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sned shall remain in force till the 1st day of
January, 1853, without any charge.

The Licenses will be issued from the office
of the Colonial Secretary, at Auckland, but
they may be renewed on the Gold Field by a
Commissioner.

No person will be eligible to obtain a
License, or the transfer or renewal of a Li-
cense, unless he shall produce a certificate of
discharge from his last service, or show, to the
satisfaction of the Officer by whom such Li-
censes may be granted, transferred, or renewed,
that he is not a person improperly absent from
hired service.

Any such License as aforesaid may be can-
celled, in case the holder shall be con-
victed, by competent authority, of the illicit
sale of spirituous liquors, wine, ale, or beer,
or of any disorderly or riotous conduct, endan-
gering the public peace.

With a view to the security of person and
property, and to promote peaceable and orderly
conduct on the Gold-field, the name and de-
scription of every person who shall be con-
victed of the illicit sale of Spirituous or other
Liquors, or of disorderly or riotous conduct on
the field, will be forwarded to the officer by
whom Licenses may be issued, transferred, or
renewed, and no License will be granted or
transferred to, or renewed in favour of, any
person so convicted as aforesaid.

Persons found working alluvial Gold on any
Land within the district aforesaid, without hav-
ing previously paid the License Fee to the
proper officer, shall pay £5 instead of the
usual Fee for the first License he may take
out, and, in default thereof, will be proceeded
against according to law.

Every Person desirous of establishing a claim
to a particular portion of unoccupied ground,
by working, in the ordinary method, for Al-
luvial Gold, may have his claim marked out on
the following scale, viz., not less than
(1) 15 feet frontage to either side of a
River.
(2) 20 feet of the bed of a tributary to a
river or main creek, extending across its
whole breadth.
(3) 60 feet of the bed of a Ravine or Water
course.
(4) 20 feet square of table-land, or river
flats.

Such claim will be secured to the party for
such time only as he may continue to hold a
License for and work the same.

If any dispute shall arise in respect of any
such claim, reference should be forthwith made
by the claimant to the Commissioner, who is
hereby authorized to hear and summarily de-
termine the case upon the spot.

The owners of all claims who may employ
men on hire to assist them in working alluvial
Gold, and who may take out Licenses for
them, will be entitled, on application to the
Commissioner, to have the licenses of such men
transferred to other Laborers. In every such
case the License must be produced to the Com-
missioner, who will endorse thereon, without
any additional fee, the name of the Trans-
ferree.

Persons desirous of constructing Tram Roads,
or forming Reservoirs or Dams on the Gold-
field, for the purpose of washing gold, must
make application to the Commissioner for per-
mission so to do: and any Tram Road, Re-
servoir, or Dam which may have been con-
structed with the requisite permission, will be
reserved for the exclusive use of the applicant
in case such Tram Road, Reservoir, or Dam
shall not, in the opinion of the Commissioner,
be detrimental to the public interest.

FORM OF LICENSE REFERRED TO.

GOLD LICENSE.

No. (Date)

The Bearer of
having paid to me the sum of £
hereby License him to dig, search for, and re-
move alluvial Gold, on and from such land on
the Gold Field as shall be duly assigned
to him for that purpose, for the period of One
Calendar Month from the date hereof, subject
to the Government Regulations in force for the
time being for the management of the Gold
Field.

This License does not extend to Matrix Gold,
and it must be produced whenever demanded
by a Commissioner or any person authorized in
that behalf by a Commissioner.

(Signed) Commissioner.

N.B.—Every Licensed Person must always
have his License with him ready to be pro-
duced whenever demanded by a Commissioner,
or Person acting under his instructions, other-
wise he is liable to be proceeded against as an
Unlicensed Person. It is enjoined that all
Persons at the Gold Fields maintain and assist
in maintaining a due and proper observance of
Sundays.

AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERN-
MENT AND NATIVE TRIBES FOR
MANAGEMENT OF GOLD FIELD
ON THE THAMES FOR THE TERM
OF THREE YEARS.

1. That one system be adopted for the
   regulation of all persons searching and dig-
   ging for gold between Cape Colville and
   Kauairanga.

2. The Government undertake to pay in
   respect of the whole Land within the above
   limits, per annum, for three years, for any
   number
   under 500 ... £600
   500 to 1000 ... £900
   1000 to 1500 ... £1200
   1500 to 2000 ... £1500
   and so on in the same proportion.

3. The native owners to register themselves
   and point out their boundaries to the Govern-
   ment, and the money paid to each body of
   owners so registered, to bear the same pro-