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Business and. Occupation Licences. 
Granted as prescribed in the regulations. 
# Licences to Search. 
Under the Mining Act Amendment Act, 1900. 
Licences to search for twelve months for precious stones, mineral phosphates, oil, 
rare metals, minerals, and earths are issued on specific mineral lands, not exceeding 
five square miles in area for one person, a fee of 20s. being charged for each square 
mile or portion thereof. These licences give a preferential right to a lease over a 
portion of the area, as prescribed. 
Encouragement of Mining. 
Subsidies are granted upon the recommendation of the Government Geologist and 
Inspector of Mines to persons or companies engaged in deep .sinking, prospecting, or 
mining ; and diamond drills are loaned under special conditions. 
Rewards for Discoveries. 
Rewards are paid out of any moneys appropriated by Parliament for that purpose. 
Fees Charged under Schedule O of the Regulations. 
£ s. d. 
Registration of ordinary alluvial claims 0 1 0 
Regi.stration of all other mining tenements 0 2 6 
^Registration of amalgamation of claims 0 2 6 
Registration of amalgamation of leases 0 10 0 
^Registration of suspension of claims 0 5 0 
Registration of suspension of leases for one month 0 10 0 
Registration of suspension of leases for three months 1 0 0 
Registration of tran-sfer of gold claims 0 2 6 
Registration of transfers of mineral, coal, and oil claims 0 10 0 
Transfer certificates (each) 0 2 6 
Taking declaration 0 1 6 
Certificate of title, whatever nature (each) 0 1 0 
Copy of regulations 0 1 0 
For search in Mining Register 0 1 0 
Revival of leases 1 0 0 
Noting transfer of lease 0 2 6 
Deposit with application for forfeiture of lease 2 0 0 
Licence to search under the Mining Amendment Act 1 0 0 
* In addition for certificate of title, Is. 
Rebate on Carriage of Ore. 
A rebate of one-third of cost of freight if carried over the railway lines for treat- 
ment is allowed to prospectors on the first 60 tons of ore raised — a concession which 
is largely availed of, and greatly assists prospectors in the initial development of their 
properties. 
Free Assays. 
Assays are made at the School of Mines free of cost for all samples obtained from 
Crown lands, while special arrangements for practical work in the laboratory can be 
made at very low fees. 
Mining on Private Property Act, 1888, and Amending 
Acts of 1896 and 1899. 
Provision is made under these Acts as follows : — 
Part 1. Resumption of private lands. 
Part 2. Proclamation of private land as an alluvial goldfield. 
Part 3. Compulsory mining leases. 
