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agreements applicable to such leases and
licences respectively, and he may in like
manner from time to time rescind, alter, or
vary the same. AND WHEREAS, in accor-
dance with the provisions of the one hundred
and ninth section of the said Act, the power
thus vested in the Governor by the afore-
said recited sections of the said Act have
been delegated to me, John Williamson,
as Superintendent of the Province of
Auckland. AND WHEREAS, in pursu-
ance of other powers delegated to me
under the said Act, I, John Williamson,
Superintendent of the Province of Auckland,
on the twentieth day of November
last, did constitute and appoint a certain
block of land in the District of Hauraki, in
the province of Auckland, to be a Gold-field
under the provisions of the said Act. AND
WHEREAS, on the fourteenth day of
April last, I constituted and appointed a
certain block of land in the District of
Hauraki, aforesaid, to be a goldfield under
the provisions of the said Act. AND
WHEREAS, by a proclamation, dated
the fourteenth day of April last, I did make
certain Regulations for the said Gold-field,
and it is expedient to revoke the same so
far only as they relate to leases, and to
make other Regulations for the granting of
leases for gold-mining purposes, and for
sites for machinery;

Now, THEREFORE, I, John Williamson,
Superintendent of the Province of Auck-
land, in exercise of the powers and
authority delegated to me under the provi-
sions of the said Act do hereby make the
following Regulations for the said Gold-
field so far as regards the granting of
leases for gold-mining purposes and for
sites for machinery.

Given under my hand, at Auck-
land, in the Colony of New
Zealand, this twenty-ninth day
of October, in the year one
thousand eight hundred and
sixty-eight.

J. Williamson,
Superintendent.

Interpretation.

In the construction and for the purpo-
ses of these regulations, the following terms
shall have the respective meanings hereby
assigned to them, if such meanings be not
inconsistent with the context or subject
matter thereof, that is to say —

(1) The singular number shall include
the plural, and the masculine
gender shall also include the
feminine gender.

(2) The word “Warden” shall mean any
Warden acting for the Gold Field
in which the land is situate in
respect of which any act is to be
done.

(3) The word “Lessor” shall include the
Superintendent, and Agents autho-
rized or empowered by him.

(4) The words “Lessee,” “Applicant,”
and “Objector,” shall respectively
include incorporated companies,
and the Executors, Administrators,
and Assigns of persons and the
successors and assigns of Com-
panies.

Former Regulations revoked as regards Leases, &c.

1. All Gold Field Regulations heretofore
   made and now in force in the Province of
   Auckland, so far as the same relate to leases
   and applications for leases and the marking
   out of land to be comprised in leases under
   the Gold Fields Act, 1866, are hereby
   revoked.

Land applied for to be marked out.

2. Previously to making application for a
   lease of auriferous land, or of a site for
   machinery the intending applicant shall mark
   out the land to be applied for, by causing
   to be erected and maintained until the appli-
   cation has been granted or refused, at every
   angle thereof a post not less than three inches
   square, and standing not less than three feet
   above the surface of the ground.

After marking out, land protected.

3. After the land has been so marked out,
   if any person who shall not previously have
   been in lawful occupation of such land, shall
   until or unless the application for a lease
   shall be refused, or unless duly authorized
   thereto by competent authority, enter upon
   occupy, or in any way interfere with such land
   such entry, occupation, or interference, will be
   deemed a case of trespass or encroachment,
   within the jurisdiction of the Warden’s
   Court, and such applicant may proceed,
   therefor, as provided by section 108 of “The
   Gold Fields Act, 1866.”

Mode of Application.

4. Within forty-eight hours after the land
   is marked out as aforesaid, application shall
   be made in the form marked A in the Schedule
   hereunto annexed, especially describing any
   easement required, and shall be lodged in
   duplicate at the office of the Warden, and
   the applicant shall, at the same time,
   leave a memorandum appointing a conve-
   nient place not more than three miles
   from the Warden’s Office, at which all docu-
   ments required to be served may be left,
   and any such being so left shall be deemed
   to be duly served.

A deposit of £20 to be made.

5. The applicant shall at the same time
   deposit the sum of twenty pounds, for which
   the Warden or his Clerk shall give a receipt
   in the form marked B in the Schedule
   hereunto annexed.

Term and Area.

6. No application will be received for a