15.—Proceedings in case of refusal of Lease.

If any lease so applied for shall be refused, either in the first instance, or after a failure to comply with the terms of the notice in the last preceding section mentioned, or if any application for a lease shall be withdrawn, a notice thereof shall be published in the Government Gazette, and the Warden shall thereupon instruct a Mining Surveyor to proceed without delay to the ground described in such mining lease, and cause all posts, notices, &c., by which such ground shall have been distinguished, as applied for under the Leasing Regulations, to be removed; and further to notify, for the information of the miners in the vicinity, that such ground is open to persons holding Miners' Rights or Business Licenses, or to applicants for a lease, as if no lease of the said ground had ever been applied for.