FINING REGULATIONS UNDER "THE MINES ACT, 1877."

Kumara Times, Issue 435, 16 February 1878, Page 4

FINING REGULATIONS UNDER "THE MINES ACT, 1877."

Any person discovering new gold worlcingi and being desirous of'obtain-J iog an increased area thereon shall mark off;a -prospecting claim, as provided in Regulation 11, and shall imsnediately report, such discovery with full particulars to the Warden, and the ground so marked off shall be protected until, the Warden shallhave finally refused or granted the claim; but the Warden may, r if he, think fit, refrain from granting; or- refusing such claim until thegrouadshalihavebeen visited by himself ; pr ; by anyone appointed by him. No|AceS| of all prospecting; •claims, granted, with full particulars of locality, .yield arid description of workings, shallt be posted by the Warden on i;he outside of his office for public infor-' not be lawful for the Warden >to a prospecting claim for any at a less distance than from any previously existing workings in alluvial ground, nor to a.prospecting claim for any new ■discovery of a quartz reef ataless dis. tance than half \ a mile from ' any previously existing quartz workings. Evjfty' prospecting claim-shall, after foeing marked, beheld by one .man resnaufing on tile ground durinjg'working tours until the application is dealt with; And, sf-'granted, the claim must, unless «by special permission, of the Warden, »be fully oc6upied' within J seven days irom. the,date of, grant. . The 1 Warden 'may,' if he'think fit, :grant a prospecting 'claim to the actual gold workings' conjointly with persons who have assisted ibutjqßpjOJ s ;otherwise, other persons,,who, may..b,e.np;minated by the actual, .discoverers, • although the said ipeijsjons apoay not have been on the .ground prior to the granting thereof. The Warden may, upon the application o£gnyjperson6; forming a party of , y tnot less than four, grant protection for mot-jncire, than -three months ■, for a prospecting area "-at, a, distance of not less than two miles any existing ground, or in the of not less than mile, ftpto' any' existing quartz Provided ; in no ease shall I wiihin,ha)jf a;, mjle of ; ,any other such ' Provided further thgt suchjprotecjtion shall only continue until gold is struck, in which be reported, or "until the holders are required by the M prftspecting. claim, ™lffiafflf!.f? Vfffw.W 6B a prospecting: *W#s W% d ? n ** applied for as prpj^^-injßegulation II and v., and P^{^ cease as to the remainder ot such prospecting area! It lawful for, the. garden to renew for a,' area,. Provided that such^reriwt^;protection shall-nob be granted foe mpre three months at any ; "•;,, ..-.". fl " 'Every prospecting area sh&H'be'cpnworked by ,at least 'two men