624 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Angle Trench.

5. After every claim shall have been marked out with a post at each angle thereof, as required by the Act, and previous to notice of marking out, registration, or application for license, the owner thereof shall cut an L trench six feet long and six inches deep along the boundary lines, commencing from each angle post.

Notice of Marking out.

6. The owner, or one of the owners, of every claim situated within a radius of five miles from the nearest Warden’s Office shall, within forty-eight hours after marking out the same (or within ninety-six hours if the claim shall be situated outside that radius), give notice thereof to the Mining Registrar, in the form hereunto annexed, marked Schedule A, stating the situation and the day and hour of marking out such claim, and all other particulars therein prescribed: Provided that in lieu of such notice any such claim may be registered in the Mining Registrar’s Office within forty-eight hours (or ninety-six hours, as the case may be) after such marking out, in manner hereinafter provided.

Claim to be Registered, or License applied for within ten days.

7. Within ten days after marking out any such claim, the owner, or one of the owners, thereof shall register the same in the Mining Registrar’s Office, in the manner hereinafter prescribed, unless he shall make application to the Warden for a license, in the form hereunto annexed, marked Schedule B.

Unoccupied Land contiguous to a Licensed Holding.

8. The owner of any licensed holding upon which bonâ fide mining operations are being carried on, who may desire to include therein any unoccupied land, not exceeding in area one-third of such licensed holding, and which shall be situated immediately contiguous thereto, may, after having registered such land as a claim, apply to the Warden for permission to hold the same unworked until application is made for a license to include the same as hereinafter provided; and upon the report of the Mining Inspector the Warden may, in the exercise of his discretion, grant or refuse such application: Provided that such permission shall be revoked and determined if the owner of such licensed holding shall cease to carry on bonâ fide mining operations. And provided also that before the next annual payment in respect of such licensed holding shall become due, the license for the same shall be surrendered, and a new application be made for the whole of the land to be included in one license.

Claims presumed to be abandoned.

9. When it shall come to the knowledge of the Mining Inspector that any claim, not being a licensed holding, has remained unworked for a period of seven days, he shall issue a notice to the owner thereof, or to any person holding a registered interest therein, in the form hereunto annexed, marked Schedule C, stating that upon a day to be fixed in such notice, not being less than seven nor more than fourteen days from the day of service, or of the posting of such notice, whichever may last be done, as hereinafter prescribed, he will certify that such claim has been abandoned, unless objection thereto in writing be previously lodged at the Mining Inspector’s office by the owner or some other person holding a registered interest therein. Such notice may be served personally on the owner, or some one of the owners if there are more than one, if he or they can conveniently be found, and if not, such notice shall be posted upon some conspicuous part of the land comprised in the claim, and a copy thereof outside the Warden’s Office.

If Objection made.

10. If previous to the day fixed as aforesaid any person holding a registered interest in such claim shall have lodged with the Mining Inspector a written objection to such claim being certified as abandoned, the Mining Inspector shall forego such proceedings, but may apply to the Warden to declare such claim forfeited.

If no Objection made.

11. If on such day fixed as aforesaid no objection shall have been lodged thereto, the Mining Inspector shall forward to the Mining Registrar a certificate to the effect that such claim has been abandoned, and the Mining Registrar shall file such certificate in his office, and shall make an entry of the same in the register of such claim.

Claims when deemed abandoned.

12. A registered claim, not being a licensed holding, shall be deemed to be abandoned when notice thereof shall have been given to the Mining Registrar, as provided by Regulation 69, or when an entry shall have made in the register of such claim by the Mining Registrar, pursuant to the foregoing section.

Claims to be bonâ fide worked.

13. Every claim shall be bonâ fide and continuously worked from day to day, unless protected, or sufficient reason be proved to the satisfaction of the Warden, and there shall be employed therein or thereon, for gold-mining purposes, at least one man for every fifteen thousand square feet of land comprised in the claim.

Neglect or Absence of Workmen.

14. No forfeiture of any claim or portion thereof, or 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, in the form hereto annexed, marked Schedule D, served upon him or posted on the claim, proceed to rectify such neglect, absence or omission.

No Jumping allowed.

15. No person shall take possession of any ground held and registered as a claim, or of any registered right or privilege whatsoever, without the consent of the owner, or the authority of the Warden in writing, or of the Mining Inspector, under section thirty-six of the Act, unless such claim, right, or privilege has been surrendered or abandoned by entry in the Mining Register.

Injuries to Claims.

16. No person shall remove, injure, destroy, or deface any posts, pegs, logs, fence, notice, or any mining plant of any description, or interfere with any mark or boundary, without permission of the owner of the claim on which the same is situated.

Notice before Blasting.

17. Five minutes previous to the discharge of any blast of gunpowder, or other explosive substance, within fifty feet from the surface of the ground, due notice of such intended discharge shall be given by the persons preparing the same to all other persons working, residing, or passing within a distance of one hundred yards from the place of such discharge. When any road or footpath passes through any such claim, a red flag, not less than one foot square, shall be exhibited at each extremity of the intersection of the claim by such road or footpath for five minutes before the discharge.

Prevention of Accidents.

18. Any person who may sink a shaft, or make an excavation on his claim, shall substantially fence in, to the satisfaction of the Mining Inspector, such shaft or excavation to the height of at least four feet,