PROPOSED RULES AND CONDITIONS FOR THE KUMARA SLUDGE-CHANNEL.

Kumara Times, Issue 2395, 2 May 1884, Page 4

PROPOSED RULES AND CONDITIONS FOR THE KUMARA SLUDGE-CHANNEL.

Objections,, to ..the following new Rules'and' Conditions may be'lodged tit the , Warden's Court, Kumara, on Friday> the 2nd May.:'—

.'i.'.All former "regulations and condition's 1 are'hfereby-repealed, but this repeal shall not affect any rights acquired under the regulations and conditions so repealed. y : 2. ; In the interpretation of these regulations the following words shall have the meanings herein assigned to them : ''Sludge-channel" shall mean the main ),,., , tail-race: commonly known as the Kumara Sludge-channel, and held under certificate of registration, No. and every part thereof : "Tail-race" shall mean a registered • ■ ■ tail-race opening into the sludge- • •••.; . channel, for the purpose of discharging tailings and debris into , I i.the same : " Certificate " shall mean the certificate of register for a tail-race : • " Permit" shall mean a form of license to use the sludge-channel granted ; to any person under former regulations. 3. No person except the holder of a • permit shall use the sludge-channel unless subject to these regulations. •.,. 4.. All owners, of tail-races whose per- , mits have expired, or shall hereafter expire, must, before they again obtain the right to use the sludge-channel, obtain a renewal of their certificates. Such renewal shall not be for more than one year at a time, and the renewed certificate shall , be indorsed subject to these regulations : .Provided that no renewal shall prevent the Government from at any time closing the sludge-channel if at any time it shall be deemed necessary to do so, or entitle 'any 'person to compensation on that 'account. . 5. No application for or registration of any new tail-race, and no renewal of any tail-race, shall give any right to use the ' sludge-channel unless the written consent of the Manager shall be filed in .the Wardun's Office. G. No person using the sludge-channel shall be entitled to discharge any water therein other than natural drainage, except water supplied from the Government water-race, known as the Kumara water- . race. , 7.' For a length of GO feet at either the upper or the lower end of every tail-race the fall shall not be greater than 4 feet in the chain, or 8 inches in every 11 feet; and the Manager may at any time require the grade to be adjusted accordingly at whichever end lie may think necessary. S! Any share or interest in a tail-race may be transferred ; .but no transfer shall lie recognised unless registered in the Warden's Office, and no transfer shall be registered without the written consent of 'the Minagor : Provided that such consent shall only lie withheld so long as either the transferor or transferee shall be indebted to the, Government, either for v.utpr or the use of the sludge-channel. i>. The. Manager shall have power to arrange the order of working amongst the parties using the sludge-channel, and to assign to each such hours for sluicing as he may deem.: be necessary for °the avoidance of'Mocking in the sludge-chan-nel ;uul for the safe working of the sludge- ' channel, water-races, and flumes. °A day's i!.-.e <.f the sludge-channel shall mean a period of not more than four hours, but this period shall be subject to reduction wilt-never this shall be necessary, for the purpose of allowing every party connected with the s)udge-channel to make use of .the same.-. 10. _ The. payment for the use of the *!'.!<.ge-t-hai::k.-i by the registered owners of _aiiy tail-iace shall be 10s per week, for {.•Very perron- employed in any claim from which water and tailings are run into it. Such payment shall be made every four weeks at the office of- the Manager, who may prohibit any party in arrears from using the sludge'-channel until payment is VliKijfe., v i - 11. No party using the sludge-channel shall employ in'" connection therewith a greisihxr.immber of men than that specified on their certificate, without first givin" notice to the 'Manager ' of the number of >-.hi6H' so to be employed ; and payment for the use of. the sludge-channel shall be made accordingly until notice shall have been {ji.yen.that the number of men has 'beeii re/hice'd'. ; 12. All persons using the sludge-chan-nel shall immediately stop sluicing into it when required so to do by the Manager or J-liis- deputy, either verbally or in writing or by signal, and no person shall have any chim for compensation by reason of _,snch-Miterruption of work : Provided that if the loss of time during working hours in any one day caused by notice from the Manager by reason of the blocking of the shidge-chaunel or any other cause shall exceed half ail hour, at any one time, allowance pro rata for such loss of time shall bo made in the charge for water. '•'. 13. The Manager shall at all times have full access to any tail-race discharging into the sludge-channel, or any claim connected with such tail-race ; and every person owning, occupying, or using such tail-race or claim shall, when required by • the said Manager, afford him or his djputy every facility for obtaining such access, and for allowing inspection of his or their claim and Ltil-raee !V >d the working thereof. . _ 14. The ]i:.!A-r:; of tuil-r-vs .bull be liable in dam-igfs tor any injury to the sludge-chaiine! by the neidect, cnrelessor iinsl::' r, d -\- ■' in</ .' ~,.5.,,, •evil;'": '-. ..-.i :-i . • ,- r.ico:. -j. 2-to prj.ecii.ju A a,ny aaiiu or iail-

race shall be applied for, or shall be valid, unless written notice of the application shall have been previously given to the Manager. 16. All persons owning, occupying or using tail-races connected with or running into the. said sludge-channel shall keep and at all times maintain, in a conspicuous place near the head of their boxes, so as to be plainly seen from the surface of their claim, an iron or wooden grating, to be approved of by the Manager before and after being fixed, and of such size and dimensions as to prevent stones, tailings, timber and other substances of greater diameter than nine inches, measured in any way, from passing through their said tail-races into the said sludge-channel; and no person shall, under any circumstances, send into or down the said sludge-channel stones, tailings, timber, or other solid substances of a greater diameter than that above specified. No angular stones whatever shall run into the channel, and any person found breaking stones up in order to reduce them to. the minimum size above defined shall be held to have committed a wilful breach of these regulations : Provided that the size of the gratiug may, if the state of the sludge-channel shall render it necessary, be further reduced upon the renewal of the certificate of any tailrace.

17. The entrance from every tail-race to the sludge-channel shall be constructed in a workman-like manner, and shall at all times be kept in good and substantial repair, to the satisfaction of the Manger ; and no props or timber of any tail-race within 10 feet of the sludge-channel shall be removed without the consent of the Manager. 18. If any party neglect or refuse to comply with any of these conditions after notice in writing, the Manager may prohibit such party from using the sludgechannel until the conditions are complied with, or an order of the Warden obtained : Provided that, in case of urgent necessity, the Manager may do and perform any act, matter, or thing at the expense of any person who, being required under these conditions to do or perform the same, shall after written notice, refuse or neglect to comply.