Appendix A. 241 



that tlie gold or silver or both comliined ()l)tainable from such 

 mineral is or are not of greater value than the cost of obtaining the 

 same alone therefrom ; Provided always that in any such case such 

 owner shall, if any gold or siher or both is or are extracted from such 

 mineral, comply with the Mining Regulations for the time being 

 in force as to keeping a record of gold or silver obtained and as to the 

 remoA'al thereof and the payment uf Royalty thereon. 



(4) Nothing in this section shall authorize the owner of any 

 private lands to search and mine for or when found to take and 

 appropriate to his own use any valuable mineral in or on his lands 

 without previously obtaining such licence as aforesaid. 



(5) Nothing in this section shall give the owner of private lands 

 any right to any precious stones therein or thereon. (3 of 1901, s. 6.) 



(6) Nothwithstauding anything in this or any other Ordinance 

 contained, no grant of Crown Land made after the passing of this 

 Oidinance, shall be deemed to confer upon the grantee any right to 

 any mineral or metal whatsoever, in such Crown Land, and all such 

 minerals and metals shall remain the absolute property of His 

 Majesty. 



36. The provisions of sections 29, 30 and 3:^ of this Ordinance Certain 

 respectincr licences shall also apply to licences issued under this Part provisions 



c 1\. r\ ^- relating to 



or the Ordniance. mining licences 



on Crown lands 

 to apply in the 

 case of private 

 Part Y. — Minixg Partxershits. lands. 



37. — (1) A mining partnership exists when two or more persons Definition of 

 own or acquire a claim for the pui-pose of working it, and actually mining partner- 

 engage in working it, or jointly employ others to work it for them ; '^ "'^" 

 and whether there is a written contract of partnership or not. 



(2) An express agreement to become partners, or to share the 

 piofits or losses of mining, is not necessary to the formation oi- 

 existence of a mining partnership. The relation arises out of the 

 ownership of shares in a claim, and working the same for the purpose 

 for which the concession for it was granted, or the licence in respect 

 of it was issued. (15 of 1896, s. 3.) 



38. Any claim owned and worked by partners in mining. Claim worked 

 whether purchased with partnership funds or not, is partnership ^'^ partners, 

 property. (15 of 1896, s. 4.) 



39. A member of a mining partnership shares in the profits and Share of 

 losses thereo in the proportion which the interest or shares he owns F^ofitsaml 

 in the claim bears or bear to the whole number of shares. (15 of 1896, losses. 



s. 5.) 



40. Each member of a mining partnership has a lien on the Lien of partner 

 partnership property for the debts due to the creditors of the partner- propertv'^^'*^^'^ 

 ship and for money advanced by him for its use. (15 of 1896, s. 6.) 



41. Any person owning a share or interest in any claim or in any Right of person 

 mining company owning or workizia; any claim or anv as:ent "^"^^/' ?^^*''''^ V'^ 



^ , ^ o ./ *■ o UllDG to lUSIJGCt 



authorized in writing by him shall be entitled, at any time between same. 

 the hours of ten o'clock in the forenoon and four o'clock in the after- 

 noon of any working day, to enter the claim, with or Avithout an 

 expert, and to inspect the same and all the workings and mining 



