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Appendix A. 



Givine; of 

 security. 



Fee for alluvial 

 workinof. 



Marking of 

 alluvial 



working. 



Stones found 

 otherwise than 

 on claims, 

 payment of 

 royalty. 



Form No. li. 



Production of 

 authority to 

 search. 



Prospecting 



without 



authority. 



yards of material removed during the progress of the work ; and shall 

 in addition to all other fees and ])ayments pay a sum of four cents for 

 each cubic yard of such earth, whether the earth contains precious 

 stones or not. The book shall be open at all times to the inspection 

 of the Commissioner or of any "Warden. 



23. The holder of such claim worked as a mine shall within three 

 months after the date of the notice mentioned in Eegulation 21 give 

 security to the satisfaction of the Receiver General for payment of the 

 sum of money mentioned in Regulation 22 and the holder or his agent 

 having knowledge of the fact shall, at least once every six months 

 after the date the security is given, make a statutory declaration as to 

 the quantity of material so removed and the holder shall pay the 

 amount found due in respect thereof, after the Warden has ascertained 

 and certified it. In case of dispute the quantity so certified is to be 

 taken as correct. 



24. If the "Warden is satisfied that the working is in the nature 

 of alluvial working and the quantity of land mentioned in the notice 

 is cori'cct, he shall give such holder a certificate to that effect and the 

 said holder shall foi'thwith in addition to all other fees and pay- 

 ments, pay the sum of twenty-five dollars for each quarter of an acre 

 or part thereof mentioned in such certificate. 



25. When an alluvial working is declared, the area shall be 

 marked by the claimant. 



26. —(1) When precious stones are found by any person who has 

 not obtained a licence or concession to mine or work for them, one- 

 tenth in kind or value, at the option of the Commissioner, of all 

 precious stones so discovered shall be paid to the Commissioner. 



(2) It shall not be lawful for any person to convey any precious 

 stones found under this Regulation outside the District within which 

 they have been obtained without a permit from the Ofiicer in charge 

 of the nearest Station within the Disti'ict. 



(.3) On arrival at the Station the person in charge of the precious 

 stones shall deliver them to the Officer in charge, who if he is satisfied 

 that they can be dealt with under this Regulation shall seal the 

 parcel and deliver the same to the person in charge along with a 

 permit in the Form No. 14 in the First Schedule to these Regulations 

 to convey the precious stones to Georgetown, and such stones shall be 

 lodged at the Office of the Department of Lands and Mines within 

 twenty-four hours of their arrival in Georgetown (days on which the 

 Office is closed excepted), and thereupon an Officer of the Department 

 shall, unless the Commissioner shall decide to take the Royalty in 

 kind, certify the amount of Royalty payable, and such Royalty shall 

 thereupon be paid to the Receiver General, and the Receiver General 

 shall give a receipt therefor. 



27. Any Officer may require any person exploring or prospecting 

 or searching the ground to produce his concession, licence or authority 

 so to do, and it shall not be necessary for such Officer to prove that 

 such person was searching for gold or precious stones. 



28. Any person exploring, or prospecting or searching the ground 

 (except in the case of private lands) without a concession, licence or 

 authority or refusing or neglecting to produce his concession, licence 

 or authority when required by any Officer shall be guilty of a breach 

 of these Regulations. 



