A.—sb.

Mining.

water produced by or resulting from mining operations carried on under this Act, and in which, or on the banks of which, mining operations may be lawfully carried on. 127. (1.) On receipt of such application the Governor, if he con--6 siders that it may prove expedient to make the Proclamation, shall, by notice published in the Gazette, and also in some newspaper circulating iii the locality of the watercourse, — (a.) Specify the fact of the application having been made, and the name, locality, and description of the watercourse to which 10 it relates ; and also (fr.) Require every person who objects to such Proclamation being made, or whose land or riparian or other rights in respect of such land will be damaged or injuriously affected by the operation thereof, to serve on the Minister, within the period 15 of ninety days after the publication of such notice in the Gazette, full particulars of such objection, and also a claim in the prescribed form, setting forth full particulars of all compensation that will be claimed by him in the event of such Proclamation being made ; and also 20 (c) State that no person will be entitled to any compensation for damage or injury consequent on the operation of such Proclamation unless his claim is duly served in the manner and within the period aforesaid. (2.) For the purpose of insuring further publicity the Minister 25 shall cause a copy of such notice to be affixed in some conspicuous part of each post-office in the locality of the watercourse, and shall also cause a copy to be posted by registered letter to each person, as far as known, whose land is likely to be injuriously affected by the operation of the proposed Proclamation : 30 Provided that no person shall have any right or claim by reason merely of the fact that this subsection has not been complied with. (3.) No further or other claim shall be made or served than the claim which, as required by the aforesaid notice, is duly served in the manner and within the period aforesaid. 35 128. In such notice, and also in such Proclamation, the watercourse may be described in general terms ; and if at any time any question arises as to whether any specified watercourse or portion thereof is comprised in such notice or Proclamation, the Governor in Council shall decide, and such decision, notified in the Gazette, shall be final and conclusive. 40 129. Such Proclamation, if made, shall not be made sooner than three months nor later than eighteen months after the date of the gazetting of the aforesaid notice, nor until all objections and claims duly served as aforesaid have been laid before the Governor in Council; and it shall take effect on and from a day to be named therein, being 45 not sooner than the thirtieth nor later than the ninetieth day after the gazetting thereof. 130. Every person who at the date of the gazetting of such Proclamation is the owner of any estate or interest in land on which such watercourse exists, or through or past which it runs, and whose land 50 or riparian or other rights as such owner may be damaged or injuriously affected by reason of the operation of such Proclamation, after the date of the gazetting thereof shall be entitled to full compensation from His Majesty for such damage or injury :

Notice of application therefor. 1898, No. 38, sec. 109

Objectors to forward claims to compensation.

Notice to be posted. 1904, No. 33, sec. 24

Watercourse may be described in general terms. 1898, No. 38, sec. 110

When Proclamation may be made. Ibid, sec. 11l

Owner of land injuriously affected entitled to full compensation. Ibid, sec. 112

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