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NEW ZEALAND

OTAGO

PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

Published by Authority

VOL. VIII. DUNEDIN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1864. No. 319

ORDER,

Revoking the II. and XIV. of the Rules and Regulations of the Otago Gold Fields, and making others in lieu thereof.

WHEREAS I, John Hyde Harris, Superintendent of the Province of Otago, under and by virtue of the powers delegated to and vested in me in that behalf, did, on the 15th day of September, 1863, make and ordain certain Rules and Regulations relating to Mining on the Otago Gold Fields, and the making of which Rules and Regulations was duly notified in the Government Gazette of the Province of Otago, and published on the 15th day of September, 1863: And whereas it is expedient that the second of the said Rules and Regulations, and all the sections thereof, numbered respectively 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10, relating to claims and the size, amalgamation, and forfeiture thereof, and other matters relating thereto, should be revoked and cancelled; and also that the fourteenth of the said Rules, and all the sections thereof, numbered respectively 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, relating to extended claims, should be revoked and cancelled, and that other Rules in lieu of the said second and fourteenth Rules should be made:—Now therefore I, John Hyde Harris, Superintendent of the Province of Otago, by virtue and in exercise of the powers delegated to and vested in me in this behalf, do hereby revoke and cancel the said second and fourteenth Rules, and all the sections thereof respectively, and do order that the same shall stand revoked and cancelled from the day of the date hereof; and in lieu of the second Rule, and the sections thereof, I do make the Rule following, contained in eight sections, relating to claims:—

II.—CLAIMS.

1. Classification of Claims.

Alluvial claims shall mean all claims in alluvial ground.

River claims shall mean claims in the beds of rivers.

Beach claims shall mean claims situated between the ordinary high flood mark and the edge of the water on the beaches of rivers.

Quartz claims shall mean claims in quartz reefs or lodes.

2. Size of Claims.

Alluvial claims shall not exceed 45 feet by 45 feet for each holder of a miner’s right, unless the depth from the surface exceeds 50 feet, in which case such claim may be extended to 60 feet by 60 feet.

River claims shall not exceed 50 feet for each holder of a miner’s right employed thereon; to be measured in the direction of the course of the stream by a width not exceeding the boundaries of the bed of the river, which shall be defined by the Warden or other officer duly authorised in that behalf.

Beach claims shall not exceed 45 feet in length for each holder of a miner’s right along the course of the river, with a frontage to the water, by a width bounded by ordinary high flood mark: Provided that when any beach, or portion of a beach, shall exceed 50 feet in width, the Warden may, upon application being made to that effect, authorise the holding and working of any such excess by persons other than the holders of the frontage claims.

Quartz claims shall not exceed 45 feet in length along the course of the lode or vein, by a width not exceeding 100 feet upon each side of the course for each holder of a miner’s right.

3. Claims to be marked.

Alluvial claims and quartz claims shall be marked by pegs standing at least two feet above the surface of the ground, or by trenches at each corner thereof; river and beach claims shall be marked by pegs as