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and maintain the same during the occupancy of such
claim, and shall leave it so fenced on relinquishment
or abandonment of the claim. Where from the
nature of the ground it is impossible to prevent the
descent of rocks, boulders, stones, earth, or other
heavy substances when disturbed by working, it shall
not be lawful to mine on such claim unless notice
boards, with the words "Danger from Stones," in
letters not less than four inches in length painted
thereon, shall be placed at intervals of ten yards
along any line of road or footpath near to the place
where such rock, stone, or heavy substance is likely
to fall.

19. No person shall remove any props or timber
    the removal of which may endanger life or injure the
    workings of any claim, and no person shall draw
    slabs or timber out of any shaft without filling in
    such shaft as timber is removed.

Amalgamation.

20. The owners of any number of adjoining claims
    not being licensed holdings may amalgamate the
    same, provided the area of such amalgamated claim
    shall not exceed thirty acres. Such owners desiring
    amalgamation shall sign in duplicate a writing in the
    form in the Schedule hereto appended, marked E,
    and deposit the same in the office of the Mining
    Registrar, who shall return one of such writings,
    sealed with the seal of the office, to the parties, and
    thereon the several claims mentioned in such writing
    shall be amalgamated, and thenceforth be held and
    worked as one claim.

Rent to be returned if License refused.

21. A deposit paid in respect of rent upon any
    application for license under section thirty-nine of
    the Act shall be returned to the applicant if the
    license shall be refused by the Warden, but no such
    deposit shall be returned upon the withdrawal of
    any such application for license: Provided that if
    previous to the advertised day for granting such
    license the applicant shall desire to withdraw any
    such application for the purpose of immediately
    making another application for a license to include
    the same and other ground, he may be permitted to
    do so, subject to such reduction as rental for occu-
    pation as in the opinion of the Warden the circum-
    stances may require; and the balance of such deposit
    so paid in respect of rent upon the previous applica-
    tion shall then be retained by the Receiver of
    Revenue in part payment of the deposit required to
    be made under such new application.

Tunnelling.

22. The owner of any claim who shall desire to
    make or to use any already made level, adit, drive,
    or tunnel through other Crown lands, whether held
    as claims or not, shall apply to the Warden, in writ-
    ing, in the form hereto appended, marked Schedule
    F, who, upon hearing all parties, may make such
    order as to him shall seem just, and may grant to
    the applicant a certificate, in the form hereto ap-
    pended, marked Schedule G, with conditions pre-
    scribing the mode in and the terms on which such
    level, adit, drive, or tunnel may be made or used;
    and the Warden shall fix the compensation, if any,
    to be paid to any person who may be injured there-
    by. In making any such application, it shall be the
    duty of the applicant to satisfy the Warden that all
    parties affected thereby have received due notice of
    the same.

Débris.

23. The owner of any claim who shall be unable
    to discharge the débris from his workings upon his
    own ground may, on application to the Warden, in
    the form hereunto annexed, marked Schedule H,
    obtain authority to discharge the same upon or con-
    vey the same over any adjacent claim or claims, or
    unoccupied ground, with permission to occupy there-

on sufficient space for the discharge of such débris,
provided such discharge, conveyance, or occupation
does not interfere with the working of such adjacent
claim or claims; and it shall be the duty of the ap-
plicant to satisfy the Warden that all parties likely
to be affected thereby have received due notice of such
application; and, if there be no valid objection there-
to, the Warden may grant such authority, in the form
hereto annexed, marked Schedule I, with such con-
ditions as he may think fit.

Protection of Claims.

24. Permission to hold a claim unworked, as pro-
    vided in Section sixty-one of the Act, shall be applied
    for in the form hereto annexed, marked Schedule K.

25. The Warden may grant permission to any
    person wishing to retain possession of quartz, or other
    auriferous substances, to have the same protected for
    a period not exceeding six months, provided that
    such substance is properly stacked, and that a board,
    with the owner's name, address, and date of stacking
    legibly written or painted thereon, be posted close to
    such stack.

Notice of Protection to be posted on Claims.

26. On all protected claims there shall be erected,
    in some conspicuous place near the entrance to the
    workings thereof, a board not less than nine inches
    square, standing at least five feet above the ground,
    with the word "Protected" and the number of
    the protection certificate legibly painted or marked
    thereon.

Notices of Forfeiture by Inspector.

27. All notices of liability to forfeiture required to
    be given by the Inspector under section ninety-two
    of the Act, in respect of any licensed holding, water-
    race, dam, or reservoir, shall be in the form hereto
    appended, marked Schedule M, or to the like effect;
    and when any rights under a machine, business, or
    residence license shall be deemed forfeited under
    section one hundred and twenty-six of the Act, the
    Inspector shall give notice to the licensee, in the
    form hereto appended, marked Schedule N, or to
    the like effect, and such last-mentioned notices shall
    be served in the manner prescribed for serving
    notices by section ninety-three of the Act.

Declaration of Forfeiture.

28. All notices of the Inspector's decision declar-
    ing the forfeiture of any license shall be in the form
    hereto appended, marked Schedule O, or to the like
    effect.

Forfeited Land, how dealt with after Application or Sale.

29. The right of occupation to any forfeited land
    previously held as a claim or licensed holding, when
    granted by the Warden to any person under section
    thirty-four or under sections one hundred and ten
    and one hundred and eleven of the Act, shall be
    exercised by marking out such land as a claim within
    forty-eight hours from the time of acquiring such
    right, and failing such marking out, the land shall be
    open to any person under the Act.

PART II.

Water Races, Dams, and Reservoirs.

Water Rights.

30. Any person desiring to obtain a license for the
    construction of a water-race shall make application
    in writing, in the form hereunto appended, marked
    Schedule P, and shall furnish, within fourteen days of
    making such application, a plan for the information of
    the Warden, showing the point of commencement of
    such race, its intended course, and the point of its
    termination.

Heads of Races.

31. All races shall have a point specified at which
    they shall be taken from the creek or river. No