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tion to the Warden for the land in the same
manner as provided for in the regulations for
agricultural leases under “The Mining Act,
1886.”

(b.) If there be no valid objection to the grant-
ing of an occupation license over the land applied
for, the Warden shall issue a license to the appli-
cant in conformity with “The Mining Act, 1886.”

(c.) On the issue of a license, the licensee shall
pay to the Receiver of Gold Revenue the amount
of one year’s rent for the said land, and shall
continue to pay the same amount on the same
day in each succeeding year, until the expiry of
the license, or until the land is required for
mining purposes. The rent for land held under
occupation license shall be two shillings and six-
pence for every acre or portion of an acre in-
cluded in the area held under license.

(d.) Should any land held under occupation
license be required for mining purposes during
the term of the license, and such land be under
cultivation, the licensee shall be allowed three
months’ notice to surrender the land, and shall
be entitled to remove all the improvements made
by him on the land so held.

Free access to be given over all land held under
occupation license to the holders of miners’ rights,
and to prospect and construct water-races, tail-
races, flood-races, storm-channels, sludge-chan-
nels, tunnels, and tramways required for mining
purposes. Provided that if the land is under cul-
tivation, the licensee shall be entitled to three
months’ notice, before constructing any of the
said works.

PART IV.—LICENSES TO SEARCH
FOR ANY METAL OR MINERAL
OTHER THAN GOLD WITHIN
MINING DISTRICTS.

77. Every person desirous of obtaining a license
    to search for minerals or metals other than gold
    or silver within a mining district shall apply
    for the same by delivering to the Warden an
    application containing the name and address of
    the applicant, a statement of the minerals which
    he proposes to search for, and the locality, to-
    gether with a plan or sketch showing the extent
    of the area of land for which he seeks to obtain
    a license; and every such application shall bear
    date the day of the delivery as aforesaid.

78. The fee shall be 1d. per acre, but in no
    case be less than £1.

79. The area to be granted shall in no case
    exceed three square miles.

80. The license shall be for any term not ex-
    ceeding twelve months, and be in the form in
    Schedule 17 hereto annexed, and shall have in-
    dorsed thereon a plan of the lands on and over
    which the licensee may search for the mineral or
    metal named in such license; and such license
    shall be subject to the restrictions, limitations, and
    conditions in the memorandum indorsed thereon,
    or thereunder written or printed.

PART V.—GOLD-MINING REGULA-
TIONS.

PRELIMINARY REGULATION.

81. Interpretation Clause.—In the construc-
    tion and for the purposes of these regulations, the
    following terms shall, if not inconsistent with the
    context or subject-matter, have the respective
    meanings hereby assigned to them, that is to say,
    —The words “Mining Registrar” or “Regis-
    trar” shall include the person charged with the
    care or custody of the registration books in the
    Warden’s office. “Working hours” shall mean
    between 8 a.m. and 12 noon, and between 1 p.m.
    and 5 p.m., on any working-day except Saturday,
    when working hours shall be between 8 a.m. and
    12 noon only. The words “ordinary claim”
    shall mean any mining claim in alluvial ground,
    except river dredging, wet, extended prospecting,
    frontage, and sea-beach claims. “Ordinary quartz
    claims” shall mean all quartz claims except pro-
    specting areas and prospecting quartz claims.
    “River or creek claims” shall mean all claims
    in the beds of rivers or permanent streams.
    “Dredging claims” shall mean claims in the
    beds of rivers or permanent streams that shall
    be taken up to be worked by dredging. “Wet
    claims” shall mean claims in flooded ground
    which cannot be worked without appliances for
    drainage, and defined as such by the Warden.
    The words “tail-race” shall mean a channel
    constructed for the purpose of drainage, or for
    the discharge of tailings, whether used or not for
    the purpose of saving gold. The words “ground
    sluice” shall mean a race constructed for the
    purpose of saving gold, and into which the gold is
    carried by the action of the water used in ground
    sluicing. The words “quartz reef” shall in-
    clude any leader or vein of quartz. The words
    “schedule hereto” and “form prescribed” shall
    mean the schedule appended to these regulations,
    and the form in such schedule appropriate to the
    application or other matter or to the like effect.
    The word “protection” shall mean exemption
    from forfeiture under these regulations. The
    words “new gold workings” shall mean ground
    previously unworked. Words importing the
    singular number shall include the plural number,
    and words importing the plural number shall in-
    clude the singular number, and words importing
    the masculine gender shall include the feminine
    gender.

82. Miners’ Rights, Consolidated Miners’ Rights,
    and Business Licenses.—Miners’ rights, consoli-
    dated miners’ rights, and business licenses shall
    be issued and signed only by the Warden or
    Mining Registrar. Such miners’ rights, con-
    solidated miners’ rights, and business licenses to
    be produced for inspection when demanded by the
    Warden or other officer, or by any person duly
    authorized in that behalf in writing by the
    Warden.

PART VI.—WATER-RACES, DAMS,
AND RESERVOIRS.

WATER RIGHTS AND RACES.

83. Applications.—Every application for any
    water right or privilege must be made as directed
    by “The Mines Act, 1886.”