MINING.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume 29, Issue 1522, 31 December 1898, Page 4

MINING.

5 Soles of water from the Mount Ida and ■, Blackstone Hill Water races, - Otago,. for the month of November - amounted to £223 16s sd. The total amount, due by parties supplied by . these races up to the 30th November was £262 4s 4d, of which £233 16s ®d was paid, leaving a balance due of 7s, lid. Thirty-six parties, in■T- eluding the .waseby.-Dredging Companyand. the Maniototo Flour-mill Company, were supplied with water "last month from the races under Mr. Murray's charge.—N.Z. Mines Record. Tn ''The Mining Act Amendment _ Act, 1896," itr was, provided that, "on account of the difficulty - in procuring .duly certificated mine - managers, it was deemed expedient to make temporary provision in that be- . ; -half by ; the issue of provisional warrants on of the Inspec-, tor ;• such warrants, unless sooner-can-' - celled, to remain in force until the Ist Januaiy, 1899, so long as the bolder continued to be manager of the mine namedintlie provisional warrant: It was J fiirther provided that the Inspector of Mines should make a half- - yearly inspection of every mine managed by a provisional minemanager, report to the Minister the , result of such inspection, with special reference to the nature of the management and the capacity of the provi- • sional manager; and that on or before - the 15tli November, 1898, the In- . spector should make to the Board of Examiners a special report as to the capacity and fitness of- every person who had acted as manager of a mine under a provisional warrant. Seventyseven applications were sent in for certificates, and the Board of Ex- , amine rs have. been holding a special sitting in Wellington, making the necessary inquiry and examination as to the fitness of the various candidates Altogether there were 285 provisional warrants issued, and 71 certificates .have been granted by the board;— '-- /N.Z. M ines Record.