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APPENDIX C. 



TERMS and conditions fixed by the Governor-in- Council under which 

 Concessions shall ordinarily be granted under Section 15 (i) and (ii) of 

 the Mining Ordinance, 1903, to occupy any portion of the Crown Lands 

 of the Colony and therein to mine for and when found to take and appro- 

 priate (i) Gold, Silver and Valuable Minerals ; or (ii) Precious Stones : — 



1. The Holder of the Concession shall pay in advance to the 

 Receiver General on the 1st April in each year a rental of 20 cents per 

 acre or part of an acre per annum. 



2. The Holder of the Concession shall except when prevented by 

 inevitable accident or during the execution of repairs or except he has 

 obtained the permission in writing of the Commissioner of Lands and 

 Mines or the Warden of the District to cease work thereon, diligently 

 explore and search for (i) gold, silver and valuable minerals : or (ii) 

 precious stones on the land specified in the Concession, in a skilful and 

 workmanlike manner to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Lands 

 and Mines and shall not use the said land for any other purpose than 

 the purpose for which the Concession is granted without the express 

 sanction in writing of the Commissioner of Lands and Mines first 

 obtained. 



3. The Holder of the Concession shall as often as required in writing 

 so to do by the Commissioner of Lands and Mines or other officer 

 in that behalf appointed by him, furnish such true and proper returns 

 and statistics oi' other particulars of the operations to be carried on 

 ujjon the said land and the results thereof as the Commissioner of Lands 

 and Mines or other Officer in that behalf appointed by him may 

 require, verifying the same if and when required so to do by a statutory 

 declaration of the truth and correctness thereof. 



4. The Holder of the Concession shall be Ixiund to keep the 

 boundary lines of the Concession clearly marked l)y lines distinctly 

 defined from comer to corner by a path not less than four feet wide 

 and by a tree or corner post or beacon at each corner of the Concession 

 standing not less than five feet out of the ground on which shall be 

 securely fastened a board or other object on which shall be plainly and 

 permanently marked otherwise than by the affixing of paper or other 

 material which may be liable to be washed off, the name of the Holder of 

 the Concession and the number, date and area of the Concession. 



5. The Concession shall be subject to the right of aboriginal 

 Indians — without disturbing the holder — to camp, hunt and traverse 

 the land without molestation. 



G. The Holder of the Concession shall not plead acceptance of the 

 rent or royalty payable thereunder as a waiver of the right of the 



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