2690 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 89

of the nature of the prospecting operations during
the same period. All such statements and reports
shall be filed by the Registrar.

20. Labour under Mineral Leases.—The lessee
    shall, within six months after the date of the mineral
    lease, commence and thereafter during the term of
    the lease continually prosecute mining operations
    on the demised land for the specified mineral, and for
    that purpose shall at all times during the first two
    years of the term keep employed upon or in con-
    nection with the demised land and his said mining
    operations thereon at least one workman for every
    full area of 50 acres or less therein contained, and
    thereafter during the term at least two workmen
    for every such area, provided as follows :—

    (a.) For the purpose of compliance with the
    aforesaid labour conditions there shall
    be included all work done in the con-
    struction or erection of machinery or in
    preparations indispensable to the actual
    commencement of mining operations.

    (b.) To the extent of one-half of the number of
    workmen which should otherwise be em-
    ployed the expenditure of capital shall
    be equivalent to the employment of
    workmen in the proportion of one man
    for every £1,000 of capital which shall
    be expended by the lessee in plant or
    permanent works for the purpose of
    mining for the specified mineral.

21. Refunds of Deposits.—Refunds of the amount
    deposited by an applicant for a mineral prospecting
    warrant or mineral lease shall from time to time be
    made in sums of not less than £50 on the certificate
    of an Inspector of Mines that at least £100 has been
    expended in prospecting the lands comprised in the
    mineral prospecting warrant or the development and
    working of the lands comprised in the mineral lease,
    as the case may be, for every £50 applied for as a
    refund.

22. Should gold be discovered within the area
    comprised in either a mineral prospecting warrant
    or a mineral lease, the discoverer shall, if the land
    is within a mining district, have the prior right to
    take up a special claim under the provisions of the
    Mining Act, but if the land is not within a mining
    district the locality must be brought under the
    operations of the Mining Act, when the discoverer
    will have a prior right to take up a special claim.

23. Should any mineral other than the mineral
    specified in a mineral prospecting warrant or mineral
    lease be discovered, the discoverer shall, on giving
    an undertaking in writing that he will not interfere
    with the operations of the holder of the original
    warrant, have the right to acquire a warrant to
    prospect for the mineral he may have discovered
    upon the same terms and conditions as are pre-
    scribed for the original warrant, and at the end of
    the term of the second warrant the holder shall
    have the prior right to acquire a mineral license to
    the extent and under the conditions prescribed by
    section 102 of the Mining Act.

CLAIMS.

Classes and Subdivisions.

24. Claims are divided into the following classes,
    according to size :—

    (1.) Ordinary claims.
    (2.) Extended claims.
    (3.) Special claims.

25. Each class of claims is subdivided as follows,
    according to the nature of the ground and of the
    operations :—

    (1.) Alluvial claims : meaning thereby claims
    worked in alluvial ground, not being
    dredging or river claims as hereinafter
    defined.

    (2.) Dredging claims : meaning thereby claims
    worked by means of dredges.

    (3.) River claims : meaning thereby claims
    worked in the beds or on the banks of
    watercourses, not being alluvial or dredg-
    ing claims as hereinbefore defined.

    (4.) Quartz claims : meaning thereby claims
    worked on quartz or other reefs, or
    cement or other deposits, by means of
    crushing, roasting, or chemical process.

    (5.) Sea-beach claims : meaning thereby claims
    on the sea-beach and extending sea-
    wards.

Form, Area, and Dimensions.

26. Subject to the specific provisions hereinafter
    contained relating to specific claims, the form of
    every claim shall as far as practicable be four-sided,
    each side being as far as practicable measured in a
    straight line, and no one side exceeding twice the
    length of any other side :

Provided that, within the limits prescribed by
section 87 of the Mining Act, the form and dimen-
sions as specified by this clause may be varied to
such extent as, having regard to the circumstances
of the case, the Warden thinks reasonable.

27. Subject to the provisions of section 87 of
    the Mining Act, the area of alluvial claims shall not
    exceed—

    (1.) For an ordinary claim, 1 acre if held under
    license, and 10,000 square feet if held
    otherwise than under license.

    (2.) For an extended claim, 5 acres.

    (3.) For a special claim, 100 acres.

28. The form of dredging or river claims may have
    relation to the course of the stream in or on the bed
    or bank of which they are worked, and with respect
    to such claims the following provisions shall apply :—

    (1.) For an ordinary claim the area shall not
    exceed 1 acre, and not more than 3 chains
    of the course of the stream shall be com-
    prised therein.

    (2.) For an extended claim the area shall not
    exceed 5 acres, and not more than 15
    chains of the course of the stream shall
    be comprised therein.

    (3.) For a special claim the area shall not exceed
    100 acres, and not more than three miles
    of the course of the stream shall be com-
    prised therein.

    (4.) The course of the stream shall in each case
    be measured along the centre of the bed
    of the stream.

29. With respect to the area and dimensions of
    quartz claims, the following provisions shall apply :—

    (1.) For an ordinary claim the area shall not
    exceed 1 acre, and not more than 200 ft.
    of the length of any supposed reef shall
    be comprised therein.

    (2.) For an extended claim the area shall not
    exceed 5 acres, and not more than 500 ft.
    of the length of any supposed reef shall
    be comprised therein.

    (3.) For a special claim the area shall not exceed
    100 acres.