1448
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 97

claim is granted, and any subsequent half-yearly
payment at equal intervals of six months from
such date.

28. Number of Men to be employed.—The holder
    of any special claim granted under the section re-
    ferred to in the preceding clause shall carry on
    mining operations in an efficient and workman-
    like manner, and shall employ in carrying on such
    operations competent workmen or miners in pro-
    portion of, at least, one man for every 5 acres so
    held as a special claim during the first three years
    of the occupancy thereof, and at least one man for
    every 2 acres during the remainder of the period
    for which the claim is granted ; but if the number
    of men cannot, in the opinion of the Inspector or
    Warden of the district, be reasonably and advan-
    tageously employed thereon, the Inspector or
    Warden may, by order in writing, for a period
    not exceeding four months, grant permission for
    the employment of a fewer number of men, being
    the greatest that can be reasonably and advan-
    tageously employed.

(a.) After the granting of a special claim the
owner or owners shall not be required to have
more men employed on the said special claim
for a period of six months from the date on which
the license was granted than in the opinion of the
Warden is necessary to do the necessary pre-
liminary work pending the erection of machinery
and plant, provided that the licensee or licensees
shall have entered into contracts of not less than
£1,000 for the supply of machinery or plant, or
performing any preliminary work in connection
with the said special claim. For the purpose of
complying with the provisions of Regulation No.
28 aforesaid every £1,000 expended in the con-
struction of shafts or main adits, machinery or
plant, shall represent one man: Provided that
there shall not be less than one man actually
employed for every 10 acres of such special claim
during the first three years of the term granted,
and not less than one man to every 4 acres during
the remainder of such term, unless a reduction in
the number of men has been made for the period
prescribed, and in accordance with the provisions
of section 71 of "The Mining Act, 1891." A
statement of the expenditure in every case to be
furnished to the Warden and Inspector, or other-
wise the exemption as regards the number of men
to be employed shall not avail in case an action
is taken for non-representation.

29. Surrender. — The holder of such special
    claim may at any time, by writing under his hand
    addressed to the Warden, surrender the whole or
    any part of the land comprised in the said claim ;
    and such surrender shall be indorsed by the Go-
    vernor on the special-claim grant, and thereafter
    the rental payable shall be proportionately reduced
    as from the date when the next payment of rent
    shall become due; but not more than one surrender
    shall be made during the period for which such
    special claim was granted: Provided always that
    before any surrender is accepted the holder of
    such special claim shall make all the underground
    workings and shafts thoroughly secure, and produce
    a certificate from the Inspector stating that all
    the said underground workings and shafts have
    been secured to his satisfaction.

30. Ground to be secured. — All worked-out
    ground within 150ft. of the surface shall be

properly secured and filled in; and in carrying
on mining operations and stoping out any lode,
quartz leader, or vein there shall be not more than
two stopes taken out without being filled in with
material to be got from cross-cut single drives, or
sent down the main shaft from the surface.

31. Air-shaft.—If at any time it is found neces-
    sary to sink a shaft for air or otherwise below
    high-water mark, such shaft shall be constructed
    by having a watertight iron cylinder of such di-
    mensions and thickness of metal as may be ap-
    proved by the Inspector before the commence-
    ment of the work. Such cylinder shall be carried
    down into the solid rock for such a distance as in
    the opinion of the Inspector shall be necessary to
    insure a good foundation and stability; and also
    to insure the shaft being watertight at the place
    where the bottom of the iron cylinder joins on to
    the solid rock; but in no case shall any shaft be
    constructed in any place where the depth of water
    exceeds 10ft. at the highest tides.

All the regulations made under the aforesaid
Act not at variance with the foregoing regulations
for special claims for mining under the foreshore
shall apply to such special claims.

PART II.—MINERAL LICENSES.

32. Licenses.—All licenses under this Part of
    these regulations shall be designated "mineral
    licenses," and shall apply to all lands which con-
    tain any metals or minerals other than gold,
    silver, or coal, and also all lands which contain the
    ores of metals or minerals except as aforesaid.

33. Any such license which shall be granted
    shall contain such covenants, conditions, reserva-
    tions, and exceptions as the Warden in each
    case shall approve, having regard to the special
    cases herein provided for.

34. Requirements preliminary to the Issue of
    a Mineral License.—Every parcel of land applied
    for as a licensed holding for metals or minerals
    other than gold, silver, or coal shall be marked
    at each corner by a peg not less than 3in. in
    diameter, or cairn of stones not less than 2ft.
    high, and by 1 trenches, not less than 6in.
    in depth by 10in. in width, and 5ft. in
    length, extending on either side of every such
    peg or cairn in the direction of the boun-
    daries of the land: Provided that, when any
    corner cannot be marked on account of the
    nature of the ground, the peg, trench, or mark
    may be placed at the nearest practicable point.
    Upon each peg there shall be affixed a plate com-
    posed of wood, or of iron, tin, zinc, or other suit-
    able metal, with the words "Applied for mineral
    license," together with the name and address of
    the applicant, or, if more than one, of each ap-
    plicant, and the extent of the area to be applied
    for, or thereabouts, legibly marked thereon; and
    such pegs shall be maintained at the expense of
    such applicant or applicants until the applica-
    tion shall have been granted or refused by the
    Warden.

35. Every applicant shall apply for the required
    license in manner hereinafter directed; but within
    twenty-one days previous to so applying the land
    proposed to be occupied by him shall have been
    marked in manner herein required. The appli-