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chain, having a frontage of 33 feet and a depth of 66 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 ten (10) pounds.

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 thirty (30) pounds.

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Regulations, or of any disorderly conduct upon the premises held under such License, and such License may thereupon be withdrawn, suspended, or cancelled accordingly.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

An open space of six feet shall at all times be left between buildings occupied for business purposes. The holder or occupier of a single business area or site shall only build upon 27 feet of his frontage. The holder or occupier of two or more adjoining areas or sites may build upon 33 feet frontage for every such additional area or site.

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 five shillings; such registration may be renewed by the Warden for an additional period of ten days, any 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.—Roadway between Business Sites.

A space of sixty-six feet shall at all times be left for a road or a street between business sites; and no person shall, on any pretence whatever, encroach upon such roadway.

11.—Land to be set apart for occupancy.

The Warden may, wherever it shall be necessary for the public convenience, set apart land to be occupied for business purposes, and direct the Mining Surveyor to divide such land by streets and roadways in the most convenient manner; and no person shall occupy any part of any land so set apart, except under a Business License.

XI.—Residence.

1.—Area which may be occupied for Residence.

Subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth, the holder of a Miner's Right shall be entitled to occupy for residence an area of Crown lands not exceeding half an acre, or 2,240 square yards.

2.—Residence Areas to be Registered.

Any person desirous of occupying land under the preceding regulation, shall mark the corners of the area which he proposes to occupy with trenches, or substantial posts standing at least three feet above the surface, and shall give notice in writing in the form hereunto appended, to the Warden of the district, and a copy of such notice shall be posted and maintained in some conspicuous part of such area for the space of seven clear days, at the expiration whereof, if no valid objection has been entered thereagainst, the Warden may grant a Residence Certificate to the applicant.

3.—Discovery of Auriferous Deposits.

If any auriferous deposits shall be traced to the boundaries of any land occupied for residence, the Warden may, upon satisfactory proof thereof, authorise any surveyor or other person, by writing under his hand, to enter thereupon, and at such times, and in such manner as he may appoint, to search the land so occupied for a continuation of the said auriferous deposit.

4.—Auriferous Areas may be Worked.

If any residence area shall be proved to be auriferous, the Warden may, upon application, order the whole or any part thereof to be given up for mining purposes to such persons as he shall nominate.