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I. PRELIMINARY REGULATIONS.

Alteration of Interpretation Clause.

The definition of the words “new gold workings” is cancelled, and the following substituted in lieu thereof.

The words “New Gold Workings” shall mean ground previously unworked, or which has been worked and abandoned.

III. ADDITIONAL REGULATION RELATING TO PROSPECTING.

4.—Notices to be posted by the Warden.

Notices of all Prospecting Claims granted, with full particulars of locality, yield of gold, and description of workings, shall be posted by the Warden on the outside of his office, for public information.

Alteration of Section 2.

The following words in Section 2 relating to the area of Prospecting Claims in alluvial ground are cancelled, “distant not less than half a mile from existing workings.”

IV. ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS, RELATING TO WATER RIGHTS AND RACES.

16 A. Two sluice heads of water shall, if required, be at all times allowed to flow in the natural course of a creek or river, for general use.

18. Obstructions to Water Courses.

No person shall deposit any earth, stones, tailings, or other substance in the bed of any water-course, so as to obstruct the flow of water therein.

19.—Side-streams.

Where a race crosses any water-course, the use of which is required by holders of Miners’ Rights, it shall be carried either over or under the same, so as not to interfere with the natural flow of water therein.

20.—Use of Tail-races.

Any person wishing to use a tail-race, may do so on condition of first paying to the owner of such tail-race a proportionate share of the expense of construction; provided that the person so using any tail-race shall assist in clearing the same whenever it shall be necessary to do so.

21.—Flood-races.

Any person may cut a flood-race through or by his claim, subject to such restrictions as the Warden may consider necessary for the public good.

VI. REGULATIONS RELATING TO CREEK AND RIVER CLAIMS.

The Regulation formerly in force is cancelled, and the following Regulations are substituted in lieu thereof.

1.—Protection during preliminary operations.

During the time that any person shall be occupied in preliminary operations, having for their object the working of any Creek or River Claim, he shall be protected by the Warden in the occupancy of such claim; provided that not less than one half the miners, whom it is proposed ultimately to employ, shall be at work thereon.

2.—Wall to be allowed.

Holders of such claims shall be allowed a sufficient wall on either side of the bye-wash, and the width of such wall shall be defined by the Warden.

3.—Diversion of Permanent Rivers.

Any person desirous of diverting the course of any permanent River, shall give Notice thereof to the Warden in the form hereinafter prescribed; and copies of such notices shall be posted and maintained for a period of Ten clear days at the points proposed for the commencement and termination of such diversion as aforesaid, and if no valid objection be entered thereagainst within the aforesaid period, the Warden may issue a Certificate of Registration to the applicant.

FORM OF NOTICE.

(District and Date.)

No. I hereby give notice that I intend to divert the course of (name of river), and to form a new channel therefor, commencing at a point situate ( ) and terminating at a point ( ).

(Signature, &c.)—

• Here insert, with sufficient accuracy, the localities.

IX. ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS RELATING TO REGISTRATION.

3 A.—Registration Fees.

The fee for registering an extended claim under Regulation XIV. shall be as follows:—

For a party of two Miners... One shilling.

For any greater number... { Two shillings
and sixpence.

5.—Conditions of Registration.

The Warden may endorse on the back of any Certificate of Registration such lawful conditions as may be desirable or necessary for the public good; which conditions shall at all times be binding upon the holder of any such Certificate.

XI. ADDITIONAL GENERAL REGULATION.

2. Stacking auriferous substances.

Any person wishing to retain possession