Appendix A. 279 i 



134. On payment of the royalty, the Receiver (reneral shall EflToct of receipt 

 give a receijit therefor, and such receipt shall entitle the person who ^"'' royalty- 

 lodged the gold to receive the same, unless it is detained as herein- 

 after provided, and the gold so lodged shall not, unless so ordered 



by any Court of competent jurisdiction, be given up to any person i 



other than the person who lodged the same. < 



Conveyance of Precious Stonex. 



135. It shall not be lawful for any person to convey precious Permit required 

 stones from any Mining District to Georgetown, or to any place *°'" ^?'^°^*l °* 

 outside the Mining l^istrict within which they wei^e found without P^'^''^'^^® ® 

 a permit from the Officer in charge of the nearest Station. 



136. Except as is provided by Regulation 26, no jierson who Restriction as 



is ]iot the holder or person, in charge of a claim, or who is not ^° '^'^^^^ ^° . 



..,,,,, ,1, P , r 1 • ■ •. • convey precious 



authorised by the holder or person ui charge or a claim in writing stones. 



for that purpose, shall obtain a permit to convey jJi'ecious stones 



from such claim to Georgetown. 



137. In order to obtain a permit for the conveyance of Permit for 

 precious stones :— '^reSTones 



(1) The holder or person in charge of the claim, or the person 

 authorised in writing as provided by Regulation 136 for that ^Jnrpose, 

 shall, on leaving the claim, take with him a copy of the record book 

 (if precious stones kept on the claim, made up to the last day when 

 jirecious stones were obtained, and showing the amount of precious 

 stones in his possession, certified as correct by the holder or person in 

 charge of the claim ; 



(2) On arrival at the Station nearest to the claim on which the 

 precious stones were obtained, the authority to convey the precious 

 stones, if any, the certified copy of the record book, and all precious 

 stones in the possession of the person passing the Station shall l)e 

 delivered to the Officer in charge of the Station, accompanied by a 

 statement signed by the holder or person in charge of the claim of 

 the number and weight of the precious stones for which a permit is 

 required. 



(3) A permit in the Form No. 14 in the First Schedule to these Form No. u. 

 Regulaticms, shall then be made out in triplicate by the Officer ; one 

 co23y shall be delivered to the person in charge of the precious stones, 

 one copy shall be retained by the Officer, and the third copy with the 

 certified copy of the record book shall be forwarded by the Officer to 

 the Commissioner. 



Defrntion of Gold (uid Prcc'iovs Stonea. 



138. — (I) The Commissioner or any Officer to Mhoin gold or Detention of 

 precious stones are brought under these Regulations may, if he has ffoia or stone.s 

 reasonable cause to suspect that such gold or precious stones have I'mpnmerlv" * 

 been olitained from land not located or for working which the I'ent obtained. 

 ])ayable has not been paid or that such gold or precious st(jnes have 

 been stolen, or are not the property of the person bringing them, 

 oi- on whose behalf they are brought, detain the same, and, if any 

 Officer other than the Commissioner, forward them to the Commis- 

 sioner, in charge of some responsible peison, together with a report 

 explaining the reasons for detention. 



