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shall sign such notice, expressing their assent
thereto or dissent therefrom. Such notice
shall be in the form hereinafter prescribed;
and a copy thereof shall be posted and main-
tained by the applicant on the claim for three
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) my
claim situate at
and that the
following particulars are true in all respects—

1. Classification of Claim

2. Date at which occupation commenced

3. Time during which the Claim has been worked

4. The Claim (has or has not) been protected
   before

5. Cause for which protection is required

(Signature No. of Miners' Right.)

• If the claim has been protected before, the appli-
  cant must state when and for what period.

3.—Information to 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 for a longer period than seven
days shall not be granted to any claim which
has not been fairly wrought for at least one
month. The most extended period for which
protection may be granted at any one time
shall be thirty days; and such protection
shall not be renewed unless it is proved to
the satisfaction of the Warden that the claim
is unworkable.

5.—Renewal of Protection.

Application for renewal shall be made in
the same manner as is provided in Section 2;
and such renewal, if granted, shall be en-
dorsed on the back of the Certificate, and
recorded in the Registration Book.

6.—Protection during Notice.

When any Notice has been given and
posted in conformity with these Regulations,
the claim, right, or privilege to which such
notice may refer, shall be protected during
the currency thereof, and until the applica-
tion has been finally dealt with by the
Warden.

7.—Protection during Operation.

All claims, rights, and privileges, of what-
soever 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, rights, and privileges may be
registered.

Mining partnerships, and agreements be-
tween holders of Miners' Rights or Business
Licenses, may be registered.

2.—Registration of Huts.

The holder of a Miner's Right may, on
application to the Warden, register his hut
or place of abode; and any hut or place of
abode so registered shall be protected during
the absence of the owner for such a period
not exceeding six months, as may be assigned.

3.—Registration Fees.

Except where it is otherwise expressly
provided, the fee payable in respect to the
several registrations mentioned in these
Regulations, shall be two shillings and six-
pence; such fee shall include payment for
copies of notices, but not for any survey.

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 infor-
mation.

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-
field, shall obtain from the Warden a Business
License, for which he shall pay the sum of
five pounds (£5) annually, and shall be en-
titled to occupy an area of half a square