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

61. Tl(c. Licensee shall at the time of his ajVpliciltion to the Boird give a sufficient'description of the lands over-whiisri lie: claim* r-ueh pre-emptive right, to the satisfaction of the Chiei. Sur.vevor. ~..And the same shall be marked oft' on he authenticated Maps iv the Land Office. ~<: ■-■ .j / • ■ b'2. The lands included' in such pve-emptivo righ may be of such form its "tile applicant shall chouse ;■ but a'uy land purchased by him in the bxercisaofsuch right, slia'.l he subject to the regulations as to :f»rni and frontage herein contained. ;: '■/-'• ■• ■ ■ GO. The Waste Lands Board shall not receive nor entertain any application to purchase, from any person other than the runholder, the aforesaid block around the homestead or principal station which does not include the whole of such block. - ■ ■ 6i. The right of pre-emption hereby given shnll b/ exercised within one -week for all lands witliin twente miles 'Of the Land Oriice, at Christehureh; any within one-month for nil lands at a greater distance therefrom- suck time being reckoned from, the date ■of service of a written notice from- the Waste Lanls Board, settiuar.forth a copy of the application for any of the lands included in the pre-emptive right. Such notice may he served either personally 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. 65. The applicant for any rural land included in any pre-emptive right shall deposit with the Treasurer 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 give notice of his intention to purchase any portion of the land applied for, and pay tlie requisite deposit. CG. 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 WasteLands Board a deposit of 4s. per acre of the purchase money oi such portion ; and, if he shall not w v*~;.T.3ix' weeks thereafter have paid the remainder of Vix- parchase money, he shall forfeit such deposit, together with nil- right or title to the land. If the holder of any pre-emptive right other than those created by clause 60 of the Waste Lands Regulations shall neglect or refuse to purchase any portion of the land applied for, such portion shall from and immediately after such neglect or refusal be released from all right of pre-emption and open to purchase on the terii=s of these Regulations, as if the same had not been included in any pre-emptive right. 67. Pasturasre Licenses with pre-emptive right in connection with purchased lands, 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 the lands included therein, upon the terms of these Regulations, with a preemptive right over all such land, to be exercised subect to these Regulations as regards notice of application, payment of deposit, purchase money, price ot land, and size and shape of blocks. If the land covered by such pre-emptive right shall be includou within the limits of a run held by license under clauses 60 and 53, the holder ..theVeof in paying rent for the same may take credit for the amount paid by him in respect of lands covered by such pre-emp-tive right. - - ■ CB. Holders of pasturage licenses without preemptive right shall be entitled to hold such licenses or to have them renewed upon the terms ot their con r tract with the Canterbury Association or the Crown, as the ease may. be; but if any person holding n license under the Canterbury Association or tlie Crown shall voluntarily resign the same, he shall be entitled to receive a license under these Humiliations, and shall from the date of such exchange hold his run at the rate and on the conditions specified in those Regulations.

69. If any person exchanging his license shall for nny period included in the new license have pnid rent at a higher rate than would be payable under such license, such overpayment shall be adjusted at the next payment of rent. 70. In the event ot improvements having; been effected by the licensee of a run on any laud which shall be reserved by the General Government or by the Provincial Government under these Regulations, the licenseee shall receive payment of tho value of such improvements, such value to be deckled by arbitration under direction of the Waste Lands Board, and to be paid by the Treasurer of the Waste Lauds Board out of the land fund. 71. All pajnnents on account of pasturage runs shall in future be made on or before the iirst day o May, in accordance with clause 51, at the Land Office, at Christehurch, and 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 runs before the first day of May next ensuing shall be made for the portion of the 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 and the stock required to be on the run, the year commencing1 on the said first day of May shall be deemed to be the same year as that for which such part payment shall have been made. 74. Notwithstanding anything contained in these regulations, it shall be lawful for the Governor, upon tlifi rflenmmemlfit.ion "t f.he .Sunerintendfiiit. Ann Pro.vincial Counil, at any time, and from time to time, be proclamation in the Government Gazette of the Province, to" reserve 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 clay to be .named in such proclamation all depasturing licenses issued under these regulations, in respect of such reserved lands, shall cease and be of no effect; on and from which day, all such licenses shall, as respects such lands, cease* and he'of no effect accordingly. And it shall be lawful for tiie Governor at any time, hereafter, by regulations to he 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 land sh:i!l 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 agree 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.

76. No person shall, without a license, cut or remove any timber from any Waste Lands of the Crown (except timber which he shall have purchased under the last clause); and any persons so cutting or removing timber shall be liable to pay the cost of such license for one year together with the 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' be paid upon every monthly license, and of £5 upon every 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 license, to saw, split, or remove the timber so cut; and such license shall not be Iransferable. . 79. A license to cut timber shall extend only to the district named therein. ' 80. If any person duly licensed shall have established 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 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 consecutive days, it shail be lawful for any other holder of a license to enter thereupon, and to "cut timber as though such pit had not been established. 81. If any person shall, for the purpose of removing timber, have made"aronu upon land being the Waste 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 o/f the person making the same first obtained; provided that if. such road shall not be used at any time for 90 consecutive da^s, it shall be lawful for any holder of a license at any tune therearter to use the same. 82. If any person holding a timber license shall be proved before the Waste Lands Board to have offended against any regulations herein contained respecting timber, or to have wilfully or negligently inured or destroyed by fire or otherwise any timber belonging to the Crown, such license shall be, and shall be immediately declared to be forfeited, and it shall be at the discretion of the Board to refuse to issue another timber license to the same person.