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.

  1. 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.

  1. 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.

  1. 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.

  1. 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.

  1. 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.

  1. 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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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Auckland Provincial Gazette 1868, No 20





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14 April 1868
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