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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 78, 1 April 1872, Page 3

"PUBLIC WORKS AND IMMIGRATION ACT AMENDMENT ACT, 1871." WATER SUPPLY TO GOLDFIELDS. WHEREAS by " The Immigration and Public Works Act Amendment Act, 1871." it is, amongst other things, enacted that the Minister for Public Works may receive APPLICATIONS from the Owners or Lessees of Works for the SUPPLY OF WATER ON GOLDFIELDS for MINING and OTHER PURPOSES, or from other persons interested in such Works about to be constructed, for advances of money to aid in the construction, extension, j or improvement of such Works; and by the said j Act it is further enacted that the said Minister may make regulations prescribing the mode of making and the form of such Application, and for proceeding on such Application, as in the said Act mentioned; And whereas it is expedient that Regulations should be ma-ie for the purposes in the said Act mentioned : Now therefore I, the Honorable John Davies Ormond, the Minister for Public Works, in pursuance and exercise of the authority vested in me by the said Act, do hereby make the J Regulations set forth in the schedule hereto, prescribing the mode of making, and the form of ApDlication for advances of money to aid in the construction of Works for the Supply of Water on Goldfields, and for proceeding on such application. Schedule of Regulations prescribing the mode of Making Applications for Advances oj Money to aid in the Construction, Extension, or Im • provement of Work for the Supply of Water upon Goldfields. 1. Persons desirous of obtaining advances of money for the purposes specified shall make Application in writing to the Warden of the District, and such Application shall state — (I.) The names and descriptions of the Applicants, or if they be h Registered or Joint Stock Company, then the registered particulars thereof. (2.) The names of the Engineer and Manager of the Works. (3.) The general description of the waterrace or races, dams, reservoirs, or other Works proposed to be constructed, together with duly attested copies of the Certificate or Certificates of Title to the Water or ground; the quantity of water intended to be conveyed or stored; the the length of the race or races; size of reservoirs or dams, with plans, sections, and specifications; the maximum rate proposed to be charged for Ihe water; the nature and extent of the auriferous ground proposed to be supplied with water. (4.) The estimated cost of the undertaking, given in detail. (5.) The proposed capital to be expended on Works for the supply of Water. (6.) The interests, if any, affected by the diversion or storage of the water to be dealt with. (7.) The amount of money proposed to be borrowed. 2. Before making Application, the Applicant shall pay to the Receiver of Land Revenue of the District a deposit of >\ per cent, upon the money proposed to be borrowed, and on making the Application shall forward therewith a receipt for the same. 3. The advances will be granted in proportion to the amount of money actually expended on the construction of the Work, and shall not in any case exceed one-third ot the amount so expended. The advances, subject to the approval of the Minister, shall be made on the certificate of the District Engineer or other duly appointed person, that such Work has been executed in accordance with the plans and specifications previously submitted and approved of by him, or by the Engineer-in-Chief, or Assistant Engineer-in Chief. Advances will be made monthly, and only during the actual progress or execution of the Work, and the final payment will be made on its actual completion. 4. Not more than fifteen thousand pounds (£15,000) will be advanced to any one undertaking. 5. Immediately after any Application shall have been finally decided upon, the deposit thereon will be repaid, except as much as may be retained under authority of the Minister, for covering the cost of the investigation made under the Act. 6. No loan will be made unless the borrowers shall have complied with all the provisions and requirements of the several Acts relating to the Goldfields. and of any other law or regulation for the time being in force within the Goldfields with respect to the proposed Works. 7. Every Work in respect of which any advance is made, shall be carried out in conformity with the particulars contained in the Application, and in strict accordance with plans, sections, and specifications, which shall be approved of by the District Engineer, or Engineer-in-Chief, or Assistant Engineer-in-Chief ; and detailed estimates of the cost of the Works, which shall also Jbe .approved as above, and which detailed estimates will form the basis of advances as they may be required in all cases where the Work is not executed by contract; but, in cases where the Work shall be executed bj contract, then the Schedule prices attached to such , contract shall be the basis of such advance. In cases where the Work may already have been executed, or partly executed, for which advances have been applied for, the value thereof shall be determined by the District Engineer, who shall give a Certificate as to his estimated value of such Work; and the District Engineer shall have access at all times to the Works ; and if the Minister shall be satisfied at anv time that the provisions of tliis regulation are not complied with he may cause notice to be given to the borrowers, or their Engineer or Manager, requiring them to conform to such particulars and specifications ; and if they shall refuse or neglect for one calendar month after such notice to comply therewith, then the Minister muy cause the assent to the Application for a loan in respect of such enterprise to be cancelled, and any moneys advanced under the same to be recovered under the security to. be granted. Provided that the Minister may, if he think fit, agree during the progress of the Works to such modifications as he may approve. 8. The promoters of any undertaking may at any time remove the same from the operation of these Regulations, by writing under their hands, 07 under (he hands of the Registered Manager,