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Otago Daily Times, Issue 202, 1 August 1862, Page 7

I 3.— Registration Fees. The scale of fees payable in respect of the >cvfr.i refristrati'ns mentioneJ in these regulations skill be as follows :— For registering any claim other than, araa'jrnmated claims and creek or river claims (without riyaivl to the uumber of persons holding the same) —one shilling. For resristering an a;r>alcramated claim, or a creek or liver claim—two shillings and sixpence. For registering a wnter rr.ee, puddling machine, or dam —two sLillings and sixpence. For regiifc-riug a protected claim—one shilii::^ ?n\ sixpence. For registering wiy transfer or assignment—one shilling and sixpence. For registering a mining partnership—two shilL'na: and sixpence. The above fres shall include payment for copies of the notice requir.-d in each case^ but not for any survey. 4.— lnformation to the Public. Any person requiring any information from the Transaction Book of the Mining Re^trnr, may obtain the same on payment of one shilling: and it sliali be the duty of the Mining Registrar to furnish such information.

X. Licenses. I.— Business Licenses. Every person engage iii trade or business ofar.v kind within the limits of the gold field, shall obtain from the Wardfiu a Business License, for which he shall pay the sum of twenty-five shillings (zl'k.) quarterly, and shall be entitled to occupy an a'lo'nientof land not exceeding a fi-outace ot""20 fret by 40 feet. 2. — Wholesale Licenses. Every holder of a Wholesale License for the sale of fermented and spirituous liquors,in quantities m,-t Ir-j-s than two gallons, (shall pay a fee for the same t.i Twenty (£2O) Pounds. 3.— Retail Lkenses. Every holder of a Retail Licence for tha sale of f- ;•- mented and spirituous liquors in any quantity >!tuil pay a fee for the same of 6ixty (£6O) rounds. * Thj holders of Business or Liquor Licenses shnl!, it so required by the Warden, be sworn in as special con cables. 4. — Licenses may le cancelled. The Warden may recommend the with Irav.a!, s jspeusion, or cancellation, of any license upon piwf ie his satisfaction of a breach of the Gold Fi&Ms' K..-»-;i----laiions, or of any disorderly conduct npsn the ?•;■■- mises held under such license, a>nl such lir-Cii-i' i;i.:? thereupon be withdrawn, suspended, or cancelled r> Jcordingly. XI. General Regci.atioxs. I.— lnterference Prohibited. No person shall, under any pretene-j what-'.vo-, <!aroage, destroy, or othi-rwis ■ interfe.eviv.h ai'yrac?, tail race, dam, sluilgt-chaniie!, or drain. mat-hint', «•:<.; ii-v appliance connected therewith, nor wiih any ekii.u, unless the sanction of tiie owners thc-reof, or t:iauthority of the Warlcri, shall first have bo-jn obtained for such interference. 2.— lnterference ici'h Peys and JVu'iVc*. etc. No person shall alter the position of any tr.'*vK-!:. t-■:■ remove any pea: from a claim in the occupati > • t.-i ./ other person, nor deface, destroy, or renuivo ;".:;y Notice posted iii accordance with thf-se Regulations, n >v interfere with any uiiirk or boundary. 3.— Jumping lorhidden. No person shall take possession of any elriini, race darn, machine, or any otlu-r right or privilege w:»;t:----soaver (unless tlia sune shall hare Luen ab.*o:utt'y relinquished) without fir.it obtf.iniug th« eouseat of liia owners, or the authority of the Warden. 4.— Penalty may besi&s'.itirfcd fxr Forfeiture. In all cases wherein forfeiture is decreed by these Regulations, it shall be lawful for the WarJ- n hi substitute a monetary penalty in lies thereof, an>i tj allow thereout a suiScient sum to defray any rea«<n<able expenses incurred by the plaintitf in the prusjcution of iiis suit. s.— Compensation may be Adjudged. In all cases of forf-iture, the Warden may adjmi,..o compensation to be paid by the per-on to wl;r.;a any claim or riarht may be awarded by the former owner or holder thereo*', and to appoint a time within v.iiif^i such payment sliall be made: Provided that Mica compeiisation sha'.l not exceed in amount two-thinls of die es'imatetl value of auy work actually peril)riutd thereon or in connection therewith. 6. — Permission to enter Claims. The Warden shall have power to authorise the entry of any surveyor or assessor into and up.;Ti any claim for the purpose of measuring- the depth pf.nry shaft, or the dip, direction, inciinaticn or length of any tunnel or lirive. 7- — JVotives to contain full particulars. All notices tendered or posted in conformity with these Undulations must contain the name in "full of each member of the party, totrethpr with the date, number, and place of issue of Ids Miners Right. B.— Warden to be Judge of Objections, A-c. The Warden shall in all cases be the sole jud^e of the validity of objections to the issue of any Certificate of Registration, and also of what is a " reasonable time" fur the penbrinance of any work when no fixed period is provided by these Regulations. 9. — Certificate may be cancelled. If sny Certificate shrill have been obtained by misrepresentation, or if any of the conditions prescribed herein have not been duly complied with, tha Warden may, upon proof thereof, cancel such Certificate, or make such other order therein as may appear to be just. 10. — Neglect of Warden's Orders. Any person who shall neglect or refuse to comply with any written notice or order of the Warden, duly served, and in conformity with these Regulations, shall be deemed to be jjuilty of a breach thereof and liable to the penalty imposed by the 32nd section of tho " Gold Fields Act, 1858."" Existing Rights Preserved. Not'iina: herein contained shall be taken to affect any existing rights or privileges. Given under my hand, and issued under the Public Seal of the Province ct (L.S.) Otago, at Dunedia, tListv\'euty-sev?ntli day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. 4

J. L. C. RICHARDSON, ? Superintendent of the Province of Ota got By order, Thomas Dick, Provincial Secretary. *.* The following Sections of The Gold FL?ui Act, 1853, are appended fur general information :— " 28. Any person not being th^ holder of a mhierV right or of a lease under this Act, who shall :mr.e for gold upon any proclaimed cold fieli, and any pernr. who shall employ any such unauthorised pc rson so to mine, and any person not being the bolder of a miner's right, license, or lease, duly empowering him in ii.it behalf, and not being aa authorised person. witLin \ho meaning of this Act, who shall occupy any waste lands in or become re ident upon or at any precia:m.---' gold field, shall be Table to the penalties follower.. that is to say;— For the first offence a cum not e>: • celling five pounds ; for the second or any sn\->o-quent offence a sum i.Qt exeevHliasj ten pound* ao= less than five pounds. • " 29. Any person who shall knowingly mine o? employ any" person to mine for gold on »ny la-id tw~ longing to a private individual, without^ the conssni of the owner thereof, or Ms duly authorised scent v shall be subject to the like penalties as are mtntiypfi in the last preceding clause. " 30. If any person shall forge or alierany 'miner"* right," license, lease, or other document issaed under the authority of this Act, with intent k> uel'eftt the p-o\-isions tliereof or to defraad way pci-^jv whomsoever, shall be guilty of a rusd'enieinnrj and on conviction thereof bftore any Court of competent jurisdiction, shall be suhject to fine or ip.)'»ri. sonment, with or without hard labor, not estceMln^ three years, or both, at the di<cretian of ti * Court. " 31. If nny person sUall use or exhibit any .'«■ rrt-u tniner'arightjliceost, or lease, isr-jied or purp<>rxiny ibe issued under the authority of cfeis Acr, knowingi the same to be forged, or jfacypei^^ > •■■M f mciukntA- po^onate the holder of any such vav.i^t ~ right, Kcense, or lja»e, or shall tdse'v nnd fraud alentlv represent that any servant or otJ«r per*«, i* an autljorised persor. wiiMn %\a weaning of ih:* Act, or shall fiuudulfntly use or exhibit t* Ms . .vb any miner's right, license, or !t-;i*\ b^onging tour granted to any other person, or shall use >.-:• exi.ib.t . as valid a miner's right, lie nse, or leas*, wIl" !: skr.u ' have expired, he be liable to a p<«aiT : > ;or erevy , sach oflence not exceeding fifty pounds. I "32. Even' person committing any brtaeruv, /:*. :.*-v ' ofomissianor commission, ot an\ of tie vt»; «cr :e----cidatious, made under the authority of ttf.~- i r+, sLia« tor«verv such breach be liablv t^ a fine or j,ait t i not exceeding ten pounds for the fam oifeno= t :*'j« i twenty pounds for any second or subseq-iat OJ" fence."