cate has been granted, and the charge for such registration shall be ten shillings.

7.—Forfeiture.

If at any time the requisite number of holders of Miners’ Rights shall not be employed or occupied upon any such “Extended Claim,” the Warden may, upon proof thereof being produced before him, in the presence of all parties interested, cancel the Certificate of Registration, either in the whole or in part, as may be equitable. Provided always that a monetary penalty may be imposed in lieu of forfeiture, as hereafter set forth in Section 6 of Regulation XV.

XIV.—SPECIAL SITES.

1.—Sites for Machines.

Any holder of a Miner’s Right who may be desirous of obtaining a site for the erection of Machinery thereon, 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 £5 as security for the cost of survey and other necessary expenses. And the Warden shall thereupon direct the Mining Surveyor to make a survey and plan of such site, and to report thereon.

2.—Site for Stacking Tailings.

Any holder of a Miner’s Right who may be desirous of obtaining a site for the purpose of stacking tailings thereon, shall proceed by application to the Warden in the same manner as is provided in section 1.

3.—Proceedings at Survey.

At the time of making any such survey, the Mining Surveyor shall erect a post measuring not less than two inches square, and standing three feet above the surface of the ground at each boundary corner of the site applied for, and shall post a notice in the form hereinafter set forth upon some conspicuous part of such site.

FORM OF NOTICE.

(District and Date.)

Whereas (name of applicant) has applied to me for a grant of this land as a special site for (erecting machinery,* or stacking tailings) thereon; and whereas the Mining Surveyor has this day surveyed and marked the boundaries of such site, this is to give Notice that any objections to the issue of a Certificate of Registration therefor must be lodged at my office on or before (specify date), upon which day I shall proceed to hear and dispose of such application.

(Signature of Warden.)

Posted by me this __ day of __ 186__

(Signature of Mining Surveyor.)

*If machinery, state for what purpose.

†Not less than 7 clear days from date of survey.

4.—Registration.

At the expiration of the time specified in the Notice as aforesaid, the Warden may, if there be no valid objection thereagainst, issue a Certificate of Registration for the site applied for, and the fee for such registration shall be five shillings.

5.—Restriction of Sites.

Special sites shall not be granted for any land which is known to be auriferous, unless the same has been worked out and abandoned, nor for land which is in the line or direction of any workings, or which is or may probably be required for business purposes.

6.—Limitation of Area.

The area granted to any person or party as a special site shall in no case exceed a quarter of an acre.

7.—Discovery of Auriferous Deposits.

If any auriferous deposits shall be traced to the boundaries of, or discovered upon a special site, such site shall be dealt with in the same manner as provided by Sections 3, 4, and 5, of Regulation XI, relating to residence; Provided always that the compensation directed to be estimated by Section 5 thereof shall only be paid in the case of sites that are or may be occupied bonâ fide by machinery.

XV.—GENERAL REGULATIONS.

1.—Interference Prohibited.

No person shall, under any pretence whatever, damage, destroy, or otherwise interfere with any race, tail-race, dam, sludge-channel, or drain, machine, or other appliances connected therewith, nor with any claim, unless the sanction of the owners thereof, or the authority of the Warden, shall first have been obtained for such interference.

2.—Throwing Earth or Tailings on Claims.

No person shall throw or cause to be thrown upon any claim other than his own, any earth, stones, gravel, tailings, or any other substance, whereby the proper and efficient working of such claim may be stopped or impeded.

3.—Interference with Pegs and Notices, &c.

No person shall alter the position of any trench, nor remove any peg from a claim in the occupation of any other person, nor deface, destroy, or remove any notice posted in accordance with these Regulations, nor interfere with any mark or boundary.

4.—Stacking Auriferous Substances.

Any person wishing to retain possession of auriferous substances, may have the same protected for a period not exceeding three months, provided that such substance is properly stacked on ground not supposed to be adapted to mining purposes, and that a board, with the owner’s name, address, and date of stacking, legibly written or painted thereon, be posted close to such stack.

5.—Jumping Forbidden.

No person shall take possession of any claim, race, dam, machine, or any other right