✨ Mining regulations for water-rights
NELSON SOUTH-WEST GOLD-FIELDS. 9
Water shall be guaged by a box twelve feet long, and of the depth and width shown in the annexed tables and diagram, all measured in the clear.
The box shall be placed on a level, and must not be covered, but must be kept full without overflowing. The entrance end of such box must be left entirely open, but the exit end must be fitted with a bar two inches high, affixed to the floor of the box, and with a pressure-board affixed to the top of the box, leaving an aperture of twenty square inches for each sluice-head allowed.
When more than one sluice-head is to be guaged, the box may be enlarged either horizontally or vertically, but there must always be a depth of seven inches from the top of the box to the centre of the aperture; and this object must be attained by making such alterations in the pressure-board and box as are shown in the accompanying tables and diagram:—
WIDTH OF BOX TEN INCHES.
| No. of Heads. | Pressure-board. | Opening. | Bar. | Total depth of Box. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 inches | 2 inches | Two inches in all cases. | 10 inches. |
| 2 | 5 " | 4 " | 11 " | |
| 3 | 4 " | 6 " | 12 " | |
| 4 | 3 " | 8 " | 13 " | |
| 5 | 2 " | 10 " | 14 " | |
| 6 | 1 " | 12 " | 15 " | |
| 7 | Nil. | 14 " | 16 " |
WIDTH OF BOX TWENTY INCHES.
| No. of Heads. | Pressure-board. | Opening. | Bar. | Total depth of Box. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6\u00bd inches | 1 inch | Two inches in all cases. | 9\u00bd inches. |
| 2 | 6 " | 2 inches | 10 " | |
| 3 | 5\u00bd " | 3 " | 10\u00bd " | |
| 4 | 5 " | 4 " | 11 " | |
| 5 | 4\u00bd " | 5 " | 11\u00bd " | |
| 6 | 4 " | 6 " | 12 " | |
| 7 | 3\u00bd " | 7 " | 12\u00bd " | |
| 8 | 3 " | 8 " | 13 " | |
| 9 | 2\u00bd " | 9 " | 13\u00bd " | |
| 10 | 2 " | 10 " | 14 " | |
| 11 | 1\u00bd " | 11 " | 14\u00bd " | |
| 12 | 1 " | 12 " | 15 " | |
| 13 | 0\u00bd " | 13 " | 15\u00bd " | |
| 14 | Nil " | 14 " | 16 " |
Note.—When not more than seven sluice-heads are to be guaged, either of the above scales may be used.
10. WATER TO BE GUAGED WHEN DEMANDED.
All holders of water-rights shall place a guage-box in their respective races, within seven days after receiving a written notice from any person entitled to receive a supply of water from the same source; but when the sluice-head of water allowed by Clause 8 is required in the natural course of a stream, it shall be the duty of the person requiring it to guage it immediately above the point where the water is required.
When water is taken from one source only, the supply shall be gauged at the source of supply; but if the race is fed or supplied in part by any side stream or streams, the gauge-box shall be placed immediately below the last of such side streams.
11. NUMBER OF SLUICE-HEADS ALLOWED.
The number of sluice-heads allowed for any race shall, in ordinary cases, be one head for each person: provided that in races not exceeding one mile in length, it shall not be lawful for the Warden to grant any water-right exceeding four sluice-heads, unless there shall appear to him to be extraordinary difficulties in the construction of the race; and that in races exceeding one mile in length where a large outlay is required, any larger number of sluice-heads may be allowed, due regard being had to the amount of water in the source from which the race heads, and to the probable requirements of the persons in the neighbourhood thereof: and provided also, that there shall be engaged in making beneficial use of the water at least one person for each sluice-head.
12. WATER NOT TO BE WASTED.
Holders of rights shall not allow any water to run to waste; but such water shall be appropriated to the use of the next holder of a right, according to the date of their respective registrations.
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Nelson Provincial Gazette 1868, No 29
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