THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

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authorized person shall not be entitled to any
protection in the possession of his claim.

Extent and position of Claim.
4. The extent of ground that may be
occupied by any person holding a Miner's
Right shall be, whether for sinking, surface
digging, river working, or cradling, or for
sluicing on ground or plank, or for mining on
quartz reefs :-

feet square.
For shallow sinking under 30 ft. deep 30
" deep
" from 30ft. to 50 ft. 40
" " from 50 to 100 ft. 50
" " from 100 to 150 ft. 55
" " from 150 ft. upwards 60
" quartz-mining, 50 ft. along the reef by
150 feet on each side from the
centre of the reef
" river mining, 36 ft. frontage, with 12
feet of each bank allowed for the
convenience of forming races, but
which may be worked throughout.
A wall of 6 feet to be left between
such banks and any adjoining claim.
5. The Commissioner may grant a double
claim for alluvial or river mining on ground
which has been already worked.

Space left between Claims.
6. A space or wall of 3 feet in breadth for
shallow sinking, and 6 feet for deep, must be
left between the boundaries of adjoining
claims which shall continue in its natural
state. On special application, any number
of alluvial claims may be united, half in front
and half in rear; and in such case, the par-
tition between such united claims and the
next, shall be six feet in width.
7. The wall being the common property of
the claim holders between whose claims such
wall may be situated, no party shall take
down, mine into, or remove any such wall
without obtaining the consent in writing
thereto of the owners of adjoining claims.
But the party so working or removing the
said wall must secure the ground by placing
props with good and sufficient caps and sole
pieces, not more than 3 feet apart along the
entire length of the wall so worked or re-
moved. But in case that some of the claim
holders refuse to divide the wall with the
owners of the adjoining claim, the final
decision shall rest with the Warden.
8. Any person taking up a claim shall do
so immediately adjoining a previous one, with
the usual passage, or leave at least a complete
claim and passage between.

Claims to be staked out.
9. Every claim must be distinctly marked
by pegs driven firmly into the ground, one at
each corner thereof, and standing at least two
feet above the surface of the ground, and all
to be kept clearly visible so long as the claim
is occupied; provided, that when any corner
cannot be so marked on account of the nature
of the ground, such peg be fixed at the
nearest practicable point.
All Reef claims are required to be
marked off, due North and South, on the

supposed course of the reef; and the width
of 150 feet on each side of it, to be taken
East and West. All boundaries on forest
land to be well marked on the nearest large
trees, and their distance from the pegs noted
down, so as to prevent future trespass or
litigation.

All claims of whatever kind are required
to be surveyed, as soon as possible, under
instructions from the Commissioner, and at
the cost of the claimants, by a Surveyor
approved by the Government. A Plan of
such survey to be lodged in the Commis-
sioner's office. Any claims left unsurveyed,
without a sufficient reason, will receive no
protection in case of disputes arising as to
their boundaries.

No fossicking or surface digging will be
allowed on another man's claim. Everything
found within the parallels of such a claim
shall belong, without restriction, to its
owners.

No person shall remove any peg from a
claim in the occupation of any other person,
nor deface, destroy, or remove any notice
posted in accordance with the Gold Field
Regulations, nor interfere with any mark or
boundary.

Rewards for Prospecting.
10. Persons who discover available lands
for mining shall be entitled to occupy in
addition to their own individual claims.
If not more than two persons, one claim,
If more than two persons, two claims:

Any first comer on a new line of reef,
or taking up ground half a mile a-head on
the same line as that already occupied by
other miners, shall be entitled to mark out
a prospecting claim which shall be confirmed
to him by the Warden, on the discovery of
payable gold, a fact to be ascertained by the
Warden himself.

Amalgamation of Claims.
11. The Warden may, upon sufficient
cause being shown, permit the amalgamation
of any adjoining claims (but not exceeding
in the whole the extent of ground allowed
for 24 persons, when taken in a line, or for
32 persons, when taken in a block) upon
such terms and conditions as he may con-
sider necessary to secure the effectual work-
ing thereof; Provided that seven clear days'
notice, in writing, in the form hereinafter
set forth, shall be given to the Warden by
the persons desiring to amalgamate such
claims; and copies of such notices shall be
posted on each of the claims which it is
proposed to amalgamate for a like period of
seven clear days, at the expiration whereof
the Warden may proceed to issue a Certifi-
cate of Registration.

Form of Notice.
(District and date.)
We hereby give notice that we desire to
amalgamate our claims, situate at (here state
locality), for the more efficient working
thereof; and we declare that the following
particulars are true in every respect.