GOLD READY RECKONER.

Kumara Times, Issue 2676, 20 April 1885, Page 4

GOLD READY RECKONER.

The standard price of gold in Kuniara is L 3 16s per ounce in the rough, and L 3 17s if melted. The following tables will shew at a glance the value of any parcel, from a single grain up to 300 ozs.:—

MINING REGULATIONS UNDER "THE MINES ACT, 1877."

Any person discovering new gold working, and being desh'ous of obtaining an increased area thereon shall mark off a prospecting claim, as provided in Regulation 11, and shall immediately report such discovery with full particulars to the Warden, and the ground so marked off shall be protected until the Warden shall have finally refused or granted the claim ; but the Warden may, if he think fit, refrain from granting or refusing such claim until the ground shall have been visited by himself or by anyone appointed by him. Notices of all prospecting claims granted, with full particulars of locality, yield of gold, and description of workings, shall be posted by the Warden on the outside of his office for public information. It shall not be lawful for the Warden to granc a prospecting claim lor any new discovery at a less distance than two miles from any previovdy existing workings in alluvial ground, nor to grant a prospecting claim for any new discovery of a quartz reef at a less dis. tance than half a mile from any previously existing quartz workings. Every prospecting claim shall, after being marked, be held by 0r.3 man remaining on the ground during working hours until the application is dealt with, and, if granted, the claim must, unless by special permission of the Warden, be fully occupied within seven days from the date of grant. The Warden may, if he think fit, grant a prospecting claim to the actual discoverer of new pold workings conjointly w.itli persons who have assisted I •them in inspecting either with contri-' bntions or otherwise. or with other per- j sons who riiay he rnniiinted l>y the* actual (lisco'-'eicrs, although the said persons may not have hmi on the ground prior to the granting thereof. The Warden may, upon the application of any persons forming a party of sot less than four, grant protection for not more than three months for a prospecting area " at a distance of not less than iwo miles from auy existing ■workings in alluvial ground, or in the ca?:e of quartz workings of not less than half a mile from any existing quartz workings: Provided in no case shall any such prospecting area be granted within half a mile of any other such prospecting area. Piovided further ".hat such protection shall only continue in force until gold is struck, in which Liiso the discovery shall be reported, «jv until the holders are required by the Warden to mark a prospecting claim, in either of which cases a prospecting •vlaini shall he marked and applied for as provided in Regulation 11. and V., and protection shall therupon cease as to he remainder ol such prospecting area. It -hall t>e lawful for the Warden to renew from rime to time the protection for a prospecting area. Provided th t •»nrh renewed protection shall not V;e e : tor ip.or *"han three months at any ;timc

Rough, Melted, At L3 16s. Od. At L3 17 3. Od. oz.: L a. d. ■6 s. d. i 3 16 0 3 17 0 2 7 12 0 7 14 0 3 11 8 0 11 11 0 4 15 4 0 15 8 0 5 19 0 0 19 5 0 6 22 16 0 23 2 0 7 26 12 0 26 19 0 8 30 8 0 30 16 0 9 34 4 0 34 13 0 10 38 0 0 38 10 0 20 76 0 0 77 0 0 30 114 0 0 115 10 0 40 152 0 0 154 0 0 50 190 0 0 192 10 0 60 228 0 0 231 0 0 70 266 0 0 269 10 0 80 304 0 0 308 0 0 90 342 0 0 346 10 0 100 38C 0 0 385 0 0 200 760 0 0 770 0 0 300 1140 0 0 1155 0 0 DWTS GRS. DWTS. GRS. £ s. d. ! s. d. £ s. d. S. d 10 3 9i 0 If 0 3 10 0 If 2 0 7 7"| 0 31 0 7 8J 0 3| 3 0 11 4| 0 5| 0 11 6i 0 5| 4 0 15 2}j 0 7| 0 15 4f 0 7l 5 0 19 0 0 9* 0 19 3 0 9* 6 1 2 9i! 0 111 13 1 0 11; 7 1 6 7 1 If 1 6 Hi 1 1| 8 1 10 4| 1 3 1 10 9i 1 3i 1 5} 9 1 14 2| 1 5 1 14 7| 10 1 18 0 17 1 18 6 1 7£ 11 2 1 9i i 8* 2 2 4 1 9 12 2 5 7 1 lOf 2 6 2£ 1 11 13 2 9 4f 2 Oh 2 10 Oi 2 1 14 2 13 2| 2 3; 2 13 lOf 2 3f 15 2 17 0 2 4 2 17 9 2 4§ 16 3 0 9i 2 6| 3 17 2 6| 17 3 4 7" 2 8j 3 5 5| 2 8l 18 | 3 8 4| 2 10 3 9 3f 2 10|