New Zealand Gazette – 1907 – No. 16

Page 659

✨ Regulations and Schedules

Feb. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 659

THIRD SCHEDULE.
(Reg. 50.)
PERMISSIBLE METHOD OF GAUGING WATER.

Gauge-boxes.

WHEN other and more accurate means of measuring water are not conveniently available it may be done by using gauge-boxes of the dimensions and forms following, that is to say: The gauge-box shall be 12 ft. long, 20 in. or 40 in. wide inside measurement, as the case may be, in accordance with the undermentioned table. The box shall be open on the top, and set truly horizontal. Its outlet end shall be closed with a board 1 in. in thickness, or with a metal plate, with the exception of the aperture, which shall be the whole width of the gauge-box and of such depths as are specified in the said table for the number of sluice-heads to be discharged, but in all cases the lower side of orifice shall be 2 in. above the bottom of the gauge-box, and the depth of the sides of the gauge-box shall be regulated so that they shall not have a less depth than the depth of the orifice, the height of the board above the orifice, with two additional inches added. The dimensions of aperture and height of board above aperture for the number of sluice-heads to be discharged shall be in accordance with the said table.

The following is a table of the dimensions of apertures in gauge-boxes for measuring water, with head or depth of water above the top of aperture:—

Depth of Pressure-board above Top of Aperture, in Inches.	Dimensions of Aperture, in Inches.	Number of Sluice-heads discharged.	Depth of Pressure-board above Top of Aperture, in Inches.	Dimensions of Aperture, in Inches.	Number of Sluice-heads discharged.
	Width.	Depth.		Width.	Depth.
5	20	2	1	24	40
5	20	3⅞	2	24	40
8	20	4¼	3	24	40
8	20	5⅞	4	24	40
9	20	6⅞	5	24	40
9	20	8	6	24	40
12	20	8¼	7	24	40
12	20	9¼	8	24	40
12	40	5⅝	9	30	40
12	40	6³⁄₁₆	10	30	40
12	40	6¼	11	30	40
18	40	6¾	12	30	40
18	40	7¼	13	30	40
18	40	7¾	14	30	40
18	40	8⅛	15	30	40
18	40	8⅝	16	30	40
18	40	9¼	17	30	40
18	40	9⁹⁄₁₆	18	30	40
18	40	10	19	30	40
18	40	10⁵⁄₁₆	20	30	40
18	40	10⁷⁄₈	21	30	40
18	40	11⁵⁄₁₆	22	36	40
18	40	11³⁄₄	23	36	40
18	40	11¹³⁄₁₆	24	36	40
24	40	11¹⁄₁₆	25	36	40
24	40	11⁷⁄₁₆	26
24	40	11¹¹⁄₁₆	27	Every 5 Heads.
24	40	12³⁄₁₆	28	36	40
24	40	12⁵⁄₈	29	36	40
24	40	13	30	36	40
24	40	13³⁄₈	31	48	40
24	40	13³⁄₄	32	48	40
24	40	14¼	33	48	40
24	40	14⁵⁄₈	34	48	40
24	40	14⁷⁄₈	35	48	40

FOURTH SCHEDULE.
(Reg. 108.)
RATE OF ROYALTY ON TIMBER CUT UNDER SAWMILL LICENSE.

Class I.—
Totara and matai not less than 25 ft. in length, puriri, maire-raunui, silver-pine, and pohutu-kawa .. .. .. .. .. 2 0

Class II.—
Totara and matai less than 25 ft. in length, rata, tangeao, manuka (ti-tree), manoao, tane-kaha, kawaka, kaikawaka .. .. .. 1 0

Class III.—
Rewarewa, mapau, toro, hinau, taraire, miro, black and brown birch .. .. .. .. 0 6

Class IV.—
Mountain and silver beech .. .. .. 0 6

Class V.—
Rimu (red-pine), kahikatea (white-pine), kamai, pukatea, tawa .. .. .. .. 0 6

Class VI.—
Blocks for paving sluices .. .. .. 0 2

Railway-sleepers .. .. .. .. 0 2 Each.

Class VII.—
Puriri, totara, silver-pine, and matai posts and sleepers shall be charged under Classes I and II, according to the description and length of the tree.

Other posts, rails, and sleepers .. .. .. 8 0 Per 100.

Fencing-stakes .. .. .. .. 4 0 Per Cord.

Firewood .. .. .. .. 1s. Per Cord.

Notes.

(1.) No standing totara or black-pine, and no timber required or suitable for milling purposes, shall be cut under either Class VI or Class VII.
(2.) Railway-sleepers shall not be cut under Class VII.
(3.) The foregoing royalty on railway-sleepers shall be payable also on railway-sleepers cut under hand-sawing and timber-splitting warrants.

FIFTH SCHEDULE.
(Reg. 119.)
PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE WARDEN IN RESPECT OF MINING PRIVILEGES AND TIMBER-CUTTING RIGHTS.

Table of Fees.

Application fee in respect of every application to the Warden filed in the office of the Registrar under the foregoing provisions of these regulations .. .. .. 2s.

Filing notice of objection .. .. .. 2s.

Summons to witness
Service of summons
Mileage
Filing notice of application for a rehearing
Filing notice of appeal
Allowances to witnesses
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The same fees and allowances as in proceedings in the Warden’s Court (see Seventh Schedule).

Certificate of protection—
Where the period of protection does not exceed fourteen days .. .. .. 1s.
Where it exceeds fourteen days .. .. .. 5s.

Certificate of reduction .. .. .. 5s.
Certificate of easement .. .. .. 5s.
Certificate of registration .. .. .. 1s.

License for a mining privilege, under which neither rent nor royalty is payable .. .. .. 5s.

SIXTH SCHEDULE.

FORMS FOR USE IN WARDEN’S COURT.
(The forms being numbered on from the last number in the First Schedule.)

Form 71 (Reg. 122).

Under “The Mining Act, 1905.”

PLAINT-BOOK.

WARDEN’S COURT of the Mining District, held at

Date of Entry of Plaint.	No. of Plaint.	Plaintiff.	Residence.	Occupation.	Defendant.	Residence.	Occupation.	Substance of Suit and Nature of Relief.	Amount sued for.	Date of Hearing.	Initials of Bailiff.	Date of Receipt by Bailiff.	Name of Foreign Court to which Summons sent.	Date on which sent.	Date of Return from Foreign Court.
									£ s. d.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1907, No 16

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🌾 Permissible Method of Gauging Water (continued from previous page)

Domain🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
KeywordsWater measurement, Gauge-boxes, Dimensions, Aperture, Sluice-heads, Mining

🌾 Rate of Royalty on Timber Cut Under Sawmill License

Domain🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
KeywordsTimber royalty, Sawmill license, Classification, Rates, Totara, Matai, Puriri, Firewood, Railway-sleepers

🌾 Proceedings Before the Warden in Respect of Mining Privileges and Timber-Cutting Rights

Domain🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
KeywordsWarden proceedings, Fees, Mining privileges, Timber-cutting rights, Certificates, Licenses

⚖️ Forms for Use in Warden’s Court

Domain⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
KeywordsWarden’s Court, Forms, Plaint-book, Mining Act 1905, Legal procedures

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