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tions were made on the twenty-third day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, which said regulations were published in the Neiv Zealand Gazette of the twenty-ninth day of December then instant: And whereas it is deemed desirable to revoke No. 2 of Part I. —relating to licensed holdings and special claims—of the regulations so made and gazetted as aforesaid, and to make other provisions 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 recited Act, do hereby revoke No. 2 of the regulations of the twenty-third day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, published as aforesaid, and in lieu thereof do hereby make the regulations hereinafter set forth, and do hereby declare that such regulations shall apply generally to all mining districts within the colony. Eegulations. 2. What Land may be held as Licensed Holdings and Special Claims. —Any Crown lands within any mining district in New Zealand may be held as licensed holdings or special claims under these regulations, except (1) the whole or any part of land which any person other than the applicant is entitled to occupy and actually does occupy for mining purposes ; (2) the whole or any part of any land in or over which any person other than the applicant has any interest or authority other than those above mentioned, which he may lawfully use or exercise for mining purposes, or for discovering the existence of gold or other metal or mineral; (3) all lands which, by the provisions of " The Mining Act, 1891," are specially exempted from the operation of such Act. 2a. Boads, Eivers, and Streams not to dissever Licensed Holdings or Special Claims. —A licensed holding or special claim may be granted as aforesaid, notwithstanding that a road, river, stream, or watercourse may pass through the land applied for; and the bed of any river, stream, or watercourse may also be included in such licensed holding or special claim at the discretion of the Warden ; but in no case shall the holder of such licensed holding or special claim be entitled to stop or impede the flow of water in such river, stream, or watercourse, nor carry on any workings underneath the bed of any river, stream, or watercourse included within the boundaries of such licensed holding or special claim, unless with the sanction of the Warden, to be previously obtained, and then only under such conditions as he may deem fit to impose. As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-seventh day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three. E. J. Seddon, Minister of Mines. Approximate Cost of Paper.— Preparation, not given; printing (1,250 copies), £i 12s. 6d.

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