A.—sb.

Mining.

fund or account, and thereafter all such moneys (other than the proceeds of any sale in fee-simple) shall be deemed to be goldfields revenue, and the proceeds of every sale in fee simple shall be paid into the Public Works Fund. 63. The provisions of sections sixty and sixty-one hereof shall 5 apply to any extension of lease or new lease granted under " The Tairua Land "Act, 1893 " : Provided that nothing in this Act contained shall in any way affect the operation of subsections three and four of section three of that Act. PART IV. 10 Mining Privileges. As to Miners'' Rights. 64. On the application of any person not under the age of fourteen years there shall be issued to him a document called a " miner's right"; and with respect to every miner's right the following provisions 15 shall apply :— (a.) It shall be in the prescribed form, and shall be signed and issued by any Warden or Mining Registrar, or by any duly authorised Postmaster: (b.) It shall continue in force for twelve months from the date 20 thereof, but no longer, and shall be dated on the day of its issue : Provided that the Governor, by regulations under this « Act, may provide for the issue of antedated miners' rights such cases and on such terms as to fees and otherwise as 25 %he thinks fit; and every such miner's right shall, for the pur--1 poses of this Act or any former Mining Act, operate and take effect as on and from the antedate: (c.) It may be issued to a person who already holds one or more miners' rights, and any number may be issued to any person: 30 (d.) It shall not be transferable : (e.) It shall specify the place and district in which it is issued, the full name and address of the person to whom it is issued, and the block of Native ceded land (if any) to which it relates. 35 (/.) The rights by this Act hereinafter conferred upon the holder of a miner's right may, subject to the provisions of this Act, be exercised by him in respect of all lands to which the miner's right relates, meaning thereby— (i.) All lands throughout the colony that are open for 40 mining, except Native ceded lands ; or (ii.) All such lands as aforesaid, with the addition of any such one block of Native ceded land as is specified in the miner's right at the time of the issue thereof. (g.) For the purposes of this section " block " means the block 45 ceded by any single group of Native owners who, under the term of the cession, are entitled to all fees received for the issue of miners' rights relating to the block. (h.) There shall be payable upon the issue of the miner's right— (i.) A fee of five shilling's where it does not relate to 50 Native ceded lands ;

Application to least of Tairua lands. 1898, No. 38, sec. 61

Miners' rights Ibid, sec. 62 1899, No. 29, sec. 2 1901, No. 22, sec. 2

Annual fee.

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