GOLD READY RECKONER.

Kumara Times, Issue 2840, 7 November 1885, Page 4

GOLD READY RECKONER.

The standard price of gold in Kumar* is L 3 16s per curice 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 REGULA "THE MINES

TONS UNDER ICT, 1877."

Any person discovering new gold working, and being desirous of obtaininc 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 around so marked off shall be protected until the Warden shall have finally refused or granted the claim ; but the Warden may, if ho think fit, refrain from granting or refusing such claim until the ground shal I have been visited by himself or by anyone appointed by him. Notices of all prospecting claims granted, with full particulars of locality, vield 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 gran c a prospecting claim lor any new discovery at a less distance than fcwo miles from any previously existing workings in alluvial ground, nor to grant a prospecting claim for any new discovery of a quartz ieef 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 on 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 gold workings conjointly with persons who have assisted them in prospecting either with contributions or otherwise, or with other persons who may be nsminated by the actual discoveiers, although the said persons may not have been on the ground prior to the granting thereof. The Warden may, upon the application of any persons forming a party of not less than four, grant protection for aot more than three m: nths for a prospecting area " at a distance of not less than two miles from any existing ■workings in alluvial ground, or in the case of quartz workings of not less than ball' a mile from any existing quartz workings : Provided in no case shall any such prospecting area be granted ■vithin half a mile of any other such prospecting area. Piovided further that such protection shall only continue in force until gold is struck, in which *.-433 the discovery shall be reported, ar until the hokle?s arc reqtm-ed by the Warden to mark a prospecting claim, in either of which cases a prospering claim shall be marked and applied for as provided in Regulation 11. and Y., and protection shall therupon cease as to «he remainder ol such prospecting area. It shall be lawful for the Warden to renew from time to time the protection for a prospecting area. Provided th t such renewed protection shall not I- c granted for ruor "kan three months ;vt auy time

= 1 Bough, -— : — Melted, [ At L3 16s. Od. At L3 17s. Od. Oz. L s. d. -e s. d. 1 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 38G 0 0 385 0 0 200 760 0 0 770 0 0 300 1140 0 0 1155 0 0 —■ 1 DWTS GRS. DWTS. 1 GKS. ■ £ s. "a.' s. d. £ s. d. 1 s. d 1 ! 0 3 9A 0 H 0 3 10 1 0 If 2 ' 0 7 71 0 3| 0 7 8i 0 11 6* 0 3| 3 ; 0 11 4f 2| 0 5* 0 5| 4 0 15 0 7* 0 15 4| j 0 7* 5 0 19 0 1 0 9j 0 19 3 | 0 9k 6 1 2 9i 0 111 1 3 1 j 0 llj 7 1 6 71 1 1* 1 6 Hi 1 1 If 8 1 10 4|; 1 3 ! 1 10 9* ! 1 3£ 9 1 14 2i 1^ 5 I 1 14 7f 1 5± 10 1 18 0 i 1 7 ! 1 18 6 i n 11 2 1 9* 1 8-| 2 2 4 1 9 12 2 5 7 1 10| 2 6 1\ 1 11 13 2 9 4| 2 0* 2 10 Oi 2 1 14 2 13 2| 2 3* 2 13 lOf 2 3| 15 2 17 0 2 4j 2 17 9 2 44 16 3 0 9i 2 s 3 17 2 6| 17 3 4 7" 2 3 5 5| 2 84 IS 3 S 4| 2 10" 3 9 3* 2 10l