LAND SALES AND LEASES ORDINANCE, 1856.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 141, 29 April 1862, Page 7

LAND SALES AND LEASES ORDINANCE, 1856.

. This Ordinance, which was approved by; the Governor in 1857, providesfor the sale of large blocks of land (not less than 2000 acres) at the fixed fprice of 10s.,per acre, and without conditions of purchase^ the' total quantity of such land not to exceed 600,000 acres. Its provisions are as follows :— ' ':, ■ 1. It shall be lawful! for the Waste Land Board to sell Waste Lands of the Crown situated outside Hundreds, proclaimed or to be proclaimed, to an extent not exceeding Six Hundred. Thousand Acres, in blocks of not less than Two Thousand Acres, at the'price of Ten Shillings per Acre, without stipulating as a'condition of sale or of purchase, that the purchasers shall lay out upon the lauds, in money or1 labor, a j sum equal to- Forty Shillings per acre; from which stipulation such lands, to the extent above mentioned, shall be and are hereby exempted. ; 2. It shall be lawful for the Waste Land Board to insert in every certificate of selection of land sold or to be sold in virtue of the Land Regulations which are no w or hereafter may be in force a stipulation; that the sale of such land has been made, subject to the provisions of. the " Roads Ordinance Amendment Ordinance, 1856." .

3. During the currency of any lease granted or to be granted of any Run for Sheep or Cattle, situated outside of any Hundred, proclaimed or to be proclaimed, if the terms and conditions of such lease shall be and continue to be duly fulfilled, the land forming such Run shall not: be liable to be sold without consent of the ; Lessee, anything to the contrary herein contained notwithstanding. ' ■"■ : ; ! 4. Provided that it shall be in the power? of the Superintendent, with the advice and consent of his Executive Council; to authorise the Waste" Land Board to refuse to grant Leases of Runs, both within any district which he shall, with such advice and consent, from time to time determine to reserve open for sale, in pursuance of the &tst section of this Ordinance, and also within any district which he shall, with such advice and consent, recommend to the Governor to proclaim a Hundred until the determination of the: Governor upon any such recommendation shall be ascertained; and provided also [that nothing herein contained shall' impair the1 right of the Governor, from time to time, to proclaim Hundreds, or the force of any Regulations applicable to lands situated therein. '

5. This: Ordinance shall be deemed to be part of the Land Regulations of the Province of Otago, andi any rule'or clause in the said Regulations repugnant hereto shall be held and construed to he modified or repealed, to the extent of allowing full effect to be given to this Ordinance. . . ''.'.'