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to occupy an area not exceeding 800 square feet, the frontage whereof shall not exceed 20 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 twenty pounds (£20.)

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 forty pounds (£40). The holders of Business or Liquor Licenses shall, if so required by the Warden, be sworn in as special constables.

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Regulations, or of any disorderly conduct upon the premises held under such License, and such License may thereupon be withdrawn, suspended, or cancelled accordingly.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.

6.—Space to be left between Buildings.

A space of four feet shall at all times be left unoccupied between sites occupied for business purposes.

7.—Registration of Sites.

Business sites may be registered with the Warden for ten days, whilst the holder is engaged in preparing for the occupancy thereof, and the fee for such Registration shall be ten shillings; such Registration may be renewed by the Warden for an additional period of ten days, and every such renewal shall be endorsed on the certificate, and recorded in the Registration Book.

8.—Occupancy of Sites.

Business sites can only be held or occupied by holders of business licenses, and no site can be held unoccupied for more than twenty-four hours, unless the same shall be registered as provided in Section 7.

9.—Information to the Public.

When any business site has been registered, the holder thereof shall post and maintain thereon a board, not less than nine inches square, with the word "Registered," and the date and number of such Registration legibly painted or written thereon.

10.—Transfer or assignment of Licenses.

A Business License may be transferred or assigned by the holder within the District for which it was originally granted: Provided that such transfer or assignment shall be registered with the Warden; and the fee for such registration shall be fifteen shillings.

XI. General Regulations.

1. Interference prohibited.

No person shall, under any pretense whatever, damage, destroy, or otherwise interfere with any race, tail-race, dam, sludge-channel, or drain, machine, or other appliance connected therewith or 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 or privilege whatsoever (unless the same shall have been actually relinquished), without first obtaining the consent of the owners or the authority of the Warden.