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RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE

his claim, and assign it for a wall where omitted; and should more ground than sufficient
be left for the wall at the marking of the claim, the Warden shall curtail such excess, and
deal with it in such manner as shall be most equitable and just. Walls between quartz
claims shall be the common property of the parties adjoining, and neither of them shall
take down, mine into, damage, or endanger any wall, without first obtaining the consent in
writing of the owner of the adjoining claim. Should openings be required through any
wall for ventilation, and the parties interested cannot agree upon the terms, the Warden
shall give the necessary order for making the said openings, and also for the division of
any auriferous deposit found therein, or removed therefrom.

V.—RIVER CLAIMS.

1. SIZE OF RIVER CLAIMS.

River claims shall not exceed sixty (60) feet in length for each person, to be measured
in the direction of the course of any stream, by a width of not less than thirty (30) feet;
but when the stream exceeds thirty (30) feet in width, the width of the claims shall be
taken from bank to bank, the banks to be defined, when necessary, by the Warden.

2. NOTICE OF DIVERSION TO BE GIVEN.

Any person desirous of diverting the course of a permanent stream for the purpose of
working the bed thereof, shall give notice to the Warden, and proceed as directed by
Section IX.

3. WALL TO BE ALLOWED.

Holders of river claims shall be allowed a sufficient wall between the channel of diversion
and the bed of the stream, and the width of such wall shall be defined by the Warden.

VI.—EXTENDED CLAIMS.

1. When any extraordinary expenditure of capital or labour is requisite, or when ground
   has been fairly tested, and has been abandoned for three months, extended mining claims
   may be granted by the Warden upon application being made as hereinafter directed, subject
   to the condition that there shall be constantly employed thereon or in connection
   therewith—for the first quarter of an acre, two men; and for each additional quarter of an
   acre, one man: provided that such claim shall in no case exceed three acres in extent.

2. FORM OF APPLICATION.

Application for extended claims shall be made to the Warden in the form of Schedule
C., and be accompanied by a deposit of £5; and upon receipt of such application and
deposit, or as soon thereafter as may be, the Warden shall direct a Surveyor to proceed to
the land applied for, and to survey the same, and to report as to the area, boundaries,
and description thereof; the character of the ground, the likelihood of any river, creek,
or permanent water-spring, or artificial reservoir, which may be included within the
boundaries of the said land, being required for, or the feasibility of the same being applied
to, public purposes, or for the use of the miners generally; and also as to any claims to
prior occupancy which shall come to his knowledge, inquiry as to which it shall be his
duty to make while making the survey; and to furnish a plan of such land on a scale of
not less than five chains to the inch, and connect the same with some fixed point; and such
plan shall be lodged in the Warden's office, and a copy or tracing supplied to the
applicants.

3. SURVEYOR TO POST NOTICES.

The Surveyor shall, at the time of making the survey hereinbefore directed, post a
notice in the form D in the Schedule, in some conspicuous place on the ground; and such
notice shall be maintained by and at the expense of the applicants until the application has
been heard and determined; and if no valid objection is offered, the Warden, upon hearing
the application, may issue a Certificate of Registration specifying all necessary particulars,
and the special conditions (if any) upon which such certificate has been granted.

4. FORFEITURE.

If at any time the requisite number of holders of Miners' Rights shall not be employed
or occupied upon any such "Extended Claim," the Warden may, upon proof thereof
being produced before him, in the presence of all parties interested, cancel the Certificate
of Registration, either in the whole or in part, as may be equitable.