Five miles, at per head, five shillings.

Twenty miles, at per head, two shillings and sixpence.

Thirty miles, at per head, one shilling.

Rent payable in advance. The term of lease cannot exceed fifteen years.

8. GROUND ALLOWED ALONG RACE.

The space of ten (10) feet on either side, where practicable, shall be allowed the whole distance along the race, and to be included in the Water-race Lease.

9. RACE TO BE COMPLETED.

The time stated in the application for the completion of the race shall in all cases be strictly adhered to, unless sufficient reasons can be adduced before the Warden, upon whose recommendation only a further extension of time will be granted; after which the lessee or lessees make themselves liable to a fine, for each month the race remains uncompleted, of twenty pounds (£20): said fine to be recovered by the Receiver of Gold Revenue in a summary way.

10. COMPLETION OF RACE TO BE REGISTERED.

So soon as any race, held under these regulations, is completed as applied for, the lessee or lessees shall cause the same to be registered by the Warden of the District, who shall issue duplicate certificates of registration gratis, one copy of which is to be forwarded by him to the lessor to be affixed to the duplicate copy of lease in his custody.

11. BRANCH RACES.

All branch races required for the distribution of the water out of any water-right race are to be constructed, &c., as provided in Part II Ordinary Water-rights Regulations, Section II, and Section IV. of Part III., excepting clause 4, is to apply to the Water-rights Lease Regulations.

12. FURTHER CONDITIONS MAY BE IMPOSED.

For the management of the construction of large Water Races under these Leasing Regulations, under circumstances of extraordinary difficulty or involving the expenditure of considerable sums of money, the Governor’s Delegate may prescribe such other conditions as he shall think fit, and the said conditions (if any) shall be appended to the application and published for general information at least twenty-one (21) days prior to the application being granted.

13. WATER-RIGHTS LEASE-HOLDERS HELD RESPONSIBLE.

In all cases the holder or holders of a Water-right, under these Water-rights Race Lease Regulations, shall be held responsible for the safe conducting of the water in a permanent watercourse after the water leaves the race whether it has been used or not, and they shall be liable for damages for flooding claims,

lands, houses, roads, or otherwise inconveniencing the public through the evasion of this section.

WATER RIGHT LEASES.

SCHEDULE A.

Form of Application for Lease.

To
(Place and date.)

Sir— I herewith deposit the sum of one hundred pounds (£100), as required by the Water Right Race Regulations, and I agree, if my application (the particulars of which are hereunder set forth) be investigated, that such sum shall in all respects be held subject to the terms of such regulations, and that upon the approval of this application I will execute a lease upon the basis therein stated if shall think fit to grant the same.

I have, &c.

(Signature of Applicant.)

SCHEDULE B.

Form of Receipt for Deposit with Receiver of Gold Revenue.

In the matter of the application of __ for a lease under the Water Rights Race Lease Regulations.

Received from the above-named party the sum of __ pounds pursuant to the Water Rights Race Lease Regulations.

(Signature of Receiver of Gold Revenue.)

Dated, &c

SCHEDULE C.

Form of Receipt for Deposit with the Warden.

In the matter of the application of __ for a lease under the Water Rights Race Lease Regulations, and of objections thereto lodged by A, B, C, D, &c.

Received from __ the sum of twenty (£20) pounds, pursuant to the Water Rights