X.—Holidays.

All claims, rights, and privileges, of whatsoever nature, lawfully held and enjoyed under these Regulations, shall be deemed to be protected, while the holders, owners, or occupiers thereof are attending elections of members of the House of Representatives, or of the Provincial Council, or while due and public notification of any holiday shall have been given by the Warden.

X. LICENSES.

1.—Business Licenses.

Every person holding a Business License shall be entitled to occupy an area not exceeding eight hundred square feet, the frontage whereof shall not exceed twenty feet.

2.—Slaughtering Licenses.

Every person engaged in slaughtering shall, in addition to his Business License, obtain from the Warden a Slaughtering License, for which he shall pay a fee of Two pounds (£2) annually, and shall be entitled to occupy for stockyards an area of Crown Lands not exceeding one half of an acre, at such distance from any township or centre of population as may be approved by the Warden.

3.—License may be cancelled.

Upon proof, to the satisfaction of the Warden, of a breach of the Gold Fields Regulations, or of any disorderly conduct in any licensed house, or upon the premises held under any license, he may withdraw, suspend, or cancel any such license for any length of time he may think fit.

4.—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.

5.—Space to be left between buildings.

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

6.—Protection of Business Sites.

Business sites may be registered with, and protected by 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.

7.—Occupancy of sites.

Business sites (as defined by the Warden) 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 protected by the Warden as specified in clause 6.

8.—Protection of Buildings and Materials.

All buildings, sawn timber, and other materials, situated on any Crown lands, within a gold-field, may be registered with, and protected by, the Warden, for one month, and such registration may from time to time be renewed by the Warden for an additional period of one month; and every such renewal shall be endorsed on the certificate, and recorded in the registration book, and the fee payable for each registration and renewal, shall be ten shillings.

9.—Compensation to be paid for Buildings and Building Materials.

Any person obtaining legal possession of any disputed or forfeited site, shall pay fair and reasonable compensation for any buildings or building materials thereon, and such compensation shall be estimated at the trial of any such disputed possession.

10.—Notice of protection to be posted.

When any buildings, materials, or business sites are protected, the holders thereof shall post and maintain thereon a board not less than nine inches square, with the word “Protected,” and the date and number of such protection legibly painted or written thereon.

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, nor 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