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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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discoveries and workings within the boundaries of
such claim.

245. Removal of Props or Timber.—No person
     shall remove any props or timber the removal of
     which may endanger the working of other claims,
     or any existing rights.

246. Ground to be secured.—The Inspector may,
     whenever he may deem it necessary for the public
     good, make such order as may be required for the
     proper securing or safe working of any claim,
     or order the suspension of work in any claim
     until it can be worked without danger to others.

247. Warden’s Order to be in Writing.—When-
     ever in these regulations it is said that the Warden
     may or shall order anything to be done or omitted
     to be done, such order shall be in writing, and
     shall be served upon the person to whom it is
     directed, either personally, or, if he cannot con-
     veniently be found, by leaving it for him at his
     last or usual place of abode, or, in the case of
     copartners, at the claim, station, or other place
     of business of the firm, or, in the case of a regis-
     tered company, at the registered office of the com-
     pany.

248. Neglect of Warden’s Orders.—No person
     shall neglect or refuse to comply with any written
     notice or order of the Warden duly served and in
     conformity with the Act and these regulations,
     and any person neglecting or refusing to comply
     with any such notice or order shall be guilty of a
     breach of these regulations.

249. Existing Rights preserved. — Nothing
     herein contained shall be taken to affect any exist-
     ing rights or privileges.

250. Working Ground occupied for Races, &c.
     —Compensation.—Any person desirous of working
     the ground which is occupied by any race or
     tunnel, or portion of a race or tunnel, or which
     is occupied and held under these regulations for
     any dam, reservoir, puddling-machine, machine
     site, special site, residence site, business site,
     tent-ground, or other purposes, shall apply in
     writing to the Warden, who may permit such
     person to enter upon and work the said ground:
     Provided that compensation shall first be paid to
     the holder or occupier, and the amount of such
     compensation may be settled by the Warden, or,
     in the case of a race or tunnel, by first providing
     an equally good race or tunnel for the use of the
     occupier; but it shall be optional with the person
     working the ground either to construct a new race
     or tunnel or to pay the amount of compensation
     adjudged, and, if he elect to construct a new race
     or tunnel, the same shall be subject to the ap-
     proval of the Warden. Any person dissatisfied with
     the Warden’s decision, either as to amount of
     compensation or as to the construction of a new
     race or tunnel, shall have the right to appeal as
     provided in section 286 of “The Mining Act,
     1891.”

PART XXVII.—REGISTRATION.

251. Application for Registration.—Any per-
     son desirous of registering any claim, right, or
     privilege shall, after conforming to the provisions
     of “The Mining Act, 1891,” as to notices and
     otherwise, and after such claim, right, or privilege
     shall have been granted by the Warden, register
     the same within thirty days from the date of
     granting, and obtain from the Mining Registrar
     a license or certificate for the same, and such
     license or certificate shall be prima facie evidence
     of such registration, without production of the
     registers or proof of the Registrar’s signature.

252. If on the presentation of any document
     purporting to be a transfer or assignment of,
     or memorial of encumbrance or lien upon, any
     claim, license, or interest, it shall be found on
     reference to the register that such claim, license,
     or interest has been already transferred, it shall
     nevertheless be the duty of the Mining Registrar
     to receive the document so presented, and to re-
     gister the same, provided that a notification of
     the prior registration be indorsed on the memo-
     randum given to the person presenting the docu-
     ment, but such document need not necessarily
     be a deed under seal.

253. Any person desirous of registering the
     transfer or assignment of any licensed holding,
     special claim, claim, area, site, or right or interest
     therein, shall present to the Mining Registrar the
     document required to be registered, together with
     a memorial as set forth in Schedule 38: Pro-
     vided that, in cases where the transfer is to a
     married woman and confers any partnership
     interest, the Registrar shall cause the transferee
     to produce the authority required under section
     26 of “The Married Women’s Property Act,
     1884.”

254. Every assignment which is hereby autho-
     rised to be registered shall be registered in form
     of Schedule 38 hereto, or to the like effect, within
     thirty days after execution, and if not registered
     within such period shall, so far as regards any
     claim or authorised holding to be affected thereby,
     be void as against any person claiming under any
     subsequent assignment duly registered after the
     expiry of the said thirty days.

255. Every license of a water-right, machine,
     business, special, or residence site, and every cer-
     tificate for any authorised holding, claim, right,
     or privilege under these rules and regulations,
     shall, before delivery to the person entitled
     thereto, be entered in a book or books to be kept
     by the Mining Registrar for that purpose.

256. Abandonment.—The owner of any claim,
     right, title, interest, or privilege, not being a
     licensed holding or special claim, which shall have
     been previously registered, shall, within seven
     days after abandonment or relinquishment of the
     same, give notice in writing thereof to the Mining
     Registrar, who shall thereupon cancel such certi-
     ficate, and any ground held under such certificate
     shall thereafter be open to occupation without any
     suit or proceeding in the Warden’s Court.

257. Forfeiture and Surrender. — It shall be
     lawful for the Mining Registrar, upon any claim,
     or machine, residence, or business site, or other
     authorised holding, being declared forfeited by the
     Warden, or upon the written surrender by the
     registered owner of any claim or other authorised
     holding, or of any interest therein, of his claim,
     holding, or interest, to make an entry in the
     register of such forfeiture or surrender, which
     shall be signed by the Warden, and the Mining
     Registrar shall then close the register against all
     future entries in respect of such claim, holding, or
     interest.

258. Encumbrances.—A memorial of any en-
     cumbrance or lien upon any claim, right, title,
     or interest, or any share or interest therein, in