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Otago Daily Times, Issue 173, 5 June 1862, Page 7

43. If any person sliall contract syith the Superinli.'iiileiit to make' mid complete, within a given time, 'imy public road, bridge, or drain, or any pavt of any sucli read, bridge, or drain, furnishing such security as the Superintendent may require for the. duo completion of such contract, uiid shall select such portion of rural laud as lie shall be willing to accept by way of payment or compensation, or by"way of part payment or compensation for such work; it .shall be lawful for the Superintendent to reserve such portion o land from public sale for sneli given time but no longer; and such person shall, on the completion oi sucli contract, be entitled to a free grant of such land, or so much thereof as the Board shall adjudge, not exceeding- one acre fur every two pounds sterling which the Superintendent shall certify to the Waste Lands Board to be the bonafide value of the work so done by such person according to the prices for work and materials at the time of performing such contract current in the district. : Every such reservation of land from public sale shall'be published intha Government Gazette- 01 the Province, as directed in clause 19 of these Regulations. • • No such reservation shall continue in force for a longer period than twelve calendar montlis from the date on which it shall have been made. No land included in a Pasturage License with Preemptive Eight shall, as against the holder of such Pre-emptive Bight, be so reserved or granted until he shall have been allowed the option of purchasing such laud in the manner prescribed in clauses 64 and UG to these Regulations. JS To greater amount of land than 250 acres shall under the provisions of this clause be reserved or granted to any person under any such contract, unless in.payment of work for which a vote lias been passed by the Provincial Council. Wo greater amount of land than 1000 acres in the aggregate shall, in any one year, lie reserved or granted under the provisions of this eiiuise, without the special sanction of the Provincial Council. Provided always, that every parcel of land so granted shall be subjected to the same londitious as'to form and frontKg'e ns any rural lima so under these Regulations ; provided also tha 1 no application for less than 20 acres shall be received under this clause, but that where any amount of compensation awarded by the Board slr.iil be of less extent than 20 acres of land, the person enlitled may pay the balance in cash upon the same.terms «s other applicants for the purchase of rural lands under these .Regulations. IX.—NAVAL AND MJT.ITAIIY BOUKTIE3. H. Whereas the Superintendent and the Provincial Council and other.the inhabitants of Canterbury are desirous to aid iv making provision for the maintenance of such persons of "Her Majesty's hind-and sea forces as 11 say be discharged as unfit for further service in consequence of wounds or loss of health incurred in the present war with Russia, and also for the maintenance of the widows of those who may be killed in such war:— Any such person or widow sl-all, upon application to the Waste Lands Board, and upon the production of satisfactory evidence from the proper authorities as to such discharge or death, b.r entitled to receive a free grant not exceeding 30 acres of the Waste Lands within this Province, subject, to the conditions as to form and frontage contained in these Regulations; provided'always that such application shall be made to the Waste Lands1 Board by such person or widow in person within three years after such discharge' or death.,. ■•■' ■- ; ; X. —PASTURAGE. 45. Until sold, granted, or reserved for public purpases as herein provided, the Waste Lands maybe occupied for pasturage purposes by persons holding licenses from the W.aste Lands Board to occupy the same. 40. Any person applying for a pasturage license shall state to the Commissioners what are the boundaries and extent of the run applied for, and the number and description of thu stock which he possesses, or will undertake to place upon the run within twelve, months from the date of the license. 47. The extent of run allowed to. eacn applicant shall be at the rate of 120 acres to every head of great cattle, and 20 acres to every head of small cattle. The words " great cattle" shall be coastrucd to mean horned cattle, horses, miiles, and asses, male and female, with their oitspring above six months of age ; and the words " small cattle" shall be construed" to mean sheep, male and female, with their weaned offspring. 48. Every pasturage run shall be in one block, and, as far as circumstances will admit, of a rectangular form: the frontage, under ordinary circumstances, shall not be greater than one-half the depth. 40. The fee to be paid for the license shall be at the ollowing rates: —lor every run containing less than 1000 acres, twenty shillings for every hundred acres ; for every run containing 1000 acres, and not les3 than 5000 aciss, two-pence per acre for the first thousand and one penny per acre for every acre in addition. Vnr nvwv win wmf.iinifie* . r>fH)O ncrp.c or uy»wsirds one farthing per acre for the first and second yeara, one half-penny per acre for the third and fourth years, three-farthings per acre for the fifth and every subsequent year; provided that the first year shall be taken to be the time elapsing from the date of the original license to the first day of May next following1. 50. No pasturage license shall be granted for a less annual fee than ±;2 10s.

53. The fee shall be paid to the Treasurer of the Waste Land Board every year, in advance; for the first year on the issue of the liceyise, and for the second and every subsequent year on any sitting day of the Board, between the 20th day of April and the first day of May, inclusive; and every pasturage license not renewed liy payment of the required fee, on or before tho first day at May, shall, unless good cause-to the contrary be shown to the satisfaction of the1-Waste Lands Board, he considered as abandoned.

52. Every pasturage license shall bo in the form set forth in the .Schedule C to the Waste Lands Regulations, and shall be transferable by endorsement in the form set forth in such Schedule, and such transfer shall be doomed to be complete upon notice thereof being duly given to the Waste Lands Board, and not before. A pasturage license shall entitle the holder thereof to the exclusive right of pasturage over the land specified therein upon the terms aljove stated. Such license shall be renewed by endorsement from year to year, until the land specified therein shall be purchased, granted, or resei*vecl under these regulations; and the tee to be paid in respect of such license shall not be altered until the Ist May, 1870. Such license shall give no right to the soil or to tho timber, and shall immediately determine over any land which may be purchased, granted, or reserved under these regulations. A rea-. sonable right of way shall be allowed tlirough all pasturage runs. 53. It at any time during- the first four yeais after the issue of the first lieenss the quantity of stock for the run shall be less than that originally required, or. during the next three years less than twice that amount, or during nny subsequent period less than three times thai, amount, the Waste Lands Board may_ declare the whole or a portion of such run to be forfeited; provided always that with regard to runs granted prior to the issue of these Regulations such first period of four years shall commence from the date on which these Regulations shall come into operation : provided that one or more runs held by the same individual or firm may for the purposes of this clause be considered as one run.. 54. In any case n which a runholder can prove' to the satisfaction of the Waste Lands Board that he is precluded by arrangements entered into previous to the passing of these regulations from actually, for a given period, placing liis stock on his own run, it shall be sufficient if he prove to the satisfaction of the Board that he possesses within the Province the requisite amount of stock, and will undertake to place the same n the run at the expiration of such peoiod. 55. Every holder of a license shall, at any time, upon a written order from the Waste Lands Board to that 'effect, make a true_ and complete return of all the stock. on his runj and if he shall wilfully and knowingly make any false return, the Waste Lands Board shall immediately declare his license to be forfeited. 06. Every run or portion thereof wliich shall have been forfeited, as al>ove provided, shall be put up by the Waste Lands Board to public auction, after an advertisement in the Government Gazette, and one or more newspapers of the Province. A license granted after forfeiture shall be deemed to be an original license. Upon appeal from any person whose run has been for- I feited, within CO days from the date of such forfeiture, it shall be lawful for the Superintendent to reserve or suspend such forfeiture either wholly or in part. 57. Every person taking; out a 111 ense for a run wliich is not stocked will be required to deposit with the Treasurer the sum of ten shillings for every hundred acres included in the license, which will be returned without interest as soon as he shall have fulfilled the conditions in respect to.stocking the run within the prescribed period; but if such conditions be not fulfilled such tie- ' posits shall be forfeited 58. The above rules in respect to stocking a run, and to the lodgment of the money . with the Treasurer, shall not apply to runs containing less than 5000 acres. 50. Every holder of a license may be required at any time to pay for the actual cost of the survey of liis run at a rate not excceding2os. for every thousand acres. CO. Every holder of a pasturage license shall, upon application to the Waste Lands Board, be entitled-to a pre-emptive right over portions of his run, as follows :—l-'or. aruu of not less ban 1.000 acres and not more than 5,000 acres, over a block of land comprising and circumjacent to his homestead to tUe extent of 5 pur cent ot the acreage of the run. For a run of 5,00U acres and upwards, over 250 acres of laud comprising and circumjacent toibis homestead or principal station. Anii for ail runs, over all lands occupied by any buildings, enclosures, plantations, cultivations, or any suoli other improvements as shall in the judgment of the Waste Lands Board be deemed sulljcient for the purposes of this clause, together with fifty acres comprising and circumjacent to the lands so occupied or'improved, /