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the same: Now, therefore, I, John Hyde Harris, by virtue and in exercise of the powers delegated to and vested in me in this behalf, do hereby Revoke and Cancel the said Proclamations of the 3rd day of October, 1864. Given under my hand, and issued under the Public Seal of the Province of Otago, (L.S.) at Dunedin, this tenth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four. J. Hyde Haeeis, Superintendent. By His Honor's Command, James, Patebsou, Provincial Secretary.

ORDEE IN COUNCIL—establishing additional regulations foe gold mining on the COEOMANDEL GOLD FIELD. G. G-EET, GovEENOE. At the Government House, at Auckland, the nineteenth day of April, 1864. Peesent :—His Excellency the Goteenoe in Council. "Wheeeas it is provided by the " Gold Fields Act, 1862," that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, subject to the provisions of the said Act, to make Rules and Regulations relating to the terms and conditions upon which Miners' Rights shall be granted, and the forms of such Miners' Rights, and of Licenses and Leases to be issued under the said Act, and the modes, times, and places of issue thereof; and also touching the extent and position of any claim, and the conditions under which it shall be worked, held, assigned, or forfeited, the application and use of machinery, and all such other Rules and Regulations relating to the mining under Miners' Rights or otherwise in any Gold Field, as he may deem most beneficial ; Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in pursuance and exercise of the said recited power and authority, doth hereby, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony of New Zealand, make the following additional Rules and Regulations for the conduct of gold mining within the District of the Coromandel Gold Field. And doth further declare that this Order shall take effect from the day of the date hereof. FOESTEE GoEING, Clerk of Executive Council. ADDITIONAL BIILES AND EEGULATIONS OF THE COEOMANDEL GOLD FIELDS. Benefit or Injury done by holders of Claims hy the icorTcing of other Claims. 1. In the case of the holders of any claim erecting machinery for pumping or baling water, and thereby benefiting the claims adjoining or near to such claim, it is hereby provided that the last-named claim holders shall, while absolutely working their claims, contribute a fair and reasonable sum weekly or otherwise to such water-baling machinery ; such amount to be decided by two Assessors to be appointed by the owners of the said machinery, and two by the representatives of the claims alleged to have derived or be about to derive a benefit. 2. If the owners of any claim by improper management or otherwise shall damage any claim or claims adjacent, the parties receiving such damage shall be entitled to compensation for the same. And further, on the request of the owner or owners of any claim, who shall have reasonable grounds for suspicion that their claim is receiving damage from the working of any claim adjoining, the Commissioner, or other person appointed by the Government to carry out these Regulations, shall grant permission for the inspection of such Claim ; and on proof of any damage likely to occur, the working of such claim shall be suspended until the case shall have been decided by two Assessors to be appointed by the owners of claims which have received or are liable to receive damage from improper workings, and two to be appointed by those parties who are supposed to be injuring such claims. 3. The Assessors to be appointed in the foregoing cases shall be taken from persons not interested in any way in the claims to be affected by their decision. 4. In the event of the Assessors in any case not coming to a decision, the decision shall be left to the Commissioner or other, person or persons duly appointed to carry these Regulations into effect. 5. The amount assessed in any of the foregoing cases will be summarily recoverable in the Resident Magistrate's Court. 6. The pay of each Assessor shall be fifteen shillings (155.) per diem, and shall be paid by the person against whom such decision is given. of Claims. 7. The three months for which proof is required by sub-section (1) of section 23 of the Regulations of the 15th Sept., 1863, that a claim has been worked before it can be registered, shall be the three months immediately previous to application being made for such registration. Fees in certain Cases. £ s. d. 8. The fee for registration of claim for three months shall be ... ... 0 10 0 The item Juryman's pay per diem 75., in the Regulations of the 15th September, 1863, is l ereby repealed, and the pay in such cases shall be per diem ... ... 0 10 0

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