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XIV.—PROTECTION.

1. Protection for fourteen days.

The Warden may, without prior notice, grant protection to any claim for a period not exceeding fourteen days, provided sufficient cause be shown; and such protection shall be given in writing in the form hereinafter prescribed, and a copy thereof shall be posted on the claim: But such protection shall not be granted for any claim more frequently than once in three (3) months.

Form of Protection.

(District and date.)

No.

I hereby give notice that I have granted protection for _ days to the claim occupied by ____ and situate at ____

(Signed) ____

Warden.

2. Protection for extended period.

If any person be desirous of obtaining protection for a claim for a longer period than fourteen (14) days, he shall give notice in writing to the Warden. Such notice shall be in the form hereinafter prescribed, and a copy thereof shall be posted and maintained by the applicant on the claim for three (3) clear days, at the expiration whereof, if no valid objection be entered, the Warden shall issue a certificate of Registration to the applicant, and shall insert the time named in the application.

Form of Notice.

(District and date.)

No.

I hereby give notice that I desire to obtain a Protection Certificate for (here state the time), for my claim situate at ____, and that the following particulars are true in every respect:

1. Classification of claim ___
2. Date at which occupation commenced ___
3. Time during which the claim has been worked ____
4. The claim [has not, or has] been protected before* _____
5. Cause for which protection is required __

(Signatures, No. of Miners’ Rights, &c.)

• If the claim has been protected before, the applicant must state when, and for what period.

3. Information to holders of miners’ rights.

When any claim is under protection for a longer period than fourteen (14) days, the occupiers thereof shall post on some conspicuous part of the said claim a board not less than nine inches square, with the word “PROTECTED,” the names of the occupiers, and the number of their Certificate painted or written legibly thereon.

4. Limitation of protection.

Protection for a longer period than fourteen (14) days shall not be granted to any claim which has not been fairly wrought for at least one month, except it shall be shown to the satisfaction of the Warden that the ground cannot be wrought by reason of other claims intervening, in which case the Warden shall have power to grant protection, although the claim may not have been previously wrought. The most extended period for which protection may be granted at any one time shall be ninety (90) days, and such protection shall not be renewed unless it is proved to the Warden that the claim is unworkable.

5. Renewal of protection.

Application for renewal shall be made in the same manner as is provided in section 2; and such renewal, if granted, shall be endorsed on the back of the Certificate, and recorded in the Registration book.

6. Protection during notice.

When any notice has been given and posted in conformity with these regulations, the claim, right, or privilege to which such notice may refer shall be protected during the currency thereof, and until the application has been finally dealt with by the Warden.

7. Protection during operations.

All claims, rights, and privileges, of whatsoever nature, lawfully held and enjoyed under these regulations, shall be protected during the time that the owners or holders thereof shall be actually engaged in operations connected therewith.

XV.—REGISTRATION.

1. Permissive Registration.

All claims, rights, and privileges, may be registered. Mining partnerships and agreements between holders of miners’ rights or business licenses, may be registered.

2. Registration of huts.

The holder of a miner’s right may, on application to the Warden, register his hut or place of abode; and any hut or place of abode so registered shall be protected during the absence of the owner for such a period, not exceeding six months, as may be assigned.

3. Registration fees.

The fee payable in respect of the several registrations mentioned in these regulations, or any renewal thereof, shall be two shillings and sixpence: such fee shall include payment for copies of notices, but not for any survey.

4. Registration to be recorded.

The Mining Registrar shall duly record in books to be provided for that purpose every registration effected in the Warden’s office; and a copy of every such registration shall be forwarded to the office of the Mining Registrar in Dunedin, for record in the books of such office also.

5. Information to the public.

Any person requiring any information from the books of the Mining Registrar may obtain the same, and it shall be the duty of the Mining Registrar to furnish such information.

XVI.—BUSINESS AREAS.

1. Area.

Holders of Business Licenses shall be entitled to occupy an area of two square chains, having a frontage of 66 feet and a depth of 132 feet.

2. Sites to be marked by pegs.

Occupants of sites for business purposes shall place and maintain at each frontage corner of such site a peg not less than two inches in diameter, and standing at least one foot above the surface.