Appendix A. Ill 



every such servant so employed with sufficient rations, in accord- 

 ance with a scale for the time being approved by the Commissioner. 



(2) No servant shall be convicted or punished in i-espect of 

 any breach of contract for not working on a claim if he proves 

 that the requirements of this Regulation have not been complied 

 with. 



126. Where any servant is ill on a claim or on his way to or Sending of sick 

 from such claim, an Officer may require the person in charge of the ^o'^Ij''jJ|,\*° 

 claim to send, or may himself send such sick servant to the nearest 

 hospital or dispensary foi' medical or surgical treatment, and may 

 recover from the owner or the person in charge of the claim, any 

 expense incurred by such Officer in so sending such sick servant, 

 and also any sum owing to such sick servant at the time he is so 

 sent to the hospital or dispensary, and after deducting therefrom the 

 sum of twenty-five cents for each day's maintenance in hospital and 

 funeral expenses in case of death, shall pay over the residue to such 

 sick serA'ant on his leaving such hospital or dispensary, or on his 

 death to his heirs unless otherwise directed by the deceased. 



Every holder or person in charge of a claim shall, when any 

 sick servant is so sent as aforesaid to a hospital or dispensary, send 

 with him a statement of his account showing the sum owing to him 

 at that date, and shall on application furnish the Officer with any 

 information needed for verifying the accuracy of such account. 



127. Where any servant who has been engaged to work on a SencUngdown 

 claim for a limited time desires, on the expiration of such time, to sel•^^^^".^^^^^^'^ 

 leave the claim, the holder of the claim shall, within a reasonable 

 time thereafter, provide the means but not the cost of conveyance, 

 to the place where such servant was engaged, and in the meantime 

 whilst such servant continues on the claim, shall feed or supply such 

 servant with rations in accordance with Regulation 125. 



128. — (1) In the event of a death occurring on anv claim, the Procedure in 

 person in charge shall, by the first opportunity, report' the fact in ""^ll^l^^ "^^^^"^ 

 writing to the Warden, stating the particulars required to be 

 recorded by Regulations 115 or 116. 



(2) The Warden shall forward a copy of such particulars as 

 soon as possible to the Commissioner, with such further information 

 and remarks as he may think necessary. 



129. — (1) In the event of the death of any servant engaged Procedure in ^ 



to work 'on a claim occurring either in going to or coming from the f,n**{'4''y to o^*^ i 



claim, the holder or person in charge of the claim shall, as soon as fi.,,iu cUiim. ] 



such death comes to his notice, report the fact to the Warden, and j 



shall also bury the corpse, or if such corpse has been buried by any 

 other person, deposit with the Warden for payment to the person 

 who has buried the same the sum of ten shillings. ! 



(2) In the event of the death of any such servant occurring on I 

 any river or creek before he arrives at his destination, the steersman ^ 

 or other person in charge of the boat in which such servant is I 

 carried, shall be bound to report the fact to the nearest Warden and 



to bury the corpse. 



(3) If default is made by any person in burying a corpse in ^ 

 accordance with this Regulation, such corpse may be buried by any ; 

 person, and the cost of so doing may be recovered by such jjevson ; 

 from the person making such default. \ 



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