Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1867 – No. 82

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✨ Quartz Claims Regulations



or of any share or interest therein, may thereof, shall be binding upon any on
of a forfeited
or abandoned share or interest
in such claim.

  1. Lunacy clause.

In case of the death or lunacy of any partner in a mining claim, the remaining partner or partners shall be entitled to hold possession of the share or shares of such deceased or lunatic miner as against any other person or persons, but without prejudice to the rights of the personal representatives of such diseased or lunatic by agreement, or by law against the remaining partners. Provided that the expenses of working such share or shares shall be paid out of the proceeds of the same.

  1. Ground to be secured.

If any person shall find that the party working the adjoining claims are not properly securing their ground, he shall make application to the Warden, who may make such order relative to the ground as he may deem necessary.

  1. Machinery to represent labour.

In all claims where machinery is erected, such machinery shall represent one man for every two hundred and fifty pounds (£250), expended in procuring and erecting the same; but should any dispute arise in reference to the amounts so expended, the onus of proof of such expenditure shall lie with the owner of the machinery.

  1. Warning in case of blasting.

Ten minutes previous to the discharge of any blast of gunpowder or other explosive substance, within fifty (50) feet from the surface of the ground, due notice of such discharge shall be given by persons who shall have prepared or caused such explosion, to all other persons working, residing, or passing within a distance of one hundred (100) yards from the place of such discharge.

  1. Transfers, etc.

Any claim, right, privilege, share, or interest therein held under these Regulations may be transferred or assigned; but where it is provided that any such claim, right, or privilege, share, or interest therein must originally be registered, the transfer or assignment thereof must also be registered.

  1. Chattel interest.

Any right, title, or interest, acquired or created under the provisions of the “Gold Fields Act, 1866,” or any preceding Act, relating to the occupation of lands within gold-fields, or under any Rules and Regulations made in conformity therewith, shall be deemed and taken in law to be a chattel interest, and may be inherited, assigned, transferred, seized, and sold under a writ of fieri facias or other writ of execution or warrant.

  1. Protection to roads.

Any person intending to construct a road may on application to the Warden be granted



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Quartz claims, Forfeiture, Abandonment, Lunacy, Ground security, Machinery, Blasting, Transfers, Chattel interest, Roads