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work, and the same have been submitted
to and approved by the officer who fur-
nished the aforesaid report:
(5.) No assistance shall be given in the case of
a water-race if the carrying-capacity is
less than fifteen sluice-heads of water,
nor in the case of a storage reservoir if its
storage-capacity is less than 20,000,000
cubic feet of water.
(6.) Before any assistance is granted towards
the construction of any water-race or
storage reservoir the rates to be charged
for water therefrom shall be submitted
to and approved by the Minister.

Subsidies to Local Authorities or Miners’ Associations in aid of Prospecting.

127. In the cases, to the extent, and subject to
     the conditions hereinafter set forth, the Minister
     may grant subsidies not exceeding two pounds for
     one pound in respect of moneys expended by any
     local authority (being a County Council or, where
     “ The Counties Act, 1886,” is not in operation, a
     Road Board) or any miners’ association in as-
     sisting prospecting operations; and with respect
     to every such subsidy the following provisions shall
     apply :—
     (1.) The local authority or miners’ association
     desiring the subsidy shall make applica-
     tion to the Minister setting forth in
     detail its proposed scheme of assist-
     ance.
     (2.) The total amount payable by the Minister
     in respect of subsidy in any one year
     shall not exceed, in the case of a County
     Council or a miner’s association, £500,
     and in the case of a Road Board, £300 :
     Provided that in no case shall any sub-
     sidy be payable unless the scheme of
     assistance is approved by the Minister,
     and is in accordance with these regula-
     tions.
     (3.) The scheme of assistance may comprise
     the purchase of boring appliances for
     use in prospecting operations, or the
     payment of money to parties of pro-
     spectors under the hereinafter-men-
     tioned Classes I and II.
     (4.) Under Class I a subsidy at a rate not
     exceeding £1 per week per man may be
     paid by the Minister in respect of each
     party of not less than two men whilst
     prospecting in new ground: Provided
     that, except where the prospecting
     operations consist of trenching for lodes
     or reefs, no subsidy shall be payable
     unless such new ground is distant at
     least three miles from any place where
     within the preceding six months more
     than ten men have been prospecting or
     mining.

(5.) Under Class II a subsidy of the rates
and in the cases next hereinafter men-
tioned may be paid by the Minister in
respect of each party of not less than
two men whilst prospecting partially
worked and prospected ground within
reasonably easy access of road-com-
munication.
(6.) Such rates and cases are as follow:—
(a.) For sinking in dry ground, the
shaft not being less than 4 ft. by 3 ft.,—
s. d.
From surface to 15 ft.... 0 6 per foot.
From 15 ft. to 60 ft. ... 1 6 "
Over 60 ft. ... 2 0 "
(b.) For sinking in wet ground where
slabbing is necessary, the shaft being
not less than 5 ft. by 3 ft., —
Double the foregoing rate.
(c.) For prospecting for dredging pur-
poses by sinking shaft in bed of stream—
Double the rate under (b).
(d.) For tunnelling or driving through
drift or blue-reef, the tunnel or drive
being not less than 5 ft. by 3 ft.,—
s. d.
Up to 300 ft. ... 0 9 per foot.
From 300 ft. to 700 ft. 1 9 "
From 700 ft. to 1,000 ft. 2 3 "
Over 1,000 ft. ... 3 0 "
(e.) For tunnelling or driving through
hard rock, where blasting is necessary,
the tunnel or drive being not less than
5 ft. by 3 ft.,—
For the whole distance... 5s. per foot.
128. In no case shall any party of prospectors be
entitled to assistance from the local authority or
association, nor shall any subsidy in respect thereof
be payable by the Minister, unless the following
conditions are complied with :—
(1.) The party shall apply in writing to the local
authority or association for assistance.
(2.) The application shall set out the name and
address of each member of the party
(being not less than two men), the class
of the prospecting, and the locality in
which it is to be done.
(3.) The application shall be approved both by
the Minister and the local authority or
association.
(4.) The party shall send to the local authority
or association a monthly report setting
forth in detail the value and extent of
the work done during the month and
the amount earned by the party.
(5.) The work shall be inspected from time to
time by a person appointed in that be-
half by the local authority or associa-
tion, and no payment shall be made to
the party by the authority or associa-