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Grey River Argus, Issue 117, 11 October 1866, Page 4

"PIPITOME OF THJU CANTERBURY GOLD FIELDS REGULATIONS. " Every person mining for gold must take out a miners' right. Claims, in alluvial ground, 45 x 45ft. If the depth exceeds 50ft, the claim may be extended to 60 x 60ft. Claims in the beds of rivers and creek claims 50ft in length. River-beach claims, 45ft in length. Quartz I claims 45ft along the course of the reef, and I not exceeding 100 ft in width. . All claims must be marked— alluvial and quartz claims by pegs or trenches at the corners. Any claim deserted or unworked for twenty-four hours may be declared forfeited, except in cases of neglect by hired workmen. Every discovery of new gold : workings must be at once reported to the Warden, so as to obtain an increased claim. Any person intending to divert and use water for mining purposes must give notice thereof to the Warden. If no valid objection be entered within 14 days, a certificate of Registration may be granted. Superiority of right to a supply of water shall be determined by priority of occupation. ; All races must be commenced Avithin one month from the date of registration. If any race be entirely unused for thirty days, except when there is no water available, the superiority of right may be forfeited. All right to any race shall become forfeited if abandoned for the space of one calendar month, unless in case of sickness, want of water, or unavoidable absence. Races may be altered and extended with the consent of the Warden. The holder cf a first right to any source of water supply must be fully supplied before others can use the Avater. And the Warden may, upon adequate cause being shown, reduce the quantity, or equal proportions, to which each holder other than the first may be entitled to draw. The quantity of water allowed is as follows : — One or two miners, one sluice-head or 40 in. j four or more, two sluice-heads ; and so on at the rate of one sluice-head to every additional two miners. Water must not be Avasted, and all races must be kept in repair, aud no person shall back the Avater of any creek, nor race, or Avatercourse, so as to cause any claim to be flooded. Eight days' notice must be given of the intention to con» struct a tail-race, at the expiration of Avhich time the applicant shall return a copy of the notice to the Warden, signed by the OAvners of four nearest claims, assenting to or dissenting from a certificate for such tail-race. Races may, under certain restrictions, be carried over, under, or through any claim, on payment of compensation. Certificates for races are reneAvable annually. Notice of construction of dams or puddling machines must be given. No dam shall be permitted to be placed in the centre of any gully or flat. In case of the. erection of a puddling machine, a main sludge channel must first be constructed, and approved by the Warden, said chanuel to be kept clean and in good repair. Owner of dam is liable for any damage caused to claims by the bursting of said dam. Notice of the intention to divert any permanent creek or stream must be given to the Warden and the owners of the claims adjoining. Protection may be given by the Warden to any claim for a period not exceeding seven days, aud for a longer period on giving three days notice, subject to the discretion of the Warden. But protection for a longer period than seven days shall not be granted to any claim Avhich has not been fairly Avrought for at least one month. Every person engaged in trade or business of any kind Avithin the limits of a gold field must obtain a business license, at a cost of £5 annually. Licenses for the sale of spirits, &c, £10 ; retail, £30. Sites taken up for business purposes must be marked by pegs at each frontage corner. The holders of a single area shall only build upon 27ft of his frontage ; but if hehold two adjoining sites he may build on 33ft frontage. Sites may be registered for ten days, fee ss, Avhich may be renewed for ten days more. Unless so registered no site can be held unoccupied for more than twenty-four hours. The OAvner of any registered site must affix a notice Avith the Avord " registered." Subject to certain reservations in the case of auriferous lands, the holder of a miners' right may receiA r e a right to occupy half ah acre of land for a residence area. In tunnelling, a Avail of not less than 10ft must be maintained on each side the tunnel, which, hoAvever, may be removed on the consent of the party occupying the adjoining claim. Extended claims on the folloAving scale may be granted on old Avorked ground : — '■ Two men, 10,890 square feet; three men, 21, 750 square feet ; tiA'e men, 43,780 square feet ; and so on in proportion. Such claims must be registered. No person shall throAvn earth or tailings on claims, nor interfere Avith pegs, notices, &c. ; nor take possession of any claim, &c, unless the same has been absolutely relinquished. ' Any person neglecting to comply Avith any 1 Avritten order of the Warden is liable to a penalty. Claims, &c, may be transferred, such to be dulyxegistered. Agricultural leases on gold fields may be granted subject to the following conditions : — Every application must be accomj^ied by a deposit of £5 to cover the cost of survey. The boundaries of the area applied for must be marked out on the ground by trenches and posts at the corners ; and every area must, Avhere practicable, be rectangular in shape. The rent chargeable shall be at the rate of five shillings per acre, payable in advance. Agricultural leases Avill not be granted Avithin the boundaries of toAvnships or public reserves; nor on ground Avhich upon survey may present auriferous indications. And in all cases a public roadway, one chain in width Avill be reserved along the margin of streams and rivers. Leases not to be transferable Avithout special authority. The Government may carry roads through any land held under an agrir cultural lease, on giving compensation. And the Government may also enter upon any laud for the purpose of searching for gold, or any other metal or mineral, and terminate any lease Avhen such metals or minerals have been discovered ; compensation to be paid to the holder, by the persons desirous of mining thereon. Leases will be cancelled if the land is sublet or transferred Avithout sanction, or if cultivation is not commenced Avithin. three months after the issue of ijhe lease, ojg. if at any time the land shall be neglec.te.'%for a. period, of six mouths j ■" %