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(vii) The lessee shall not cut or injure any tree reserved in the 

 lease. Where the area leased lies within a Reserved or 

 Protected Forest, the lessee shall at once give to the 

 Forest Officer in charge of the forest a full description of 

 any timber or tree destroyed or injured by him. 



(viii) Neither the lessee nor any person claiming through or under 

 him shall assign the lease or underlet the whole or any 

 portion of the premises comprised in such lease, without 

 the previous consent in writing of the Local Government. 



Note. — Before granting sanction to the transfer or assignment of a mining 

 lease as reauired by the rules, the Government should satisfy itself that the 

 proposed transfer is a bona fide transaction, that the transferee is a person or Com- 

 pany of substance, ard can be relied on to fulfil, in relation to the Government, the 

 conditions and stipulations of the lease. It is not, however, intended that the 

 Government should undertake responsibility towards the public for the accuracy 

 of any prospectus which the transferees may intend to issue, or should closely 

 examine the details for the proposed transfer or of the arrangements contemplated 

 after it has taken effect. If in any particular case the Local Government feels a 

 difficulty as to how its discretion should be exercised, a reference should be made 

 to the Government of India. 



(ix) The lessee shall commence operations within two years from 

 the date of the execution of the lease, and shall thereafter 

 carry them on effectually in a proper, skilful, and mining- 

 like manner unless prevented by unavoidable cause. 



(x) The lessee shall keep correct accounts showing the quantity 

 and particulars of all mica obtained from the mine and the 

 number of persons employed therein, and also complete 

 plans of the mine, and shall allow any officer authorised by 

 the Local Government in that behalf at any time to 

 examine such accounts and plans, and shall furnish that 

 Government with such information and returns in respect 

 of the aforesaid matters as it may prescribe.* He shall 

 also keep his accounts of the mica obtained from Govern- 

 ment mines separate from those relating to mines in 

 private lands if he has any such mines. 



(xi) The lessee shall allow any officer authorised by the Local 

 Government in that behalf to enter upon the premises 

 comprised in the lease for the purpose of inspecting the 

 same. 



(xii) 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 other mineral than 

 mica. 



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

 lease be not paid within two months next after the date 



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