Mining Regulations




for the purpose of measuring the depth of any
shaft, or the dip, direction, inclination, or
length of any tunnel or drive.

  1. NOTICE TO CONTAIN FULL PARTICULARS.
    All notices tendered or posted in conformity with these regulations, must contain
    the name in full of each member of the party,
    together with the date and number of his
    miner’s right.

  2. NOTICES TO BE POSTED AT THE WARDEN’S
    OFFICE.
    Copies of all notices given in conformity
    with these regulations must be posted by the
    Warden at his office, and exhibited on the
    outside thereof during the currency of such
    notice.

  3. WARDEN TO BE JUDGE OF OBJECTIONS.
    The Warden shall in all cases be the sole
    judge of the validity of objections to the issue
    of any certificate of registration, and also of
    what is a “reasonable time” for the performance of any work when no fixed period
    is provided by these regulations.

  4. CERTIFICATE TO BE CANCELLED.
    If any certificate shall have been obtained
    by misrepresentation, or if any of the prescribed conditions have not been duly com-
    plied with, the Warden may, upon proof
    thereof, cancel such certificate, or make such
    other order therein as may appear to be just
    and equitable.

  5. PLURALITY OF SHARES.
    Any miner by virtue of his miner’s right
    may hold one or more shares in any claim or
    claims, provided that every such share shall
    be fully represented by a substitute who is
    the holder of a miner’s right in accordance
    with these regulations.

  6. REGISTRATION OF SHARES AND TRANSFERS.
    Upon receipt of a certificate from the owner
    or owners of a claim, or from the manager of
    a company holding a claim, stating that said
    owner or owners, or company have agreed to
    give the person or persons named in such
    certificate one or more sleeping or working
    shares, as the case may be, in such claims,
    and also stating the terms and conditions
    upon which such shares are given, the
    Warden shall thereupon register such person
    or persons for such shares, and shall record
    upon such register the terms and conditions aforesaid, and all such shares shall be held,
    and shall only be transferred, assigned, or
    otherwise disposed of, subject to the conditions under which such shares are registered.

  7. TRANSFERS, &c.
    Any claim, right, privilege, share, or
    interest therein held under these regulations
    may be transferred or assigned; but where it
    is provided that any such claim, right, or
    privilege, share, or interest therein must
    originally be registered, the transfer or assign-
    ment thereof must also be registered.

  8. ABANDONMENT OF CLAIMS, TITLES, &c.
    All registered rights, titles, &c., shall become forfeited if abandoned for the space of
    one calendar month, unless in case of sickness
    or unavoidable absence; but it shall be lawful
    for the Warden in his discretion, upon sufficient cause being shown, to suspend the
    operation of this regulation for a further
    period of one month, and a certificate of such suspension shall be given in writing to the
    occupiers, and a copy thereof shall be posted
    for information outside the Warden’s Court.

  9. CLAIMS PROTECTED DURING THE OPERATION
    OF AN INJUNCTION.
    Whenever any injunction, issued by any
    Warden, or other officer empowered to do so,
    shall prohibit any party or parties from working any claim held under these regulations,
    and such party or parties, in obedience to such
    injunction, shall be absent from such claim, it
    is hereby ordained that until such injunction
    shall be dissolved, or expire by effluxion of
    time, no person, by virtue of a miner’s right
    or business license, shall trespass upon, occupy,
    or interfere with such claim or any portion
    thereof.

  10. CHATTEL INTEREST.
    Any right, title, or interest, acquired or
    created under the provisions of “The Gold
    Fields Act, 1866,” or any preceding Act,
    relating to the occupation of lands within
    goldfields, or under any rules and regulations
    made in conformity therewith, shall be deemed
    and taken in law to be a chattel interest, and
    may be inherited, assigned, transferred, seized,
    and sold under any writ of fieri facias or
    other writ of execution or warrant.

  11. AGREEMENTS TO BE BINDING.
    Whatever mutual agreements and engagements may be entered into by the shareholders
    of any claim for the proper working thereof,
    shall be binding upon any one taking possession of a forfeited or abandoned share or
    interest in such claim.

  12. STACKING AURIFEROUS SUBSTANCES.
    Any person wishing to retain possession of
    alluvial auriferous substances, shall make
    application to the Warden, and if no objections
    are lodged thereagainst, a certificate of protection may be granted for a period not
    exceeding three (3) months: Provided that
    such substance is properly stacked on ground
    not supposed to be adapted for mining purposes, and that a board with the owner’s
    name, address, and date of stacking legibly
    written or painted thereon, be kept posted.



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Westland Provincial Gazette 1870, No 24





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🌾 General Mining Regulations (continued from previous page)

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