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1893. NEW ZEALAND.

THE MINING ACTS, 1891 AND 1892 (REGULATIONS UNDER).

Laid upon the Table of the House of Representatives in terms of Section 342 of "The Mining Act, 1891."

[Extract from Gazette No. 25, of 6th April, 1893.] Amended Begulations undek " The Mining Act, 1891." Glasgow, Governor. Whereas, by the three hundred and forty-first section of " The Mining Act, 1891," it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor, subject to the provisions of the said Ace, from time to time to make, alter, amend, and revoke regulations for all or any of the purposes therein mentioned: And whereas in pursuance and exercise of the hereinbefore in part-recited authority, regulations were made on the twenty-third day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, and came into operation on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two: And whereas certain of the said regulations were amended on the twenty-seventh day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, and it is desirable to revoke Part XXVIII., Nos. 261 to 278, of the regulations of the twenty-third day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, as amended by the regulations of the twenty-seventh day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two aforesaid, and to make other regulations in lieu thereof, as hereinafter set forth: Now, therefore, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities in that behalf conferred upon me by the said in part recited Act, do hereby revoke Part XXVIII., Nos. 261 to 278, of the regulations of the twentythird day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, as amended by the regulations of the twenty-seventh day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two aforesaid, and in lieu thereof I do make the regulations herein set forth, that is to say,— " Pact XXVIII. —Licenses to cut Timbek. 261. Permission to cut Timber. —Any hand-sawyer, splitter, or woodcutter desiring to cut timber for sale for bond fide mining purposes, or for any purpose incidental or conducive thereto, shall make application to the Warden for permission Iμ tiie form in Schedule 1 hereto, and a copy of such application shall be posted for seven days outside the Warden's office. If no valid objection be made, the Warden may grant a certificate, in the form in Schedule 3 hereto, on payment of a fee of not less than £3 sterling for a license which shall be in force for six months, or £5 for a license which shall be in force for twelve months from the date thereof, and shall entitle the holder, subject to such conditions as the Warden may think fit to impose, to cut any timber (except kauri or reserved trees) on any Crown land within a mining district mentioned in the application notice : Provided that every person holding any such certificate to cut timber shall be the holder of a miner's right; but no such certificate shall entitle the holder thereof to cut timber on land within any proclaimed forest reserve; and, within the authorised area as defined in the contract made by the Queen with the New Zealand Midland Railway Company (Limited),dated the 3rd August, 1888, such certificate shall only entitle the holder thereof to cut timber for mining purposes on lands which have been set apart under the said contract for mining purposes: Provided, further, that every certificate granted under this regulation shall be subject to the rights of every holder of a miner's right, and every person on whose behalf a consolidated miners' right is granted, to cut timber (except kauri or reserved trees) for fencing any garden or residence area which may be held by him, and also timber for his own domestic use, or for props, caps, laths, sluice-boxes, or paving-blocks for sluice-boxes, in connection with the claim held by him personally or conjointly with his partners, or in which he is working as wages-man, over any area for which such certificate is granted. 262. Hand-sawyers' , Splitters', and Woodcutters' Certificates. —Every person being the holder of a, hand-sawyers', splitters', or woodcutters' certificate shall be entitled to an area of not exceeding 5 acres, and shall have the right to construct saw-pits.