NEW ZEALAND

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signatures, are to be considered as Official Communications made to those persons to whom they may relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.

By His Honor’s Command,
WILLIAM ROLLESTON,
Provincial Secretary.

VOL. XII.] MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1865. [No. X.

ORDER

Making certain Rules and Regulations for the Canterbury Gold Fields.

WHEREAS, by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled “The Gold Fields Act, 1862,” and in the 14th section thereof it is provided that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, subject to the provisions of the said Act, to make Rules and Regulations relating to the terms and conditions upon which Miners’ Rights should be granted, and the forms of such Miners’ Rights and of Licences and Leases to be issued under this Act, and the modes, times, and places of the issue thereof; and also touching the extent and condition of any claim, and the conditions under which it should be worked, held, assigned, or forfeited; the application of machinery; and all such other rules and regulations relating to mining, under Miner’s Rights or otherwise, in any Gold Field, as he may deem most beneficial:

And whereas by the said Act it is also provided, that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, under his hand and the public seal of the Colony, from time to time to delegate to the Superintendent of any Province all or any of the powers vested in the Governor or the Governor in Council by the said Act, except the powers conferred by sections 19, 31, 32, 33, and 61 thereof, subject or not subject to any limitations or restrictions as he may think fit, and in like manner to alter or revoke any such powers:

And whereas, by warrant under the hand of His Excellency Sir George Grey, K.C.B., Governor in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand, dated the 16th day of August, 1864, at Auckland, and issued under the public seal of the said Colony, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council thereof, and in exercise of the power and authority for that purpose in him vested, did thereby delegate absolutely and without restriction unto Samuel Bealey, Esq., as Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury, all the powers vested in him under and by virtue of “The Gold Fields Act, 1862,” except the powers contained in sections 19, 31, 32, 33, and 61 of the said Act, to have, hold, and exercise the powers within the Province of Canterbury.

Now, therefore, I, Samuel Bealey, Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury, under and by virtue of the powers so delegated to and vested in me in this behalf, do hereby make and ordain the Rules and Regulations following:—

RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE CANTERBURY GOLD FIELDS.

I.—PRELIMINARY REGULATIONS.

1.—Interpretation Clause.

In the construction and for the purposes of these Regulations the following terms shall, if not inconsistent with the context or subject matter, have the respective meanings hereby assigned to them: (that is to say,)

The word “Warden” shall mean Warden, Commissioner, Resident Magistrate, or any other Officer entrusted with the superintendence of the Gold Fields, or any portion thereof, and holding a commission duly empowering him to have charge thereof, and shall include “Warden and Assessors,” except where it is otherwise specially provided.

The word “person” shall mean the holder of a Miner’s Right.

The word “claim” shall mean the portion of land which the holder of a Miner’s Right, or of a Business License, shall be entitled to mine in or occupy, or any share or interest in any claim held or granted under these Regulations.

The words “worked and abandoned ground” shall mean any ground the whole or greater portion of which has been mined upon for gold, and abandoned.

The words “new gold workings” shall mean ground previously unworked.

Words importing the singular number shall include the plural number; and words importing the masculine gender shall include the feminine gender.

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