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Otago Daily Times, Issue 186, 20 June 1862, Page 7

43. If any. person shall contract with the Superintendent to make and complete, within a given time, any public road, bridge, or drain, or any part of any such road, bridge, or'drain, furnishing such security iis the Superintendent may require for the.due completion of such contract, and snail select such portion of rural land as be 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 of land from public sale for such given time but no longer; and such person shall, on the completion of such contract, be entitled to a free grant of such land, or so much thereof as the Board shall adjudge, not exceeding one acre for every two pounds- sterling which the Superintendent shall certify to the Waste Lands Board to be the bowl fide value of the work so done by silch 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 in the Government Gazette of the Province, as directed in clause 19 of these Regulations.

No such reservation shall continue in force fora longer period than twelve calendar months from the date on which it shall have been made.

No land included in a Pasturage License with Preemptive Right shall, as against the holder of such Pre-emptive Right, be so reserved or granted until he shall have been allowed the option of purchasing such land in the manner prescribed in clauses 04 and GO to these Regulations. No 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 has been passed by the Provincial Council. ' ' • ', No greater amount of land than 1000 acres in the aggregate shall, in any one year, be.reserved pr granted under the provisions of this clause, without the special sanction of the Provincial Council. Provided always tiiat every parcel of land so granted shall be subjected to the same jonditions as to form and frontage as any rural lana so under these Regulations; provided also tha no application for less than 20 acres shall bo received under this clause, but that where any amount of compensation awarded by the Board shall be of less extent than 20 acres of land, the person entitled may pay the balance in cash upon the name terms as other applicants for the purchase of rural lands under these Regulations. IX. —NAVAL AND JIILITAUY BOUNTIES. 44. .Whereas the Superintendent and the Provincial Council and other the inhabitants of Canterbury are desirous to aiil in making'provision for the main-' tenance of such persons of Her Majesty's land andsea forces as may be discharged as unfit for further service, inconsequence 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 si- all, upon application to the Waste Lands Beard, and upon the production of satisfactory evidence from the proper authorities as to such discharge or dentil, be entitled to receive a free grant not exceeding 30 acres of the Waste Lands within tills Province, subject to the conditions as to form and frontags contained in these Regulations; provided always that such application shall be made to the W iistc Lands 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 purposes as herein provided, the Waste Lands may be occupied for pasturage purposes by persons holding licenses from the Waste Lands Board to occupy the same. 40. Any person applying for a pasturage license shall state to the Commissioners what are the boundaries arid extent of 'the run applied for, and the number and description of the 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 eacli 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 construed to meau horned cattle, horses, mules, and assesj male and female, with their offspring above six months of age; and the words " small cattle" shall be construea 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. ] 49. The fee to be paid for the license shall be at the ollowing rates -.—For every run containing less than 1000 acres, twenty sliillings for every hundred acres; for every run containing 1000 acres, and not less than 5000 acics, two-pence per acre for the first thousand and one penny per acre for every acre in addition. :, For pverv run containina: 5000 pores or tu>wards one farthing per acre for the first and second years, 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 following. ' 50. No pasturage license shall be granted for a less annual fee than £2 10s. ; 51. The fee shall be paid to the Treasurer of the Waste Land Board every year, in advance; for the fust year on the issue of the license, and for the second and every subsequent year on any sitting day of thp Board, between the 20th day of April and the first day of May, inclusive; and every pasturage license not renewed by payment of the required fee, on or before the first day of May, shall, unless good cause to the contrary be shown to the satisfaction of the Waste Lands Board, be considered as abandoned. 52. Every pasturage license shall be 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 deemed 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 above stated. Such license shall be renewed by endorsement from year to year, until the land specified therein shali be purchased, granted, or reserved under these regulations; and the fee 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 the timber, and shall immediately determine over any land which may be purchased, granted, or reserved under these regulations. A reasonable right of way shall be allowed through all pasturage runs. ■ ■...-"' 53. It at any time during the first four years after the issue of the first license the quantity of stock for. Hie run shall be less than that originally required, or during the next three years less than twice that amount, or during any subsequent period less than tliree times that amount, the Waste Lands Board may declare the whole or a portion of such run to be forfeited; pro-vided-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 his stock on his own run, it shall be sufficient if he prove to the satisfaction of tha 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 suclTpeoiod. 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 run; and if he shall wilfully and knowingly make any false return, 'the Waste Lands Board; shall immediately declare his license, to be forfeited. 56. Every run or portion thereof which shall have been forfeited, as above 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 originallicense. Upon appeal from any person whose run has been forfeited, within. GO 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 license for a run which 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 he not fulfilled such deposits 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. 59. Every holder of a license may be required at any time to pay for the actual cost of the survey of his run at a rate not exceeding 20s. for every thousand acres. ; 60. 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 tollotto —For a run of not less han 1.000 acres and not more than 5,000 acres, over a block of land comprising and circumjacent to his homestead to the extent of S per cent of the acreage of the run. For a run of 5,000 acres and upwards, over 250 acres of land comprising and circumjacent to Ms homestead orpnncipal ' station. And for all runs, over all lands occupied by any buildings, enclosures, plantations, cultivations, or any such other improvements as shall in the judgment of the Waste Lands Board be deemed sunicient for the purposes of this clause, together with fifty acres comprising andcircumiacent to the lands so occupied or improved. v !