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such reduction has been made, the supply shall still be insufficient, the water available shall be appropriated to the several holders of " water tickets," at the reduced rate, in the order of their priority, so far as it will go. 14. The Manager shall keep an account in which he shall credit each holder of a " water ticket " with the amount of money shown in such " receipts " as may be produced to him, and shall debit each holder of a " water ticket " with the value of water supplied to him aird of channel fees incurred; and in case of reduction of or stoppage of supplies, as in the last section provided, the holder of the "water ticket" shall be entitled to have the amount made up to him in water whenever a sufficient supply shall again be available for the purpose, or in channel privileges, or in cash by way of refund. 15. The Manager shall turn on the water from the race for the supply of purchasers, and turn off the same ; aud no person shall turn on water or turn it off, or in any way interfere with the gauges, except by authority of the Manager. 16. Any person desiring to cut a tail-race to run into or conrrect with the sludge channel shall apply in writing to the Manager, stating where the proposed tail-race will connect with the channel, its intended dimensions and " fall ;" and if on inquiry the Manager shall be of opinion that such race may be safely allowed to be connected with the channel, he shall certify accordingly to the AVarden. 17. No certificate for any tail-race to be connected with or run into the sludge channel shall be granted by the AVarden, unless it shall be certified to him by the Manager as aforesaid that such tail-race may be safely so constructed. 18. The Manager shall not, without special sanction of the AVarden, certify for the construction of any tail-race to be connected with and run into the channel of a greater incline than 5 inches in 12 feet for a distance back from the point of junction of two chains. 19. No tail-race shall be allowed to be made to connect with the sludge channel upon its eastern side, unless the same be tunnelled in the solid earth for a length of at least 66 feet from the bank of the sludge channel, or be boxed for the same length, and the earth be filled in to the surface; and every such tail-race shall be fitted with a sufficieut gate, which shall, if required by the Manager, be kept closed daring floods. 20. No tail-ra'-e or hend-raco or flood channel shall be made nearer to the sludge channel than 66 feet on its eastern side and 33 feet on its western side, except by consent of the Manager. 21. AVhen any tail-race shall have been made, under the authority of these regulations, to be connected with and run into the channel, it shall be law7t'ul for tho owner or occupier of such tail-race to run water aird tailings through it into the channel, subject to these regulations. 22. It shall be lawful for the Manager to assess the carrying capacity and average discharge of any tail-race that shall be connected with and run into the sludge channel, aud the number of " Hoiiburnheads*' so estimated as the average discharge shall be mentioned on the "water ticket" which the Manager shall give to the owner or occupier of the tail-race; and the owner or occupier shall pay weekly, in advance, the fees for the said number of "lfogburnheads " run into the sludge channel. 23. In case the owner or occupier of any tail-race shall be dissatisfied with the Manager's assessment of average discharge as aforesaid, he may appeal to the AVarden, who shall thereupon confirm or vary such assessment, and the decision of the Warden shall be final.

24 No person using any tail-race shall be allowed to discharge water or tailings into the sludge channel unless he shall have paid, in advance, the fees for the average discharge of such race as aforesaid. 25. The owner or occupier of any tail-race discharging water and tailings in the sludge channel shall at any time cease to so discharge water and tailings when required so to do by the Manager, either verbally or in writing. 26. In case any person who shall have paid in advance for a supply of water, or for the privilege of discharging water and tailings into the sludge channel, shall cease to require such water or privilege, it shall be lawful for him to obtain a refund of the unappropriated balance of the money so paid by him; and such refund shall be payable out of the Colonial Treasury upon a voucher certified by the Manager.

SCHEDULE. Form A. Form A. Water Ticket. WATER TICKET. No. No. 187 . Name To the Receiver of Revenue, Naseby. Please recede from fate weekly, in advance, until otherwise advised by me, the fees for supplies of Heads of water watei . f rom Mount Ida Public Water-race, and for the privilege of running water and Heads to run into tailings into the Naseby Sludge Channel channel. as undermentioned. Hogbubn-Heads. Water from Pace Manager. Channel privilegeManager. Form B. Form P>. RECEIPT. Receipt. Mount Ida Public Water-race and Sludge Channel. No. No. Naseby, 187 . Received from water money •Dale and channel fees as under mentioned. Name Hogburn „ . , ttt i v i Period. — Water Heads. Channel fees _ , £- 8" d* Water Total Channel fees Receiver. Receiver.

Given under my hand, at AVellington, this thirteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven. J. D. Ormond, Minister for Public Works.

[Published in New Zealand Gazette No. 62, 19th July, 1877.] Alterations in Rate for use of the Mount Ida Waterrace, in substitution of Rate in sth Rpgulation, published in New Zealand Gazette No. 53, of the 14: th June, 1877.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by " The Public Works Act, 1876," I, the Honorable John Davies Ormoird, Minister for Public Works, do hereby make the

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