1832
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 86

regulations, and do hereby prescribe the several fees, herein-
after set forth, namely :—

REGULATIONS.

Extended Prospecting Licenses.

1. What Lands may be held under Extended Prospecting
   Licenses.—Any Crown lands within New Zealand may be
   held under an extended prospecting license so long as such
   lands are distant two miles from any claim, special claim,
   or licensed holding, on which actual mining operations are
   being carried on.

2. Marking off Ground.—Every applicant for an extended
   prospecting license shall make application to the Warden of
   the district nearest the locality where the land applied for is
   situate, and he shall, previous to making such application,
   mark out the area applied for by causing to be erected at
   every angle thereof a post not less than 4in. in diameter,
   and standing not less than 2ft. above the ground, and shall
   have a distinguishing mark cut into the wood near the head
   of such post, and in the applicant's notice such distinguish-
   ing mark shall be stated.

3. Deposits to be Lodged.—The applicant for any extended
   prospecting license shall, at the time of making application,
   lodge with the nearest Receiver of Gold Revenue a deposit
   at the rate of £15 for every hundred acres applied for, such
   money to be paid into the Receiver-General's deposit
   account; and it shall be returned to the holder of such
   extended prospecting license on the certificate of an Inspector
   of Mines that at least £3 has been expended per annum in
   actual prospecting operations for every acre comprised in
   such extended prospecting license. Not less than one man
   shall be continuously employed for every thirty-six acres
   comprised in any extended prospecting license. The ap-
   plicant shall further deposit the sum of £5 with every
   application for an extended prospecting license to cover the
   cost of hearing, advertising, and preliminary expenses.

4. Mode of Application.—Every application for an ex-
   tended prospecting license shall be made in triplicate, in the
   form in the Schedule hereto marked A, or as near thereto as
   practicable, to the Warden of the district nearest the locality
   where the area applied for is situate, and it shall be signed and
   lodged, either by the applicant personally or by his attorney,
   or by a barrister or solicitor of the Supreme Court, regis-
   tered mining agent, or by any person authorised in writing
   by the applicant or his attorney to lodge such application;
   and in case the land applied for is held under a timber lease
   by the applicant this shall be stated in the application.

The applicant shall also publicly notify such application
by advertisement appearing at least once in each of two
consecutive weeks in some newspaper published and circu-
lating in the district, in the form of Schedule A to these
regulations; and he shall forward a copy of such adver-
tisement to the Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Land
District wherein the land applied for is situate. A copy
of such application shall be posted and maintained on the
ground by the applicant from the date of application until
the day of hearing, and copies of the newspaper containing
the advertisement of such application shall be produced to
the Warden before he shall proceed to hear the application.

5. Hearing of Application.—Upon receipt of such applica-
   tion the Warden shall appoint a day for the hearing thereof,
   being not less than twenty-one days from the receipt of such
   application.

6. Priority of Application.—In the event of more than one
   application being made for the same land or any part
   thereof on the same day, the Warden shall determine which
   of the applicants shall be held to have the prior right in
   accordance with the provisions of "The Mining Act, 1891."

7. Protection during Application.—All lands for which
   application shall have been made in the manner aforesaid
   shall be exempt from occupation from the date of lodging
   such application at the Warden's office until such applica-
   tion shall have been finally dealt with.

8. Objectors to give Notice.—Any person, except the Com-
   missioner of Crown Lands, Inspector of Mines, or other
   officer of the Government, objecting to the issue of an
   extended prospecting license being granted shall forward
   to the Warden, at least three days prior to the hearing of
   the application, a full statement of his objections, and shall,
   within such time, serve a copy thereof on the applicant, or
   upon his attorney, barrister, solicitor, agent, or person
   authorised to lodge the application.

9. Proceedings in Case of Objections.—If at the hearing of
   any objection as aforesaid the Warden shall find such
   objection valid, he shall thereupon reject the application,
   either as to the whole or a part of the land applied for, and
   he may award to the objector and his witnesses any reason-
   able costs and expenses; and, if the Warden shall disallow
   the objection, he may award to the applicant and his wit-
   esses (if any) reasonable costs and expenses, as the said
   Warden may direct, and any award of costs and expenses
   may be enforced as a judgment in the Warden's Court.

License.

10. Warden to recommend License.—If, at the final hearing,
    there shall be no objection, or if on hearing the objections (if
    any) the Warden shall not find any such objection valid, and
    if there be no reason known to the Warden why a license of
    the whole or any part of the land applied for should not be
    granted to the applicant, he shall recommend that an extended
    prospecting license be granted to such applicant, and he shall
    inform the Commissioner of Crown Lands of the district
    accordingly.

Every extended prospecting license granted by the Go-
vernor under these regulations shall be in the form or to
the effect set forth in Schedule B to such regulations.

11. Proceedings in Case of Refusal of License.—If any license
    so applied for shall be refused, or if any application for a
    license shall be withdrawn, a notice thereof shall be posted
    outside the Warden's office, and it shall be stated in such
    notice that such ground is open to persons holding miners'
    rights or business licenses, or to any applicant for a license,
    as if no license of the said ground had ever been applied for.

12. Conditions.—Every holder of an extended prospecting
    license shall hold such license upon the express conditions
    that he will carry on vigorously and continuously prospecting
    operations on the land for which an extended prospecting
    license is granted, and that such holder will, upon the
    discovery of any metals or minerals on such land, promptly
    report every such discovery to the Warden of the district in
    or nearest to which the land comprised in such license is
    situated, and will expend annually at least £3 for every acre
    comprised in such license, and employ upon the said land not
    less than one man for every thirty-six acres comprised in any
    extended prospecting license.

13. Registration of Assignment.—Every sale, transfer, or
    assignment of land comprised in any extended prospecting
    license, or any interest therein, shall be registered at the
    Warden's office, whether such transfer or assignment be by
    deed or otherwise. Before any transfer or assignment is
    made, a certificate must be produced from the Inspector of
    Mines that the conditions on which such extended pro-
    specting license was granted have been complied with.

14. Surplus Ground.—If any applicant for an extended
    prospecting area marks off a larger area of land than is set
    forth in his application, any person requiring such land can
    have the land surveyed at his own cost by any authorised
    surveyor, and on the production of a plan of such authorised
    surveyor to the Warden, he may award any surplus ground
    over and above the area comprised in the extended pro-
    specting license to the person causing such survey to be
    made, and the Warden may recommend that such person
    be granted an extended prospecting license for such surplus
    area.

15. Licensee to get Notice of Complaint.—In the event of any
    Inspector or holder of a miner's right deciding to lodge a
    complaint in the Warden's Court, on the ground that the
    holder of an extended prospecting license is not faithfully
    complying with the conditions under which such license was
    granted, notice in writing shall be first served on the holder
    of such extended prospecting license, or on his representative,
    and if, after receiving such notice as aforesaid, the holder of
    the said extended prospecting license shall fail or neglect to
    comply with the conditions under which such license was
    granted, that shall be sufficient evidence for the Warden to
    recommend the Governor to cancel such extended prospect-
    ing license.

Tunnel Prospecting Licenses.

16. Application for License.—Every application for a tunnel
    prospecting license shall be made in triplicate, in the form in
    the Schedule hereto marked C, or as near thereto as practi-
    cable, to the Warden of the district, and it shall be signed
    and lodged, either by the applicant personally or by his
    attorney, or a barrister or solicitor of the Supreme Court, or
    by a registered mining agent, or by any person authorised in
    writing by the applicant or his attorney to lodge such appli-
    cation.

17. Marking off Line of Tunnel.—The applicant for any
    tunnel prospecting license shall, previous to making applica-
    tion to the Warden, mark off the line of proposed tunnel by
    causing to be erected at the commencing and terminating
    points, and also at any angle, a post not less than 4in. in
    diameter, and standing not less than 2ft. above the ground,
    and shall have a distinguishing mark cut into the wood
    near the head of such post.

18. Deposits to be lodged.—The applicant for any tunnel
    prospecting license shall, at the time of making application,
    deposit with the Receiver of Gold Revenue for the district a
    sum for survey and necessary expenses, in accordance with
    the scale set forth in Schedule D to these regulations, to-
    gether with the sum of £5 to cover the cost of hearing,
    advertising, and preliminary expenses: Provided that, in
    case the sum deposited by the applicant for survey is not
    sufficient to cover the cost of same, the applicant shall, after