compensation to be paid by instalments weekly or otherwise by way of rental during such time as the benefit lasts and the said amount may in like manner be readjusted from time to time as the Warden may deem necessary. Provided that should either party demand to have the case tried by arbitration it may be determined in that manner.

3. Forfeiture of claim.

If the owner of any claim shall neglect or refuse to bale his fair proportion of water during the day or night if necessary such claim shall be liable to forfeiture.

4. Damage done to adjoining claims.

Claimholders within three claims of any claim in which water has been struck neglecting or refusing when requested by the holders of adjoining claims to bale their fair proportion of water shall be liable for any injury done thereby to adjoining claimholders.

XVII.—TUNNELLING.

1. Tunnel to be registered.

Any person desiring to make a tunnel as an approach to his claim shall make application to the Warden in manner similar to that provided for the construction of tail-races and shall mark on the surface the proposed course of such tunnel and if there be no valid objection the Warden may issue a certificate of registration to the applicant.

2. Walls to be left.

A wall of not less than ten feet shall be maintained on each side of any tunnel.

3. Removal of Walls.

If any person is desirous of removing any such wall he shall be permitted to do so provided that he first obtain the consent in writing of the party occupying the adjacent claim and such consent shall be in the form hereinafter prescribed.

Form of Consent.

(District and Date.)

I [or we] hereby consent to the removal by [name of party applying for permission] of the wall now standing between our respective tunnels, situate at [here state locality].*

If any special conditions are imposed, they must be specified in the document.

(Signatures, &c.)

4. Ventilation.

When cross drives or openings are required for ventilation and the various parties concerned cannot agree thereon the Warden may issue an order for making such drives or openings and for the allocation of the work to be performed and also for the distribution of any auriferous deposits which may be found in the intervening wall.

XVIII.—BLASTING.

1. Notice to be given.

Any person shall before firing a blast post notices signifying the intended time and place of firing such blast on the ground where such blast is to be fired and on every public road or thoroughfare within a quarter of a mile of the said ground and shall give three (3) hours notice to all persons residing within danger distance of the intended time of firing the same and shall also one hour before such time hoist a red flag if between sunrise and sunset or a red lamp if between sunset and sunrise as a danger signal on some very conspicuous place on or near the claim. Provided that this regulation shall not apply to the cases of blasts where only drill bores are used.

XIX.—BUSINESS AREAS.

1. Area.

Every holder of a Business License 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.

The occupant of any site 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.

3. Registration of sites.

Any business site may be registered with the Warden for ten days whilst the holder is engaged in preparing for the occupancy thereof and such registration may be renewed by the Warden for an additional period of ten days and such renewal shall be endorsed on the certificate and recorded in the Registration Book.

4. Occupancy of sites.

Business sites can only be held or occupied for business by holders of business licenses and subject to the conditions set forth in sections 4, 5, 6 and 7 of Regulation XX and no site can be held unoccupied for more than four clear days unless the same shall be registered as provided in section 3 of this regulation.

5. Information to the public.

When any business site has been registered the holder thereof shall post and maintain thereon a board not less than nine inches square with the word “REGISTERED” the name of the holder and the date and number of such registration legibly painted or written thereon.

6. Roadway between business sites.

In all cases where practicable business sites shall be so taken up as to leave a double row of sites with a roadway between such sites of 66 feet in width.

7. Space between buildings.

An open space of not less than six feet shall at all times be left between buildings hereafter erected for business purposes by different holders of business licenses.

XX.—RESIDENCE OR CULTIVATION.

1. Area which may be occupied for residence or cultivation.

Subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth, the holder of a Miner’s Right shall be entitled to occupy for residence or cultivation an area of Crown Lands not exceeding one acre or 4,840 square yards: Provided that no individual shall under this regulation be allowed to occupy more than one acre.

2. Residence areas to be registered.

Any person desirous of occupying land under the preceding section shall mark the corners of the area which he proposes to occupy with trenches or substantial posts standing at least three feet above the surface and shall give notice in writing in the form hereinafter prescribed to the Warden of the district, and a copy of such notice shall be posted and maintained in some conspicuous part of such area for the space of seven (7) clear days at the expiration whereof if no valid objection has been entered thereagainst the Warden shall grant a certificate of registration to the applicant: Provided always that the Warden in his discretion may refuse to grant a residence certificate to any applicant (even although no objection may have been entered thereagainst) if it shall be within the knowledge of such Warden that the land applied for is or is believed to be auriferous or if such Warden shall deem it undesirable on public grounds that such certificate should be granted. And it shall also be lawful for the Warden in his discretion instead of refusing any application to refer the same for the consideration of the Superintendent and the Warden shall grant or refuse such application according to the decision arrived at by them.