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XI.—BLASTING.

Notice to be given.

50. Any person shall, before firing a heavy blast of
    gunpowder or other explosive substance, post notices
    signifying the intended time and place of firing such
    blast on the ground where such blast is to be fired,
    and on every public road or thoroughfare within
    a quarter of a mile of the said ground, and shall
    give three hours' notice to all persons residing
    within danger distance of the intended time of
    firing the same, and shall also one hour before such
    time hoist a red flag if between sunrise and sunset,
    or a red lamp if between sunset and sunrise, as a
    danger signal on some very conspicuous place on or
    near the claim: Provided that this regulation shall
    not apply to the cases of blasts where only drill-bores
    are used.

Small Blasts.
51. Ten minutes previous to the discharge of any
small blast of gunpowder or other explosive sub-
stance within fifty feet from the surface of the
ground, due notice of such discharge shall be given
by the persons who shall have prepared the materials
for such explosion to all other persons working, re-
siding, or passing within a distance of one hundred
yards from the place of such discharge.

XII.—RESIDENCE AREAS.

Area that may be occupied.
52. Subject to the conditions of these Regulations,
the holder of a Miner's Right may, on application,
be granted for residence an area of Crown land
not exceeding one acre or 4,480 square yards. No
individual shall under this regulation be allowed to
occupy more than one acre of land.

Marking out and Application.
53. Any person desirous of occupying land as a
residence area shall mark out the same as an ordinary
claim, and shall apply to the Warden in the form
prescribed by these Regulations. Schedule D.

Conditions of Certificate.
54. Every certificate for a residence area shall
be subject to the condition, that the holder thereof
shall erect and at all times maintain a secure and
substantial fence around the land held by virtue
thereof, and if any such holder shall fail or neglect
to comply with the condition aforesaid such certi-
ficate may be cancelled, and the land declared to be
forfeited.

Roadway to be left.
55. It shall be lawful for the Warden to reserve a
right-of-way of such width as he may deem neces-
sary between any two residence areas.

Tent Ground.
56. Subject to the conditions set forth in these
Regulations, the holder of a Miner's Right shall be
entitled to occupy for residence an area of 24 feet
frontage by 48 feet depth without registration, pro-
vided that such area shall not be taken up on known
auriferous ground, nor in the line of any workings,
nor on land set apart for business purposes.

XIII.—BUSINESS AREAS.

Size of Business Areas.
57. Every holder of a Business License shall be
entitled to occupy for business purposes an area not
exceeding 20 perches of land, the frontage of such
land not to exceed 33 feet, and the depth not to
exceed 165 feet: Provided that any person who shall
under any regulation previously in force have been
in lawful occupation for business purposes of any
greater area of land than 20 perches shall be entitled
to continue to hold such greater area under any
Business License that may be issued to him subse-
quent to the enactment of this regulation, anything
in this regulation to the contrary notwithstanding.

Sites to be Marked by Pegs.
58. Any person taking possession of a site for
business purposes shall place and maintain at each
corner of such site, in addition to any survey pegs
which may be there, a peg not less than two inches
square standing at least one foot above the surface.

Registration of Sites.
59. Any business site may be registered with the
Warden for ten days whilst the holder is engaged in
preparing for the occupancy thereof, and such regis-
tration shall operate as a protection within the
meaning of these Regulations; and such registration
may be renewed by the Warden for an additional
period not exceeding ten days at one time, and such
renewal shall be indorsed on the certificate and
recorded in the Registration Book.

Information to the Public.
60. When any business site has been registered
the holder thereof shall post and maintain thereon a
board not less than nine inches square with the word
"Registered," the name of the holder, and the date
and number of registration certificate legibly painted
or written thereon.

Setting apart Land for Business Purposes.
61. The Warden may, wherever it shall be neces-
sary for the public convenience, set apart land to be
occupied for business purposes, and direct a surveyor
to divide such land by streets and roadways, and to
lay it off into sections in the most convenient man-
ner. If after such survey as aforesaid it shall be
found that any person has a substantial building
or place of business upon any section so laid off
he shall be entitled to occupy such section, or if the
building is upon a street to occupy the section
nearest to the building; provided that the nearest
section be not in the legal occupation of some other
person previous to the survey of the street.

Occupation to be subject to Survey.
62. Any business area that may be taken up or
marked out previously to survey shall be held merely
on sufferance subject to survey, and the whole or any
portion of any such area may be taken for streets or
public reserves if required for the public con-
venience: Provided that such survey shall not affect
the right of any holder of a business area to so much
of a surveyed section as lies within the limits of his
original area.

Public Notification by Warden.
63. Whenever the Warden shall have set apart
any land for business purposes, and the same shall
have been surveyed as aforesaid, he shall fix a time
when such land shall be open for occupation by
holders of Business Licenses for business purposes,
and shall publish in such manner as he may deem
suitable or convenient a notice of the time when
applications will be received.

Application for Surveyed Sections.
64. Every person intending to take up as a busi-
ness area any section of land set apart and surveyed
for business purposes shall make application in
writing at the Warden's office, stating the number
and description of such section, in accordance with