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land be in crop he shall be allowed a reasonable
time to save and remove the crop.
(o.) In case any portion of any land occupied
under any such license shall be required for
mining purposes, and the licensee shall surrender
the same, he shall be entitled to a reduction of
rent at the rate of two shillings (2s.) for every
acre so surrendered.
(p.) Any holder of an occupation license may
at any time voluntarily surrender his license.

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 except
dredging claims. “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 Mining Act, 1886.”
84. Superiority of Right.—Superiority of right
to a supply of water shall be determined by
priority of occupation, the earlier occupant having
the superior right; and, in all cases when the
occupier claims under a license or certificate
granted by a Warden, occupation shall be taken