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lawful for the Commissioner, in conjunction
with the Assessors, to award such sum or sums
to be paid as may seem to them or any two of
them (and of whom the said Commissioner
shall always be one) to be justly due to the
persons who constructed the works.

Right of Road over Claims.

20. Upon any four or more persons applying
    for a road or crossing place over any gully,
    creek, quartz reef, tail race, or other obstruc-
    tion, and guaranteeing that they will make the
    same if sanctioned, the Commissioner shall de-
    termine whether or not such road or crossing
    place is necessary, and shall make such order
    relative thereto as he may deem requisite; and
    no person shall in any way resist the making
    of any such road or crossing place, after its
    formation shall have been authorised by the
    Commissioner: Provided that when a road
    shall have been formed on an occupied claim it
    shall be lawful for the holder or holders of such
    claim to work the ground over or through
    which the road passes, if he or they pre-
    viously construct another road in lieu thereof,
    and equivalent in value or usefulness to that
    proposed to be worked by him or them.

Discontinuing working of Claim, the same
to be forfeited.

21. No Miner or party of Miners shall at
    one and the same time hold more than one
    claim, proportionate to the number, or hold
    any claim in reserve or non-worked beyond the
    space of 48 hours; and such proceeding will
    be considered as a relinquishment of right to
    any claim, however much previously worked,
    unless sufficient reason, such as sickness or
    some other urgent cause, can be shown to the
    satisfaction of the Commissioner on the claim
    becoming a subject of dispute. But the Com-
    missioner may, at his discretion, suspend for
    seven days the operation of this regulation, as
    regards the period during which a claim may
    remain unworked or in reserve; but in such
    cases the suspension shall be given in writing.

"Shepherding" forbidden. 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.

The Registration, &c., of Claims.

22. If any person shall satisfy the Commis-
    sioner that he has reasonable cause for longer
    discontinuance than seven days, the Commis-
    sioner may register his claim, and such protec-
    tion as aforesaid shall be granted to him upon
    such registration, for a term not exceeding
    three months.

23. Permission to retain a claim unworked
    may be granted by the Warden, or any person
    duly authorised, and the same shall be thereon
    registered for three months, during which time
    he shall be entitled to occupy a claim else-
    where. Such registration may be once
    renewed. The causes for which a claim shall
    be registered under this regulation shall be—
    (1). Any claim having been proved to the
    satisfaction of the Commissioner to have been
    worked by the party wishing to register for at

least three months, no payable quartz having
been obtained from the claim for at least one
month previous.
(2). Sickness.
(3). Any claim which is sunk and worked
to the water, the party being unable to over-
come the same, the adjoining claims not being
down to the water.
(4). Any claim the holder of which intends
to procure machinery for quartz-crushing, or
water-bailing, during the term of registration.

Application.

24. Application for permission to register
    must be made by a majority of the shareholders
    in writing to the Commissioner, stating—
    (1). Date of application.
    (2). Situation of the reef, and locality of the
    claim.
    (3). Reasons for registering.

Certificate.

25. A Certificate of Registration shall be
    given to the applicant by the Commissioner,
    stating the reasons for which the claim is regis-
    tered.

Assigning False Reasons.

26. Any party assigning any of the reasons
    above named, such not being true, shall not be
    protected in the possession of the claim by
    such registration.

Claims—how to be worked.

27. Any reef claim of 400 feet, held by
    eight men, must be worked regularly every day
    by at least four of the party until payable
    quartz is found, when the full number of mem-
    bers shall be employed on the claim.
    The claims of six are to be worked by
    three, those of eight by four, and so on in the
    same ratio.

Names to be kept posted.

28. The names of the working party must
    always be kept posted on some conspicuous
    part of the claim. This regulation to apply
    to reef mining and deep alluvial sinking.

Taking possession of forfeited Claims.

29. Any holder of a Miner's Right may
    take possession of a claim supposed to be for-
    feited by its last occupant. Provided that if
    it shall be found, upon reference to the Com-
    missioner, that the claim had not been legally
    forfeited, the Commissioner shall replace such
    occupant in possession.

Transfers of Claims.

30. Claims may be transferred to any
    authorised person, but such transfer shall not
    be legal until it has been registered in the
    office of the Commissioner. The fee for
    registering the transfer of any claim shall be
    five shillings for every claim so registered.

Tunnelling.

31. Any miner or company of miners wish-
    ing to cut a tunnel for quartz reef through
    unoccupied ground, shall be allowed 20 feet in
    breadth as a protection for their tunnel, for any
    necessary distance outside the parallel boundary
    of their quartz claim, and also a space of 60