Dec. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1459

granting of such dredging claim hold any claim
on the banks of or in the vicinity of such river,
or who may thereafter lawfully take or acquire
any such claim, shall not, in consequence of the
taking, granting, or holding and working of such
dredging claim, licensed holding, or special claim,
be restrained from discharging the tailings, waste
water, or débris from his claim into such river;
and the holder of such dredging claim, licensed
holding, or special claim shall have no right of
action against any such person for so discharging
tailings, water, or débris into such river.

119. Licensed Holdings and Special Claims.—
     Every licensed holding and special claim worked
     by dredging shall be held and construed to be a
     dredging claim under these regulations. The
     owner of any dredging claim shall not be required
     to employ more men for a period of six months
     from the date on which such license or claim
     was granted than in the opinion of the Warden
     is sufficient to do any preliminary work pending
     the erection of any machinery or plant, provided
     that the licensee or licensees shall have entered
     into contracts for not less than £1,000 for the
     supply of machinery or plant, or performing any
     preliminary work in connection with the said
     dredging claim. And for the purpose of complying
     with any regulation dealing with the proper
     representation of any such claim, every £1,000
     expended on the construction or erection of
     dredging machinery or plant shall represent one
     man: Provided that there shall not be less than
     one man actually employed for every four acres
     of such claim, 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 otherwise the exemption as regards the number of men to be
     employed shall not avail in any case.

120. Ordinary Dredging Claims.—In dredging
     claims each holder of a miner’s right shall be entitled to 3 chains, or 198ft., along the course of
     any river, stream, lagoon, or watercourse, by a
     width bounded by ordinary high-water mark; but
     not more than 40 chains, or 2,640ft., along the
     course of any river or stream shall be held as one
     claim, except as hereinafter provided for prospecting claims.

121. Prospecting Areas for Dredging.—The
     Warden may, upon the application of any person
     or persons, grant a prospecting area for dredging
     on any river or stream, not exceeding 160 chains
     or two miles along the course of any such river or
     stream, by a breadth bounded by ordinary highwater mark; provided that no prospecting area
     shall be granted within ten miles of any ordinary
     or prospecting dredging claim.

122. Time allowed to erect Machinery.—Six
     months shall be allowed from the date of granting
     a prospecting area, as provided in the foregoing
     clause, to place dredging machinery on the claim,
     and six months additional shall be allowed to
     prospect the river or stream within the said prospecting area.

123. Prospecting Claim to be taken up.—Before
     the expiration of twelve months from the date of
     granting a prospecting area the holder or holders

of said prospecting area shall mark out a prospecting claim in the manner provided in clause
133 of these regulations, and such prospecting
claim shall not exceed 80 chains in length along
the course of any river or stream, by a width
bounded by ordinary high-water mark; and such
holder or holders shall make application to the
Warden of the district to have such prospecting
claim granted, and, after hearing the said application and objections (if any), the Warden may
grant or refuse the said application.

124. Prospectors to report Discovery of Payable
     Gold.—The holder or holders of any prospecting
     area for dredging shall, within three days from
     the date of the discovery of payable wash-dirt,
     report the same to the Warden of the district, or,
     failing to do so, the Warden may, upon sufficient
     evidence, declare the right of the said holder or
     holders to a prospecting claim forfeited, and may
     refuse the same.

PART VIII.—CREEK AND RIVER
CLAIMS.

125. Use of Water in Creek or River Beds.—Any
     holder of a creek or river claim may use the
     water in any watercourse on any portion of his
     claim, provided he does not interfere with the
     water before it reaches his claim, and turns the
     water into its natural course immediately on its
     leaving his claim; and the holder of such claim
     shall have an equal right to use the water on any
     part of his claim, subject to the restrictions aforesaid, as though he used the water in the bed of
     the watercourse.

PART IX.—DRAINAGE OF CLAIMS.

WET CLAIMS.

126. Drainage.—The owners of any wet claim
     shall, whenever practicable, cut a sufficient drain
     to convey the water to a main channel, which
     channel shall be cut or kept clear by or at the
     proportionate expense of all parties interested.

127. Baling.—If the owners of any wet claim
     refuse or neglect to bale their fair proportion of
     water their claim shall thereupon be liable to
     forfeiture.

128. Continual Baling.—When the quantity of
     water renders continual baling necessary, it shall
     be compulsory on all parties holding claims below
     a given point on the lead or reef (such point to
     be determined by the Warden, or other officer
     appointed by him) to work in sinking and baling
     both day and night, until the claims are worked
     out or abandoned, or until baling is suspended by
     general consent.