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for discovering and working such mines of
coal and clay and also to turn or divert
any water or waters by making of water
courses trenches or drains for the use or
advantage of such works and mines with
free liberty of ingress egress and regress
into and from the same and also to make
and use all convenient ways and passages
within all and every part of the said half
of the said lands to and from such mines and
works and also between the said lands and
the Clutha River through section num-
bered 1 block I. Coast District and section
numbered 1 block I. North Molyneux Dis-
trict for men oxen horses carts carriages
and all other necessary means and instru-
ments as well for bringing all kinds of
materials and necessaries to and for the
use of the said land mines and works
and the miners and laborers as for carry-
ing and bringing therefrom all coal
clay bricks and other produce
thereof to be got or made and also
to erect and build upon the said lands
hereby demised proper and convenient
buildings houses engines and machines
for working such mines manufacturing
pottery-ware bricks and tiles and generally
to do every lawful act and thing necessary
or convenient for making or working said
mines and manufacturing pottery-ware
bricks and tiles as aforesaid and getting
using and taking the said coal and the
materials for such manufacture to be found
in or upon the lands or under the lands
herein demised Provided always and it
is hereby provided and declared that the
operations of mining searching for digging
and taking coal and clay and of manufac-
turing bricks tiles and pottery-ware shall
be confined within that half next to the
ocean of the said several sections of land
and that the said James George Lewis
his executors administrators or assigns
shall have no other right than a right-of-
way through the said section numbered 1
block I. North Molyneux District and in
respect that the last mentioned section
of land is part of the municipal estate of
the city of Dunedin and that the Town
Board of Dunedin aforesaid have agreed
to allow the said right-of-way upon con-
dition that the Government will under-
take to fence and ditch both sides of the
proposed roadway if at any time called
upon by the Board to do so and pay to the
Board a yearly rental of ten shillings
sterling the said James George Lewis his
executors administrators and assigns shall
accordingly be bound and for himself and
them hereby agrees to fence and ditch both
sides of the said roadway if at any time
during the lease called upon to do so Also
with power and liberty with consent of the
Waste Land Board of the said Province
to cut and use timber in or upon any re-
served bush land for the purposes of the
said mines and works TO HAVE and to
HOLD the said lands mines privileges pre-
mises and the appurtenances thereto be-
longing demised or mentioned or intended so
to be unto the said James George Lewis his
executors and administrators from the
tenth day of March one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-two to the tenth day
of March which will come and be in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-three YIELDING and
PAYING therefore yearly and every year
during the said term of twenty-one years
at the Provincial Treasury in Dunedin
into the Provincial Treasurer of the said
Province of Otago for the time being for
behoof of the Government of the said Pro-
vince upon the tenth day of September and
the tenth day of March in every year
during the term of the lease in equal pro-
portions the first payment to commence
upon the tenth day of September one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-two the
rents and royalties after-mentioned videlicet
firstly the yearly rent of two
hundred pounds and ten shillings of law-
ful money of Great Britain secondly a
yearly royalty of thirty pounds whether
the royalties aforementioned amount to
that sum annually or not said two sums
amounting together to two hundred and
thirty pounds and ten shillings and thirdly
after deduction of said sum of thirty
pounds from the royalties hereinafter
made payable such further and such yearly
sum or sums as the said royalties shall
amount to at the rate hereinafter men-
tioned that is to say on all coals taken and
sold or given away or upon the premises
consumed excepting always coals given
or permitted to be taken by the miners
workmen and laborers for domestic use
and coals consumed in working any steam
engine used in the works a yearly rent
or royalty of fourpence per ton during each
of the first two years of the aforesaid term
and eightpence per ton during each and
every of the remaining nineteen years of
the aforesaid term and for all pottery-ware
and bricks and tiles sold the sum of eight-
pence per thousand and so in proportion
for any greater or less quantity and
number of the several respective articles
aforesaid AND for the intent and purpose
of ascertaining proving and certifying
the same unto the Superintendent
of the said province for the time being or
such person or persons as the said Super-
intendent shall from time to time appoint
on his behalf the said James George
Lewis doth hereby for himself his heirs
executors administrators and assigns co-
venant promise and agree that he and
they shall from time to time and at all
times hereafter during the said term at his