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whereupon the following provisions shall apply:—
(a.) The Warden may issue a summons requiring the owner of the dredge to show cause why it should not be suspended or condemned.
(b.) On the return of the summons, and after full inquiry and investigation, the Warden may, by order, either suspend the dredge from working until it is renovated and rendered safe to his satisfaction, or condemn it altogether, or give such other direction in the premises as he thinks fit; and it shall be the duty of the owner of the dredge, and all other persons concerned, to obey such order.

(14.) A printed copy of the foregoing special rules shall be kept posted in a conspicuous place on every dredge, and shall be renewed as often as the same is torn or defaced.

(15.) It shall be the duty of the owner and manager of the dredge, and of every person in charge of or giving orders or directions relating to the working of the dredge or employed thereon, to faithfully comply with the foregoing special rules, and if they fail or neglect so to do they shall be severely guilty of an offence.

General.

96. Any requirement, order, or direction of the Inspector under the aforesaid section 255, or these regulations, may be made by writing under his hand addressed in general terms to the person in charge of the mine or dredge, and delivered at the mine or dredge; and it shall be the duty of the owner and manager to faithfully comply therewith.

REGISTRATION OF APPLIANCES AND PROCESSES FOR TREATING ORES AND METALS.

97. For the purposes of Part VI of the Mining Act (relating to the registration of appliances and processes for treating ores and metals) the following provisions shall apply:—
    (1.) Any person who, as owner or proprietor of a machine, desires to register the same shall lodge with the Registrar an application for registration, in the form numbered 57 in the First Schedule hereto, or to that effect.
    (2.) If after inquiry the Registrar is satisfied as to the facts he shall register the machine in manner hereinafter provided; but if he is not so satisfied he shall refer the application to the Warden, who shall decide the matter, after making such investigation as he thinks fit.
    (3.) The Machine Register-book shall be in the form numbered 58 in the First Schedule hereto, and registration shall be effected by entering in the said book the particulars indicated in the said form.
    (4.) On registering the machine the Registrar shall issue to the applicant a license to work the machine.
    (5.) The license may be in the form numbered 59 in the First Schedule hereto.
    (6.) The renewal of the license may be effected by the Registrar in the same manner, mutatis mutandis, as in the case of the renewal of a tunnel prospecting license

by the Warden, and for that purpose clause 11 of these regulations, with all necessary modifications, shall apply.

(7.) The monthly return mentioned in subsection (k) of section 279 of the Mining Act may be in the form numbered 60 in the First Schedule hereto.

COMPENSATION.

As to Compensation payable otherwise than by the Crown.

98. Except in the cases where under the Mining Act or these regulations specific provision is made as to the mode of assessing compensation, all compensation payable thereunder, otherwise than by the Crown, shall be assessed in such manner as is agreed on by the parties concerned, or, failing agreement, then by the Warden and two assessors.

99. In every case where the compensation is to be assessed by the Warden and two assessors, the provisions of section 114 of the Mining Act shall apply.

As to Compensation payable by the Crown in respect of Watercourses set apart for Discharge of Tailings.

100. The claim for compensation to be prescribed under section 127 of the Mining Act may be made in the form numbered 61 in the First Schedule hereto, or to that effect.

General as to Compensation payable by the Crown.

101. Subject as last aforesaid, all claims for compensation against His Majesty under the Mining Act may be made in such of the forms provided by “The Public Works Act, 1905,” as are applicable, with all such modifications and alterations as the circumstances require.

STATISTICS.

102. Every holder of a claim shall during the month of January in each year forward to the Inspector a return in the form numbered 62 in the First Schedule hereto, under the hand of the holder or manager of the claim, setting forth in respect of such claim the particulars therein mentioned for the year ending on the last day of the preceding month.

103. Every bank, by some responsible officer thereof, and every gold-buyer other than a bank, shall, during the month of January in each year, forward to the Inspector a return in the form numbered 63 in the First Schedule hereto, under the hand of such officer or buyer, setting forth the particulars therein mentioned for the year ending on the last day of the preceding month.

DUPLICATES OF DOCUMENTS LOST OR DESTROYED.

104. For the purposes of the issue of duplicates of lost or destroyed documents under the provisions in that behalf contained in section 363 of the Mining Act, the following provisions shall apply:—
     (1.) The application for the duplicate may be in the form numbered 64 in the First Schedule hereto, and shall be filed in the office of the Registrar, but need not be notified or advertised.
     (2.) The statutory declaration embodied in the application shall be exempt from stamp duty.
     (3.) The Warden, if satisfied with the proof of loss, may order the Registrar to issue a duplicate, and in such case the Registrar shall issue the same accordingly.