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

61. The Licensee shall at'the time of his application to the. Board give a sufficient description ofthe lands over widen he'ola;'is such pre-emptive right, to the satisfaction of thp \lhief Survcvor. And the samo shall be marked or.' "n he authenticated Maps in the ■Land Office. H- - 62. The lands included in such pre-emptive righ may be of such form •as the applicant shall choose ; but any land purchased by him in the exercise of such right shall be subject to the regulations as to form and frontage herein contained. . 63. The AVaste Lands-Board shall not receive nor entertain' any application to purchase, from any i person other tban tbe runholder, the aforesaid block around the homestead or' principal station which docs not. include the whole of such block': 64. The right of pre-emption hereby given shall by exercised within one week for all lands witliin twente miles of the. Land Office, at Christchurch; any within one month for all lands at a greater distance therefrom; such time being reckoned from the date of service of a written notice from the AVaste Lan is Board, setting forth a copy of the application for auy ofthe lands included iv tlie pre-emptive right. - Such ■ notice may be served either personally on the runholder, or by leaving the same at his last-known place of abode witliin the Province, or at the principal iioincstead or station on the run. Co. The applicant for any rural land included in any pre-emptive right shall deposit with the Treasurer ofthe AVaste Lands Board a sum equal to 4s. per acre of the purchase money, and the "remainder lie shall pay within one week from the date of his application being granted, or forfeit such deposit. Such deposit, however, shall bo immediately returned on demand, if the holder ofthe pre-emptive right shall give notice of his intention to purchase any portion of the land applied for, and pay the requisite deposit. 66. 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 ofthe AVaste Lands Board a deposit of 4s. per acre ofthe purchase money ot such portion; and, if he shall not vif'^n six weeks thereafter have paid the remainder of tku parchase money, he sliall forfeit such deposit, together with all right or title to the land. ■ If the holder of any pre-emptive right other than those created by clause 60 of the AA'aste 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 terms of these Regulations, as if the same had not been included in any pre-emptive right. 67. Pasturage Licenses with pre-emptive right in connection with purchased lands, whether under the Canterbury Association or tho Crowu, 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-tliercin^' upon tlie terms of these Regulations, with a preemptive right over all such land, to be exercised subcct 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 included witlun. the limits of a run held by license under clauses 50 and 53, the holder thereof iv 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, j*.*■ ; 68. Holders of pasturage licenses without preemptive right shall be entitled to hold such Houses or to have them renewed upon the terms of their contract'with the Canterbury Association or the.Crown, as the case may be; but if any person holding a license under the Canterbury Association or • the Ci'owh shall voluntarily resign the same, he shall be entitled to receive a license under these Regulations, and shall from tbe date of such exchange hold his run at the rate and on the conditions specified in these Regulations. C9l; If any person exchanging his license shall for any period included in the new license have paid rent at a higher rate than would, be payable under such license, such overpayment shall be .adjusted at the next payment of rent. y

70. In the event ot improvements having been effected by the. licensee of a run on any land whicli shall be reserved by the General Government or by the Provincial Government under these Regulations, the licensece shall receive payment of tha value of such improvements, such value to be decided by arbitration under direction •of the AVaste Lands Board, and to be paid by the Treasurer of the Waste Lands Board out of the land fund. 71. All payments on account of pasturage runs shall in future be made on or before the first day o May, in accordance with clause 51, at the Land Office, at Christchurch, and, the AVaste Lands Board shall sit at that place for the Treasurer to receive the same. . 72 All payments to be made on account of pasturage runs before the first day of May next ensuing shall be made for the portion of the year only wliich 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 commencing on the said first day'-of May shall be deemed to be the same year as that for wliich such part payment shall have been made. 74. Notwithstanding anytliing contained in these regulations, it shall be lawful for the Governor, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent ann Provincial 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 day 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 be of no effect accordingly. And it shall be lawful for the Governor at any time, hereafter, by regulations to be issued in that bchalfj according to the provisions of the AVaste Lands Act, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent and Provincial Council, to regulate the occupation of tho Waste Lands of the Crown within such reserved districts. . ' . - TIMBER. 75.; If any tract of land shall 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. 70. No person shall, without a license, cut or remove any timber from any AA'aste Lands ofthe 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 ofthe license, to saw, split, or remove the timber so cut; and such license shall not be transferable. 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 shall 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 a road upon land being the Waste Lauds ofthe Crown and not being a highway, it shall not be lawfulfor any other person to use the same witbout the permission ojf 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 time therealter 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 ofthe Board .to refuse to issue another timber license to the samepe'rson. ' i

SCHEDULES

Schedule A,

Province "i - ■ of \ Canterbury.) r ,'-..- LICENSE TO. OCCUPY TOWX LAKDB. AVherbas -^ of hath.been duly deared the purchaser'for tiie sum of ' pounds, . shillings, and pencej.of the section of the AVaste Lands of the Crown.hereinafter described land hath thia day paid to ' the Treasurer ofthe AVaste Lands Board of the Province of Canterbury, the said sum ot pounds. . shillings, and pence, the receipt whereof is nereby acknowledged, »«»W KWeW AXL XXH AX* THBBI