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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 436, 23 August 1877, Page 2

fhtbltc polices. OFNT IDA WATER EACE AND SLUDGE CHANNEL. NOTICE/ COMMENCEMENT OF SUPPLY. In pursuance of. Section.A*f of the; Regulations for the use "of the • Mount Tda Water Race and Sludge Channel.. - ...... I Hereby Give NoxicE'*that J Applications for supplies of water, or for the privilege of connecting tail races with the Sludge Channel, left at the Post Office, Naseby, addressed to me, will be attended to. PRICE OF WATER—2Os. per Hogburn head. ROBT. JOHNSTONE, Manager, Naseby, July-12th; 1877.V "OTIFICATION OF REGULATIONS PRESCRIBING TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR THE USE OF THE MOUNT IDA WATER-RACE AND SLUDGE CHANNEL. . In pnrsunnce and exorcise of the powers and authorities vested in me by "The Public Works Act, 1876/' I, the Honorable John Davies Ormond 'Minister for Public Works, do hereby repeal the Regulations dated 13th June and 18th July, 1877 and published in 'Gazettes' Nos. 53 and 62 of the same year, and do make in lieu thereof the Regu'"tions hereinafter set forth prescribing the terms id conditions upon which the water-race therein mentioned may be used, and the rates and charges to be paid for water supplied, that is to say. 1. The Mount Ida Wtiter-race and Sludge Channel and all the dams, races, and works of any kind in connection therewith (hereinafter included in the expression "therace"), shall be under the control of an officer, to be from time to time appointed by the Governor, to be called the "Manager." Any such Manager may be removed or dismissed from his office by the Governor. 2. The Manager shall have entire charge of the race, and shall bo responsible for keeping the same in proper repair, and for maintaining the supply of water; and may, subject to these Regulations sell and supply water to miners for mining purposes and grant permission to miners to connect tail-races with the sludge channel, and to run water and tailings into the. same. The Manager, so long as he shall hold office, shall be the person to recover all rates and charges payable under these Regulations, as provided in " The Public Works Act, 1876," and the Manager for the time being shall be deemed to be duly authorised by the Minister for that purpose. 3. No person shall take water from the race, or any reservoir or branch race in connection therewith, or run water or tailings into the sludge channel or in any way interfere with any of them, without the consent of the Manager. 4. Water from the race shall be sold by measure the unit Gf measurement for the purposes of these Regulations being taken to bo what is known as the " Hogbum Head,"—that is to say, a stream of water flowing for eight hours through an aperture 16 inches wide by one inch high in one end of a gauge box 6 feet long and 5 inclies deep interior measurement, with a pressure or "head" board of i inches in width above the discharge aperture; the bos to be open at the top, and fixed lovel. For the purpose of measuring more than one " Hogburn head " the bo t may be enlarged horizontally, or the side may be raised and the aperture enlarged perpendicularly. 5. The rate at which water shall be sold for mining purposes shall be twenty shillings (205.) the "Hoebum head" per week of six working days of eight hours each. 6. The charge for running water and tailings into tho sludge channel shall be one shilling and sixpence (Is. 6d.) per "Hogburn head" per full week of seven days, payable in advance. v 7 :^ A day ' and hoar ' and P lace snall ' b e appointed by the Manager for receiving the first applications for supplies of water from the race for m ining purposes and for the privilege of connecting taii-races with, and running water and tailings into, the sludge channel; and the same shall be notified not less than seven days previously by advertisement in some newspaper circulating in the district where the race is situate. 8. Any person desiring to obtain a supplv of water from the water-race for mining purposes shall apply in writing to the Manager, stating the quantity of water required, and where to be used, and where and when required to be supplied. All such applications shall be kept by the Manager, and numbered consecutively as received 9.' If tho quantity of water that any person applies for is available at the time for sale and delivery where specified, the Manager shall issue to the applicant a " water ticket" in the Form Ain the Schedule hereto, setting forth the quantity of water the applicant is entitled to be allowed to purchase 10. The applicant shall present the "water ticket" to the Receiver of Gold Revenue (hereinafter called "theßeceiver"), who shall thereupon receive from him, in advance, the price of the water therein mentioned, and pdvelum a "receipt" in the Form B in the said Schedule; and it shall be lawful for the Receiver from time to time to receive from the person named in such "water ticket'' the price of tho water therein mentioned, in advance, without requiring the production of a fresh "water ticket" unless or until ho shall receive notice from' the Manager that such' person is no longer entitled to be the purchaser of such quantity of water. 11. In allotting water to applicants, the Manager shall give a preference to the earlier applicants • but m case the amount of water applied for shall at' any tune exceed the quantity available for sale and delivery, it shall be lawful for the Manager to allot to applicants less quantities.of water than they shall have applied for, provided that in no case shall the Manager reduce the quantity for any one person or party to less than five "Hogburn heads" without his or their consent. 12. Whenever the supply of water in tho race shall be less than sufficient to supply to all the customers the full quantities of water to which they are entitled it shall be lawful for the Manager to arrange the supplies in such manner as he may deem convenient 13. The Manager shall keep an account in which he shall credit each holder of a " water ticket" with the amount of money shown in such "receipts" as may be produced to him, and shall debit each holder of a " water ticket" with the value of water supplied to him and of channel fees incurred; and in case of reduction of or stoppage of supplies, as in the last section provided, the holder of the "water ticket" shall be entitled to have the amount made up to him in water whenever a sufficient supply shall again be available for the purpose, or in channel privileges or in cash by way of refund. ' 14. In the case of opening new ground, it shall be lawful for the Manager, subject to the approval of the Warden, to supply water and allow the use of the sludge channel on credit during the cutting in of a tail-race : Provided that in every such case the debt accumulated during the cutting up of such tailrace shall bo paid within six weeks after actual sluicing has boon commenced. 15. The Manager shall turn on the water from the race for the supply of purchasers, and turn off the same; and no person shall turn on water or turn it off, or in any way interfere with tho guages, except by authority of the Manager. IG. Any person desiring to cut a tail-race to run into or connect with tho sludge channel shall apply in writing to tho Manager, stating whore the proposed tail-race will connect with the channel, its intended dimensions and " fall;" and if on inquiry the Manager shall be of opinion that such race may be safely allowed to be connected with the channel, he shall certify accordingly to tho Warden. 17. No certificate for any tail-race to be connected with or run into the sludge channel shall be granted by the Wardeu, unless it shall be certified to him by the Manager as aforesaid that such tail-raco may be safely so constructed. 18. The Manager shall not, without special sanction of tho Warden, certifiy for the construction of any tail-race te be connected with and run into the channel of a greater incline than 5 inches in 12 feet for a distance back from tho point of junction of two chains. 19. 2\o tail-race shall bo allowed to be made to connect with the sludge channel upon its eastern side, unless tho same be tunnelled in the solid earth for a length of at least 06 feet from the bank of the sludge channel, or be boxed for the same length, and tho earth filled in to the surface; and every such tail-race shall be fitted with a sufficient gate, which shall if required by the Manager, be kept closed during floods : Provided always that this regulation shall not apply to tho extension of the channel known as Brook's Race. 20. No tail-race or head-race or flood channel shall be made nearer to the sludge channel than 66 feet on its eastern side and 33 feet on its western side, except by consent of the Manager.. 21. When any tail-race shall have been made under tho authority of these Regulations, to bo connected with and run into tho channel, it Bhall be lawful for the owner or occupier of Buch tail-race to run water nnd tailings through it into the ch iimol, subject to these Regulations. 22. It sh ill bo lawful for tho Manager to assess the carrying capacity and averago discharge of any tail-race that shall be connected with and run into tile kludge channel, and the number of "Hogburn heads" so estimated as the average discharge shall be mentioned on tho "water ticket" which the Manager shall give to the owner or occupier of the tailrace, and the owner or occupier shall pay weekly, in advance, the foes for thj said number of "Hogburn h-iiule " run into tho sludge ohaunel. ' .23. In case the owner or occupier of any tail-raco shall be dissatisfied with the Manager's assessment