1474
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 97

PART XXXI.—ISSUE OF MINERS’ RIGHTS AND BUSINESS LICENSES BY POSTMASTERS.

290. Miners’ rights and business licenses may be issued at post-offices appointed by the Governor as places at which payment may be made and licenses issued, and such payments shall be deemed as valid as if made to a Receiver of Gold Revenue.

291. Receipts arising from the sale of miners’ rights and business licenses must be entered in the post-office cash-book, and treated as part of the balance due on Post Office Account to be remitted by Sub-Postmasters to Chief Postmasters, and by Chief Postmasters to credit of the Post Office Account, and then to be paid to the Colonial Treasurer as goldfields revenue.

292. Each Postmaster must enter every payment on a statement-form headed “Receipts under ‘Mining Act, 1891.’” The name of the person to whom a miner’s right or business license is issued, together with his address, and the number and description of the miner’s right or business license so issued, must be entered in the body of the form. A copy of each statement, containing the foregoing particulars, must be immediately transmitted by the Postmaster who prepares the same to the nearest Receiver of Gold Revenue.

PART XXXII.—PROSPECTING OUTSIDE MINING DISTRICTS.

293. Every person desirous of obtaining a prospecting license to search and prospect for gold, silver, or any metal or mineral upon any Crown lands outside mining districts shall apply for such license to the Governor, by delivering to the Commissioner of Crown Lands of the district in which the land is situated an application containing the name of the locality, with boundaries within which he desires to prospect.

The fee (payable on application) for every prospecting license shall be £1.

The license shall be for any term not exceeding twelve months.

294. Subject as aforesaid, and subject to the provisions of sections 90 to 93, inclusive, of “The Mining Act, 1891,” the provisions of the foregoing regulations numbered 2 to 26, both inclusive, for licensed holdings, and regulations numbered 32 to 55, both inclusive, for mineral licenses, shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to applications for prospecting licenses under this Part of these Regulations; and throughout such Regulations the term “Warden” shall mean the Commissioner of Crown Lands, and “Receiver of Gold Revenue” shall mean Receiver of Land Revenue.

295. The forms of license and of lease to be issued under this Part of these Regulations shall be those set forth respectively in Schedules 18 and 18A hereto.

SCHEDULES.

SCHEDULE 1 (Reg. Nos. 5 and 7).
APPLICATION FOR LICENSED HOLDING OR SPECIAL CLAIM.
To the Warden at

hereby apply for a licensed holding [or special claim] for gold-mining purposes under the provisions of “The Mining Act, 1891,” of the lands hereinafter described, which have been duly marked in accordance with the Mining Regulations.

[Signature of applicant.]

Dated at , the day of , 18 .

The above application and any objections will be heard at the Warden’s office at , on , 18 .

Any person desiring to object to [the issue of a license for the land or to the grant of the special claim applied for] must, within clear days from the date of such application, enter his objections at the Warden’s office at .

[Signature of Warden or Clerk.]

SCHEDULE 2 (Reg. 12).
SURVEYOR’S NOTICE OF MARKING-OUT OF LICENSED HOLDING OR SPECIAL CLAIM.

To all persons whom it may concern.

I hereby give notice that , residing at , did, on the day of , apply to the Warden at for a licensed holding [or special claim] for gold-mining purposes of acres [or yards] of land, which I have this day marked out, and that any person desiring to object to the issue of such license [or to the granting of such special claim] must, on or before the day of , 18 , enter his objection at the office of the said Warden. And I further give notice that the said land is exempted from occupation for any purpose whatsoever until the application of the aforesaid shall have been finally dealt with.

Dated at , the day of , 18 .

[Signature of Surveyor.]

SCHEDULE 3 (Reg. 25, Subsec. F).
DECLARATION AS TO LABOUR AND CAPITAL EMPLOYED.

To the Warden at

In the matter of [the license or special-claim grant] for the occupation of lands situated at , being [license or special-claim grant No. ], and of the employment of labour and capital thereon, I [name in full, occupation, and address], being one of the [licensees or special-claim grantees] in the above-mentioned [license or special-claim grant], do hereby solemnly and sincerely declare,—

1. That the average number of men employed on the ground held under [license or special-claim grant] and in connection therewith, from the day of to the of , has been .

2. That the amount of capital expended to date in and upon and in connection with the said ground is £ .

Signature:

Declared before me at , 18 .

the day of

Warden [or J.P.].

SCHEDULE 4 (Reg. 24).
APPLICATION FOR FORFEITURE OF LICENSE OR GRANT FOR SPECIAL CLAIM.

To the Warden at

I [or We] hereby make application for the forfeiture of [the license or special-claim grant] for gold-mining purposes No. , originally granted to , and now held by , upon the following grounds:—

[Here state grounds specifically.]

Dated at , the day of , 18 .

[Signature.]

No. and date of miner’s right.