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(d.) Exceeding 100 acres and up to 200 acres, 2s. 6d. per acre, but not less than £15. (c.) Extended claims, £2 10s. each. (/.) Travelling-expenses from surveyor's residence, 3s. per mile extra by the cheapest practicable route, one way, provided that such of the travelling-expenses as are incurred for the purposes of two or more surveys shall be equitably apportioned amongst them, and the full scale of travelling-expenses shall, in the case of each such survey, be proportionately reduced. (g.) Bush-cutting, 2s. 6d. per chain extra. (h.) Underground surveys, encroachments, water-races, or other surveys to which the foregoing rates do not apply shall be paid for as follows : Surveyor's fee, £2 for the first day or part of a day, and £1 10s. for each subsequent day or part of a day; labour extra ; mileage as above. (i.) The cost of putting plans on license forms —viz,, 3s. 6d. the set —is included in above fees, and when this is done by the Government that amount will be deducted from final payment. (j.) Where necessary to reduce size of claims, &c, after survey, the cost on above scale must be deposited before survey is made or license issued. (22.) The costs and charges of the survey shall not be payable until the Chief Surveyor furnishes to the Eeceiver a certificate that the work charged for has been satisfactorily done. (23.) Such certificate shall state whether the surveyor who did the work did so as an officer of the Government Survey staff or as a private surveyor. (24.) The costs and charges, when ascertained and payable, shall, in the case of an officer of the Government Survey staff, be paid_ into the Public Account as moneys belonging to the Crown, and, in the case of a private surveyor, be payable as a debt due to him. (25.) The moneys deposited with the Eeceiver in respect of the costs and charges of the survey shall, on the order of the Warden, be applied by the Eeceiver in manner aforesaid, and the surplus (if any) shall on the like order be paid by him to the person entitled thereto. (26.) In the case of a private surveyor, the Eeceiver, if the Warden so authorises, may, out of the moneys deposited as aforesaid, make to the surveyor progress-payments as the work proceeds : Provided that in no case shall such progress-payments exceed half the value of the work done, as certified by the Chief Surveyor. Mining Privileges in respect of Water. Tail-races. 28. It shall be lawful for the Warden, by order in writing, to authorise any person lawfully engaged in mining operations to use or enlarge for the purpose of such operations any tail-race held by any other person (excepting such portion thereof as may lawfully be used as a groundsluice for saving gold), subject to the conditions following :— (1.) That the applicant for the order first pays to the holder of the tail-race a proportionate share of the original cost of the construction of such tail-race, or a periodical payment in advance as a rent for the use thereof; and also (2.) That if it is proposed to enlarge such tail-race, such enlargement shall be at the sole expense of the person applying for the order, and shall be so carried out as not to unduly interfere with the mining operations of the holder of the tail-race; and also (4.) Such other conditions as the Warden thinks equitable. 29. (1.) Where an order pursuant to the foregoing regulation has been made, the person other than the holder of the tail-race so using the same shall at all times, on receiving notice in writing from such holder, forthwith assist in clearing the same whenever it shall be reasonably necessary so to do ; and if such person makes default, it shall be competent for the holder of the race to clear the same and to recover from the person in default his proportionate share of the cost thereof. (2.) The proportionate share of the cost of construction, the amount of the rent, and any dispute between the parties in respect of the premises, shall, if not settled by the parties, be determined by the Warden and two Assessors. 30. All gold discharged into such tail-race shall be the exclusive property of the holder of the tail-race. Main Tail-races. 31. The application for a main tail-race shall specify the person by whom and the terms upon which the race is to be used ; and at any time during the currency of the license the Warden, on application in that behalf, may by order authorise any other person to use the race, upon such terms as to payment for user, contribution for maintenance, and otherwise, as- are agreed on between the parties, or as, failing agreement, are determined by the Warden and two Assessors. Dams. 32. (1.) Before granting any application for a dam the Warden may order the site thereof to be inspected and reported on by any duly qualified surveyor or engineer, and may order the surveyor or engineer to draw up plans and specifications of the dam, which the Warden, if he thinks fit so to do, may submit to the Inspecting Engineer of the Mines Department for his report thereon.