1.—Sites for Machines.

Any holder of a Miner's Right who may be desirous of obtaining a site for the erection of machinery thereon, shall make application in writing to the Warden, setting forth the purpose and ail particulars of such machinery, and stating the exact locality of the site applied for, and shall at the same time deposit the sum of £5 as security for the cost of survey and other necessary expenses. And the Warden shall thereupon direct the Mining Surveyor to make a survey and plan of such site, and to report thereon.

2.—Site for Stacking Tailings.

Any holder of a Miner's Right who may be desirous of obtaining a site for the purpose of stacking tailings thereon, shall proceed by application to the Warden in the same manner as is provided in Section 1.

3.—Proceedings at Survey.

At the time of making any such survey, the Mining Surveyor shall erect a post measuring not less than two inches square, and standing three feet above the surface of the ground at each boundary corner of the site applied for, and shall post a notice in the form hereinafter set forth upon some conspicuous part of such site.

Form of Notice.

(District and date.)

Whereas (name of applicant) has applied to me for a grant of this land as a special site for (erecting machinery, ^* or stacking tailings) thereon; and whereas the Mining Surveyor has this day surveyed and marked the boundaries of such site, this is to give Notice that any objections to the issue of a certificate of Registration therefor must be lodged at my office on or before (specify date ^†), upon which day I shall proceed to hear and dispose of such application.

(Signature of Warden)

Posted by me this____day____186

(Signature of Mining Surveyor.)

4.—Registration.

At the expiration of the time specified in the Notice as aforesaid, the Warden may, if there be no valid objection there against, issue a Certificate of Registration for the site applied for, and the fee for such registration shall be five shillings.

5.—Restriction of Sites.

Special sites shall not be granted for any land which is known to be auriferous unless the same has been worked out and abandoned, nor for land which is in the line or direction of any workings, or which is or may probably be required for business purposes.

6.—Limitation of Area.

The area granted to any person or party as a special site shall in no case exceed a quarter of an acre.

7.—Discovery of Auriferous Deposits.

If any auriferous deposits shall be traced to the boundaries of, or discovered upon a special site, such site shall be dealt with in the same manner as provided by Sections 3, 4, and 5, of Regulation XI., relating to residence; provided always that the compensation directed to be estimated by Section 5 thereof shall only be paid in the case of sites that are or may be occupied bona fide by machinery.