the Warden, and a memorandum thereof made upon the back of the original certificate.

14.—Keeping Races in Repair, Bridging, &c.

The holder or occupier of any race shall keep the same in repair, and shall make an efficient bridge where any road in ordinary use crosses the race, upon being required to do so by the Warden.

15.—Working Ground occupied for Races.

Any person desirous of working the ground on which any race or portion of a race is situated, may do so by first providing an equally good race for the use of the occupier: provided that the consent of the Warden thereto be first obtained.

16.—Reservations.

No water-right shall be granted for the use or diversion of any water which is, or may be, required for public purposes, or for the use of the miners generally.

17.—Causing Claims to be Flooded.

No person shall back the water of any creek, river, race, or water-course, upon any claim, or otherwise cause any claim to be flooded, either wilfully or by neglect.

V. DAMS AND PUDDLING MACHINES.

1.—Dams and Puddling Machines.

Any person intending to form a Dam, or to erect a Puddling Machine, shall give notice thereof in writing to the Warden, in the form hereinafter prescribed, and shall post and maintain for a period of seven clear days copies of such notice upon the intended site of such Dam or Machine, and at intervals not exceeding 100 yards along the course of any proposed sludge-drains connected therewith. And if no valid objection be entered within seven days from the posting and service of such notice, the Warden may grant a Certificate of Registration to the applicant.

FORM OF NOTICE.

(District and date.)

To the Warden at

I hereby give notice that I intend to (form a Dam, or erect a Puddling Machine, as the case may be) at

Signature and address in full of applicant

• Here describe the locality, and in the case of a Puddling Machine state the proposed course of the sludge drains.

2.—Machines not to be in Centre of Gully.

Dams may be formed, and puddling machines erected upon such sites only as shall be approved by the Warden: and no such dam or machine shall be permitted to be placed in the centre of any gully or flat.

3.—Main Sludge Channel to be first constructed.

No person shall be permitted to erect a puddling machine in any locality wherein puddling operations have not heretofore been carried on, until a Main Sludge Channel shall have been constructed, and in all cases such main channel must be constructed by, and at the expense of, the person desirous of erecting such machine.

4.—Main Sludge Channels to be approved by the Warden.

The position and course of all Main Sludge Channels, and the width and depth thereof, shall be subject to the approval of the Warden, who shall have power to alter and vary the same whenever it shall seem to him necessary so to do; and upon the approval of any such Main Channel, the Warden shall grant a certificate of the same to the applicant.

5.—Expense of Construction.

The expense of the construction of such channel shall be borne by the persons then or afterwards using the same, in proportion to the position of each machine relatively to the said channel, and payment of such proportion to the person constructing the same shall be made prior to the granting of any Certificate of Registration.

6.—Sludge Drains and Channels to be kept clear.

Main Sludge Channels shall be kept clear and in good repair by the joint labour of the owners of each machine in each locality; and the owner of each machine shall further keep clear and in good order the private sludge drains connected with such machine: and on no pretence whatever shall the sludge from any main channel or private drain be permitted to overflow the banks or edges thereof.

7.—Roads over Drains to be Bridged.

When Sludge or Water Drains run across or under any road in general use, a substantial bridge (the culvert of which shall be of sufficient size to carry off the sludge or water), shall be constructed and kept in repair by the owner of the machine whence such sludge or water proceeds.

8.—Forfeiture of Dams or Machines.

The site of any dam or machine not commenced within seven days from the date of the grant thereof, or not completed within a reasonable time, or any dam or machine unoccupied for one calendar month during a period when sufficient water has been available, shall be deemed to be forfeited, and may be granted by the Warden to any person who may apply for the same.

9.—Injury to Property by Dams.

If any claim shall be flooded, or property injured by the bursting of any dam-bank, the owner of such dam shall be liable for any loss or damage occasioned thereby, unless it is proved to the satisfaction of the Warden that such breaking away did not result from the faulty construction of the dam.

10.—Transfer or Assignment.

The right and interest in any dam or machine may be transferred or assigned by the holder thereof: but such transfer or assignment shall, in all cases, be registered with the Warden, and endorsed on the original certificate.

11.—Sites proving Auriferous.

If it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the Warden that the ground occupied by any dam or machine contains auriferous earth or quartz, the owner of such dam or machine shall be compelled to remove the same: Provided that adequate compensation for such removal shall first have been estimated by assessors and paid by the person desirous of working the ground.

VI. CREEK AND RIVER CLAIMS.

1.—Workings to be Registered.

Any person desirous of diverting and working the bed of any creek or river, shall give