MINING PRACTICE. IOI 



but if the lessee desires to despatch the consignment 

 on any other date, he shall give the Collector a fort- 

 night's notice of such intention. 



(vii) The lessee shall without delay send to the Collector a 

 report of any accident which may occur at or in the 

 said premises, and also the finding therein of any min- 

 eral not specified in the lease. 



(viii) Should the royalty or rent reserved or made payable by 

 the lease be not paid within two months next after the 

 date fixed in the lease for the payment of the same, the 

 Collector may enter upon the said premises and seize 

 any minerals or movable property therein and may 

 carry away or detain them until the rent or royalty 

 due and all costs and expenses occasioned by the non- 

 payment thereof shall be fully paid. If any rent or 

 royalty remain at any time unpaid for six calendar 

 months after the date on which it is due, the Collector 

 may determine the lease and take possession of the 

 premises comprised therein. 



{ix) Any breach on the part of the lessee of the conditions 

 of the lease renders the lease cancellable by Govern- 

 ment. 



21. In ordinary cases no mica operations will be permitted within 

 a minimum distance of 70 yards of any irrigation source or channel. 

 In the case of jungle streams, however, each case will be decided on 

 its own merits. In any case 25 yards is however an irreducible 

 minimum and that only on condition that no stone or earth is thrown 

 into the course of the streams. 



22. Should the applicant for a prospecting license or mining 

 lease desire the Collector to prepare for him the sketch required by 

 paragraph 2 (b) or the map required by paragraph 12 (b), the Col- 

 lector may prepare the sketch or map required and recover the cost 

 from the applicant at 4 annas per acre, or R3 per sketch or map, 

 whichever is greater. All insufficient sketches will be rejected. The 

 maximum sketch fee in respect of each mica mining block is 830. 

 The sketch fee in the case of blocks exceeding 320 acres is cal- 

 culated as follows : — 



I. In excess of 320 acres but not 



exceeding 640 acres . . R30+4 annas on every acre in 



excess of 320, the total being 

 subject to a maximum of R60. 

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