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Otago Daily Times, Issue 112, 26 March 1862, Page 7

:ipiiViiiien"!(< iiio VT:i*!f> Li-n^jTßonrd, be entitled to n t>!"e-eni;itiri! riirht. nycv por'itms of liis run,.as follows:—Fov a run. of imt less h,-m 1,000 iic./esan:' not mere than 5,00(1 r.cres, over a block of'ii'id eo,uprising ami eiiviimiiiwr.t to i»;r, homestead in Hip .>\ <--iit. <;f.-') ]ny cent of the acreage of the run. For a run of 5,(ll)t) ;'.eivs and upwards, over 250 acres of land ismi-[iii-i'iijV and circumjacent lo his homestead or principal sin:km. Am! for all runs, over all lands occupied by any buildings, enclosures, plantations, cultivations, or any such other improvements as shall in the judg-ment-"of the Waste Lands Board be deemed sufficient for the purposes of this clause, together with fifty acres compriFhis1 and circumjacent to the lands so occupied or improved.

Cl. The License- shall at the time oi'hij application to the Board give a sufficient description of the lands over which he claims such pre-emptive, right, to the satisfaction of the Chief Surveyor. And the same shall be marked off on he authenticated Maps in the Land Office.

02. The lands included in such pre-emptive rijrh 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 from age herein contained.

C 3. The Waste Lands Board shall not receive nor entertain any application to purchase, from any person other than the vunholder, the aforesaid block around the homestead or principal station which does not include the whole of such block.

64. The right of pre-emption hereby given shall be exercised within one week for all lands within twenty miles of the Land Office, at. Christchureh; and within one month for all lands at a greater distance therefrom; such time being reckoned from the date of service of a written notice from the Waste Lands Board, setting forth a copy of the application for any of the lauds included in the pre-emptive right. Such notice may be served either personally on the rimliolder, oi- by leaving the same \; jit his; last-known place of abode within the Province, or atjthc principal homestead or station on the run. :!'*!' •

G5. The applicant for any rural land included in any pre-emptive right shall deposit with the Treasurer of the Waste Lands Board a sum equal to 4s. per acre oft he purchase money, and the remainder lie shall pay viiliiu one week from the date of his application being granted, or forfeit such deposit. Such deposit, however, shall be immediately returned on demand, if the holder of the pre-emptive right shall give notice of his intention to purchase, any portion of the land applied for, and pay the requisite deposit.

66. If the holder of the pre-emptive right decide upon purchasing any portion of the land applied for, lie shall forthwith pay to the Treasurer of the Waste Lands Board a deposit of 4s. per acre"6f the 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 rigiit or title to the land. If the holder of any pre-emptive right other than those created by claii.se GO of the Waste Land.? Regulations shall neglect or refuse to purchase any portion of the land applied for, such 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 the same had not been included in any pre-emptive right.

67. Pasturage Licenses with pre-emptive right in connection with purchased lauds, whether under the Canterbury Association or the Crown, shall, from and after the "first day of April, one thousand-eight hundred and fifty-six, be taken and deemed to be pasturage licenses over the lands included therein, upon the terms of, these Regulations, with a preempjve right over all such land, to be exercised subect to these Regulations as regards notice of application, payment of deposit, purchase money, price of land, and size and shape of blocks. It' the land covered by such pre-emptive right shall be included within the limits of a run held by license under clauses 50 and 53, tiie holder thereof in paying rent for the same m;iy take credit for the amount paid by him in respect of lands covered by such pre-emp-tive right.

GB. Holders of pasturaae licenses without preemptive right shall be entitled to hold sueli licenses or to have them renewed upon the terms of their contract with the Canterbury Association or the Crown, as the case may be; but if any person holding a license under the Canterbury Association or tiie Crown thill voluntarily resign the same, he shall be entitled to receive a license under these Regulations, and shall from the date of such exchange hold his run nt the rate and on the conditions specified in these Regulations.

69. If any person exchanging his license shall for any period included in the new license have pnid rent at a higher rate than would lie payable under such license, such overpayment shall be adjusted at the next payment of rent. 70. In the event of improvements having been effected by the licensee of a run on any land which shall be reserved by the General Government or by tiie Provincial Government under these Regulations, the licenseee shall., receive payment of the value of .such improvements, such value to be decided by ' arbitration under direction of the Waste Lands iionrd, and to bn paid by the Treasurer of the Waste Lauds Board out of the land fund.

71. All payments on account of pasturage runs shall in future be made on or before the first day of May, in accordance with clause 51, at the Land Office, at Ohristchurcl), and the Waste 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 the 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 of the 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 he the same year as that for which such part payment shall have been made.

74. Notwithstanding anything contained in these egulations, it shall be lawful for the Governor, upon rlio iwovmiipnrlntiou ol Hie Siinenntenrtp.Tit. mid Provincial Connil, at any time, and from time to time, be proclamation in the Government Gazette of the Province, to reserve for the purposes hereinafter mentioned any lauds within 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 de- . pasturing licenses issued under these regulations, in respect of such reserved lands, shall cease and be of no effect; on and from which day, all such licenses shall, as respects such lands, cease and he of no effect accordingly. And it shall be lawful for the Governor at aiiy time, hereafter, by regulations to be issued in that behalf, according to the provisions of the Waste Lands Act, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent and Provincial Council, to regulate the occupation of the Waste Lands of the Crown within such reserved districts. TIMBER. 75. If any tract of land shall have been reserved for the sale of the timber 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. Wo person shall, without a license, cut or remove any timber from any Waste Lands of the Crown (except timber which 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 the amount of the same. , , 77. Every license for cutting or removing timber shall be issued for one month, or for one year, at the request of the person applying for the same; and a fee of 10s. shall 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, .durin" the term of the license, to saw, split, or remove tlie timber so cut; and such license shall not bo transferable. 79. A license to cut timber shall 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 shall cut timber within- 50 yards of such pit without consent of the person first occupying1 such saw-pit; provided that it the person establishing such pit shall not use the same, and shall not cut timber within 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.

81. If any person shall, for the purpose of removing timber, have made a road upon land being the Waste Lands of the Crown and not being a highway, it shall not he lawful for any other person to 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 shall be lawful for any holder of a license at any time thereaiter to use the same.

82. If any person holding a timber license shall be proved before the Waste Lands Board to have offended against any regulations herein contained respecting timber, or to have wilfully or negligently inured or destroyed by 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 of the Board to refuse to issue another timber license to the same person.

SCHEDULES,

Schedule A. Province \ if" ( Canterbury. ) ... I/TCKN'SE TO OCCUPY'TOWN LANDS. ' Whereas of ' hath beenMuly delared the purclißser for the sum of pounds,