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(iv) the number of the mining licence or lease;

(v) particulars of the labour employed and the man- power equivalent earned under paragraph (2) of regulation 22;

(vi) particulars of the wages paid:

(vii) the horse-power used for power drilling and

monetary equivalent;

(viii) the number of fect of pitting and drilling res- pectively and cubic yards of other excavations during the month;

(ix) the precise nature of any prospecting undertaken during the month and the footage thereof;

(x) the amount of minerals on hand at the end of the

preceding month;

(xi) the amount of minerals won during the month (xii) the amount of minerals dispatched during the

month;

(xiii) the amount of minerals on hand at the end of the

month;

(xiv) any other particulars which the Superintendent of

Mines may require.

(4) On or before the 15th day of February in each year, every bolder of a mining licence or mining lease shall send to the Superintendent of Mines a written statement setting forth his prospecting and mining operations as a whole during the year ended the previous 31st day of December-

(a) the average gross cost per foot of shaft digging:

(b) the average gross cost per foot of drilling with manual

labour:

(c) the average gross cost per fool with drills;

(d) the average gross cost per cubic yard of other excava-

tions;

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(e) the estimated average profit in respect of each ton or other appropriate unit for cach mineral delivered to the buyer but calculated before allowing for amortization of capital;

() in relation to any method of mining with regard to which the Superintendent of Mines requires the information, the cost of mining a cubic yard or a ton or other appro- priate unit as the case may be; and

(g) the estimated disbursements in the Colony in respect of tucal purchases and such other items as the Super- intendent of Mines may reasonably require.

36. The certificate required by paragraph (4) of regulation Authen-

tication of 34 shall be signed and certified to be correct—

certificates,

(e) in the case of an individual licensee or lessee resident in

the Colony, by the licensee or lessee or his attorney;

(b) in the case of an individual licensee or lesser not so resident, or in the case of a partnership or company having its head office out of the Colony, by the resident attorney of the licensec, fessee, partnership or company;

(c) in the case of a partnership having its head office in the Colony, by all the partners or by the attorney of the partners; and

(d) in the case of a company incorporated in the Colony, by

the manager or secretary of the company.

PART X.

Miscellaneous,

37. The renewal of a prospecting licence or mining licence Method of may be made by endorsement on the licence.

renewal.

and

38. Any person who contravenes the provisions of regulation Offences 4. 9, 12, 14, 18, 22(1), 24, 25, 26, 27, 32, 33, 34 or 35 shall be penalties. guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of one thousand dollars and to imprisonment for six months.

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