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Otago Daily Times, Issue 184, 30 June 1862, Page 8

43. If any person shall contract with the Superintendent to make and complete, witliin a given time, any public road, bridge, or drain, or any part of any sucli road, bridge, or "drain, furnishing such security as the Superintendent may require for the due com- . pletiori of such contract, aud shall select such portion , of rural land as he sluill 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 tbe 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 siich 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 AVaste Lands Board.to.be the bpndfide value ofthe work so done by.snelLpprson according to"the prices for work and materials atthe time of performing such contract in the district. Every such reservation of land from public sale shall be published in the Government Grizette of 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 ir, 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 64 and CC to these Regulations. No greater amount of land tban 260 acres shall under the provisions of tbis clause be reserved or granted to any person under any such contract, unless in payment of work for which' a vote has been pawed by the Provincial Council. No greater-au'.ount of land than 1000 acres in the aggregate shall, in any one year, be reserved or granted under the provisions of this clause, without the special sanction ofthe Provincial Council. 1 Provided always that every parcel of land so granted shall be subjected to the same joriditions as to form aud frontage r.s any rural lima so under these Regulations ; provided also tha no application for less than 20 acres shall be 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 tbe balance in cash upon" the same terms as other applicants for • the purchase of rural lands under these Regulations. IX. —NAVAL AND MILITARY BOUNTIES. 44. AVhcreas the Superintendent and tbe Provincial Council and other the inhabitants of Canterbury are desirous to aid in making provision for the maintenance of such persons of Her Majesty's land and .sea forces as may be discharged as unfit foi'further fervice in consequence of "wounds or loss of health incurred in the present war wjtb Russia, and also for the maintenance of the widows of Lhose who may be killed in such war:— ' - ' ~ . Any such person or widow shall, upon' application to the AVaste Lands Board, and upon the production of satisfactory evidence from the proper authorities as to such discharge or death, be entitled to "receive a free 'grant not exceeding 30 acres'of the AVaste Latids witlun this Province, subject "to the conditions as to form and frontage^ contained in these Becjulatkras; provided always that such application shaU bo made to the AVnstc iSmds Board by such person or widow in person within tliree years after such discharge'or death. ' X.—PASTUKAGE. 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 AA'aste Lands Board to occupy the same. ! 46. 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 tbe 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 \o every head of small cattle. The words-" great cattle" shall be construed to mean horned cattle, horses, mules, and asses, male and .female, with their ollspring above six months of age; and the words "small cattle" shall be construed to mean' sheep, male and female, with their wcaiied 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. Tbe fee to be paid'for tbe license shall be at the ollowing rates:—For every run containing less than' 1000 acres, twenty shillings for every hundred acres; for every run containing 1000 acres, and not less than 5000 acrss, two-pence per acre for the first thousand^ and one penny per acre for every acre in addition. For pvptv run containing 5000 acres or upwards, 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 fi-om 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. s,o\. The fee shall be paid to the Treasurer of the AVaste Land' Board every year, in advance; for the first year on the issue of the license, 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; aud every pasturage license not renewed by payment of the required fee, on or before the first day ot May, shall, unless good cause to the contrary be shown to the satisfaction of the AA'aste Lands Board, be considered as abandoned. 52. Ever}' pasturage license shall be in the form set forth in the Schedule C to the AVaste 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 AVaste Lands Board, and not before. A pasturage license shall entitle the holder thereof to tlie 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 shall be purchased, granted, or reserved under these regulations; and the lee to be paid in respect of such license shall not be altered until the Ist May, 1870. Such license shall give no Tight 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. 33. It at any time during the first four ycais after •the issue of the first license the quantity of stock for the run shall be leas than that originally required, or during the next three years less thaii twice that amount, or during any subsequent period less than three times that amount, the AVaste 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 fi-om 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 puiposes of this clause be considered as one run. . 54. In any case n whicli a runholder can prove 'to the satisfaction of the Waste. Lands Board tliat 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 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 peoipd. 55. Every holder of a license shall, at any time, upon a written order from the Waste Lands Board to' that eifbet, make a true and complete return of all the stock on his run; and if he sliall 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 wliich shall have been forfeited, as above pi«vidc-d, shall be put up by the AVaste Lands Board fo public auction, after an advertisement in tlie Government Gazette, and one or more newspapers ofthe Province. A license granted after forfeiture shall be deemed to'beanoriginallicense. Upon appeal from any person whose run has been forfeited, -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. 67. Every person taking out a license for a run which is not stocked will be required to deposit with the Treasurer tlie 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 deposits shall be forfeited 58. The above rules in respect to stocking a run, and to the lodgment of the money witli tbe 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 bis run at a rate not exceeding2os. for every thousand acres.

60. Every holder of a pasturage license shall, upon application to the AA'aste Lands Board, be entitled to a pre-emptive right over portions of his run, as follows :—Por a run of not less ban 1,000 acres and not more than 5,000 acres, over a block of land comprising and circumiaccnt to his homestead to tiie extent of 5 per cent of the acreage of the run. Por a run of 0,000 acres and upwards, over 250 acres of land comprising and circumjacent to his homestead or principal 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 AA'aste Lands Board be deemed sufficient for tbe purposes of this clause,, together with fifty acres comprising andcircumiacenit to the lands bo occupied or improved.