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Otago Daily Times, Issue 149, 8 May 1862, Page 7

REGULATIONS BOR THE ■ DISPOSAL, SALE, LETTLNO AND OCCUPATION OF THE ,■■■:. WASTE*LANDS OF THE ;CROWH IK THE ■' PROVINCE OP CANTERBURY: AS AMENDED. 1. A LL Regulations now in force in the ProXjL vince of Canterbury for the sale, letting, disposal, and occupatipn pf the Waste Lands oi the Crown are hereby repealed. . ; -■•■■-.-■■■ 2. All such Waste Lands shall, from and after the day on which these Begulations shall come into force, be sold,' let, disposed of, and occupied according to these Regulations, and not otherwise. 3..Every Act ■which the Superintendent is hereby authorised or required to perform he -shall perform solely in accordance with the advice of his Executive Councillor the time being.'and such advice shall be recorded on the minutes of the Council. ' lI.—THE WASTE LANDS BOARD. • 4. There shall be established. a Board to be called the Waste Lands Board, to consist of one Chief Commissioner, and 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) shall be appointed and be removable by warrant under the hand of the Superintendent. 5. One member of the Waste Lands Board shall also be the Treasurer thereof, and such.member shall be appointed and removable by the Governor. 6. The Waste Lands Board shall sit at the principal Land Office of the Province, at certain stated times to be determined by the. Superintendent, and shall also sit for special purposes at such places and at such 1 times as the Superintendent shall direct; of wliieh sittings due notice shnll be given in the Provincial Government Gazette, and one or more newspapers published in the Province. -. . ,'■_ 7. The Chief Commissioner when present, and in I liis absence then some member selected by those present at any meeting of the Board, shall preside: thereat, and shall have a casting vote in all questions coming before the Board., ~,-..-, 8. AH questions coming before the Board .shall be decided by a majority of the Commissioners present thereat. . - 9. AH meetings of the Board shall be attended by at least three Commissioners, and shall be open to the public. • ■ . . 10. All applications for Land and for Pasturage ' and for Timber Licenses shall, after hearing evidence when necessary, be determined by the Board at some sitting thereof. 11. The Board shall have power to hear and determine all disputes between the holders of Pasturntre and Timber Licenses respecting the boundaries of runs and districts, and shall have and exercise all the powers which may be-lawfully liad and exercised by any Coramissioiier of Crown Lands, under'the provisions of the "Crown Lands Ordinance, Sess. X., No. 1;" and the "Crown Lands Extension Ordinance, Sess. XL. So. 10." . 12. AlHhe 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 office hours at the Land Office, in winch the name of every person desiring to ronke any application to the Board shall be written in order by himself or anyperson duly authorised on his behalf." And the Commissioners shall, during the sitting of the Board, consider and determine all applications in the order in -which they shall appear in the ■ application W.ik. Provided that if any person shall not appear himself or by some person duly authorise! on hia behalf before the Board when called in -his turn, his appl.'ntion shall be dismissed until his name shall appear again in the Book in order. " Provided nlso that if two or more persons shall apply at the same time to write their names in the Application Book the Chief Commiss'oner shall bracket their ames, and shnll initial the bracket'; and when they all appear before the Board, the Board shall determine tho priority of right to be hard by lot. And it shall not be lawful for the Board to hear any application except such as shall be made in accordance with this regulation. ' 14. The Board shall keep true and detailed minutes of all applications made to the Board, and all decisions thereon, and of all sums of money paid to the Treasurer, and generally of all the. proceedings of the Boai'u; and such minutes shall be sifruid by all the' Commissioners present at - any meeting. .And such minutes'shall be open to the inspection of all persons desiring to inspect Hie same, at a]l reasonable hours, on payment of tlie slim of two 'shillings and sixpence for every such insimetion. ■ lII".—SURVEYS. 15. There shall be a'Chief Surveyor who shall .be appointed and removable by Warrant under the hand of the Superintendent, and as many «sistant Surveyors a» shall be necessary, who shall oe' appointed. aiid removeable by the Superintendent upon the recommendation of.the Chief Surveyor. .-'. • ■*. >\r 16. All surveys shall be conducted in such manner as the Board by any regulations to be made in thj^t behalf shall direct. ' ~ IV,—THE LAJJD REVENUE. : 17. All payments to be made in respect of land shall be made to the Treasurer of the Board during the • sitting thereof, and the. Treasurer shall thereupon give receipts for the same. 18.—By the 62nd clause of the Constitution Act i the Governor is authorised and required to pay out of s the revenue arising from the disposal of the Waste Land* of the Crown all th« ee*t« •Inures, aad a-