425

For keeping possession, per diem, any sum not exceeding .. 0 8 0

Auctioneers’ Commission on goods sold, not exceeding five per cent.

Advertising—For three lines of space, not exceeding 3s.; and 3d. for every additional line.

Bailiff’s Fee for Executing Writ against the Goods, if satisfied within two hours of the levy .. 0 4 0
For every search .. 0 1 0
For any Document required in Proceedings, and not enumerated in the Schedule .. 0 2 0
For every complete folio of 90 words above one .. 0 1 0
Copy of any Proceedings (first folio) .. 0 1 0
And for every complete folio of 90 words .. 0 0 8
Cartage of Goods seized in Execution to Auction Room or place of security, reasonable expenses actually paid not exceeding 20s. per diem.

ORDER IN COUNCIL,

Establishing Regulations for the granting of Gold Mining Leases in the Province of Otago.

G. Grey,
Governor.

At the Government House at Auckland, this fifteenth day of September, 1862.

Present:—

His EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it is provided by “The Gold Fields Act, 1862,” that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council from time to time to make such Regulations, not being contrary to the provisions of the said Act, as he shall think fit, for regulating the granting of Leases for mining purposes, and the terms and conditions on which such Leases shall be granted, and such Regulations from time to time to alter and abolish;

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in pursuance and exercise of the said recited power and authority, doth hereby, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony of New Zealand, make the following Rules and Regulations for the granting of Leases for Gold Mining within the District of the Otago Gold Fields;

And doth further declare that this Order shall take effect from the day of date hereof.

Foster Goring,
Clerk of Executive Council.

GOLD MINING LEASE REGULATIONS.

1. What Lands may be Leased.

Auriferous Crown Lands in the Province of Otago may be leased under these Regulations, except:—

(1) The whole or any part of any land which any person other than the applicant is entitled to occupy and actually does occupy for mining purposes, or for residence, by virtue of a miner’s right or business license.

(2) The whole or any part of any land in or over which any person other than the applicant has any interest or authority other than those above mentioned, which he may lawfully use or exercise for mining purposes, or for discovering the existence of gold or other metal or mineral.

(3) Lands containing within their boundaries any river, stream of permanent water, or spring, which may be required for public purposes, or for the use of the miners generally.

2. Boundaries of Land applied for to be defined.

Persons intending to apply for a lease of Auriferous Crown Lands shall, previous to making application as hereinafter directed, erect or cause to be erected, at each angle of the land proposed to be leased, a post, three inches square, and standing at least three feet in height above the surface of the ground, and such posts shall be maintained at the expense of the applicant until the application shall have been granted or refused by the Governor.

3. Mode of application.

Application shall be made in the form in the Schedule hereunto annexed marked A, and shall be addressed in duplicate to the Warden of the Gold Field within which the land so applied for is situated.

4. Applicant to make a deposit.

At the time of applying for such lease the applicant must deposit with the Warden the sum of twenty pounds (£20) as a guarantee for the payment of any expenses which may be incurred for the survey of the land applied for, or by reason of any objection to such application being allowed, and such Warden shall give to the applicant a receipt therefor, in the form in the Schedule hereunto annexed, marked B, and any surplus which may remain