Dec. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1657

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.

163. Small Blasts.—Ten minutes previous to
     the discharge of any small blast of gunpowder or
     other explosive substance within 50ft. from the
     surface of the ground, due notice of such dis-
     charge shall be given by the persons who shall
     have prepared the materials for such explosion to
     all other persons working, residing, or passing
     within a distance of 100 yards from the place of
     such discharge.

PART XXI.—RESIDENCE SITES.

164. Area that may be occupied.—Subject to
     the conditions of these regulations the holder
     of a miner's right or business license may, on
     application, be granted for residence an area of
     Crown land not exceeding one acre, or 4,840
     square yards. No individual shall under this re-
     gulation be allowed to occupy more than one
     acre of land.

165. Marking-out and Application.—Any per-
     son desirous of occupying land as a residence site
     shall mark out the same as an ordinary claim, and
     shall apply to the Warden in the form prescribed
     by Schedule 27 to these regulations, and if there
     be no objection, or the objection be not upheld,
     the Warden may grant him a license in the form
     of the Schedule to "The Mining Act, 1886."

166. Conditions of License.—Every license
     for a residence site shall be subject to the con-
     dition, among others, that the holder thereof shall
     erect and at all times maintain a secure and sub-
     stantial fence around the land held by virtue
     thereof, and if any such holder shall fail or
     neglect to comply with this condition such license
     may be cancelled, and the land declared to be
     forfeited.

167. Roadway to be left.—It shall be lawful for
     the Warden to reserve a right-of-way of such
     width as he may deem necessary between any two
     residence sites.

168. Hut- or Tent-ground.—Subject to the con-
     ditions set forth in these regulations, the holder
     of a miner's right shall be entitled to occupy for
     residence an area of 24ft. frontage by 48ft. depth
     without registration, provided 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.

169. Amalgamation of Residence Sites.—In
     cases where two or more adjoining residence sites
     are held by members of one family, they may
     amalgamate their allotments if such amalgamation
     be approved by the Warden, but for so long only
     as they may continue to hold such allotments as
     members of one family.

PART XXII.—BUSINESS SITES.

170. Size of Business Sites.—Every holder of
     a business license shall be entitled to occupy for
     business purposes an area not exceeding 40 perches
     of land, the frontage of such land not to exceed
     66ft., and the depth not to exceed 165ft.: Pro-
     vided that any person who shall under any regula-
     tion previously in force have been in lawful occu-
     pation for business purposes of any greater area
     of land than 40 perches shall be entitled to
     continue to hold such greater area under any
     business license that may be issued to him
     subsequent to the enactment of this regulation,
     anything in this regulation to the contrary not-
     withstanding.

171. Site to be marked by Pegs.—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 3in. in diameter stand-
     ing at least 1ft. above the surface.

172. Registration of Sites.—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 registration 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
     registration or renewal shall be indorsed on the
     certificate of registration of such business site,
     and recorded in the Registration Book.

173. Information to the Public.—When any
     business site has been registered the holder there-
     of shall post and maintain thereon a board not less
     than 9in. square, with the word "Registered,"
     the name of the holder, and the date and number
     of registration certificate legibly painted or written
     thereon.

174. Setting apart Land for Business Purposes.
     —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 road-
     ways, and to lay it off into sections in the most
     convenient manner, and such sections may be of
     less area and frontage than hereinafter provided.
     If after such survey as aforesaid it shall be
     found that any holder of a business license 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: Pro-
     vided that the nearest section be not in the legal
     occupation of some other person previous to the
     survey of the street.

175. Occupation to be subject to Survey.—Any
     business site 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 site 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 site
     to so much of a surveyed section as lies within the
     limits of his original area.

176. Public Notification by Warden.—When-
     ever the Warden shall have set apart any land for
     business purposes, and the same shall have been