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4.—Registration.

At the expiration of the time specified in
the Notice as aforesaid, the Warden may, if
there be no valid objection thereagainst,
issue a Certificate of Registration for the
site applied for, and the fee for such regis-
tration shall be five shillings.

5.—Restriction of Sites.

Special sites shall not be granted for any
land which is known to be auriferous, unless
the same has been worked out and abandoned,
nor for land which is in the line or direction
of any workings, or which is or may probably
be required for business purposes.

6.—Limitation of Area.

The area granted to any person or party
as a special site shall in no case exceed a
quarter of an acre.

7.—Discovery of Auriferous Deposits.

If any auriferous deposits shall be traced
to the boundaries of, or discovered upon a
special site, such site shall be dealt with in
the same manner as provided by Section 3,
4, and 5, of Regulation XI., relating to resi-
dence; Provided always that the compensa-
tion directed to be estimated by Section 5
thereof shall only be paid in the case of sites
that are or may be occupied bona fide by
machinery.

XV.—General Regulations.

1.—Interference prohibited.

No person shall, under any pretence what-
ever, damage, destroy, or otherwise interfere
with any race, tail race, dam, sludge-channel,
or drain, machine, or other appliance con-
nected 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
efficient working of such claim may be
stopped or impeded.

3.—Interference with Pegs and Notices, &c.

No person shall alter the position of any
trench, nor remove any peg from a claim in
the occupation of any other person, nor de-
face, destroy, or remove any notice posted in
accordance with these Regulations, uor inter-
fere with any mark or boundary.

4.—Stacking Auriferous substances.

Any person wishing to retain possession
of auriferous substances, may have the same
protected 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.

5.—Jumping forbidden.

No person shall take possession of any
claim, race, dam, machine, or any other right
or privilege whatsoever, (unless the same
shall have been absolutely relinquished)
without first obtaining the consent of the
owners, or the authority of the Warden.

6.—Penalty may be substituted for Forfeiture.

In all cases wherein forfeiture is decreed
by these Regulations, it shall be lawful for
the Warden to substitute a monetary penalty
in lieu thereof, and to allow thereout a suffi-
cient sum to defray any reasonable expenses
incurred by the plaintiff in the prosecution of
his suit.

7.—Compensation may be Adjudged.

In all cases of forfeiture, the Warden may
adjudge compensation to be paid by the per-
son to whom any claim or right may be
awarded by 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 con-
nection therewith.

8.—Permission to enter Claims.

The Warden shall have power to authorise
the entry of any surveyor or assessor 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.

9.—Notices to contain full particulars.

All notices tendered or posted in con-
formity with these Regulations must contain
the name in full of each member of the party,
together with date, number, and place of
issue of his Miner's Right.

10.—Notices to be posted at the Warden's
Offices.

Copies of all notices given in conformity
with these Regulations shall be posted by the
Warden at this office, and exhibited on the
outside thereof during the currency of such
notice: provided that non-compliance with
this rule shall not invalidate the proceedings
in relation to any application.