2. Boundaries of Land applied for to he defined.

Persons intending to apply for a lease of Auriferous Crown Lands shall, previous to making application as hereinafter directed, erect or cause to be erected, at each angle of the land proposed to be leased, a post, three inches square and standing at least three feet in height above the surface of the ground, and such posts shall be maintained at the expense of the applicant until the application shall have been granted or refused by the Governor.