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Council to

FIRST SCHEDULE

FORM OF PROSPECTING LICENCE

PROSPECTING LICENCE.

Permission is hereby granted by the Governor in

of

to prospect for metals and minerals within the District of

in this Colony for a period of Six months

from the

day of

>

150 (renewable for one like period) subject to the conditions here to annexed.

Hong Kong, the

day of

190

Fee $500:00.

Clerk of Councils.

1.

2.

CONDITIONS OF LICENCE,

The Licence is limited to unoccupied Crow Lands within the area of the Mining District to which it refers.

The licence shall continue in force for Six mon the from its date and shall be renewable for one like period of Six months at the option of the Licensee, who shall gove notice of his desire for renewal not less than Fourteen days before the expiry of the first period of Six months.

3.

A payment for the Licence of Five Fundred Dollars shall be made in advance and a similar payment shall be made at the time of application for renewal.

4.

The Licensee to have during the period of his Prospecting Licence and within the area covered by it a preferential right to a Mining Licence for an area not