10.—Rural allotments to be generally of a rectangular form, and extend at least forty chains in depth from roads, rivers, &c.

Every allotment of Rural Land must, so far as circumstances and the natural features of the country will admit, be selected of a rectangular form, and, where fronting upon a river, road, lake or coast, be of a depth from the front of at least half a mile. No such allotment must be selected so as to monopolise the wood or water in any particular locality.