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tion, nor by the Minister to the au-
thority or association, unless and until
the person so appointed has examined
the work and certified that it has
been satisfactorily performed, and that
the amount to be paid has been properly
earned.

(6.) The subsidy may be discontinued by the
Minister on one month’s notice to the
authority or association, and in such
case the assistance to the party may be
discontinued by the authority or associa-
tion on notice expiring simultaneously
with the Minister’s notice.

(7.) Irrespective of the foregoing provision for
discontinuance, the authority or associa-
tion may discontinue its assistance at
any time on one month’s notice.

129. (1.) Where the subsidy has been paid by
     the Minister in aid of the purchase of boring appli-
     ances, the appliances shall not be lent or sold by
     the authority or association, except with the pre-
     vious consent of the Minister, and in case of sale
     a duly proportionate part of the proceeds (having
     regard to the total cost and the amount of the sub-
     sidy) shall be refunded to the Minister on behalf of
     His Majesty, and the sum so refunded shall be paid
     into the Public Account as part of the Consolidated
     Fund.

(2.) In every case where any subsidy has been
paid by the Minister in respect of the construction
of any shaft, tunnel, or adit level, the Warden may,
upon such terms and conditions as he thinks equi-
table, grant to any person being the lawful holder
of any claim adjacent thereto the right to use the
same for the purpose of working the claim.

Rewards for the Discovering of New Mining-fields.

130. With respect to rewards payable by the
     Government or any local authority for the discovery
     of new mining-fields under section 353 to 355 of
     the Mining Act, the following provisions shall
     apply:—

(1.) The person claiming the reward shall make
application therefor in writing to the
Minister in the case of a Government
reward, or to the local authority in the
case of a reward offered by such local
authority.

(2.) The application shall set forth briefly but
clearly the date, nature, and the site
of the discovery, and the circumstances
under which it was made.

(3.) The Minister or local authority receiving
the application shall forward it to the
Warden exercising jurisdiction nearest
to the site of the discovery, where the
site is in a mining district, or if the site
is outside a mining district then to the
Commissioner of Crown Lands of the
land district in which the site is situate.

(4.) The Warden or Commissioner, after making
full inquiry into the matter, shall report
thereon to the Minister or local au-
thority, stating whether and to what
extent the statements in the application
are true, and, in the case of a genuine
discovery of a new mining-field, the
number of miners bona fide engaged in
mining operations thereon at the expira-
tion of twelve months after the date of
the discovery.

131. The amount of the reward (in no case ex-
     ceeding £500) shall be computed at the rates here-
     after specified for every full number of ten miners
     bona fide engaged in mining operations on the new
     field at the expiration of twelve months after the
     date of the discovery.

132. If the reward is offered by the Government,
     such rates shall be as follows:—

(1.) £50 where the new field (whether of gold,
silver, tin, copper, or diamonds) is dis-
tant not less than three miles from the
nearest known similar field at the date
of the discovery, whether such similar
field was then worked or not.

(2.) £37 10s. where such new field is distant
less than three miles and not less than
one mile from such similar field.

(3.) £25 where such new field consists of (a)
the discovery of a new lead or lode,
distant less than one mile and not less
than half a mile from the nearest known
lead or lode at the date of the discovery,
whether such known lead or lode was
then being worked or not; or (b), the
recovery of an old lead or lode which,
at the date of the recovery, had been
lost.

133. If the reward is offered by a local authority,
     such rates shall be those hereinbefore specified, or
     such modification thereof as, with the approval of
     the Minister, the local authority thinks fit to make.

EXAMINATIONS FOR MINE-MANAGERS’ AND BATTERY
SUPERINTENDENTS’ CERTIFICATES.

The Board.

134. With respect to the Board of Examiners for
     Mine-managers’ and Battery Superintendents’ Cer-
     tificates the following provisions shall apply:—

(1.) At all meetings of the Board the quorum
shall be four, and the Chairman ap-
pointed by the Governor shall preside:
Provided that if at any meeting the
Chairman is absent, the members pre-
sent may appoint one of their number
to act as chairman at such meeting in
his stead, and, whilst so acting, the
person so appointed shall have all the
powers of the Chairman.