✨ Gold Fields Regulations
registration fee, as per schedule annexed, for
each head of cattle depastured by him within
the said gold-field. For the purposes of
this and the following regulation the word
cattle shall be deemed and taken to mean
and include horses, mares, colts, fillies, asses,
mules, bulls, cows, steers, calves, rams, ewes,
sheep, lambs, and goats, and shall be deemed
and taken to mean and include and apply to
any one animal of the said several kinds.
Provided that no person shall be allowed to
run swine at large within the gold field.
Cattle not to be allowed to trespass on native reserves.
- No person shall permit or allow any
cattle owned by him to trespass on native
land reserved for residence, cultivation, or
burial ground, and in addition to any penalty
which may be enforced for such breach of
this regulation, compensation for actual
damage sustained shall be ascertained and
determined in the manner provided by sec-
tion 18 of these regulations.
Persons not to trespass on or damage native reserves.
- No person shall mine for gold, occupy,
cut timber or scrub, or set fire to any scrub,
fern, flax, grass, or rushes on any land re-
served for cultivation, residence, or burial
ground, the locality of which has been de-
fined by lines cut or by notices posted on
the ground.
Miner’s camps to be regulated by Warden.
Persons not to camp on roads or within towns.
- No person shall camp on any road or
within the limits of any township, unless he
first receive permission from the Warden so
to do. And when any reserve shall be
formed as a place of temporary residence for
miners within or near to any township, the
Warden shall give such directions as shall
from time to time appear necessary for the
preservation of order and prevention of
nuisances within such camp reserve. No
person shall be permitted to erect permanent
buildings, or carry on any business within
the boundaries of such reserves.
Warden to use discretion as to other regulations.
- The regulation of all other operations
and proceedings connected with the proper
working of the Gold Field, shall be left to
the discretion and judgment of the Warden,
until otherwise provided for.
Penalty for breach of regulations.
- Every person committing any breach
whether of omission or commission, of any
of the above rules and regulations, will be
liable to the penalties set forth in "The Gold
Fields Act, 1856," viz. — For the first of-
fence, a fine of any sum not exceeding £10,
and for the second or any subsequent offence,
not exceeding £20.
Trespassing on native lands.
N.B. — Persons mining on native lands not
included in the boundaries of the Gold Field,
but adjoining thereto, shall be liable to the
penalties set forth in clause No. 98 of the
Act.
Carters to be licensed.
- No persons shall, within the limits of the
proclaimed gold-field, ply for hire any cart,
carriage, or other wheeled vehicle, drawn by
horse, horses, ox or oxen, unless he be the
holder of a license, duly empowering him in
that behalf. Such licenses shall be issued
by the Warden, on payment of a fee of one
(1) pound for each cart, car, or other wheeled
vehicle, owned or used by the applicant. Every
person holding such license shall paint in some
conspicuous place on the right side of each cart,
car, carriage, or other wheeled vehicle so licensed,
his name and the words licensed carter, in
letters of not less than one and a half (1½)
inches in length, with a proportionate
breadth.
SCHEDULE A.
Certificate of Registration of Claim or transfer of Claim.
| No. | Date | State and situation of Claim, or share therein | Registered in name of | Transferee’s name and residence | Transferor’s name and residence | Signature of Registrar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SCHEDULE B.
Notice of Neglect, Absence or Omission.
To Mr. A. B., shareholder in the
Claim situate at [Block], I hereby give you notice,
that your hired servant C. D., working in the above
Claim has been guilty of [here state particulars of
neglect, absence or omission], contrary to
the provisions of the Gold Field Regulations, and
if such neglect, absence or omission is continued for
[twenty-four hours, or give date] from the service of
this notice upon you, I shall then
proceed under the said Gold Field Regulations.
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🌾 Primary Industries & Resources14 April 1868
Gold Fields Regulations, Water Rights, Races, Forfeiture, Warden
Auckland Provincial Gazette 1868, No 20