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For a quarter acre.......... Two (2) men

For half an acre............ Three (3) men

For three-quarters of an acre.......... Four (4) men

For one acre............... Five (5) men

For one acre and a quarter............. Six (6) men

For one acre and a half............... Seven (7) men

For one acre and three quarters.............. Eight (8) men

For two acres............. Nine (9) men

For two acres and a quarter............. Ten (10) men

For two acres and a half............... Eleven (11) men

For two acres and three quarters............. Twelve (12) men

For three acres............. Thirteen (13) men

Provided that no such claim shall be granted in new and unworked ground, unless it be proved to the satisfaction of the Warden that such ground has been fairly tested and cannot profitably be worked in claims of the ordinary size. Provided also that an extended claim shall in no case exceed three acres in extent, and may be of any form as the Warden may sanction.

2. Form of application.

Application for extended claims shall be made to the Warden in the following form, and a sum of Five Pounds (£5) shall be deposited to cover the necessary expenses of survey. Any unexpended balance to be returned to the applicant. If the cost of survey exceed Five Pounds (£5), the additional cost shall be paid by the applicant.

To the Warden at—

[District and Date.]

I [or We] hereby give notice that I [or We] desire to obtain an extended claim of [state the extent], situated at [state precise locality], and I [or We] deposit herewith the sum of Five Pounds as security for the payment of expenses connected therewith.

[Signature, date, and number of Miners’ Rights of each applicant.]

3. Official survey.

Upon receipt of such application and deposit, or as soon thereafter as may be, the Warden shall direct the Mining Surveyor to proceed to the land applied for, and to survey the same, and to report as to area, boundaries, and description thereof; the character of the ground, the likelihood of any river, creek, or permanent water springs or artificial reservoir, which may be included within the boundaries of the said land, being required for, or the feasibility of the same being applied to public purposes, or for the use of the miners generally, and also as to claims as to prior occupancy, which shall come to his knowledge, enquiry as to which it shall be his duty to make while making the survey, and to furnish a plan of such land on a scale of not less than five chains to the inch, together with a tracing of so much of the general map of the district as will be sufficient to connect the particular area applied for with at least one trigonometrical station; or in the absence of such, with some fixed point.

4. Surveyor to post notices.

The Surveyor shall, at the time of making the survey hereinbefore directed, post notices in the form hereinafter set forth in Schedule M, at the boundary corners of the claim, and such notices shall be maintained by and at the expense of the applicants until the application has been heard and determined.

5. Extended claims to be registered.

If no valid objection is offered, the Warden may, upon hearing the application, issue a certificate of registration for an “Extended Claim,” specifying therein the name of each holder, the area granted, the exact position of the same, and the special conditions, if any, upon which such certificate has been granted; and the fee for such registration shall be five shillings (5s.), and the fee for transfer two shillings and sixpence (2s. 6d.).

6. 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.

XIV.—SPECIAL SITES.

1. Sites for machines.

Any person 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 Five Pounds (£5) as security for the cost of survey and other necessary expenses. Any unexpended balance to be returned to the applicant. If the cost of survey exceed Five Pounds (£5), the additional cost to be paid by the applicant. On the receipt of such application the Warden shall thereupon direct the Mining Surveyor to make a survey and plan of such site, and to report thereon.

2. Sites for stacking tailings.

Any person 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 clause 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