FORM OF PROTECTION.

[District and date,]

No. I hereby give notice that I have granted protection for ... days to the claim occupied by ... and situate at ...

[Signed] ...................... Warden.

2.—Protection for extended Period.

If any person shall be desirous of obtaining protection for a claim for a longer period than seven days, he shall give notice in writing to the Warden in the form hereafter prescribed, and shall post and maintain a copy of such notice on his claim for the space of seven clear days; at the expiration whereof, if no valid objection be entered, the Warden may issue a certificate of registration to the applicant, and such certificate may be for the period named in the application, or for any less time.

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] for my claim situate at ..., and that the following particulars are true in all respects:—

1. The claim has been worked during ...
2. The depth sunk is ...
3. The length of drive (if any) is ...
4. The cause for which I require protection is ...

[Signature, &c.]

3.—Information to the 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 shall not in any case be granted for a longer period than one month; but such protection may from time to time be renewed by the Warden for not more than fourteen days at any one time; and every such renewal shall be endorsed on the back of the certificate, and recorded in the Registration Book.

5.—Protection during Notice.

Sites for dams and machines, and the proposed courses for water-races, sludge-channels, and drains, together with all rights and privileges connected therewith, shall be protected during the period assigned for giving notice of intention to construct or erect the same, or until finally dealt with by the Warden.

6.—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, the Transfer or assignment of claims and rights and mining partnerships may be registered with the Warden.

2.—Claims and Rights that must be Registered.

Extended claims, amalgamated claims, quartz claims, prospecting claims, creek and river claims, tunnelling claims, water rights and races, dams and puddling machines, must be registered with the Warden.

3.—Registration Fees.

Except where it is otherwise expressly provided, the fee payable in respect of the several registrations mentioned in these regulations shall be two shillings per man.

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 Fields, shall obtain from the Warden a Business License, for which he shall pay the sum of ten pounds (£10) annually, and shall be entitled ...