THE FRONTAGE SYSTEM.

Dunstan Times, Issue 202, 10 March 1866, Page 3

THE FRONTAGE SYSTEM.

We take the following from the Provincial Government Gazette of 28th ult. :

NOTICE.

Rules and Regulations to be in force only in that portion of the Dunstan Goldfield in the Province of Otago, known as -'Black's, No. 3."

Notice is hereby given that His Honor Thomas Dick, Esquire, as Superintendent of the Province of Otago, under and by virtue of the powers delegated to him in that behalf by his Excellency the Governor of New Zealand, in Council, under the authority of the '• Goldfields Acts Amendment Act, 1865" has, this twentyfourth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, made the following Rules and Regulations to be in force, in addition to those already pro-

claimed in that portion of the Dunstan Goldfield- known as " Black's No 3," and there only, viz.,

1. Size of Claims.—■• Alluvial Claims on Blacks No 3 shall be, for each holder of a Miner's Right, thirty (30) feet along the course of the lead, by a width not exceeding one hundi-ed and fifty (150) feet. 2. Block Claims.—A Block Claim shall consist of not more than four (4) single claims, and shall measure one hundred and twenty (120) feet along the course of the lead ; the width being as in Section 1.

3. Amalgamation. Not more than three (3) Block Claims shall be allowed to •amalgamate. When such amalgamation has been sanctioned, a notice to that effect shall be posted and maintained on a conspicuous part of each Block Claim, and such notice shall contain the names of the shareholders, and the number and date of their Miners Rights, and the number of the Certificate of Registration, as hereinafter provided for. 4. Amalgamation to he Registered.— Claimhoklers desirous of amalgamating shall first post and maintain on each Block Claim, for the term of seven (7) clear days, a notice signifying their intention so to do, and shall obtain the writton sanction of the majority of the adjoining claimholders on either side, and on production of the same before the Warden of the District, he shall issue to the applicants a certificate of Registration in the usual form.

5. Flag to l>e hoisted.—The party last striking payable washdirt in their claim shall immediately hoist a flag indicating the position of the gutter. 6. Forfeiture for non-sinking after Discovery.—As soon as payable washdirt has been struck in any claim, the next three (3) claims ahead, (amalgamated or otherwise) shall proceed to sink within three (3) clear days thereafter, failing in which, the claim or claims of them or any of them, the said parties, shall be liable to be declared forfeited, subject, however, to the provisions of Sections 6 and 7 of Regulation XV, of the •« Goldfields Eules and Regulations." 7. Registration.—No person shall be entitled to claim the benefit of these Special Regulations unless he shall first have registered his claim with the Mining Registrar of the district. 8. Registration Fee.—The Registration Fee chargeable by the Mining Registrar shall be two shillings and sixpence ; and for any transfer of a share, or claim, the fee of two shillings and sixpence shall be charged. 9. Survey of Block Claims.—Prior to Registration, all block claims shall be surveyed and numbered by tha Mining Surveyor of the District, and the boundaries thereof accurately defined, and a certified ropy of the plan thereof shall be deposited in the office of the Warden, for his information and guidance. 10. Claims to be Represented.—All Claims or Shares registered on the lead, must be repi-esented upon the ground, either by the, actual shareholders or their hired substitutes, not less than three (3) days in each week. Any claim not so represented, will be liable to forfeiture.

11. Regulations only to apply to Deep Ground. Notwithstanding anything herein contained, these Special Regulations shall not apply to any portion of Black's No 3, where the depth of sinking is less than sixty (GO) feet. Dated at the Superintendent's Office, Dunedin, on the twenty-fonrth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six. By Order, H. J. MILLER, Provincial Secretary.