A.—sb.

Mining.

" Dam " includes any natural as well as any artificial depository of water : " District" and " mining district " mean a mining district constituted under this Act: " Endowment " means any land set apart under any Act by way of endowment for any public body or local authority, in whomsoever the fee-simple of such land is vested : " Former Mining Act" means any Mining Act in force at any time prior to the commencement of this Act, and includes the compiled Acts : 10 " Gold" includes any substance containing gold or silver, or having gold or silver mixed therein, or set apart for the purpose of extracting gold or silver therefrom : " Inspector of Mines " or " Inspector " means an Inspector of Mines appointed under this Act, and includes an Assistant *■& Inspector: " Land " includes water : " Local authority " means a Borough or County Council, a Town or Road Board, or a Harbour Board : " Machinery " includes all mechanical appliances of whatsoever 20 kind used for any mining purpose : " Magistrate " means a Stipendiary Magistrate : " Metal " includes gold : " Mine," as a noun, includes every parcel of land in, on, or under which any mining operations are carried on, whether such *& mine is occupied under any title or not; and includes also all machinery used in such operations : " Mine," as a verb, includes any mode or method of working a mine : " Miner's right " includes also a consolidated miner's right: " Mineral" means any metal or mineral other than precious metals, precious stones, and coal; and includes petroleum and other mineral oils : " Mining " means mining operations, and includes prospecting : " Mining Act " means any Act relating to mining for gold or any do other metal or mineral: " Mine-manager " means the person having the actual control and working of any mine : " Mining operations " and " mining purposes " mean mining for gold or any other metal or mineral; and include— 40 (a.) The stacking, storing, and treatment of any substance supposed to contain gold or any other metal or mineral; (b). The erection, maintenance, and use of machinery, and the construction or use of races, dams, channels, bat- 45 teries, dredges, buildings, and other works connected with any such operations or purposes ; (c.) The deposit or discharge of tailings, debris, refuse, and waste water produced from or consequent on any such operations or purposes ; 50 (d.) The lawful use of land, watercourses, and water, and the doing of all lawful acts incident or conducive to any such operations or purposes :

8