NELSON GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. 95

claims shall be marked by pegs placed not more than
50 feet apart. The holders of such claims shall be
required, within a reasonable time after the discovery
of gold within their parallels, to mark off a claim of
the ordinary size, the boundaries of which shall
correspond with the parallels of the frontage claim.

7. SHEPHERDING.

All persons, during the first seven days from the
date of occupation, must be present on their claims
for two consecutive hours, between nine a.m. and
twelve noon; and no person shall be deemed to possess
a valid title to any claim unless the same shall be
fairly worked during the entire period of occupancy.
Any claim not represented as above provided, during
the first seven days, or unworked at any time for
twenty-four consecutive hours, shall be deemed to be
forfeited, unless sufficient reason, such as sickness or
other good cause, shall be proved to the satisfaction of
the Warden.

8. AMALGAMATION.

The Warden may, upon sufficient cause being
shown, permit the amalgamation of two or more
adjoining claims; and persons desirous of amalgama-
ting their claims shall give notice and otherwise
proceed as Section X. No permanently
amalgamated quartz claim shall exceed 1920 feet
measured along the course of the reef.

III.—WET CLAIMS.

1. TO WHAT DISTRICTS APPLICABLE.

The subjoined regulations for "wet claims" shall be
declared by the Warden to be in force upon any
portion of a goldfield, upon the receipt by him of a
memorial signed by a majority of not less than three-
fourths of the claim-holders affected thereby; and the
boundaries of such districts shall be set forth in notices
to be posted outside of the Warden's office, and in
some newspaper circulated in the district; and it shall
be lawful for the Warden, upon receipt of a further
memorial, signed by a like proportion of claim-holders,
to alter the boundaries of such district, or to suspend
the operation of the regulations contained in this
section.

2. DRAINAGE.

The owners of wet claims shall, whenever practica-
ble, cut a sufficient drain to convey the water to a main
channel, which channel shall be cut and kept clear by
or at the proportionate expense of all parties
interested.

3. BALING.

The owners of any wet claim refusing or neglecting
to bale their fair proportion of water, shall render their
claim liable to forfeiture.

4. CONTINUAL BALING.

When the quantity of water renders constant baling
necessary, it shall be compulsory on all parties
holding claims below a given point on the lead or reef
(such point to be determined by the Warden and
Assessors) to work in sinking and baling both day and
night, until the claims are worked out or abandoned,
or until baling is suspended by general consent.

5. COMPENSATION FOR DRAINAGE.

When any person shall drain any ground by any
means whatever, such person shall be entitled to
receive compensation from the holders of all claims
benefitted thereby; and the amount of compensation
to be paid by each party shall be determined by the
Warden, or, if preferred by any party, by the Warden
and Assessors, who shall determine in what manner
such compensation shall be paid, whether in one sum
or by instalments, weekly or otherwise, by way of
rental, during such time as the benefit lasts, and the
said amount may be re-adjusted from time to time as
may be equitable.

IV.—QUARTZ CLAIMS.

1. MARKING OFF QUARTZ CLAIMS.

All quartz claims shall be marked by four sub-
stantial corner posts at least four inches square and
standing three feet above the surface of the ground,
one end line shall be cut, and the trees blazed on such
line from peg to peg. And all such posts and lines
shall be maintained free from rubbish, and clear so as
to be readily observed. Prospecting claims must be
marked both ends in a similar manner. The frontage
length of all quartz claims shall be parallel with the
course or supposed course of the reef, and all veins,
leaders, and alluvial deposits within the said claims
shall be the property of the holders thereof, save as
hereinafter provided.

2. PROSPECTING AREA.

The Warden, on application, may, if he think fit,
grant protection for a prospecting area in ground not
within half a mile of any other existing quartz
workings, nor within half a mile of any other such
area, not exceeding three hundred yards square, pro-
vided always that not less than two men be constantly
employed thereon; and such protection shall continue
in force until the reef be struck, or the ground
abandoned for 48 hours; provided that the certificate
of protection shall be brought to the Warden for
renewal every three months.

3. PROSPECTING AREA TO BE MARKED.

All such areas shall be marked by posts, as in Clause
1 of this Section, and angle lines shall be cut 100 feet
in length from each corner-post, and a notice, with the
words, "Prospecting area" legibly written upon a
board, shall be maintained upon two of the corner-
posts, and upon the reef being struck, the party may
mark off a prospecting claim and apply for the same to
the Warden, and proceed as hereinafter provided.

[Diagram showing Post, Line, and Line 100ft long cut in bush]