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PART XIX.—TUNNELLING.

159. Mode of taking up a Tunnel.—It shall not be necessary to mark out or indicate the course of any tunnel otherwise than by posting at the proposed mouth of the tunnel a notice of application in the form prescribed by these regulations. (Schedule 28.)

160. Wall to be left.—No person shall drive any tunnel within 10ft. of any tunnel the property of any other person, except by the consent in writing of such other person or the authority of the Warden.

161. Ventilation.—When cross-drives or openings are required for ventilation, and the various parties concerned cannot agree thereon, the Warden may issue an order for making such drives or openings, and for the allocation of the work to be performed, and also for the distribution of any auriferous deposits which may be found in the intervening wall.

PART XX.—BLASTING.

162. Notice to be given.—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.

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 discharge 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 regulation be allowed to occupy more than one acre of land.

165. Marking-out and Application.—Any person 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 condition, among others, 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 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 conditions 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.: 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 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 notwithstanding.

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 standing at least 1ft. above the surface.