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1899. NEW ZEALAND.

GOLDFIELDS AND MINES COMMITTEE (REPORT OF, ON THE MINING REGULATIONS).

Brought up on the 19th October, and ordered to be printed.

REPORT ON THE MINING REGULATIONS. The Goldflelds and Mines Committee, to whom was referred the Mining Begulations gazetted under " The Mining Act, 1898," have the honour to report that, having carefully considered the same, they recommend that the said regulations be referred to the Government with the request that the regulations be amended so as to agree with the copy attached hereto. W. Carncross, Chairman. 19th October, 1899.

Begulations under " The Mining Act, 1898."

Governor. Order in Council. At the Government House, at Wellington, this day of October, 1899. Present: His Excellency the Governor in Council. In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by " The Mining Act, 1898," His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby revoke all regulations heretofore made under that Act, and in lieu thereof doth hereby, for the purposes of that Act, make the regulations hereinafter set forth.

REGULATIONS. Interpretation. 1. In these regulations, if not inconsistent with the context, words and expressions shall have the same meaning as in " The Mining Act, 1898 " (hereinafter called " the Mining Act ") : Provided that in so far as relates to prospecting warrants and licenses and mining privileges in respect of water, where the land to which the application relates (not being Native land) is situate wholly outside a mining district, all references to the Warden or the Eegistrar shall be deemed to be references to the Commissioner of Crown Lands of the land district in which the land, or the greater part thereof, is situate. Miners' Eights. 2. A miner's right that does not extend to Native ceded lands shall be in the form numbered 1 or (in the case of a consolidated miners' right) 2 in the First Schedule hereto; and a miner's right that does so extend shall be in the form numbered 3 or (in the case of a consolidated miners' right) 4 in that Schedule, and shall specify the block of Native ceded land to which it extends. I—l. 4a.