2714

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 89

150. In every case where under these regulations,
     service is effected by posting a registered letter, the
     date on which the letter would reach its address in
     the ordinary course of post shall be deemed to be
     the date of the service.

151. The foregoing provisions as to service shall
     not apply in the case of a summons the mode of
     service whereof is prescribed by subsections (14) to
     (19) of section 333 of the Mining Act.

152. In the case of a summons where the defendant
     is beyond the limits of the Dominion, but has
     an agent within the Dominion authorised to defend
     actions, service may, by leave of the Court, be made
     upon such agent.

As to Tent or Hut Ground.

153. In addition to the other privileges conferred
     by the Mining Act or these regulations on the holder
     of a miner's right, he shall as such holder, and without
     application to the Warden, be entitled to personally
     occupy as tent or hut ground for his residence an area
     not exceeding 24 ft. frontage by 48 ft. depth on any
     unoccupied Crown land open for mining, not being
     land set apart for business or residence sites or land
     required for such sites or for mining purposes.

As to Sanitary Provisions.

154. The holders of all residence or business sites
     or of tent or hut grounds shall comply with all sanitary
     regulations prescribed by any local authority having
     jurisdiction over such sites or grounds, and also with
     all the provisions of 'The Public Health Act, 1908,' or
     its amendments relating thereto.

As to Rents, &c., payable to Owner of Land.

155. All rents, royalties, and license fees to which
     the owner of land is entitled under section 58 of the
     Mining Act shall, when received by the Receiver,
     be paid by him into his Deposit Account, and there
     held until he can pay them over to the owner entitled
     thereto.

As to Receivers.

156. In every case where, under the powers in that
     behalf conferred by section 166 of the Mining Act,
     the Commissioner of Crown Lands exercises the powers
     and functions of the Warden and Registrar respectively,
     the Receiver of Land Revenue of the land district
     shall exercise the powers and functions of the Receiver
     of Gold Revenue.

As to Appeals.

157. The result of every appeal under section 336
     of the Mining Act shall be forthwith communicated
     to the Clerk of the Court from which the appeal was
     made by certificate under the hand of the Clerk of the
     Appellate Court and the seal of his Court.

Mining Agents.

158. All mining agents duly registered under any
     former Mining Act shall be deemed to be duly registered
     under 'The Mining Act, 1908,' and shall be liable to
     pay the annual registration fee hereinafter prescribed.

159. Any person desirous of being registered as a
     mining agent under section 333 of the Mining Act
     shall make application in writing in the Form No. 105
     in the Ninth Schedule hereto, which application shall
     be publicly notified by and at the expense of the applicant
     by advertisement twice at least in one or more newspapers
     circulating in the district.

160. Such application shall state the particular
     mining district, or the particular localities within such
     district, to which the application is intended to relate.

161. An application shall not be granted authorising
     any mining agent to appear in any Warden's
     Court held outside the mining district for which he is
     registered.

162. Before granting any application for registration
     as a mining agent the Warden shall satisfy himself
     as to the applicant's knowledge in respect to the general
     mining law of the Dominion, particularly treating of
     the following subjects:-
     (a.) The classes of land in respect of which
     mining privileges may be granted pursuant to the
     Mining Act.
     (b.) Miners' rights.
     (c.) The different classes of mining privileges,
     and their protection, amalgamation, and exchange,
     as well as the procedure to be adopted in applying
     therefor.
     (d.) The procedure of the Warden's Court.
     (e.) Forfeiture by decree of the Court.
     (f.) Abandonment of mining privileges.

163. Every application to be registered as a mining
     agent, and every application to cancel such registration,
     shall be publicly heard.

164. Immediately on the grant of an application to
     be registered as a mining agent, the Warden shall issue
     to the applicant a license in the Form No. 106 in the
     Ninth Schedule hereto.

165. (1.) There shall be payable to the Clerk of the
     Warden's Court by every mining agent an annual license
     fee of £1 1s., payable on the first day of January in
     each year:
     Provided that if any application for registration is
     granted after the first day of July in any year there
     shall only be payable in respect of the remainder of
     that year a fee of 10s. 6d.
     (2.) In default of payment for a period of thirty days
     the agent shall be suspended until the fee is paid.
     (3.) All such fees shall be paid to the Receiver of
     Gold Revenue.

166. The registration of any person as a mining agent
     shall not be cancelled until after a public inquiry, of
     which due notice is given to all persons concerned. An
     application to cancel such registration may be in the
     Form No. 107 in the Ninth Schedule hereto.

167. The fees set out in the Tenth Schedule hereto
     may be allowed to either party in respect of any registered
     mining agent lawfully appearing and acting in any
     proceedings under the Mining Act.

168. The procedure prescribed by the Mining Act
     and these regulations in respect of applications for
     mining privileges, and objections thereto, shall, mutatis
     mutandis, apply to all applications and objections filed
     and lodged pursuant to these regulations relating to
     mining agents.

Forms.

169. The forms in the respective schedules hereto
     may be modified or adapted as the circumstances of the
     case require, and in any case where no suitable form
     appears in the schedules such form may be used as the
     Warden prescribes or approves.

170. In every case where, in the exercise of the
     powers and functions of the Warden, the Commissioner
     of Crown Lands issues any license or warrant, sealing
     shall not be necessary.