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shall make the necessary deposit, and the Warden shall order such survey to be made at the cost of suet provided that should the applicant hi found to have taken possession of greater area than he is entitled to under this regulation, the Warden may Older the applicant to repay to sttch person the cost of such survey or such part thereof as may seem pat. They further recommend that.allexfcended claims should be registered with the Warden.

Your Committee think it advisable to dispense with official survey for extended areas, aa they do not regard such areas sh of greater ■value than ordinary claims ; and they see no # reason why the one cannot be carried out without the services oE a survey* r aa well as the other. The del&ys incidental to the survey system have had the effect of giving ah indefinite term of protection for the occupancy of, and-consequently resulted in locking up sometimes- for a lengthened period, a large area of ground. The Committee appointed to consider the desirability of providing regulations for Blasting operations, recommended the adoption of the following as a regulation :— 1. Bla.stino.—Any person shall, before firing a blast, poftt a notice Rientfying the time and place of firing such blast, on the ground where such blast is to be iired ; and also notify all persons within danger-distance I of such blast, the day and hour of firing the i same ; and shall, one hour before the time bo j notified, hoist a red flag aa a danger signal j on some very conspicuous place oa or near the scene of operation. Provided that this Regulation shall not apply to the case of ■blasts -where-onlydrill bores are used. 2. Your Committee further recommend that the Government should give the fullest ? publicity to the above Regulation, by advertising the same in the local newspapers and the Gazette, notifying the time from which the same shall be in force. The Conference meets again this day.