Number of sluice heads allowed.

59. The number of sluice heads allowed for any such race as aforesaid shall be as follows—one or two miners, one (1) sluice head or forty (40) inches of water. Four or more miners, two (2) sluice heads.

Water not to be wasted.

60. Holders of rights shall not allow any water to run to waste; but such water shall be appropriated to the use of the next holder of a right according to the date of their respective registrations.

Transfer or Assignment.

61. The transfer or assignment of any race, or of any interest therein, shall not affect any right or privilege attached to such race; provided that any such transfer or assignment shall have been duly registered at the office of the Warden, and a memorandum thereof made upon the back of the original certificate.

Keeping races in repair, bridging, &c.

62. The holder or occupier of any race, shall keep the same in repair, and shall make an efficient bridge where any road in ordinary use crosses the race, upon being required to do so by the Warden.

Working ground occupied for races.

63. Any person desirous of working the ground on which any race or portion of a race is situated, may do so by first providing an equally good race for the use of the occupier; provided that the consent of the Warden thereto be first obtained.

Reservations.

64. No water right shall be granted for the use or diversion of any water which is or may be required for public purposes, or for the use of the miners generally.

Water for general use.

65. Two sluice heads of water shall, if required, be at all times allowed to flow in the natural course of a creek or river, for general use.

Causing claims to be flooded.

66. No person shall back the water of any creek, river, race, or water course upon any claim, or otherwise cause any claim to be flooded, either wilfully, or by neglect.

Obstructions to water courses.

67. No person shall deposit any earth, stones, tailings, or other substance in the bed of any water course, so as to obstruct the flow of the water therein.

Side streams.

68. Where a race crosses any water course the use of which is required by holders of Miner’s Rights, it shall be carried either over or under the same, so as not to interfere with the natural flow of water therein.

Construction of tail races.

69. Before any person shall construct a tail-race, he shall first proceed by notice in the same manner as is directed in Section 48, for head races. But such notice shall only require to be posted for seven (7) clear days; at the expiration whereof the applicant shall return to the Warden a copy of the notice which shall be signed by the holders of the four (4) nearest claims, as expressing their assent to or dissent from the issue of a certificate for such tail-race. And the Warden shall enquire into any objection thereto or any cause of dissent as aforesaid, and shall thereafter issue or withhold a certificate of registration according to the equity of the case.

Use of tail-races.

70. Any person wishing to use a tail-race may do so on condition of first paying to the owner of such tail-race a proportionate share of the expense of construction, and of any enlargement that may be rendered necessary by such use, provided that the person so using any tail-race shall bear an equal share in any labor or expense incurred in clearing the same, or such portion thereof as may be so used, whenever it shall be necessary to do so.

Flood races.

71. Any person may cut a flood race through or by his claim, subject to such restrictions as the Warden may consider necessary for the public good.

Races may be carried through claims.

72. Upon application being made to the Warden it shall be competent for him to authorise the applicant to pass a head-race or tail-race over under or through any claim or right; provided that compensation shall be allowed for estimated damage (if any), and prior to commencing the construction of such race such compensation shall be paid to the holder or holders of the claim or right, over, under, or through which the proposed race has to be constructed.

Certificates renewable annually.

73. Every grant or certificate for a head race shall be brought to the Warden for renewal annually, and if any such grant or certificate is not so brought within thirty (30) days after the expiration of twelve (12) months from the date at which it was originally granted, it may be deemed to be forfeited, and the registration thereof may be cancelled.

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DAMS, QUARTZ CRUSHING AND PUDDLING MACHINES.

Special sites for Machines.

74. Any miner, who may be desirous of obtaining a special site for the erection of machinery thereon shall make application in writing to the Warden, setting forth the purpose and all particulars of such machinery and stating the exact locality of the site applied for, and shall at the same time deposit the sum of five pounds sterling (£5) as security for the cost of survey and other necessary expenses; and the Warden shall