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or complaint. He shall, within the same time, serve on the party 

 complaining, at the address contained in the statement or complaint, a 

 copy of the answer. 



(2) There shall be endorsed on the answer an address in (reorge- 

 town or in the Mining District, as the case may be, at which all 

 notices may be served on the opposite party. 



181. On such answer being liled, the Commissioner, oi' Warden 

 may, if he thinks fit, by notice in writing, require the complainant to 

 file a reply ; and in such case the reply shall be filed and a copy 

 served on the opposite party within such time, and in such manner as 

 may be prescribed in the notice. 



182. Every person filing any document under the last three 

 preceding Eegulations shall do so in duplicate at the office either of 

 the Commissioner or of the Warden. 



183. The Commissioner or Warden may on the e.r /.(trie 

 application of either party oi' after such notice as he may direct, either 

 before or after the time limited by this Part for the filing of any 

 document or the doing of any act, enlarge the time for filing such 

 document or doing such act. 



Giving notice of 184. — (1) The answer or reply, as the case may be, liaving been 

 hearing. flJed or default having been made therein, the Commissioner, or 



Warden, shall forthwith cause notice in writing to be served on both 



parties at their addresses for services of the day, hour, and place at 



which the disjjute will be heard and determined. 



(2) If the hearing so appointed does not take place, a fresh notice 



of hearing may be served, and so on to(i<'-'i qtaities. 



Filing of reply. 



Place for filint; 

 document. 



Enlarging of 

 time for tilinp 

 document. 



Hearing. 



Proof of 

 document. 



Place of 

 sitting, etc. 



Power to 

 re<iuire survej', 

 etc. 



185. At the day, hour, and place mentioned in the notice of hearing, 

 the Commissioner, or Warden, shall proceed to hear and determine the 

 dispute : Provided, however, that, in any case which is to be lieard by 

 a Warden, the Warden shall have power to refer the case to the Com- 

 missioner, and the Commissioner may hear and determine the same 

 accordingly, or may in his discretion remit the case to be heard and 

 determined by the Warden. 



186. Any extract fi'om any book, record, or other document 

 requii'ed to be kept by any Officer under these Eegulations, or any 

 copy of any document or of any entry in any book, or other record in 

 the custody or possession, or under the control, of any Officer, under 

 these Eegulations, if certified to be true by the Officer for the time 

 being in charge of such book, record, or other document, may be given 

 in evidence on the hearing of any dispute or other proceeding without 

 calling any such Ofl&cer to prove the same. 



187. The Commissioner or Warden shall for the purpose of 

 hearing and determining any dispute, have power to sit in any part of 

 the Colony and to adjourn from place to place as occasion may require. 



188. The Commissioner or Warden may, for the purpose of 

 hearing and determining any dispute, require one of the parties to the 

 dispute to cause such surveys and measurements to be made and taken 

 as he may think proper ; and he shall enter on the records of the 

 proceedings the fact of his having required any such survey or 

 measurement to be taken, and shall in his decision say on whom the 

 expenses of the survey or measurement shall fall. 



