MISCELLANEOUS EXTRACTS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 173, 5 June 1862, Page 5

MISCELLANEOUS EXTRACTS.

Sir George Grey has presented his collection of books and manuscripts, valued at £20,000, to the public library at Cape Town. *

A crow was recently fonud near Dundee, in the claws of a crab, from which, notwithstanding its struggles, it was unable to release itself. It is considered cett'iin, in the best-infurmed circles that the marriage of the Princess Alice and Prince Louis will take place in June tbis year. Mr. Edwin James has made-his first" appearance iv an American court. On the 11th ult." he defended Patrick ltilcy, who was sued by Alice Behan for assault and battury. He addressed his Honor as " My Ltid" and '• Your Ludship." Mr. Spurgeon has lately spoken very strongly in condemnation of tobacco, and has exhibited to the youthful portion'of his hearers, by means of the magic lantern, " The effects produced upon a youth when smoking his first cigar.' A Mr. Treavershorne, occupying apartments at 43, Weston-slreet, Bermondsey, was burnt to death on Monday, through remaining to dress himself after* the house was discovered to be on fire. He was found dead in his room, suffocated, it is supposed^ by the smoke.

The iron steam-frigate Warrior made the-voyage from Tngus to. Giburaltar, 320 miles, in 22 hours, being at the rate of nearly fifteen miles au hour. The .ship was under sail and steam, not full power. She leaks a little, and her steering apparatus is dotective. ■ ■ ,

The exigencies of the Great Exhibition have tendered it necessary to create a new division of'thp metropolitan police, which will make the 19th now formed. The new division is to be designated by the letter X, so that Thackeray's " P'Jieeman X" will be no longer a myth.

A Welsh -paper states that a small shareholder in a small railway, that yields but small returns, had his half-yearly dividend remitted to him the other day in the shape of postage stamps. He sent back,a verbal nies'jnge to the secretary, stating that they were of no: use to him, as lie could not write, and requesting that in future his, payments should be made in tobacco, as though he conld'uot write, he could smoke.

The body of a young ma.ii had been deposited for interment in one of the side chapels of the Church of St. Laurent, when, while awaiting-the arrival of the clergy, the bier was agitated violently. The coffin was immediately opened, ami the young man inside was found to have awoke from a lethargy of 60 hours. He was fit once removed to his own house, and is doing well. He has a wife and two children.—Kupirance da Peaplc of Nantes.

A number of English ladies, all of the highest rank antlmost- of the purest Toryism, have preseutad n-turret-shaped ornwn to the Queeu of Naples, the lady who defended Gaeta, and who shot Cardinal Antonelli'.s sister's cat.

The marble monument designed as a tribute to the memory of the officers of the 23rd Royal Weish Fusileers who foil at the battle of th?*Ahu:i, and long since sobscribid for by their relatives, is now complete, and, througli tlu exerciuns of Major Gordon, R.E., of Constajitinople, and of Colonel Gon-.an, of Sebastoptil, erected over the grave of the officers b .tried in the field.

presents' Witness, 'that Wej; in" piirsuahc of-tiio powers vested- in us as Commissioners of tlie said Waste Lands Board, do hereby authoriss and empoiyor the said ~ his heir? ">" assigns, at any time after the da,te herefore,' to enter upon iill'that scstibli of land " situated in street, in tile town of marked, Np. in the authenticated map of lbs Saii.l'"to\vn in the Crown Lands Office and containing, acres, or'thereabouts/being th'e'soclion'o ' •and'purchased us aforesaid, and to hol.l and enjoy the ■game for his and their absolute nse'anil benefit Given-under our hands at the sitting ' l! ''of'the Waste Lands Board held" ■' ' ' "''■ ■at" .on the . . , .. , . .. , ■'day oi <■•>- .)••■• •■: .. ■ ■■ - .-.- >• • Schedule B. . Province } . ■ . ... of -■{■-.••■■ - Canterbury.) . .. ; ,-...; ,„ '. 'LICENSE TO OCCUPy RURAL'ti"SD: V Wins UK as of . hath been duly declared the purchaser IU the sum of po'il'min, shillings, and pence, of the section' the Waster Lands of the Crown hereinafter' described, and hath .this day paid to the Treasurer of the Waste Lands Board of the Province of Canterbury, the said sum of pounds, shillings, and pence, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, NOW KNOW ALL MEN AND THBSB presents witness, that We, in pursuance of tlie ' powers vested in us as Commissioner of the said Waste Lands Board, do hereby authorise and empower the.said his heirs or assigns, at any time after the date hereof, to enter upon all that section of land situate and bounded as hereinafter described, that is to say j and to hold and to enjoy the same for his and their absolute use and benefit, subject never-, theless to the Regulations now in force for the saie, letting, disposal, and occupation of the Waste Lauds of tiie Crown within the Province of Canterbury. Given under oiir bands at the sitting of the Waste. Lands Board, helti at on the ' day oi - 18 Schedule C. Province 1 of \ Canterbury. \ LICENSE TO ]»KFABTUHK STOCK, Wheheas of hath been duly ife= clared to be entiUed-to a license to depasture stock upon the Waste Lands of the Crown witliin the Province of Canterbury, upon the terms and upon tho conditions hereinafter mentioned : Now therefore We in pursuance of the powers vested iv us as Coiumis'sioucrs of the Waste Lands Board to the said Pro viuce, do hereby grant to tho said ■the exclusive license, from and after the date hereof until the first day of May next, to depasture stock upon the land situate and bounded as hereinafter described, that is to say— . and containing acres or thereabouts. Subject neve'™ theless to all the provisions and conditions coutaiui>i<>in the Waste Lauds Regulations now in force within the Province of Canterbury. Given under our hands at tho sitting of the Waste LanrU Hoard, held '■.... at on tha day oi 16 ENDORSEMENT. I, the within-named tor valuable consideration to me paid by of do hereby transfer to the said the witliin written Pnstur.ige License, and all my estate and iaryrest therein. Witness vay hand fcliis d y of 1Q Witness •• ■ * * ' APPENDIX Clauses 35 and 43, which were repealed by'the Waste Lands Renulalimis Amendment Ordinance, Sess. Vl£., No. 2, 1866, originally • stood as follows: — 35. No section of rural land shall be sold containing less than twenty acres ; provided that any section so limited by frontage lines or private lands as to contain less than twenty acres may be sold by auction at the upset price of forty shillings per aero; the timeand place of sale, and the mode ot sale and payment of purchase money to be as nearly as may "be in accordance with the regulations herein contained, applicable to the sale of Town Land. 43. If any person shall at anytime have made and completed at his own cost any public road or bridge or any public main drain, or"any part of such roail, bridge, or drain, such person shall, npon application to tho Waste Lands Board, be entitled to a free grant of rural land in such situation as he shall select,°sub-" ject to, the conditions as to form and frontage in these regulations contained, to such an extent as the Board'snail adjudge, not exceeding one acre for every, four pounds" sterling which he shall prove to the satisfaction of the Waste Lands Board that he shall have actually expended in the construction of suchroad, bridge, or drain. ProvV;;l always that it shall be proved. to the satisfaction of tue'Board that the money so expended by the applicant, lms heen beneficially expended for •he use and advantage of the public. ■ Provided al hat no application for less than twenty acres shall be received under this clause, but that where any amount of compensation awarded by the Board shall be of a less amount than twenty t acres of land, the party entitled may pay the balancetfu cash upon the same terms'. as other applicants to purchase rural lands under these regulations. Clauses 07 and 68, which were repealed by proclamation of the Governor, dated, XUh August, 1856, published in the Provincial Government Gazette. Vol. 111., No. 17, p. G3, 4th Sep-

tember, 185G, originally stood as follows: — 67. Holders of pasturage licenses with pre-emptive right in connection with purchased lands, whether under the Canterbury Association or the Crown, shrill be entitled to claim pasturage licenses over the lands included therein upon the terras of these regu- . liitions. with a pre-emptive right over such land, to bo exercised subject to these regulations as regards uotico of application, payment of deposit and pirrchase money, price of laud, and size and shape oi blocks. If the laud 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, . on paying rent for the same, may take credit for the amount paid by him in respect of'lands covered by such pre-eihptlve right. 08. Nothing in these Regulations shall be inter- ** preted to affect the legal rights or equitable contracts made by the 'Canterbury Association or the Government with holders of the pasturage licenses; but i any person holding a licence under the Canterbury Association or the Government, shall voluntaril resign the same to the Government, he shall be en titled 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 thesa Regulations. .'■.', APPENDIX 11. Clauses JVos. 33, 51, 52, 65, 66, and 71, which w repealed by the " Waste Lands Regulati Aniendinent Ordinance, Sess. IX., No. 1 . originally stood as follows: — .33. Immediately on the payment of the purchase money in full, the purchaser shall receive from the Commissioners a " License to Occupy," in the form set forth in the Schedule A hereto annexed, which he shall return again to the Commissioners when he shall receive the Crown Graut of the Laud. Such " License to " Occupy" shall be transferable by endorsement, in the form set forth in the Schedule. 51. The fee shall be paid to the Treasurer of tho Waste Lands Board every year, in advance; for the first year on the issue of the License, and for the : second and every subsequent year on the first day oi May; and every pasturage license not renewed by payment of the required fee on the' first day of May' shall, unless good cause to the contrary be shown : the satisfaction of the Waste Lands Board, be consi dered as bandfooned. 52. Every pasturage license shall be in the form set forth in the Schedule C hereto annexed, and shall be transferable by. endorsement in the form set forth in the Schedule; and shall entitle the holder to the exclusive right of pasturage over the lands specified therein, upon the terms above stated. It is intended that such license shall be renewable from year to year until "the laSd specified therein shall be purchased I.granted, or reserved, under these Regulations; and if so renewed, the fee to be paid in respect of such licenses shall not be altered until the first of May, 1870. Such license shall give no right to the soil or ■'■ to the timber, and shall immediately determne over any land which may be purchased, granted, or reseryed under these Regulations. " A reasonable right of way shall be allowed~throup;hall pasturage runs. 65. The applicant, for any rural land included in any pre-emptive right shall deposit with theTieasurer of the Waste Lands Board a sum equal to 4s. per acre of the purchase money, and the remainder he shall pay within 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 purchase any portion of the land applied for. 66. If the holder of the pre-emptive right decide npon purchasing any portion of tha and applied for, he shall forthwith pay to the Treasurer ol the Waste Lands Board a deposit of 4s. per acre of the purchase money of such portion; and if he shall not within six? weeks thereafter have paid the remainder of the purchase meney, he shall forfeit such, deposit together with all right or title to the land. - , 71. All payments "on account of pasturage run shall in future be made on the first day of May, at the Land Office, Dt Christchurch, and the Waste ■' - Lands Board shall git at tUat plnoo fog the Treasurer 'to receive the gam«.