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Otago Daily Times, Issue 117, 1 April 1862, Page 7

j Cd. livery holder of :i pnsuu-.i^c ieeuso shall, upon • !i]iji.lf!ii:<-i*to Hii" Vi ii>ii; Lam!.- Hoard, be entitled to i ii ; u-i'iiil'llM'll^,l:l "Vi-r poiiiuii-; of hi-; run, us ful- ; lows: —3'or a run o!'i:'>l kss li:m 1-.000 MTesand ;icf ■ more than .j,(Jlxl :vrcs, our a block of laud amiprisj inn1 :iii<U'iii-i(ii;iiic.vnMo his hnmcsd'ad i') tlio extent. • at'o jilt i-i'iil iii'ihi' ii'_Tcii;:« of the run, l'oi1 :i run of . ■ fi,('oU iit-ii s Mid u]i«iinU-,'oviT 230 acres ol'laud comI j p'riMi.!:1 iind i.-iivii!ij;u-cnt to his homestead orprhicipal , station. Aiiii fur sill rii'is, o\cr ;:Ii lands occupied liy i any Vjii3liliu;_-~=. rnc.lo-uies, plantations, cultivations, [ or any sue.ii other improvements as shall in the judgmont'of the Waste Lands Board be deemed sullicient [ fur the purposes of this clause, together with fifty aw or; poniprkiug and circumjacent to the lands so occupied <ir improved. 01. 'J'lic Liconst;: shall at the time of his application to the Hoard give a sufficient description of the hinds over which li'l claims such pre-emptive right, to the . satisfaction of the Chief chirvevor. And the same shall be marked oil"on he authenticated Maps in t,h<3 , Land Ofiice. • 02. The lands included in such pre-emptive rig-h may be of such form as this applicant shall choose ; but" any land purchased by him in the exercise of such j rify'it sliall he subject to tlio regulations as to form and frontage herein contained. G3. The Waste Lauds Board shall not receive nor entertain any application- to purchase, from any person other i ban tbe runholder, 1 lie aforesaid block around the homestead or principal station which does not include the whole of such block. (J4. The right of pre-emption hereby given shall be exerci«eil within one weak for all hinds within twenty miles of the Land Office, at, Christchurcii; and wiihin one month for all lauds nt'a greater distance therefrom ; such lime being reckoned from the date of f.ervict: of a written notice from the Waste Lands board,sotting forth a copy of the application for any of the iands'iik'luded in tlu prc-Pinptivc right. Much not ice may be served either pci-sonally on the runholder, or by leaving; the same at his last-known place of abode within the Province, or at the principal homestead or station on the run. Go. The applicant for any rural land included in any pre-emptive right shall deposit, with the Treasurer of the Waste Lauds Board a sum equal to 4s. per acre of the purchase money, and the remainder lie s-hall pay v;itliin one week from the date of his application being' cn-anled, 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. . GO. If the holder of the pre-emptive right decide upon purchasing any portion of the land applied for, he shall forthwith pay to the Treasurer of the Waste Lands Board a deposit of 4s. per acre of the purchase money of such portion ; and, if he shall not within six wcolte thereafter have paid the remainder of the purchase money, he shall 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 of the Waste Lands Regulations shall neglect or refuse to purchase any portion of the land applied for, such portion shol) 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. C 7. 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 tbe lands included therein, upon the terms of these Regulations, with a preemptive right over all such Jand, to be exercised subcat 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 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 crodit for the amount paid by him in respect, oi "lands covered by such pre-emp-tive right. . - GO. Holders of pasturage licenses without preemptive right shall bo entitled to hold such 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 the Crown : h ill 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 at the rate and on the conditions specified in these Regulations. GO. 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 rent. V'O. In the event of improvements having been effected by the licensee of a run on any land which sfaall bo resolved by the General Government or by the Provincial Government under these Regulations, the lieensece .■ shall -receive payment of the value of such improvement'!, such value to be decided by arbitration under direction of the Waste Lands Board, and to be paid by the Treasurer of-the • Waste Lands 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 Ollice, at Christchurcli, mid 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 rims before the first day of May next ensuing shall be made for.the portion of tho 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 ajid the stock required to be on the run, the year commencing on the said first day of May shall be deemed to be tlio 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 rfipnmuipiidntinn oi the Superintendent and Provincial Counil, at any time, and from time to time, be proclamation in the Government Gazette of tbe Province, to resei-ve for the purposes hereinafter mentioned any lands 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 depiisturing licenses issued under these regulations, inrespect of such reserved lands, shall ccuso and be of no eifect ; on and- from which day. till such licenses shall, as respects such lands, cease and be of no eifect 1 accordingly. And it shall be lawful'for the Governor at, any 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 laud 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 ncrreo 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. 7G. No person shall, without a licensej cut or remove any timber from any Waste Lands of the Crown (except timber which ho'shall have purchased under the last clause); and any persons so cutting or removing timber shall bo liable to pay the cost of such license for one year together with tho 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 bo paid upon .every monthly license, and of £suponevcry 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 the'liceusc, to saw, split, or remove . tho timber so cut; and suclr license shall not be ; transferable. 79. A license to cut timber shall extend only to the : district named therein. 80. If any person duly licensed shall have established 1 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 occupying such 1 saw-pit; provided that if 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 3 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. * 1 81. If any person shall, for the purpose of removing _ timber, have made a road upon land being the Waste c Lands of the Crown and not being a highway, it Shall (. not be lawful for any other person to use"the same without the permission off the person making the same first obtained; provided that if such road shall not 3 be used at any time for 90 consecutive da^s, it shall >' be lawful for "any holder of a license at any time thereniter to use the'samc. 1 82. If any person holding a timber license shall be ~ proved before the Waste" Lands Board to have _ offended aaraihst any regulations herein contained respecting timber, or to have wilfully or negligently mrr ured or destroyed by fire or otherwise any timber belonging to the Crown, such license shall be, and shall Ii be immediately declared to be forfeited, and it shall be _ at the discretion of the, Board to refuse to issue another s timber license to the.same person. ■