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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 39

(6.) Where an auction of township or suburban sections is held and any lot remains unsold, a lease thereof may at any time within two years from the date of the auction be granted, with the approval of the Warden, to any qualified applicant, at the upset rental named at such auction.

(7.) The section leased shall, within twelve months from the date of the lease, be substantially fenced.

(8.) At the expiration of the term of the lease the section shall, unless required by the Crown, be again put up for auction, but weighted with the value of the buildings and other improvements then existing thereon, ascertained by valuation under section 40 of the Mining Act; but in no case shall any right of valuation exist as against the Crown.

As to Appeals.

4. The result of every appeal under section 281 of the Mining Act shall be forthwith communicated to the Clerk of the Court from which the appeal was made, by certificate under the hand of the Clerk of the Appellate Court and the seal of his Court.

Mining Agents.

5. All mining agents duly registered under any former Mining Act shall be deemed to be duly registered under “The Mining Act, 1898”; but such mining agents shall be liable to pay the annual registration-fee hereinafter prescribed.

6. Any person desirous of being registered as a mining agent under section 278 of the Mining Act shall make application in writing in the Form No. 101 in the First Schedule hereto, which application shall be publicly notified by and at the expense of the applicant by advertisement twice at least in one or more newspapers circulating in the district.

7. Such application shall state the particular mining district, or the particular localities within such district, to which the application is intended to relate.

8. An application shall not be granted authorising any mining agent to appear in any Warden’s Court held outside the mining district for which he is registered.

9. Before granting any application for registration as a mining agent the Warden shall satisfy himself as to the applicant’s knowledge in respect to the general mining law of the colony, particularly treating of the following subjects:—

(a.) The classes of lands in respect of which mining privileges may be granted pursuant to the Mining Act.

(b.) Miners’ rights.

(c.) The different classes of mining privileges, and their protection, amalgamation, and exchange, as well as the procedure to be adopted in applying therefor.

(d.) The procedure of the Warden’s Court.

(e.) Forfeiture by decree of the Court.

(f.) Abandonment of mining privileges.

10. Every application to be registered as a mining agent, and every application to cancel such registration, shall be publicly heard.

11. Immediately on the grant of an application to be registered as a mining agent the Warden shall issue to the applicant a license in the Form No. 102 in the First Schedule hereto.

12. (1.) There shall be payable to the Clerk of the Warden’s Court by every mining agent an annual registration-fee of £1 1s., payable on the 1st day of January in each year: Provided that if any application for registration is granted after the 1st day of July in any year there shall only be payable in respect of the remainder of that year a fee of 10s. 6d.

(2.) In default of payment for a period of thirty days the agent shall be suspended until the fee is paid.

(3.) All such fees shall be paid to the Receiver of Gold Revenue.

13. The registration of any person as a mining agent shall not be cancelled until after a public inquiry, of which due notice is given to all persons concerned. An application to cancel such a registration may be in the Form No. 103 in the First Schedule hereto.

14. The fees set out in the Second Schedule hereto may be allowed to either party in respect of any registered mining agent lawfully appearing and acting in any proceedings under the Mining Act.

15. The procedure prescribed by the Mining Act, and the regulations made thereunder in respect of applications for mining privileges, and objections thereto, shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to all applications and objections filed and lodged pursuant to these regulations relating to mining agents.

Dredgemasters’ Certificates.

16. In each mining district where dredging is carried on the Board of Examiners shall appoint a certified dredgemaster of experience and good repute, and a Harbourmaster, who, together with the Inspector of Mines for the district, shall conduct the examinations, at such times and places as may be determined by the Board.

17. Every Examiner so appointed by the Board shall receive by way of travelling-expenses the sum of £1 11s. for each day’s absence from his place of abode for the purpose of conducting the examinations, including the day of his leaving his place of abode, but not the day of his return thereto.

18. He shall also be repaid all sums properly expended by him for fares by railway, coach, or steamer in travelling for the purpose of attendance at such examinations.

19. Every candidate for a certificate by examination shall, at least one month before the date fixed for the examination, and in the Form No. 104 in the First Schedule hereto, make application in that behalf to “The Secretary of the Board of Examiners under the Mining Act,” at Wellington, and shall forward therewith a fee of £1.

20. Every candidate for examination shall be not less than twenty-four years of age, and shall forward, together with his application, satisfactory evidence of sobriety and good character, and of at least three years’ employment on a dredge or dredges, two years of which must have been served on a dredge or dredges working in deep or swift-flowing streams.

21. No candidate shall be permitted to attend for examination without an authority signed by the secretary of the Board.

22. The examination shall comprise the following subjects:—

(a.) On laying lines and the methods of running lines for working a dredge.

(b.) On moving a dredge up and down stream.

(c.) On mooring a dredge and protecting same against floods, &c.

(d.) On boats and the working of same under conditions incidental to dredging operations.

(e.) On a knowledge of the special rules prescribed by Regulation 83 made under “The Mining Act, 1898,” and its amendments, and of any other requirements of the said Act and its amendments relating to dredging.

(f.) On such other matters relating to the safe working of dredges as the Board may deem desirable, including a knowledge of machinery and the strength of ropes.

23. Applications for certificates of service as dredgemaster shall be made to the secretary of the Board aforesaid in the Form No. 105 in the First Schedule hereto, accompanied by a fee of £1.

24. The certificates issued under these regulations shall be in the Form No. 106 or 107 in the First Schedule hereto, as the case requires.

25. The Board shall keep a register of all certificates issued by it, distinguishing those issued after examination from those issued without examination.

26. (1.) Where it appears to the Board that the holder of a certificate under these regulations is guilty of an offence or misconduct rendering him unfit to hold the same, the Board may call upon him to show cause why he should not be disqualified.

(2.) If he fails to show cause the Board shall report the matter to the Minister, who, by notice in the Gazette, may disqualify him for such period as the Minister thinks fit; and during such period he shall be deemed not to be the holder of such certificate.

27. The owner of every dredge shall from time to time notify in writing to the Inspector the name of the dredgemaster employed thereon, together with the number of his certificate, and shall also at all times cause such name to be kept posted in some conspicuous place on the dredge.

28. Every person employed or acting as dredgemaster, or in control of a dredge, shall produce his certificate to the Warden or the Inspector of Mines whenever required so to do.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Form 98 (Reg. 2).

APPLICATION FOR LICENSE UNDER SECTION 44 OF THE MINING ACT.

[As in Form 15 of the principal regulations, with all necessary modifications, including Schedule as follows.]

SCHEDULE.

Purpose for which license is required:

Proposed term of license:

Locality where land is situated, with its boundaries, measurements, and area:

Form 99 (Reg. 2).

LICENSE UNDER SECTION 44 OF THE MINING ACT.

Pursuant to “The Mining Act, 1898,” I, the undersigned, Warden of the __ Mining District, do hereby grant to [Full name, residence, and occupation] this license, authorising the licensee to [State purpose of license] on or over the land described in the First Schedule hereto.