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feet square at the mouth of the tunnel, on
which to deposit quartz or other substances.
All such cases to be decided by the Warden.

Conclusion.
32. The regulation of all other operations
and proceedings connected with the proper
working of the gold field shall be left to the
discretion and judgment of the Commissioner,
until otherwise provided for.

Penalty for Breach of Regulations.
33. Every person committing any breach,
whether of omission or commission, of any of
the above rules and regulations, will be liable
to the penalties set forth in Clause Fifty-three
of the Gold Fields Act, 1862: namely, for the
first offence, a fine of any sum not exceeding
ten pounds, and for the second or any subse-
quent offence, not exceeding twenty pounds.
34. One half of the penalty recovered, on
conviction of selling fermented or spirituous
liquors without a license, to be paid to the
informer, or, in case of his being a Government
servant, to be applied in such a way as the
Governor may direct.

Licenses.
35. No liquor licenses to be granted to per-
sons in the occupation of native lands unleased
to the Crown, except with the consent of the
native owners, and on the recommendation of
the Resident Magistrate.
36. Every person engaged in trade or busi-
ness of any kind within the limits of the gold
field, shall obtain from the Commissioner a
business license, for which he shall pay the
sum of five pounds (£5) annually, and shall
be entitled to occupy an allotment of land, the
size of which shall be left to the discretion of
the Commissioner.
37. Every holder of a wholesale license for
the sale of fermented or spirituous liquors in
quantities not less than two gallons, shall pay
a fee for the same of twenty pounds (£20).
Such license to remain in force for the period
of twelve months from the date of issue.
38. Every holder of a retail license for the
sale of fermented and spirituous liquors in any
quantity shall pay a fee for the same, as fixed
by the Governor. The holders of business or
liquor licenses shall, if so required by the Resi-
dent Magistrate, be sworn in as special consta-
bles.
39. All business licenses may be withdrawn
and cancelled by the Commissioner, upon proof
to his satisfaction of a breach of the regulations
of such gold field, or of any disorderly conduct
upon the premises held under such licenses;
and all liquor licenses, whether wholesale or
retail, may be so withdrawn or cancelled by
His Excellency the Governor, or his deputy,
on the recommendation of the Resident Magis-
trate.
40. All business premises, of whatsoever
kind, shall be subject to the same inspection as
is provided under the "Licensing Act."

Table of Fees.
Business License ... ... £ s. d.
Wholesale Spirit License, ... 20 0 0
Retail Spirit License
Miner's Right ... ... 1 0 0
Registering Written Agreement 0 10 0
Registering Transfer of Claim 0 5 0

Fees in Wardens' Court.
... £ s. d.
Hearing by consent, without
previous Summons, includ-
ing Adjudication ... ... 1 0 0
Summons, Hearing, and Ad-
judication ... ... 1 10 0
Juryman's pay, per diem ... 0 7 0
Mileage, for every mile over
ten which the Commissioner
shall travel to hear any case 0 2 0
All Fees to be prepaid.

... The following Sections of the Gold
Fields Act, 1862, of the Licensing Act, and of
the Sale of Spirits Ordinance, are appended
for general information :-
XLIX. Any person not being the owner
of a Miner's Right or of a lease under this
Act, who shall mine for gold upon any pro-
claimed Gold Field, and any person who shall
employ any such unauthorised person so to
mine, and any person not being the holder of
a miner's right, license, or lease, duly empow-
ering hin. in that behalf, and not being an au-
thorised person within the meaning of this Act,
who shall occupy any waste lands in or become
resident upon or at any proclaimed gold field,
shall be liable to the penalties following, that
is to say:-For the first offence, a sum not
exceeding five pounds; for the second or any
subsequent offence, a sum nos exceeding ten
pounds nor less than five pounds.
L. Any person who shall knowingly mine
or employ any person to mine for gold on any
land belonging to a private individual, without
the consent of the owner thereof, or his duly
authorised agent, shall be subject to the like
penalties as are mentioned in the last preceding
clause.
LI. If any person shall forge or alter any
miner's right, license, lease, or other document
issued under the authority of this Act, with in-
tent to defeat the provisions thereof, or to defraud
any person whomsoever, he shall be guilty
of a misdemeanour, and on conviction thereof
before any Court of competent jurisdiction,
shall be subject to fine, or imprisonment with
or without hard labour not exciding three
years, or both, at the discretion of the Court.
LII. If any person shall use or exhibit any
forged miner's right, license, or lease, issued or
purporting to be issued under the authority of
this Act, knowing the same to be forged, or if
any person shall fraudulently personate the
holder of any such miner's right, license, or
lease, or shall falsely and fraudulently represen-
that any servant or other person is an authort
ised person within the meant of this Act, or