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the restoration of the soil, and other conditions as he may deem necessary or desirable.

7. Transfer or Assignment.

The right and interest in any area occupied under a residence certificate may be transferred or assigned by the holder thereof, but such transfer or assignment shall, in all cases, be registered with the warden, and endorsed on the original certificate.

8. Registration Fees.

The fees payable for registering any such application shall be five shillings (5s.), and the fee for registering any transfer or assignment shall be two shillings and sixpence (2s. 6d.).

FORM OF NOTICE REFERRED TO.
No.
District of
186

I hereby give notice that I desire to occupy for Residence (state the extent) of land situate at __ and that I have this day marked the corners of such land with (posts or trenches), in conformity with the Regulations herein made and provided.

Signature of the Applicant __
and the number and date of his Miner’s Right __

9. Surveying Fees.

Before a certificate of Registration be granted to any applicant for any area for Residence, the same must be surveyed, and a plan of such survey must be deposited with the warden. The fee payable for such survey to be determined by the warden.

XIII. Tunnelling.

1. Definition.

Hills where the sinking exceeds twenty feet in depth, shall be considered tunnelling ground, subject to these regulations.

2. Protection whilst Prospecting.

Persons engaged in prospecting shall be protected in the occupancy of a claim having a frontage for one person of 30 feet, or for more persons, of 60 feet, by a depth of 300 feet.

3. Registration and Marking.

Claims under the preceding section must be registered, and the boundaries marked and maintained by parallel trenches, or rows of pegs placed not more than fifty feet apart; and such trenches or pegs shall be at right angles with the frontage of the hill, along the entire depth allowed; the fee for such registration to be two shillings and six pence.

4. Discovery of Auriferous Earth.

On the discovery of payable auriferous earth, prospectors shall immediately mark off their claims in blocks in accordance with the regulations relating to alluvial mining.

5. Parallels.

Persons tunnelling shall not drive beyond their own parallels.

6. Protection of Tunnels.

No person shall mine within ten feet of any main tunnel, or trench at the foot of the claim, and no person shall remove the surface earth over any tunnel, nor within the parallels of ground marked off for tunnelling purposes, without the consent of the owners, or the sanction of the warden being first obtained thereto.

7. Ventilation.

When cross-drives or openings are required for ventilation, the warden may issue an order for making such drives or openings, and for the allocation of the work to be performed, and also for the distribution of any auriferous deposits which may be found in the intervening wall.

8. Superiority of Right.

Priority of registration shall in all cases be deemed to confer superiority of right.

XIV. Extended Claims.

1. Inferior Ground.

If it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the warden that any ground cannot be profitably worked in claims of the size prescribed by the regulations, he may declare the same to be “Inferior Ground;” and upon application being made as hereinafter directed, may grant therein extended claims, the extent of which to be decided by the Warden.

2. Form of Application.

Application for extended claims in “Inferior Ground” shall be made to the warden in the following form, a duplicate of which will be posted on the ground for not less than seven days prior to the hearing:

To the Warden at
(District and date.)

I (or we) hereby give notice that I (or we) desire to obtain an extended claim (here state the extent of area applied for) situate at (here state precise locality) and I (or we) deposit herewith the sum of £5 (five pounds) as security for the payment of any expense connected therewith.

(Signature, with date and number of Miner’s Right, held by each member of the party.)