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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 follow-
    ing 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 appli-
cation for registration, in the form num-
bered 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 appli-
cation to the Warden, who shall decide
the matter, after making such investiga-
tion 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 par-
ticulars 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 subsec-
tion (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 com-
    pensation 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 com-
     pensation against His Majesty under the Mining
     Act may be made in such of the forms provided
     by “The Public Works Act, 1905,” as are appli-
     cable, 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 In-
     spector 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 num-
     bered 63 in the First Schedule hereto, under the
     hand of such officer or buyer, setting forth the par-
     ticulars 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.