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Extended Alluvial Claims, Area, B{c. 8. The Warden may grant a claim not exceeding three hundred (300) feet by three hundred (300) feet for all alluvial mining on ground which has already been worked. Applications for claims of this class shall be made in writing to the Warden, and a copy thereof shall be posted outside the Warden's office and on the ground for fourteen (14) days from the date thereof. Provided that no such extended claim shall be granted unless the Warden shall be satisfied that the ground has been previously worked. Working. 9. Every claim shall be bond fide and continuously worked from day to day, and there shall be employed therein or thereon at least one miner for every man's ground comprised in such claim, and the term " man's ground," as used in this Eegulation, shall mean the land which a miner, in the several classes of claims, marks out and occupies under one miner's right. Defining Work on Claim. 10. Any miner employed in making necessary preparation for the working of any claim, or any work immediately in connection therewith, or in the erection of machinery for the same, shall be deemed to be working on the claim. Forfeiture of Mining Claim. 11. Any claim not worked in accordance with the provisions of these Eegulations shall be deemed forfeited, unless under protection, or circumstances be proved sufficient, in the opinion of the Warden, to excuse any default in such working: Provided that the default of any miner in working in respect of his share in any claim shall only entail forfeiture of such share, and shall not affect the title of any other miner. No Forfeiture by Act of Sired Servant. 12. No miner holding a claim or portion thereof, or share or interest therein, who employs hired labour to work the same, shall be deemed to have forfeited his right, title, or interest in the same through any neglect, absence, or omission on the part of any workman thereon employed by him: Provided always that in case the owner resides within twenty miles of the claim in question, twenty-four hours' notice, or in case the owner resides upwards of twenty miles therefrom, seven days' notice in writing in the form in the schedule hereto appended, marked B, of such neglect, absence, or omission be given to such miner, either personally or by leaving the same at his last known place of residence, and such neglect, absence, or omission be continued for twenty-four hours after the giving of such notice as aforesaid, such miner shall then be deemed to have forfeited his claim, or share, or interest therein, as the case may be. Possession not to be taken of Claim without Consent of Warden. 13. No miner shall take possession of the whole or any part or share or interest in any claim, race, dam, machine, or any other right or privilege whatsoever (unless the same shall have been relinquished by entry in the Mining Register), without first obtaining the consent of the owner, or the authority of the Warden, in writing, to be applied for as he may direct. Possession taken with Warden's Consent. 14. A miner having the authority of the Warden, in writing, to take possession of a share or interest in any claim, shall be admitted by the other owners of the residue of such claim to a joint ownership with them to the extent of the share or interest of which possession is authorised to be taken, and shall be owner of such share or interest, and as such shall be entitled to have his name placed on the Mining Eegister in place of the person in whose name the same may be standing. Notices or Pegs not to be destroyed, removed, or injured. 15. No person shall remove, injure, destroy, or deface any posts, pegs, logs, fence, notices, or any mining plant, of whatsoever description, without permission from the owner; or deface, destroy, or remove any notice posted in accordance with the Gold Fields Act or Eegulations, or interfere with any mark or boundary. Fossicking forbidden, and provision made for working Alluvial and Beef Claims on the same Ground. 16. No surface digging or fossicking will be allowed by any one in any other miner's claim. Everything found within the area of such claim shall belong to the owners thereof: Provided that if alluvial gold shall be discovered within any claim under Class No. 2 the Warden shall, on the application in writing of any miner for permisssion to work the same, give notice to the holder of such claim to place as many miners on the ground as may be necessary to occupy such ground, and if he shall fail to do so within seven days from the date of service of such notice, the Warden may then grant the ground to the applicant, subject to such restrictions as he shall deem fit to prevent injury to the nterests of the holder of the claim under Class No. 2. Tunnelling through Unoccupied Ground. 17. Any miner holding a claim, and wishing to cut a tunnel through unoccupied ground, shall be allowed twenty (20) feet in breadth as a protection for the tunnel for any necessary distance outside the boundary of the claim, and also a space of one hundred and fifty (150) feet square at the mouth of the tunnel, on which to deposit quartz or other substances. Such privileges must be applied for in writing to the Warden, and notice must be posted on the ground for fourteen days previous to granting the application. All privileges of this description must be registered in the Mining Eegister, and are subject to the provisions of Eegulation No. 59.