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Lake County Press, Issue 39, 1 March 1872, Page 4

©ofoernmtnt jgottceg. Y. V B. NOTICE, §PBSIDIES TO WORKS FOR THE SUPPLY OF WATER UPON THE GOLPFIELDS. /COMPANIES or Persons desirous of ' making application for Subsidies under the “ Immigration and Public Works Act,” will obtain the necessary information at the Warden’s Office.—[See Tfeiv Zealand Gazette , January, 1872.] (Signed) C. E. HAUGHTON, Under, Secretary Public Works, Gold Fields Department, Dunedin, January 12th, 1672. WHEREAS by ** The Immigration and Public Works Act Amendment Act, 1871, it is amongst other things enacted that the Minister for Public Works may receive applications from the owners or lessees of works for the supply of water on Gold Fields, for mining and other purposes, or from other persons interested in such works about to be constructed, for advances of money to aid in the construction, extension or improvement of such works ; and by the said Act it is further enacted that the said Minister may make Regulations prescribing the prode of making and the form of such application, and for proceeding on such application, as in the said Act mentioned: And whereas it is expedient that Regulations should be made for the purposes in the said Act mentioned : How therefore, I, the Honorable John Pav ies Ormond, the Minister for Public Works, in pursuance and exercise of the authority vested in me by the said Act, do hereby make the Regulations set forth jn the Schedule hereto, prescribing the mode of making and the form of application for advances cf money to aid in the construction of works for the supply of water on Gold Fields, and for proceeding on such application. SCHEDULE. 1. Persons desirous of obtaining advances of money for the purposes specified shall make application in writing to the Worden of the District, or the Agent duly appointed in that behalf for the Province or District in which the intended works arc to he constructed, and such application phall state—(l.) The names and descriptions of the applicants, or if they be a Company registered under any Act of the General Assembly, then the registered particulars thereof. (2.) The mines of the Engineer and Manager of the enterprise. (3.) The general description of the water race or races, dams, reservoirs, or other works proposed to he constructed, together with duly attested copies of the certificate or cei tificates of title to the water or ground; the quantity of water intended tobe conveyed or stored ; the length of the race or races; si ze of reservoirs or dams ; the maximum rate proposed to be charged for the water ; the nature and extent of the auriferous crouud proposed to be supplied with water. (4.) The estimated cost of tlie enterprise. (5.) The proposed capital. (6.) The interests, if any, affected by the diversion or storage of the water tobe dealt with. (7.) The amount of money proposed to be borrowed, which must not exceed one-third cf the estimated cost of the construction of the works. 2. With the application the applicant shall forward to the Warden or Agent a receipt from the Receiver of Land Revenue of the District for the amount of per CPU upon the money proposed to be borrp . ed. 3. Immediately after any application shall have been finally decided upon, the deposit thereon will he repaid, except so much as may be retained under authority of the Minister for covering the cost of the inquiry, made in accordance with the provisions of the Act. 4. The projectors of any enterprise to which money may be advanced shall, before the issue of any loan to them, give to the Minister a valid loan or mortgage to cover the amount of loan over the works nd property proposed to be constructed ; and such lien or mortgage shall be registered in the Warden’s Court of the district, and shall he prepared at the expense of the projectors. 5. No money shall be paid towards the construction of any water race, dam, or reservoir unless the projectors of the same shall have duly registered themselves under the Mining Companies Limited Liabilities Act or the Joint Stock Companies Act, ' 6. The rate of interest to be paid by th' projectors of any enterprise coming under these R< gulatmns shall be seven (7) pounds per centum per annum, payable quarterly from the date of the advance. - The capital sum to ha repaid out o