THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 835

5. The rate at which water shall be sold for mining
   purposes shall be twenty shillings (20s.) the "Hog-
   burn head" per week of six working days of eight
   hours each.

6. The charge for running water and tailings into
   the sludge channel shall be one shilling and sixpence
   (1s. 6d.) per "Hogburn head" per full week of
   seven days, payable in advance.

7. A day, and hour, and place shall be appointed
   by the Manager for receiving the first applications
   for supplies of water from the race for mining pur-
   poses and for the privilege of connecting tail-races
   with, and running water and tailings into, the sludge
   channel; and the same shall be notified not less than
   seven days previously by advertisement in some
   newspaper circulating in the district where the race
   is situate.

8. Any person desiring to obtain a supply of water
   from the water-race for mining purposes shall apply
   in writing to the Manager, stating the quantity of
   water required, and where to be used, and where and
   when required to be supplied. All such applications
   shall be kept by the Manager, and numbered con-
   secutively as received.

9. If the quantity of water that any person applies
   for is available at the time for sale and delivery
   where specified, the Manager shall issue to the
   applicant a "water ticket" in the Form A in the
   Schedule hereto, setting forth the quantity of water
   the applicant is entitled to be allowed to purchase.

10. The applicant shall present the "water ticket"
    to the Receiver of Gold Revenue (hereinafter called
    "the Receiver"), who shall thereupon receive from
    him, in advance, the price of the water therein men-
    tioned, and give him a "receipt" in the Form B in
    the said Schedule; and it shall be lawful for the
    Receiver from time to time to receive from the
    person named in such "water ticket" the price of
    the water therein mentioned, in advance, without
    requiring the production of a fresh "water ticket,"
    unless or until he shall receive notice from the
    Manager that such person is no longer entitled to be
    the purchaser of such quantity of water.

11. In allotting water to applicants, the Manager
    shall give a preference to the earlier applicants; but
    in case the amount of water applied for shall at any
    time exceed the quantity available for sale and de-
    livery, it shall be lawful for the Manager to allot to
    applicants less quantities of water than they shall
    have applied for, provided that in no case shall the
    Manager reduce the quantity for any one person or
    party to less than five "Hogburn heads" without
    his or their consent.

12. Whenever the supply of water in the race shall
    be less than sufficient to supply to all the customers
    the full quantities of water to which they are entitled,
    it shall be lawful for the Manager to arrange the
    supplies in such manner as he may deem convenient.

13. The Manager shall keep an account in which
    he shall credit each holder of a "water ticket" with
    the amount of money shown in such "receipts" as
    may be produced to him, and shall debit each holder
    of a "water ticket" with the value of water supplied
    to him and of channel fees incurred; and in case of
    reduction of or stoppage of supplies, as in the last
    section provided, the holder of the "water ticket"
    shall be entitled to have the amount made up to him
    in water whenever a sufficient supply shall again be
    available for the purpose, or in channel privileges, or
    in cash by way of refund.

14. In the case of opening new ground, it shall be
    lawful for the Manager, subject to the approval of
    the Warden, to supply water and allow the use of
    the sludge channel on credit during the cutting in of
    a tail-race: Provided that in every such case the
    debt accumulated during the cutting up of such tail-

race shall be paid within six weeks after actual
sluicing has been commenced.

15. The Manager shall turn on the water from the
    race for the supply of purchasers, and turn off the
    same; and no person shall turn on water or turn it
    off, or in any way interfere with the gauges, except
    by authority of the Manager.

16. Any person desiring to cut a tail-race to run
    into or connect with the sludge channel shall apply
    in writing to the Manager, stating where the proposed
    tail-race will connect with the channel, its intended
    dimensions and "fall;" and if on inquiry the Mana-
    ger shall be of opinion that such race may be safely
    allowed to be connected with the channel, he shall
    certify accordingly to the Warden.

17. No certificate for any tail-race to be connected
    with or run into the sludge channel shall be granted
    by the Warden, unless it shall be certified to him by
    the Manager as aforesaid that such tail-race may be
    safely so constructed.

18. The Manager shall not, without special sanc-
    tion of the Warden, certify for the construction of
    any tail-race to be connected with and run into the
    channel of a greater incline than 5 inches in 12 feet
    for a distance back from the point of junction of two
    chains.

19. No tail-race shall be allowed to be made to
    connect with the sludge channel upon its eastern
    side, unless the same be tunnelled in the solid earth
    for a length of at least 66 feet from the bank of the
    sludge channel, or be boxed for the same length, and
    the earth filled in to the surface; and every such
    tail-race shall be fitted with a sufficient gate, which
    shall, if required by the Manager, be kept closed
    during floods: Provided always that this regulation
    shall not apply to the extension of the channel known
    as Brook's Race.

20. No tail-race or head-race or flood channel shall
    be made nearer to the sludge channel than 66 feet on
    its eastern side and 33 feet on its western side, except
    by consent of the Manager.

21. When any tail-race shall have been made
    under the authority of these Regulations, to be con-
    nected with and run into the channel, it shall be
    lawful for the owner or occupier of such tail-race to
    run water and tailings through it into the channel,
    subject to these Regulations.

22. It shall be lawful for the Manager to assess
    the carrying capacity and average discharge of any
    tail-race that shall be connected with and run into
    the sludge channel, and the number of "Hogburn
    heads" so estimated as the average discharge shall
    be mentioned on the "water ticket" which the Mana-
    ger shall give to the owner or occupier of the tail-
    race, and the owner or occupier shall pay weekly, in
    advance, the fees for the said number of "Hogburn
    heads" run into the sludge channel.

23. In case the owner or occupier of any tail-race
    shall be dissatisfied with the Manager's assessment
    of average discharge as aforesaid, he may appeal to
    the Warden, who shall thereupon confirm or vary
    such assessment, and the decision of the Warden
    shall be final.

24. No person using any tail-race shall be allowed
    to discharge water or tailings into the sludge channel
    unless he shall have paid, in advance, the fees for the
    average discharge of such race as aforesaid.

25. The owner or occupier of any tail-race dis-
    charging water and tailings into the sludge channel,
    shall at any time cease to so discharge water and
    tailings when required so to do by the Manager,
    either verbally or in writing.

26. In case any person who shall have paid in
    advance for a supply of water, or for the privilege
    of discharging water and tailings into the sludge
    channel, shall cease to require such water or privilege,