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REGULATIONS

Made by the Governor in Council on the

day of

190 under Section 5 of the Prospecting and

Mining Ordinance, 1906, with reference to prospecting and

mining in the New Territories of Hong Kong.

I. Prospec ting Licences.

1.

No prospecting for metals or minerals shall be carried in the New Territories (except by the holder of a Mining Licence or Mining Lease) without a prospecting Licence from the Governor in Council.

2.

Each prospecting licence shall be for the area of One of the Mining Districts as shown on the plan deposited in the Office of the Director of Public Works and bearing the

same date these rules, and not more than four licences shall be held by the same licensee at the same time.

3.

Prospecting licences shall be in the form prescribed

in the Firet Schedule here to, or as near there to as circums- tances permit, and shall be subject to the conditions speci- fied in such Schedule.

4.

A licence may be cancelled at any time by the Governor in the event of any breach of the conditions thereof by the Licensee or his employees, or if in the opinion of the Governor the licensee is not carrying on bona fide work underh

his licence.

5.

II. Mining Licences.

No mining shall be carried on in the New Territories

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