182 Auckland Provincial Government Gazette.

PART III.—MACHINE SITES, DAMS AND RESERVOIRS.

Sites for Machines.

55. Any miner who may be desirous of obtaining a license for a site for the erection of quartz crushing, puddling, or other machinery, connected with goldmining, 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 (5) as security for the cost of survey and other necessary expenses; and the Warden shall thereupon direct the Mining Inspector or other person appointed by the Warden to make a survey and plan of such site and to report thereon.

56. The area of a machine site shall not exceed half-an-acre.

Mode of application for dams, &c.

57. Any person desiring to obtain a license for the construction of a dam or reservoir shall make application to the Warden in writing, and shall furnish with such application a plan for the information of the Warden, showing as regards a dam the site of such dam, and as regards a reservoir the site and area of such reservoir, together with a specification containing all details of construction; and the applicant for such license shall obtain from the owner or owners of all claims or other authorised holdings affected by such proposed dam or reservoir, a certificate expressing his or their assent to or dissent from such application, or shall furnish a declaration that such owners have been applied to and have refused to give such certificate.

Applications to be posted and conditions.

58. A copy of the application required by the previous section shall be posted and maintained for fourteen days at the site of the proposed dam or reservoir, and if all other proceedings required by these Regulations shall have been fully complied with, the Warden may, after hearing all parties interested, grant a license for such dam or reservoir; provided no valid objection shall have been substantiated thereto; and provided that such dam or reservoir shall be substantially constructed, that such construction shall be approved by the Mining Inspector, or other competent person appointed by the Warden, and that the license for such dam or reservoir shall be granted and held, subject to the inspection and approval of the Mining Inspector, or person appointed, from time to time as he may consider necessary.

Forfeiture of dam and machine sites.

59. The site of any dam or machine whereon work shall not be commenced within fourteen (14) days from the date of the license, or upon which the erection of the dam or the machine shall not be completed within a reasonable time, or any dam or machine site unused for one month during a period when sufficient water has been available, shall be deemed to be forfeited and may be granted by the Warden to any person who may apply for the same.

Injury to property by dams.

60. If any claim shall be flooded or property injured by the bursting of any dam bank, the owner of such dam shall be liable for any loss or damage occasioned thereby, provided that it be proved to the satisfaction of the Warden that such breaking away resulted from the faulty construction of such dam.

Sites proving to be auriferous.

61. If it shall be proved that the ground occupied by any dam, reservoir, machine, or mullock tip, contains auriferous earth or quartz, the miner desiring to work such ground must make application in writing to the Warden for permission to enter on the same; and if the Warden shall deem fit, the owner of such site may be compelled to leave or remove the same: Provided that adequate compensation for such leaving or removing shall first have been ascertained and determined in the manner provided in Section 48 of these Regulations, and shall have been paid by the person desirous of working the ground.

PART IV.—BUSINESS AND RESIDENCE SITES NOT INCLUDED WITHIN PROCLAIMED TOWNSHIPS.

Business licenses.

62. Business licenses will be issued authorising the holder thereof to carry on business within the proclaimed Goldfield. Each holder of a business license shall be entitled (except in reserved townships) to occupy for business purposes an area not exceeding forty (40) feet frontage by one hundred and twenty (120) feet for each license held by him. Licenses may be transferred from any site to another site: Provided that no person shall carry on business in more than one place under one license.

Marking out sites.

63. Occupants of sites for business purposes shall place and maintain at each frontage corner of such site a peg not less than three (3) inches square, and standing not less than two feet above the surface of the ground.

Protection of business sites.

64. The Warden may grant a certificate giving protection to the holder of a business site license to hold such site unoccupied for ten (10) days, whilst the holder is engaged in preparing for the occupancy thereof, such protection may be renewed by the Warden for an additional period of ten (10) days.

Occupancy of sites.

65. Business sites can only be held or occupied by holders of Business Licenses, and no site can be held unoccupied for more than twenty-four (24) hours, unless the same shall be protected as in Section 64.

Information to the public.

66. When any business site has been protected, the holder shall post and maintain thereon a board not less than nine (9) inches square, with the word "Protected," and the date and number of the certificate of protection legibly painted or written thereon.

Spaces between buildings.

67. An open space of six (6) feet shall at all times be left between buildings occupied for business purposes, except in reserved townships. The Licensee of a single business site shall only build upon thirty-four (34) feet of his frontage. The Licensee of two or more adjoining sites may build upon forty (40) feet frontage for every additional site.

Marking out and applying for residence sites.

68. Any miner desirous of occupying land for a residence site shall mark the corners of the area which he proposes to occupy with trenches, or substantial posts standing not less than two (2) feet above the ground.