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As to Bight to use Mining Works. 113. Subject to the provisions of section 164 of the Mining Act, the Warden may grant to any person working a claim the right to connect with and use any shaft, tunnel, or drive on any other person's claim : Provided that if such shaft, tunnel, or drive existed on the latter claim when it was taken up no compensation shall be payable by the grantee for or on account of the cost of construction. Statistics. 114. Every holder of a claim shall during the month of January in each year forward to the Inspector a return in the form numbered in the First Schedule hereto, under the hand of the holder or manager of the claim, setting forth in respect of such claim the particulars therein mentioned for the year ending on the last day of the preceding month. 115. Every bank, by some responsible officer thereof, and every gold-buyer other than a bank, shall, during the month of January in each year, forward to the Inspector a return in the form numbered in the First Schedule hereto, under the hand of such officer or buyer, setting forth the particulars therein mentioned for the year ending on the last day of the preceding month. As to Statutory Protection of Mining Privileges. 116. The provisions of section 133 of the Mining Act relating to protection without application shall apply only within the Middle Island or Stewart Island, and in cases only where the land is situate at an altitude of not less than 3,000 ft. above the sea-level; and the period of protection shall in every case be the period elapsing between the Ist day of May and the last day of October in the year : Provided that the Warden may from time to time prescribe such lower altitude (being in no case less than 2,000 ft.) and such shorter period (between the aforesaid dates) as he thinks fit, having regard to the locality of the land and the normal snow-level. Such prescription may be either generally as to any specified locality, or specifically as to any specific mining privileges, and ■ may be made either of his own motion, or on summary application, and shall be deemed to be sufficiently notified by publication in the Gazette. Duplicates of Documents lost or destroyed. 117. For the purposes of the issue of duplicates of lost or destroyed documents under the powers in that behalf contained in section 306 of the Mining Act, the following provisions shall apply :— (1.) The application for the duplicate may be in the form numbered in the First Schedule hereto, and shall be filed in the office of the Eegistrar, but need not be noted or advertised. (2.) The statutory declaration embodied in the application shall be exempt from stamp duty. (3.) The Warden, if satisfied with the sworn proof of loss, may order the Eegistrar to issue a duplicate, and in such case the Eegistrar shall issue the same accordingly. (4.) The duplicate shall be a copy of the original, with the addition of the words, — " Duplicate, issued this day of ,1 , in lieu of the original, which has been lost [or destroyed]. " A.8., Eegistrar." (5.) The only fee payable shall be the application fee of 2s. Fees in respect of Mining Privileges. 118. Subject to the specific provisions of the Mining Act and these regulations relating to specific fees, the following fees shall be payable by the applicant in respect of the matters mentioned :— Application-fee in respect of every application to the Warden filed in the office of the Eegistrar ... ... ... ... ... ... 2s. Certificate of protection — Where the period of protection does not exceed fourteen days ... Is. Where it exceeds fourteen days ... ••• ... ... .... ss. Certificate of reduction .... ... ... ... ... ... ss. License for a mining privilege, under which neither rent nor royalty is payable ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ss. 119. In every case where, under the regulations heretofore in force under the Mining Act, any license for a mining privilege has been issued subject to the payment of a yearly license-fee during the term of the license, such yearly license-fee shall hereafter cease to be payable. 120. The forms set forth in the First Schedule hereto may be used for the purposes of these regulations, in so far as the same as applicable. 121. The forms in the respective schedules hereto may be modified or adapted as the circumstances of the case require, and in any case where no suitable form appears in the schedules, such form may be used as the Warden prescribes or approves. Sanitation and Prevention of Nuisances. The Inspector shall have power to order such safeguards as he considers necessary in respect of underground workings for efficient sanitation and the prevention of nuisances, and may, for this purpose, order the provision of latrine accommodation and the use of disinfectants.