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source of a head-race; and the intended course must also be conspicuously indicated by
pegs or flags placed not more than 100 yards apart, or if through bush, by a blazed line.

Notices of application for tunnels must be posted at the mouth of the tunnel, and also
on the claim.

All other notices must be posted on the claim, right, or privilege to which the application
refers; and in all cases one copy of each set of notices must be left with the Warden, to be
posted in such place as he may think fit.

4. OBJECTIONS.

Any person objecting to the grant of any privilege for which application has been made,
shall give notice to the applicant, and shall appear to substantiate his objection at the time
and place appointed for the hearing.

5. HEARING.

At the time and place appointed for the hearing, the name of the applicant's party shall
be called, and the application and objections heard; and if no valid objection is lodged,
and if the Warden sees no valid objection, he may issue, for any of the above-mentioned
privileges a Certificate of Registration (containing the names of those whose Miners' Rights
have been produced), upon such terms as he may think necessary or desirable for the public
good.

6. COSTS.

The Warden may, when he considers that any applicant or objector, either by failing to
appear, or by the frivolous or vexatious nature of his application or objection, has caused
any person unnecessarily to incur expense, allow such expenses as he may consider just and
equitable.

7. CERTIFICATE MAY BE CANCELLED.

If any Certificate of Registration shall have been obtained by misrepresentation, or if any
of the prescribed conditions have not been duly complied with, or if, after the issue of any
certificate any objector shall appear and show to the satisfaction of the Warden that he has
a valid objection, and shall also show good cause for not having appeared at the time and
place appointed for the hearing, the Warden may, upon proof thereof, cancel such certificate,
or make such other order therein as may be just and equitable: provided that no certificate
shall be invalidated by reason of any merely technical informality in any of the proceedings.

8. REGISTRATION.

All claims, rights, and privileges, mining partnerships and agreements between holders of
Miners' Rights or Business Licenses may be registered; but all privileges for which it is
necessary to post notices of application, and all quartz claims, prospecting claims, and
tunnelling claims, must be registered.

9. TRANSFERS.

Any claim, right, or privilege held under these Regulations may be transferred or assigned;
but, in all cases where it is provided that any such claim, right, or privilege must originally
be registered, the transfer or assignment thereof must also be registered and noted on the
back of the original certificate.

10. CERTIFICATE RENEWABLE ANNUALLY.

Every Certificate of Registration shall be brought to the Warden for renewal annually,
and if any such grant or certificate is not so brought within thirty days after the expiration
of twelve months from the date at which it has been granted, it may be deemed to be for-
feited, and the registration thereof may be cancelled, unless good cause to the contrary be
shown to the satisfaction of the Warden.

11. REGISTRATION FEES.

The fees payable in respect of the registration of extended claims and prospecting claims
shall be ten shillings; residence areas, special sites, and protection for hut or building, five
shillings; and all other registrations not elsewhere specified, two shillings and sixpence;
and such fees shall include payment for copies of notices, but not for any survey or other
expenses.