CONDITIONS OF ENTRY TO SEARCH FOR GOLD.

Tuapeka Times, Volume VII, Issue 404, 31 October 1874, Page 3

CONDITIONS OF ENTRY TO SEARCH FOR GOLD.

The following regulations have been made (and arc now ( in operation), by Ins Honor the Superintendent "of ' Otago, by virtue of subsection 6, section 54, of _£he;o,tagor- Waste Lands Act, 1872:— 'a ' ''" J< j ' "' ' ReGI7I;ATIO>~S. f, UAny holder of< a* Miner's Right "dcsirjng to enter for the purpose- tof searching for gold upou any land held under license under the provisions .of the <Act r shall apply to the District Officer in the form of schedule an,nexed hereto, and shall serve upon the occupant or licensee of the land a duplicate copy of such notice. 2. Op. receipt of any application to enter to search for gold, the District Officer shall appoint a day and place for hearing the same ; and such application shall bo heard and I <3efcerraliiecl \>y the District Board of Inquiry | appointed under the "Otago Waste Lauds ! Act, 1872." ■ ■ - 3. In every case in which permission shall be granted to any holder of a Miner's Right to enter upon.any such land for the purpose of searching for gold, he shall deposit with the Receiver of Gold Revenue for the district such sum of money as the Board of Inquiry may consider suflicient as security for the due performance of any conditions of such permission ; and it shall be lawful for the Board of inquiry, in the case of .failure to comply with such conditions,, or any of them, to order payment of the whqlo, or any part of such money, to the licensee or occupiers of the land so entered,, upon, or to make such other order hrrelatioh to the same as to them, or a majority of them, "shall seem just, and the "'decision of the Board of inquiry, or a majority of them, shall be final and- conclusive as regards all parties concerned. 4. The Board of inquiry, or a majority of; them, shall hav.e full i power to impose any , conditions. which, to them may sqein just as to the mode, aud time, of .entry; upon .the said, land for, 'the purpose of searching for gold, ' and shall also be empowered' to -.asses* the amount ofdamage-.'rwluch 'inay.havCiaccrued to ,the licensee by. reason of any operations connected therewith, • and to, ofder Jby- way of compensation for damage, if any',: the payment, to the licensee, of a"«y. sum .not : exceeding the amount deposited -as aforesaid, and in the event of tbelnourfulfilnfentoT any of the conditions imposed by them, the Board, or a majority of them, shall,- after due notice to all parties,Jin the presence of them, or of such of them, as shall .attend upon a day to be appointedfor thatf purpose, have full power to cancel the'" permission to enter,' aud' to wder payment by^ way of compensation as aforesaid. ?-_ ' \ i -'r.' ' T '„:' • -i" 1 ' ' Apx>lieatibn'U> fyder'upon PAaitfe'Zianda. To, tho District land .Officer at and bo the land held under ['license' or certificate, as the case viay be), by (liere insert the name .of ■'"the holder of the' land; "here referred to), situated, at ' "; '■ ,' "'„ for the purp6so of searclnhg'fq'r gold/ ', "' ' • (Si'g'naiiire of Applicant.)