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8.—Full number—when to be employed.
Upon the expiration of the time specified for holding any claim under the foregoing sections, the full number of men required by the Regulations shall be put on to work in such claim, but the Warden may upon application to him made in the same way as the original application, and upon sufficient cause shown, extend the time originally granted.
VI.—FORFEITURE (*) AND ABANDONMENT.
1.—Surplus ground to be forfeited.
If any person shall occupy a larger area of ground than that to which he is entitled under these regulations, he shall forfeit the surplus, but shall be entitled to point out a boundary peg, from which his claim shall be measured in the direction of the ground claimed by him.
2.—Claims not to be Forfeited by neglect of Hired Workmen.
No Claim, right, or privilege shall be deemed to be forfeited through the neglect or absence of any hired servant. Provided that if, after seven (7) days notice in writing, of such neglect or absence has been given to the owner or holder thereof (either personally, or by leaving the same at his last known place of residence), such neglect or absence is continued, any such claim, right, or privilege shall be deemed to be abandoned, and may thereafter be dealt with as provided by the foregoing section.
3.—Abandonment.
Any claim unwrought beyond the space of two (2) clear working days (unless the holder thereof shall have been exempted from the necessity of working the same by virtue of any Regulation now or hereafter to be in force) shall be deemed to be abandoned, and shall be open for occupancy by any holder of a Miner’s Right without the necessity of recourse to judicial proceedings; but the original holder of the claim shall be at liberty to institute proceedings before the Warden for the recovery thereof at any time not exceeding seven (7) days from the date of such occupancy as aforesaid, and in such case he shall be at liberty to plead sickness or other urgent cause for non-working of such claim; and if sufficient cause be shown, it shall be lawful for the Warden to order restitution of the claim to the original holders upon such terms and conditions as may seem just.
4.—Holidays.
The foregoing section shall not apply to any claim which may be unwrought at any period between the 20th day of December in each year and the 5th day of January next thereafter ensuing.
VII.
Nothing in these Regulations shall be deemed in any way to affect rights now existing under any previous Regulations.
Given under my hand and issued under the Public Seal of the Province of Southland this fourth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.
JOHN P. TAYLOR,
Superintendent.
- See Section OXV., Goldfields’ Act, 1866.
Printed under the authority of the Provincial Government of Southland, by Bain and Co., of Invercargill, N.Z., Printers to the said Government for the time being.
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Southland Provincial Gazette 1869, No 29
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🌾 Goldfields Regulations for Southland Province
🌾 Primary Industries & Resources4 November 1869
Goldfields, Mining, Claims, Forfeiture, Abandonment, Southland
- JOHN P. TAYLOR, Superintendent