THE MINING RULES.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1344, 19 November 1872, Page 2

THE MINING RULES.

[to the editor.]

Sik— " Our Own " aud "Fair Play" in their letters seem to think there should be some alteration made in Clause 8, Section X, of ' the Mining Rules, as it at present does not protect holders of water-rights in the full monopoly of all the •• water running in .the creeks from which they take their water when a head is demanded by a "barnacle" or a hatter. . . ..

Persons advocating the alteration of so important a clause as this ought to suggest some plan for its improvement, and also weigh well the effect any alteration in the clause would have on the general welfare of the district. This to some obnoxious clause has its virtues, as it gives to parties not being fortunate enough to be possessors of water-rights an opportunity of applying for machine and washing sites along the course of any gold-bearing stream, thereby enabling them to wash dirt brought from deep leads and low terraces which to them would otherwise be unworkable. "Fair PJay" saya :—" I think the above clause is to be read in its literal oense — that it was intended to be a protection against large companies, and not to compel holders of water-rights to lot the water run down the creek if they had only half a head." My interpretation of the clause is that it was simply "meant to protect the public in one head of water to be used in or near the creek,

If a party knowing there is but one head of water in a creek, and that head belongs to the public, are foolish enough to go to the expense of cutting a race, it certainly is not Clause 8, Section 3?s fault, when their race is in; that instead of a flowing stream they find they have 'a dry ditch. ' I am, &c, Saml. B. llafford, Miner. Half-Ounce, Nov. 16.

Dr Bright's PiiosraoDYNi!:.— Multitudes of people are hopelessly suffering from Do: bility, Nervous and Liver Complaints, Depression of Spirits, Delusions, Uufttness for Business or Study, Failure of Hearing Sight, and Memory, Lassitude, Want of Power, &c, whoso cases admit of a permanent cure by the new remedy Phospkodyne (Ozohic Oxygen), which at once allays all irritation and excitement, imparts new energy and life to tho enfeebled constitution, and rapidly cures every stage of these hitherto incurableand distressing maladies. Sold by all Chemists aud Storekeepers throughout, the Colonies, from whom pamphlets containing testimonials may bo obtained. CautionBe particular to ask for Dr Bright's Phosphodyne as imitations are abroad. Wholesale agents for New Zealand : — Kempthorne, Prosser, and Co, Dunedin.— [Advt.]