efficient working of such claim may be stopped or impeded, unless the authority of the Warden shall first have been obtained.

3.—Interference with Pegs and Notices.

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, remove, hide, or cause to be defaced, destroyed, removed or hidden, any notice posted in accordance with these Regulations, nor interfere with any mark or boundary, unless duly authorised to do so by the Warden.

4.—Stacking auriferous substances.

Any person wishing to retain possession of any auriferous substances 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; and the fee payable for such protection shall be one shilling.

5.—Jumping forbidden.

No person shall take possession of any claim, race, dam, machine, tools used in mining, or any appliance used for mining purposes, 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.

8.—Permission to enter Claims, &c.

The Warden shall have power to authorise the entry of any Surveyor or Assessor, or any other officer or person duly authorised in writing under his hand to do so, into and upon any claim, for the purpose of measuring the depth of any shaft, or the dip, direction, inclination or length of any tunnel or drive.

6.—Penalty substituted in lieu of forfeiture.

In all cases wherein forfeiture is decreed by these Regulations, it shall be lawful for the Warden to substitute a monetary payment in lieu thereof, and to allow therefrom a sufficient sum to defray any reasonable expenses incurred by the plaintiff or complainant in the prosecution of his suit: provided always that nothing in this evidence adduced in such cases as aforesaid shall clearly show that at the time the defendant committed the breach of the regulations whereby such forfeiture was decreed, he, the defendant, was possessed of any other claim, right, or privilege, illegally held by him.

7.—Compensation may be adjudged.

In all cases of forfeiture, the Warden may adjudge compensation to be paid by the person to whom any claim or right may be awarded to the former owner or holder thereof, and to appoint a time within which such payment shall be made: Provided that such compensation shall not exceed in amount two-thirds of the estimated value of any work actually performed thereon, or in connection therewith, as assessed, if required for the purpose.

XII.—NOTICES OF APPLICATION.

1.—Notices to contain full particulars.

All notices tendered or posted in conformity with these Regulations must contain the name in full of each member of the party, together with the number of his Miner’s Right, and his place of residence, and must be signed by at least one of the applicants; and any person wishing such notices of application to be written and filled up at the Warden’s Court, by the Warden or any authorised person, shall for the same pay the sum of one shilling for each and every such notice.

2.—Notices to be registered and posted.

A copy of all such notices shall be delivered to the Warden, to be posted by him in a conspicuous place at the Warden’s Court; and such notices shall, previous to their being posted on the ground as directed for the purpose of these Regulations, be registered with the Warden, who shall at the time of such Registration fill in the body of such notice, the date of hearing of any such application, and affix to the same the seal of the Warden’s Court: The fee for such registration shall be Five shillings for each application.

3.—Objection to Applications.

Any objection to the issuing of any certificate of registration to any person having tendered and posted any such notices of application, as described in the foregoing clauses of this Section, shall be made in writing, and lodged with the Warden one clear day before the day of hearing fixed and written on such notice of application, and a copy of such objection containing full particulars of the same shall also be delivered to the applicant for such certificate of registration as aforesaid, by the person making and preferring such objection to the grant of any such Certificate of Registration.