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FORM OF NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR PROTECTION.

(District and date.)

No.

I hereby give notice that I desire to obtain a Protection Certificate for (here state the time) my claim situate at ................................................, and that the following particulars are true in all respects—

1. Classification of Claim.......................
2. Date at which occupation commenced........
3. Time during which the Claim has been worked
4. The Claim (has not, or has) been protected before *
5. Cause for which protection is required.......

(Signature No. of Miners’ Right.)

• If the claim has been protected before, the applicant must state when and for what period.*

3.—Information to holders of Miners’ Rights.

When any claim is under protection for a longer period than seven days, the occupier thereof shall post and at all times maintain on some conspicuous part of the said claim, a board not less than nine inches square, with the word “PROTECTED” and the number of his Certificate painted legibly thereon.

4.—Limitation of Protection.

Protection for a longer period than seven days shall not be granted to any claim which has not been fairly wrought for at least one month. The most extended period for which protection may be granted at any one time shall be thirty days; and such protection shall not be renewed unless it is proved to the satisfaction of the Warden that the claim is unworkable.

5.—Renewal of Protection.

Application for renewal shall be made in the same manner as is provided in Section 2; and such renewal, if granted, shall be endorsed on the back of the Certificate, and recorded in the Registration Book.

6.—Protection during Notice.

When any notice has been given and posted in conformity with these Regulations, the claim, right, or privilege to which such notice may refer, shall be protected during the currency thereof, and until the application has been finally dealt with by the Warden.

7.—Protection during Operations.

All claims, rights, and privileges, of whatsoever nature, lawfully held and enjoyed under these Regulations, shall be protected during the time that the owners or holders thereof shall be actually engaged in operations connected therewith.

IX.—REGISTRATION.

1.—Permissive Registration.

All claims, rights, and privileges may be registered.

Mining partnerships, and agreements between holders of Miners’ Rights or Business Licenses, may be registered.

2.—Registration of Huts.

The holder of a Miner’s Right may, on application to the Warden, register his hut or place of abode; and any hut or place of abode so registered shall be protected during the absence of the owner for such a period not exceeding six months, as may be assigned.

3.—Registration Fees.

Except where it is otherwise expressly provided, the fee payable in respect to the several registrations mentioned in these Regulations, shall be two shillings and sixpence: such fee shall include payment for copies of notices, but not for any survey.

4.—Information to the Public.

Any person requiring any information from the Transaction Book of the Mining Registrar may obtain the same on payment of one shilling; and it shall be the duty of the Mining Registrar to furnish such information.

5.—Conditions of Registration.

The Warden may endorse on the back of any Certificate of Registration such lawful conditions as may be desirable or necessary for the public good; which conditions shall at all times be binding upon the holder of any such Certificate.

X.—LICENSES.

1.—Business Licenses.

Every person engaged in trade or business of any kind within the limits of the Gold Field, shall obtain from the Warden a Business License, for which he shall pay the sum of five pounds (£5) annually, and shall be entitled to occupy an area of half a square chain, having a frontage of 33 feet and a depth of 66 feet.

2.—Wholesale Licenses.

Every holder of a Wholesale License for the sale of fermented and spirituous liquors, in quantities of not less than two gallons, shall pay a fee for the same of ten (£10) pounds.

3.—Retail Licenses.

Every holder of a Retail License for the sale of fermented and spirituous liquors in any quantity shall pay a fee for the same of thirty (£30) pounds.

4.—Licenses may be Cancelled.

The Warden may recommend the withdrawal, suspension, or cancellation of any License upon proof, to his satisfaction, of a breach of the Gold Fields Regulations, or of any disorderly conduct upon the premises held under such License, and such License may thereupon be withdrawn, suspended, or cancelled accordingly.

5.—Sites to be marked by Pegs.

Occupants of sites for business purposes, shall place and maintain at each frontage corner of such site a peg not less than two inches square, and standing at least one foot above the surface.