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116. Conditions of lioense in respeot of water. Alterations and extensions. Bridges. Priority of right. Reservation. Commencement of work. Warden may extend date of commencement of work. Limiting use aa to quantity, or for certain months. In certain eases Warden may authorise greater use of water. Persons may use surplus of water on certain terms. License may be revoked. Compensation. 117. Fixed quantity of water to be allowed to flow in natural bed for public use. Other Provisions relating to Mining Privileges in respect of Water. 118. Water-race license may be granted temporarily for other purposes. 119. Discharge of tailings into watercourse. 120. No claim for discharge of tailings into watercourse above race. 121. Water-supply of city or town not to be polluted. 122. Tailings not to be discharged into river within five chains of bridge. Water-race Licenses under former Mining Acts. 123. Special provisions saving water-race licenses issued under former Mining Acts. Water-races belonging to Local Authorities. 124. Local authority may hold water - race. Rights and liabilities. Delegation of powers to committee. Renewal of licenne unnecessary. Appropriation of receipts. Price of water. Alienation forbidden. 125. Water-race vested in local body or county may be revested in Crown. As to setting apart Watercourses for Discharge of Tailings. 126. Watercourse may be set apart for discharge of tailings. Notice of application therefor. Objectors to forward claims to compensation. Notice to be posted. 128. Watercourse may be described in general terms. 129. When Proclamation may be made. 130. Owner of land injuriously affected entitled to full compensation. 131. Compensation not to exceed improved value of land. Minister may take land as if for public work. Amount payable. Disposal of land. Deficiency. Statement of amounts expended. 132. No compensation or riparian rights as to certain alienated lands. 133. Compensation to be assessed under Part VII. 134. Further claims barred. 135. Provisions as to watercourses for the discharge of tailings, &c. 136. Auld's Creek excepted as a tailings watercourse. Business-sites and other Mining Privileges in respect of Land. 137. Business, residence, and special sites. 138. Purposes of licenses to be specified therein. 139. Area and dimensions. 140. Conditions of business-site licenses. 141. Business may be carried on in mining district without a license. 142. Conditions of residence-site licenses. 143. Business and residence sites, if unsurveyed, held on sufferance. Holder liable for rates. 144. Residence-sites for workmen's homes. 145. Warden may set apart lands for business and residence sites. 146. Certain towns excepted.

Timber-cutting Rights. 147. Warden's and Land Board's timber-areas. 148. Application of rents, fees, and royalties. 149. Warden may deal with applications on behalf of Land Board in certain cases. 150. Separate accounts to be kept. 151. Tramway licenses for timber. 152. Regulations. Other Mining Privileges. 153. Licenses for tramways and other mining privileges. As to Surrender, Exchange, and Amalgamation of Mining Privileges. 154. Mining privileges may be surrendered. Apportionment of rent in case of surrender. Moneys refunded, how payable. 155. Mode of substitution of titles under this Act for titles under former Act without loss of priority. 156. When area of exchanged land may exceed limit. 157. Provisions where roads excluded from surrendered area. 158. Amalgamation of claims. As to Protection of Mining Privileges. 159. No liability during period of protection. 160. Warden may grant protection of mining privilege. 161. Special provisions as to grant of further protection. 162. Protection where mining privilege at high altitude. 163. Days on which all mining privileges protected. 164. Protection in case of bankruptcy, lunacy, or death. As to the Procedure on Applications to the Warden in respect of Mining Privileges. 165. General rules as to all applications to Warden. 166. Powers of Commissioners of Crown lands. As to Survey. 167. When area exceeds twenty acres land to be surveyed. Provisions relating thereto, and to preliminary inquiry. 168. No survey required in certain cases. Proviso. 169. Drainage-areas exempt from survey. As to the Form, Term, Renewal, and Conditions of Licenses for Mining Privileges. 170. General provisions as to licenses. Form. Errors. Term. Commencement. Renewal. Conditions. As to the Transfer and Registration of Mining Privileges. 171. Mining privilege to be deemed a chattel interest. 172. Transfers to be registered. Provisions relating thereto. 173. License or renewal to be sent to Registrar for registration or indorsement. 174. Annual renewal of water-race licenses abolished. 175. In oertain cases annual license fee and annual renewal of registration abolished. 176. Other interests which may be registered. 177. Several rights may be transferred in same instrument. 178. Limit of time for taking proceedings for cancellation of deeds. 179. Registration fee. 180. Registers under former Act continued

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