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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 93

exclusive use of the road or bridge, but the same
shall be open to the full and free use of the public :
Provided that where the licensee has expended
money in forming or maintaining the road or bridge,
and the holder of any other mining privilege uses
the same for the purpose of obtaining ingress to or
egress from such mining privilege, every such holder
shall be liable to pay to the licensee a reasonable
proportion of such expenditure, and, if the parties
concerned cannot agree as to the amount of such
proportion, the same shall be determined by the
Warden and two Assessors on the application of any
of the parties in like manner and subject to the like
provisions as in the case of a claim for compensa-
tion.

SURRENDER OF MINING PRIVILEGES, WHETHER
ABSOLUTELY OR FOR PURPOSES OF EXCHANGE
OF TITLE OR AMALGAMATION OF CLAIMS.

57. With respect to the surrender of mining privi-
    leges, whether absolutely or for purposes of exchange
    of title or amalgamation of claims, the following
    provisions shall apply :—
    (1.) The application need not be publicly noti-
    fied by advertisement nor posted on the
    mining privilege unless the Warden other-
    wise directs.
    (2.) Where the surrender is for purposes of
    exchange of title or amalgamation of
    claims, the consent of the Minister,
    under paragraph (y) of section 165 of
    the Mining Act, to the license for the
    corresponding mining privilege or the
    amalgamated claim shall be necessary
    in the cases therein mentioned.
    (3.) The license for the corresponding mining
    privilege or amalgamated claim shall
    be in the ordinary form, with the addi-
    tion of a memorandum to be noted or
    indorsed on the license under the hand
    of the Warden and the seal of the Court,
    specifying—
    (a.) The fact that the license is
    issued in exchange for a surrendered
    mining privilege, or, as the case may
    be, in amalgamation of surrendered
    claims, and the name, description, and
    registered number of the surrendered
    privilege or claims ;
    (b.) The priorities, encumbrances,
    liens, and interests referred to in para-
    graph (h) of section 155 of the Mining
    Act ;
    (c.) Such other particulars as the
    Warden thinks fit.
    (4.) Such memorandum may be in such one of
    the forms numbered 39 or 40 in the
    First Schedule hereto as is applicable.
    (5.) The instrument of title to every surren-
    dered mining privilege shall be delivered
    up to the Warden, who shall note or
    indorse thereon, under his hand and
    the seal of the Court, a minute of the

surrender in the form numbered 41 in
the First Schedule hereto :
Provided that, if the instrument of
title has been lost, the Warden, upon
satisfactory proof of loss, may dispense
with its production, and in such case
the minute of surrender may be by
separate instrument in the form num-
bered 42 in the First Schedule hereto.
(6.) The minute of surrender shall be regis-
tered and filed by the Registrar.
(7.) The declaration of loss may be in the
form numbered 43 in the First Sche-
dule hereto.

58. Before granting the application for amalga-
    mation of claims, the Warden shall be satisfied that
    there has been expended in mining operations on
    each of the claims not less than £10.

RENEWAL OF LICENSES FOR MINING PRIVILEGES.

59. Subject, in the case of tunnel prospecting
    licenses, to the provisions of clause 11 of these
    regulations, the following provisions shall apply
    with respect to the renewal of licenses for mining
    privileges :—
    (1.) The application for the renewal may be
    in the form numbered 44 in the First
    Schedule hereto, and shall be filed in
    the office of the Registrar within not
    more than two months nor less than one
    month before the expiration of the cur-
    rent term by effluxion of time, but need
    not be notified or advertised.
    (2.) The renewal shall be effected by indorse-
    ment on the original license.

LABOUR CONDITIONS.

Prescribed Number of Workmen.

60. (1.) For the purposes of section 97 of the
    Mining Act the number of workmen to be employed
    by the holder of a claim in mining operations shall
    be in the proportion of not less than one workmen for
    every complete 6 acres of the area of the claim
    during the first year, computed from the date on
    which by that section the operations are required
    to be commenced ; one workman for every complete
    4 acres during the second such year ; and one work-
    man for every complete 3 acres thereafter :
    Provided that at no time shall the number so
    employed be less than one in the case of an ordi-
    nary or extended claim, and two in the case of a
    special claim :
    Provided further that, in the case of a claim the
    title whereto is surrendered for purposes of ex-
    change or amalgamation, the minimum number to
    be employed shall be computed from the date on
    which the claim was originally taken up.
    (2.) For the purposes of the proviso to para-
    graph (b) of section 98 of the Mining Act the number
    of workmen to be employed for every acre in excess
    of 400 acres shall, in the case of all claims taken up
    after the date of the coming into force of these