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a license the holder thereof shall be required to place on the run at least one breeding ewe for every 20 acres, or else one cow for every 120 acres; and to maintain at least that number of breeding stock upon the run during the whole period of his occupancy. Should the holder of a license not comply with this condition, his deposit shall be absolutely forfeited, and the run shall be let as provided in the foregoing clause.
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In the event of any run in respect of which such deposit has been made not being afterwards awarded to the depositor by the Commissioner, the amount so deposited shall be returned immediately after the Commissioner's decision.
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The beneficial interest in any occupation license may be at any time transferred by the licensed holder. In order to render such transfer valid, it shall be necessary—
1st. That all the conditions upon which the original license was granted shall have been complied with as to payment of rent, or otherwise.
2nd. That notification shall be given to the Commissioner within one month of the transfer having been effected.
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The licensed occupier of any run shall have the right of pre-emption during the currency of his lease, to the extent of eighty acres immediately surrounding his homestead, at such price to be assessed as hereinbefore mentioned.
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A return of all occupation licenses issued during the past year, and of all transfers and decisions on disputed references, and a statement of all deposits and rents received during the same period, shall be published by the Commissioner in the said Government Gazette, and some newspaper published within the province, during the month of February in each year.
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From and after the time when these regulations shall come in force, no further licenses shall be issued under the Regulations of 1851, but all persons holding licenses under the Regulations of 1851 may, at their option, expressed in writing to the Commissioner within twelve months after the publication of the sanction of these Regulations, have licenses issued under these Regulations, to date from the period of their expressing such option.
SCHEDULE A.
Application for Pasture License
District of
Boundaries
Estimated extent
Deposit, £
Signature of applicant.
SCHEDULE B.
Form of License.
Whereas A. B., of
has made application for a Pasture Occupation License in the district of
and has lodged with me the required description and deposit; and whereas the boundaries of the run thus applied for are set forth in a plan attached to this license, and the acreage contents satisfactorily certified:
Now therefore I, do hereby license the said to depasture stock upon the said land for the term of fourteen years from the date hereof, subject nevertheless to be sooner determined pursuant to the regulations under which this license is issued, and to be cancelled as in such regulations provided.
Dated
(Signed) C. D.,
Commissioner.
DONAD SINCLAIR,
Speaker.
E. W. STAFFORD,
Superintendent.
Provincial Secretary's Office, Nelson,
June 7, 1856.
HIS Honor the Superintendent directs the publication of the following Returns for general information.
By His Honor's command,
S. L. MULLER, Provincial Secretary.
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Nelson Provincial Gazette 1856, No 10
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Regulations for licensed occupation of pasture lands in Nelson
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🗺️ Lands, Settlement & SurveyPasture lands, Occupation licenses, Nelson Province, Land Commissioner, Runs, Rent, Forfeiture, Pre-emption
- Donald Sinclair, Speaker
- E. W. Stafford, Superintendent
🏛️ Publication of Returns for general information
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration7 June 1856
Provincial Secretary, Returns, Nelson, Government information
- E. W. Stafford, Superintendent
- S. L. Muller, Provincial Secretary