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SUPPLEMENT

TO THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

OF

THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1899.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 1899.

Regulations under “The Mining Act, 1898.”

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-seventh day of January, 1899.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE A. J. CADMAN PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN exercise of the powers conferred upon him by “The Mining Act, 1898,” His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby, for the purposes of that Act, make the regulations hereinafter set forth, and doth declare that they shall take effect on the first day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, being the date of the coming into operation of that Act. And in further exercise of the aforesaid powers, as also of the powers in this behalf conferred upon him by “The Mining Act, 1891,” and other the Acts expressed to be repealed by “The Mining Act, 1898,” His Excellency the Governor, acting with the advice and consent of the Executive Council aforesaid, doth hereby declare that, simultaneously with the taking effect of the regulations hereinafter set forth, all regulations made by the Governor or the Governor in Council under “The Mining Act, 1891,” and the other Acts expressed to be repealed by “The Mining Act, 1898,” shall be and be deemed to be revoked.

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REGULATIONS.

INTERPRETATION.

1. In these regulations, if not inconsistent with the context, words and expressions shall have the same meaning as in “The Mining Act, 1898” (hereinafter called “the Mining Act”).

MINERS’ RIGHTS.

2. A miner’s right, where it does not extend to Native ceded lands, shall be in the form numbered 1 or (in the case of a consolidated miner’s right) 2 in the First Schedule hereto; and a miner’s right that does so extend shall be in the form numbered 3 or (in the case of a consolidated miner’s right) 4 in that Schedule, and shall specify the block of Native ceded land to which it extends.

3. Subject to the provisions of the Mining Act relating to Native ceded land, the qualification of a miner’s right shall not be necessary in the cases and for the purposes following, that is to say,—

In the Case of

(1.) Any officer under the Mining Act

(2.) Any person deriving title to a mining privilege by transmission, or by operation of law

(3.) The mortgagee of a mining privilege

(4.) The holder of a license for a mining privilege

(5.) A workman, contractor, or tributer in respect of a mining privilege

For the Purposes of

The exercise of his official functions and powers under the Mining Act.

His title, and the exercise of his rights thereunder.

His title as mortgagee, and the exercise of his rights under the mortgage.

The exercise of his rights as such holder, and all applications to the Warden or the Court relating to such mining privilege.

The exercise of his rights, liens, and remedies in respect of money owing to him as such workman, contractor, or tributer.

4. With respect to every person who is by law required to have the qualification of a miner’s right, the following provisions shall apply:—

(1.) It shall be his duty to produce the miner’s right for inspection whenever requested so to do by the Warden, or any Inspector, or Receiver, or Registrar, or member of the Police Force.

(2.) It shall at all times lie on him to prove that he has the necessary qualification by producing the miner’s right, or satisfactorily accounting for its non-production.

5. In every case where the qualification of a miner’s right is necessary in order to authorise the doing of any of the