Nelson Provincial Gazette – 1870 – No. 37

Page 137

✨ Goldmining Lease Regulations



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for compensation for any actual damage that may be
caused thereby; and when any agricultural lease shall
be determined on account of the auriferous character
of the ground, the compensation to which the lessee is
by law entitled shall be paid by the persons desirous of
mining thereon, in such manner and proportion as the
Warden shall determine.

GOLDMINING LEASE REGULATIONS.

Clause 21.—Areas of Leases.

The extent of any lease granted under these regula-
tions shall be, except in special cases hereinafter pro-
vided for, on quartz lodes or veins, not less than one
hundred (100) yards nor more than four hundred (400)
yards in length along the line of the lode, by a width
of not less than fifty (50) yards nor more than two
hundred (200) yards, measured across the lode; and in
alluvial workings an area not exceeding ten (10) acres.

Clause 26.—Transfer or Assignment of Leases.

All transfers or assignments of goldmining leases, or
shares in goldmining leases, shall be registered in the
Warden's office.

Clause 27.—Leases may be cancelled.

If any applicant fails or neglects to execute his lease
within one month after service of notice from the
Warden that such lease is ready for execution, or if
the rent upon any lease shall not be paid within
twenty-one days from the day it becomes due, or if any
of the conditions of the lease shall not have been com-
plied with, it shall be lawful for the Superintendent to
declare the lease cancelled, and the ground shall there-
upon become open for occupation to the holders of
miners' rights and business licenses.

Given under my hand, and issued under the Public
Seal of the Province of Nelson, this Fifth
day of December, One thousand eight hun-
dred and seventy.

OSWALD CURTIS,
Superintendent.

Attested—
ALFRED GREENFIELD,
Provincial Secretary.

Printed under the authority of the Provincial Government of the Province of Nelson, by R. LUCAS and SON, Bridge-street,
Nelson, Printers for the time being to the said Government.




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🌾 Proclamation of Mining Rules and Agricultural Lease Regulations (continued from previous page)

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
5 December 1870
Mining Rules, Agricultural Lease Regulations, Goldmining Lease Regulations, Nelson, Warden
  • Oswald Curtis, Superintendent
  • Alfred Greenfield, Provincial Secretary