The Gaveller or Deputy Gaveller for the time being shall grant gales to Free Miners in the order of their applications in writing to be made from and after the passing of this Act; and the entry of such applications in the Books of the Gaveller or Deputy Gaveller shall be evidence of the priority of such applications respectively; and the said Gaveller or Deputy Gaveller is hereby directed to make entries of all such applications as aforesaid, and in the order in which the same are made; and the application for such gales shall be made by the filling up a printed form of application to be provided by the said Gaveller or Deputy Gaveller; . . . F1; and for the purposes of this Act the day shall be taken to begin at ten of the clock in the forenoon and end at five of the clock in the afternoon.
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F1Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969 (c. 52), Sch. Pt. VII