NELSON GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. 97

13. VACANT SHARES.

In the event of any claim or share not being occupied as directed by these regulations, for the first 24 hours, any person may occupy the same by occupation during the hours and at the time set forth, and he shall be entitled to have his name placed upon the certificate upon proving to the Warden that the share was vacant, and that he has complied with the regulations.

14. OCCUPATION AFTER REGISTRATION.

In all ordinary and extended quartz claims half the number of men shall be entitled to hold the ground during the first six months, after which date the claim must be fully manned, but it shall be lawful for the Warden from time to time on application to grant the privileges of half occupation for such an extended period as he may deem fit.

15. PROTECTION FOR LABOR DONE.

The owner of any quartz claim which shall have been fully occupied and worked for a period of six months shall be entitled to be exempted from working the same for a period of three months from the date on which such work ceased, provided that the said owner shall, within three days of the commencement of such period of exemption, lodge at the Warden's office an application in the form of Schedule hereunto annexed, and the Warden may thereupon issue to the said owner a certificate.

16. SLUDGE.

Where machinery is employed, an embankment for the purpose of retaining the sludge must be constructed, except the sludge can be more conveniently carried off by drainage without injury to any other person.

17. WALL TO BE LEFT.

A wall of six (6) feet shall be left between quartz claims. Should any party neglect to leave a full wall, it shall be competent to deduct the length necessary for such wall from 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.

18. SURPLUS GROUND IN QUARTZ CLAIMS.

Whenever complaint shall be made to the Warden that any person is occupying more ground as a quartz claim than he is lawfully entitled to, the Warden may forthwith direct a survey to be made of the claim, and should there be any surplus ground, the Warden may declare it forfeited, and it shall be marked off from which ever end of the claim the Warden shall think fit. The cost of survey shall be cost in the cause, but must in the first instance be deposited with the Warden by the applicant for the surplus ground.

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 X.

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.

DREDGING CLAIMS.

1. SIZE OF CLAIMS.

In Dredging Claims each holder of a Miner's Right shall be entitled to an area of 150 feet along the course of the river or stream, by a width bounded by the ordinary high water mark.

2. HOW TO BE MARKED OUT.

Dredging Claims must be marked out at right angles to the course of the river or stream and by a peg or post, standing not less than three feet above the surface of the ground, at each of the four corners thereof.

3. REGISTRATION.

All Dredging Claims must be applied for and registered in accordance with the provisions of Section X. of the Regulations now in force.

4. SURVEY.

The Warden may require the applicant or applicants for a Dredging Claim to have the same surveyed, and to deposit a plan thereof with the Mining Registrar.

VI.—BEACH CLAIMS.

Beach claims shall mean all claims extending below highwater mark on the sea beach.

Such claims shall in all cases be deemed to be extended to the sea, although their boundaries in that direction be not marked by pegs, and although the area so held be greater than could be held without this Regulation, and this Regulation shall not interfere with any power which the Warden may otherwise have to grant extended claims of any kind upon the beach.