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If the quantity to be vertically measured ex-
ceeds seven (7) heads, a separate box must be
provided for the gauging of each seven (7) heads
or fraction of seven (7) heads.

When water is taken from one (1) source
only, the supply shall be gauged at the head
of the race or the source of supply, but if the race
is fed or supplied in part by any side stream or
streams, the guage box shall be placed immedi-
ately below such side stream or the last of such
side streams.

PART III.

GOLD MINING LEASE REGULATIONS.

I.—ALLUVIAL.

1. What Land May Be Leased.
   All auriferous Crown Lands in the Wes-
   tern Goldfields not in the occupation of any
   person other than the applicant for mining
   purposes, business sites in all unsurveyed
   townships, and all residence areas, may be
   leased: Provided that the lessee of such land
   shall not be entitled to interfere with the
   owner of any water right, race, dam, reser-
   voir, puddling machine, or sludge channel,
   lawfully held by such owner prior to the
   granting of such lease.

2. Land in Surveyed Townships.
   Land set apart for sites for business pur-
   poses in surveyed townships may be leased:
   Provided that in the event of the lease being
   obtained, the lessee does not interfere with
   the surface of such site.

3. Areas of Leases.
   The extent of any lease granted under these leasing regulations shall, in ordinary
   workings be an area not exceeding ten (10)
   acres, according to the difficulties that may
   have to be encountered in working the
   ground.

II.—QUARTZ.

1. Areas of Leases.
   The extent of any lease granted under these leasing regulations shall be, on quartz
   lodes, or veins, not less than one hundred
   (100) yards, nor more than four hundred
   (400) yards in length along the line of the
   lode, by a width of not less than fifty (50)
   yards, nor more than two hundred (200)
   yards measured across the lode, the width to
   be defined after the exact bearing of the lode
   or vein has been ascertained; the said width
   not to be less than fifty (50) yards, nor more
   than two hundred (200) yards measured
   across the lode, &c., according to the difficul-
   ties that may have to be encountered in obtain-
   ing access to the lode, &c., and in working
   the same.

2. Quartz Leases.
   These leasing regulations shall, as far as
   practicable, apply to leases applied for on
   quartz veins or lodes, but for the encourage-
   ment of working reefs the Governor’s Dele-
   gate may impose such conditions on any lease
   as may be applied for, and may, if he shall
   think fit, order the said conditions (if any)
   to be appended to the application and publi-
   shed for general information, at least twenty-
   one (21) days prior to the application being
   granted.

III.—MODE OF PROCEDURE FOR APPLICATION FOR MINING LEASES.

1. Boundaries of Land to be Defined.
   Persons intending to apply for a lease of
   any auriferous Crown Lands shall, previous to
   making application as hereinafter directed,
   erect, or cause to be erected, at each angle of
   the land proposed to be leased, a post, three
   inches square and standing at least three feet
   in height above the surface of the ground,
   and such posts shall be maintained at the
   expense of the applicant until the application
   shall have been granted or refused by the
   Governor’s Delegate, and the applicant shall
   post and maintain a board not less than nine
   inches square on each corner post with the
   words “applied for a lease,” the name and
   address of the applicant, the number of acres
   applied for, and the date of application.

2. How Application is to be Made.
   Application shall be made in the form in
   the schedule hereto annexed marked A, and
   shall be addressed in duplicate to the Warden
   of the Goldfields District within which the
   land so applied for is situated.

3. Applicant to Make a Deposit.
   At the time of applying for such lease the
   applicant must deposit with the Receiver of
   Gold Revenue the sum of twenty pounds
   (£20), as a guarantee for the payment of any
   expenses which may be incurred for the
   survey of the land applied for, or by reason of
   any objection to such application being made;
   and such Receiver of Gold Revenue shall
   give to the applicant a receipt therefor in the
   form in the Schedule hereto annexed marked
   B, and endorse on each application that the
   deposit has been received by him, and any
   surplus which may remain over such expenses
   shall be returned to the applicant.

4. Site for Stacking Tailings, &c.
   Any person, persons, or company who shall
   be desirous of obtaining, for the purpose of
   facilitating gold workings, a site for stacking
   tailings or other substances, or for any other
   purpose whatsoever, shall proceed as pre-
   scribed by the Leasing Regulations. The