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NELSON GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

The Warden shall have power at any time to
rectify the boundaries of beach claims, or to define a
base line to which the side boundaries shall be at right
angles as nearly as circumstances permit.

Beach claims shall not interfere with any traffic
along the beach, nor with the discharge of water,
tailings, or other matters thereon, provided that the
Warden shall have power to prevent or regulate the
discharge of such water, tailings, or other matters.

VII. EXTENDED ALLUVIAL CLAIMS.

1. When any extraordinary expenditure of capital
   or labor is requisite, or when ground has been fairly
   tested, and has been abandoned for three months, ex-
   tended mining claims may be granted by the Warden
   upon application being made as hereinafter directed,
   subject to the condition that the number of men to be
   employed upon such extended claim shall be, for the
   first half an acre or part of half an acre, two men, and
   one man for each additional half acre or part of half
   an acre.

2. FORM OF APPLICATION.

Application for extended claims shall be made to the
Warden in the form of Schedule C, and be accom-
panied 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, 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 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.

VIII. PROSPECTING.

1. DISCOVERY TO BE REPORTED.

Any person discovering new gold workings, and
being desirous of obtaining an increased area
thereon, shall mark off an area of ground according to
the subjoined scale, and shall immediately report
such discovery, with full particulars, to the Warden,
and the ground so marked off shall be protected
until the Warden, or Mining Surveyor, shall have
visited the ground, and the Warden shall have finally
refused or granted the claim. The claim so to be
marked off shall not exceed a double area where the
ground is distant not more than three miles from
existing workings, and shall not exceed a treble area
where the distance is more than three miles, provided
that the increased grant be not given to more than six
persons comprising the party.

DOUBLE AREA.

For 1 man . . 7,200 square feet = 120 feet x 60 feet.
For 2 men . . 14,400 " = 170 " x 85 "
" 3 " . . 21,600 " = 208 " x 104 "
" 4 " . . 28,800 " = 240 " x 120 "
" 5 " . . 36,000 " = 268 " x 134 "
" 6 " . . 43,200 " = 294 " x 147 "

TREBLE AREA.

For 1 man . . 10,800 square feet = 147 feet x 73 feet.
For 2 men . . 21,600 " = 208 " x 104 "
" 3 " . . 32,400 " = 255 " x 127 "
" 4 " . . 43,200 " = 294 " x 147 "
" 5 " . . 54,000 " = 328 " x 165 "
" 6 " . . 64,800 " = 360 " x 180 "

2. PROSPECTING AREA.

The Warden may, if he shall think fit, grant pro-
tection for a prospecting area, in ground not within
one mile of existing workings, or within half a mile
of any other such protected area, not exceeding 100
feet per man frontage by a depth of 400 yards; given
such protection shall continue in force until gold be
struck or the ground abandoned for twenty-four hours,
provided that such certificate of protection shall be
brought to the warden for renewal monthly.

3. PROSPECTING AREAS TO BE MARKED.

All such areas shall be marked at each corner by
posts, six inches through and four feet above the
surface of the ground, and a notice shall be maintained
upon each post with the words "Prospecting Area"
legibly written upon a board; and upon payable gold
being struck, the party shall mark off a prospecting
claim, and proceed as directed by Clause 1 of this
Section.

4. NOTICES TO BE POSTED BY THE WARDEN.

Notices of all prospecting claims and areas granted,
with full particulars of locality, yield of gold, and
description of workings, shall be posted by the
Warden on the outside of his office, for public informa-
tion.

IX. TUNNELLING.

1. WALLS.

A wall of not less than ten feet shall be maintained
on each side of any main tunnel, or between two main
tunnels.