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Duly to keep records, plans and

accounts.

Revision

of plans,

the cash with the Treasury or by giving a banker's guarantee and in such event no mineral shall be disposed of or exported until such security has been given and accepted.

(2) No ore or mineral mined in the Colony shall be exported unless an export permit has been approved by the Superintendent of Mines.

PART IX.

Accouuis, plans and refurus.

33. The holder of a prospecting licence, mining licence or mining lease shall keep-

(d) accurate and regular accounts;

(b) full particulars of all minerals obtained and the manner

of their disposal;

(c) records of miners and surface workers in connexion with prospecting or mining operations in such manner as to enable the rendering of satisfactory returns required by regulation 35;

(d) the plans required by subsection (1) of section 8 of the Ordinance and by Part XI of the Mines (Safety) Regula- tions, 1954.

34. (1) The plans required to be kept by subsection (1) of section 3 of the Ordinance shall be revised at least once in every three months and shall

(a) show all sample points of the assayed value in respect

of each mineral;

(b) show the position of all sample pits and borelioles, the depth to bedrock in the case of each and the overall value in respect of each mineral;

(e) show all natural watercourses and prominent topogra-

phical features;

(d) be to a scale of 112,500, 1:1,000 or 1:500 which scale

shall be delineated on the plan.

(2) Plans submitted in respect of a mining lease shall, in addition show-

(n) all watercourses, dams and reservoirs;

(b) all buildings;

(c) railways und excavations;

(d) intersection of underground workings; and

shall be to a scale of 1:500 in the case of underground plans and sections.

(3) The scales prescribed in this regulation may be varied in writing in any particular case by the Superintendent of Mines.

(4) The Superintendent of Mines may require copies of plans supplied in accordance with subsection (1) of section 8 of the Ordinance to be certified in accordance with regulation 36.

returns.

36. (1) On or before the seventh day of each month, the Duty to holder of a prospecting licence, mining licence or mining lease ender shall send to the Superintendent of Mines a written statement setting forth--

(a) in the case of a prospecting licence-

(1) the month in respect of which the return is being

made;

(i) the name and address of the holder or attorney; (iii) the number and area of the prospecting licence; (iv) the mineral or minerals sought;

(v) the average number of miners employed on pros-

pecting on the area and the wages paid;

(vi) any other particulars which the Superintendent of

Mines may require; and

(b) in the case of a mining licence or mining lease-

(i) the month in respect of which the return is being

made;

(i) the name and address of the holder or attorney ; (ii) the location of the mining area of the lease;