole of such block. 04. The right, of pre-emption hereby given shall be exercised within one week for all lauds within twenty miles of tbe Laud Office, at Christchurch; and within one month for all lands at a greater distance therefrom; such time being reckoned from tlie date of service of a written notice from the AVaste Xands Board, setting forth a copy of the application for any ( ofthe lands included in the pre-emptive right. Such noticenl.-iy be served either personally oil tho rutiholder, or by leaving the same at his lost-known ( ■ place of abode within the Province, or at the principal homestead or station on tho run.. t 05. Tbe applicant for any rural land included in ' any pre-emptive rightshalliiepositwit.il the Treasurer ' of the AVaste Lands" Board a sum equal to 4s. per acre I of the purchase money, and tlio remainder lie shall pay witliin one week from the date of his application I being granted, or forfeit such deposit. Such deposit, : - however, shall he immediately returned on demand, 1 ' if the holder of thc pre-emptive right shall give notice ;of liis intention to purchase any portion of the land I applied for, and pay the requisite deposit. I 00. If the holder of the pre-emptive right decide ' 1 upon purchasing any portion of tlie land applied for, ' | ho shall forthwith pay to the Treasurer of thc AVaste ' Lauds Board a deposit of 4s. per acre ofthe purchase 1 money of such portion ; and, if ho shall not witliin six ' weeks thereafter have paid tlie remainder of the pur- ' ! chase money, he shall forfeit such deposit, together with all right or title to the land. If thc holder of any pre-emptive right other than those created by chaise GO of tlie AVaste Lands Regulations shall neglect or refuse to purchase any portion of the land applied for, sueh portion shall from and ■ immediately after such neglect or refusal be released ' from all right of pre-emption and open to purchase ■ on the terms of these Regulations, as if thc same had i not been included in any pre-emptive right. 07. Pasturage Licenses with pre-emptive right in | connection with purchased lauds, whether under tlie Canterbury Association or thc Crown, shall, from and ! after the first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, bo tukon and deemed to bo 1 pasturage licenses over the lands included therein, J upon the terms of these Reg-ulations, with a pre- ' emptive right over all such land, to be exercised sub--1 cct to these Regulations as regards notice of applica--5 tion, payment of deposit, purchase money, price of ' land, and size and shape of blocks. If tlie land | covered by such pre-emptive right shall be included '■ within the limits of a run held by license under \ clauses 50 and 53, the holder thereof in paying ' rent for the same may take credit for the amount paid by him in respect of lands covered by such pre-emp-tive right. 08. Holders of pasturage licenses without pre- \ emptive right shall be entitled to hold such licenses or ;. to have them renewed upon the terms of their con- ; tract with the Canterbury Association or the Crown, ;as the case may be; biit if any person holding- a license under the Canterbury Association or the ! Crown shall voluntarily resign the same, he shall be ■ entitled to receive a license under these Regulations, ! and shall from the date of such exchange hold liis run - at tho rate and on the conditions specified in these 1 Regulations. 69. If any person exchanging his license shall for : any period included in the new license have paid rent tat a higher rate than would be payable under such . license, such overpayment shall be adjusted atthe noxt i payment of rent. 70. In the event of improvements having been ef- ; fected by the licensee of a run on any land which ) shall bo reserved by the General Government or by - the Provincial Government under theso Regulations, the licenseee shall receive payment of the , value of such improvements, such value to be der cided by arbitration under direction of the AVaste , Lauds Board, and to be paid by the Treasurer of tlie Waste Lauds Board out of the land fund. : 71. All payments on account of pasturage runs l sliall in future be made on or before tlie first day of ; May, in accordance with clause 51, at the Land Office, iat Christchurch, and the AVaste Lands Board shall sit at that place i'or the Treasurer to receive the same. 72 All payments to be made on account of pastur- , ago runs before tlie first day of May noxt ensuing i shall be made for the portion of tlie year only wliich ■ shall elapse between such day of payment and the | said first day of May. 1 73. In calculating the amount of tlie license fee nnd the stock required to be on tho run, thc year com- ' mencing on the said first day of May shall be deemed ; to be the same your as that for which sucli part pay- , ; ment shall have beeu made. j | 74. Notwithstanding anything contained in these ; ' emulations, it shall belnwi'ul for'thc Governor, upon ; rbo recrmnne.nrlatinn ot tbe Superintendent, and Provincial Counil, at any lime, and from time to time, be [ proclamation in the Government Gazette of the | Province, to reserve for the purposes hereinafter | mentioned any lauds witliin the Province, adjacent to ;or iu tlie neighbourhood of any town, now or which , may hereafter be formed, and to declare that on aud i'roiu a day to ba named in such proclamation all de-! \ pasturing' Hocuses issued under these regulations, in j j respect of such reserved lands, shall cease and be of no effect; on aud from wliich day, al! sucli licenses ; shall, as respects such lauds, cease and be of no efFeet ' accordingly. And it shall be lawful for tho Governor ! at any time, hereafter, by regulations to be issued iu ' that behalf, according to the provisions .of the AVaste Lauds Act, upon tiie recommendation of tlie Super- '„ intendent and Provincial Council, to regulate the | occupation of the Waste Lands of the Crown within ' sucli reserved districts. . TIMBER. 75. If any tract of land shall have been reserved for , thc sale of the timber thereon, such timber maybe • sold bv public auction at tin 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 withiu ' such time may be again put up to publio auction. 70. No person shall, without a- licenses cut or re- > move any timber from any AVaste Lauds ofthe Crown ; (except timber whieh he shall have purchased under ' tho last clause); and any persons so cutting or re- " moving timber sliall be liable to pay tho cost .of such ' license for one year together with tho costs ofreeover- ' ing the amount ofthe same. I 77. Every license for cutting or removing timber | shall he issued for one month, or for oue year, at the , request, of the person applying- for the same; and a ' foe of 10s. shall be paid upon every monthly license, , and of £suponovery yearly license. : 78. A license shall entitle no ono but the person . named therein to cut down standing timber, but it i will authorise him tb employ any number of persons, . during tho term of thc license, to saw, split, or remove [ the timber so cut; and such license shall not be . transferable. t 79. A license to cut timber shall oxtend only to the district named therein, i 80. If any person duty licensed sliall havo established, tfa saw-pit for thc purpose of sawing timber, no other ; person shall cut timber within 50 yards of such pit ' without consent of the person first occupying such i saw-pit; provided that if the person establishing such pit shall not. use tho same, and shall not cut timber : witliin such distance as aforesaid from the pit for 28 ' consecutive days, it. shall bo lawful for any other holder ■ of a license to enter thereupon, and to cut timber as ' though sucli pit bad not been established. 1 81. If any person shall, for the purpose of removing ■ timber, have mado a road upon land being tho Waste • Lands of the Crown and not beiug a highway, it shall > not be lawful for any other person to use thc same c ' without the permission of the person making tiie same iirst obtained ; provided licit if such road sliall not 1 ho used tit any time for 90 'consecutive dtlys, it shali ' "be lawful for any holder of a license'at any'time thero- ( utter to use the same. : 82. If any person holding a timber license shall be I proved be;foro tiie AVaste Lands Board to have . offended against any regulations herein contained respecting timber, or'to have wilfully or negligently in— [ ured or destroyed by fire or otherwise auy timber belonging to the Crown, such license shall be, and shall ' he immediately declared to be forfeited, and it sliall be atthe discretion ofthe Board to refuse to issue another i - timber license"to the same person. >