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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
by Crown Lands; thence in a north-west direction
3580 links in an irregular line, bounded on both sides
by Crown Lands; thence in a south-west direction
3745 links in an irregular line, bounded on both sides
by Crown Lands, public road, and lot 26; thence in
a north-west direction 1810 links in an irregular line,
bounded on both sides by lots Nos. 26 and 25;
thence in a south-west direction 7015 links in an
irregular line, bounded on both sides by lot 25,
public road, and lots No. 28 and 29; thence in a
north-west direction 11,139 links in an irregular line,
bounded on both sides by lot No. 29, public road,
and lots Nos. 23, 22, and 21; thence in a south-west
direction 596 links, bounded on both sides by lot 21.
All lots beyond 182 being Crown Lands. The whole
length of the road being 7 miles, or thereabout, and
the breadth 1 chain, except where otherwise shown;
the same being correctly delineated on the plans
marked No. 1 and No. 2, referred to in the body of
this Proclamation.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor..

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
seventeenth day of February, 1872.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Gold Mining Districts Act,
1871," it is, among other things, enacted that
no rule or regulation made under the said Act shall
become or have the effect of law until the same shall
have been approved by the Governor in Council as
therein mentioned: And whereas, by virtue of the
powers delegated to Thomas Bannatyne Gillies,
Esquire, the Superintendent of the Province of Auck-
land, by the Governor in Council, under his hand
and the Public Seal of the Colony, under the said
Act, the said Thomas Bannatyne Gillies hath made
the Rules and Regulations set forth in the Schedule
hereto for the Hauraki Gold Mining District, within
the said Province:

Now therefore, His Excellency Sir George Fergu-
son Bowen, the Governor of the Colony of New
Zealand, in pursuance of the provisions of the said
Act, in exercise of every power and authority enabling
him in that behalf, and by and with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council of the said Colony,
doth hereby approve of the said Rules and Regulations
so made by the said Thomas Bannatyne Gillies as
aforesaid, for the

HAURAKI GOLD MINING DISTRICT,
in the Province of Auckland, and as the same rules
and regulations are set forth in the Schedule hereto.

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.

By THOMAS BANNATYNE GILLIES, Esquire, Super-
intendent of the Province of Auckland.

BY virtue of the powers to me delegated by the
Governor in Council, under his hand and the
Public Seal of the Colony, under "The Gold Mining
Districts Act, 1871," I do hereby make the following
Rules and Regulations for the Hauraki Gold Mining
District within the Province of Auckland.

Given under my hand, at Auckland, this
twenty-second day of January, one thou-
sand eight hundred and seventy-two.

THOMAS B. GILLIES,
Superintendent.

SCHEDULE.

REGULATIONS FOR THE HAURAKI GOLD MINING
DISTRICT.

Interpretation.

1. In these Regulations, —
   Warden shall mean any Warden appointed for
   the said district.
   Miner, Person, Owner, and Claim shall include
   the plural as well as the singular.
   Miner shall mean the holder of a miner's
   right.
   Person shall include corporations and incorpo-
   rated companies.
   Claim shall include both claims and licensed
   holdings, save where otherwise expressed.
   Mine (verb) shall mean mining for gold, or
   any operation necessarily connected there-
   with.
   Mine (noun) shall mean any shaft, tunnel, or
   excavation made for the purpose of gold
   mining.
   Day shall mean a working day, exclusive of
   Sundays and holidays.
   The Act shall mean "The Gold Mining
   Districts Act, 1871."

Miners' Rights.
2. Miners' rights shall be issued by the Receivers
of Revenue at Grahamstown and Coromandel.

Production of Miners' Rights.
3. Every holder of a miner's right must exhibit the
same on demand of the Warden or any person duly
authorized in writing by him.

Management and Administration of District.
4. The management and administration of the
affairs of that portion of the district lying north of
the Waikawau Block shall be conducted by the Warden
for the time being resident at Coromandel, and of the
portion lying south of the said boundary by the
Warden for the time being resident at Grahamstown.

Plans to be Approved.
5. Every plan lodged under section 12 of the Act
must be subject to the approval of the Warden.

Claims to be Marked.
6. There shall be erected and maintained on every
claim, in some conspicuous place near to the entrance
to the workings thereof, a board, not less than five feet
above the ground, on which shall be printed or painted
in legible characters (1) the name of the claim, (2)
the number of men's ground contained in it, (3) the
number of men authorized by the Warden from time
to time to hold and work the same.

Working of Claims.
7. Every claim shall be bonâ fide and continuously
worked from day to day, unless protected, or sufficient
reason from some urgent cause be proved to the satis-
faction of the Warden.
8. Necessary preparations for working any claim or
work in connection therewith, or in the erection of
machinery for the same, shall be deemed to be working
the claim.

Forfeiture of Claims.
9. No forfeiture of any claim or portion thereof, or
of any share or interest therein, shall accrue from non-
working through the neglect, absence, or omission on
the part of any workman employed thereon or of any
tributer: Provided that the owner of such claim,
portion, share, or interest, shall, without undue delay,
after notice in writing, signed by the Mining Inspector,
served upon him or posted on the claim, proceed to
rectify such neglect, absence, or omission.