A.—sb.

Mining.

" Private lands " means lands owned in fee-simple under title from His Majesty, and includes land held under license or lease from His Majesty with the right of acquiring the feesimple thereof : " Public reserve " means any land set apart for any of the pur- g poses mentioned in the First Schedule to " The Public Reserves Act, 1881," whether or not the same is vested in His Majesty or is vested in or under the control of trustees as hereinafter defined; and includes any land set apart under this Act or any former Mining Act as a public reserve, but does not include j_q such Crown lands within hundreds or elsewhere as are declared to be commonage lands : " Race " means any artificial channel or ditch for the conveyance of water or water and refuse, or into which water or water and refuse may be diverted or conveyed, for any purpose 15 authorised by this Act, and includes the right to the water named in the grant of such race : " Receiver " means a Receiver of Gold Revenue appointed under this Act: " Sea " extends to low-water mark on the shore of such sea : 20 " Sluice-head " means a stream of water capable of discharging sixty cubic feet of water per minute : " Stream" includes creek, river, and every tributary thereof, whether water flows therein permanently or not: " Transfer " of a mining privilege includes sale, lease, transmission, 25 mortgage, lien, encumbrance, or other disposition thereof or of any part thereof : " Transmission " of a mining privilege means the acquisition of title to a mining privilege by death, will, intestacy, bankruptcy, or marriage, or by appointment or succession to any 30 office, or as trustee : " Tributer " means any person who, pursuant to an agreement with the holder of any mine, has the right to mine therein upon the terms of paying to such holder a percentage or portion of the earnings or proceeds of such mine : 35 " Trustees," in relation to a public reserve or endowment, or Native reserve, means the persons in whom such reserve or endowment is vested, or under whose control it is ; and, in respect to reserves or endowments vested in His Majesty, means the Governor : 40 " Unalienated Crown land " includes all Crown lands comprised in any mining privilege under this Act or any former Mining Act, or held under any lease or license for depasturing purposes or any occupation license : " Warden " means any person appointed to be a Warden under 45 this Act: " Watercourse " means and includes any stream, pool, lake, or other natural channel or depository of water, whether containing water or not, and includes the water therein and the tributaries thereof: 50 " Workman" includes every person employed in working for wages, or on contract, or in connection with any mining privilege other than a business-site or residence-site ;

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