TEMPORARY MINING REGULATIONS IN CHINA
APPROVED BY THE THRONE, 17th March, 1904.
I.-The Board of Mining and Railway Affairs, having revised the regulations relating to mining, and resolved upon the temporary adoption of the Revised Re- gulations, will not hereafter consent to any request for a mining concession based on former regulations or provincial regulations, and will not acknowledge such former regulations as forming precedents; but mines already in operation, or for which concessions have already been grauted, may continue to be worked in ac- cordance with agreements already made.
II.-Only permits for prospecting or working mines granted by this Board are valil; and no work must be undertaken unless the necessary permits have been first obtained.
III. When the State is the owner of the mining lands, whatever be the kind of ore they contain, the Board may (at once) issue a permit; but if the lands be private property, the person desiring a permit must first enter into an agreement with the owner of the land as to the price to be paid, or obtain his consent to receiving shares in the enterprise in payment, and report the agreement to this Board. Only after this has been done may a permit be applied for. When mining land owned by a private individual is required by the Government for development the local authority must purchase the land at a fair valuation, and the owner must not oppose such purchase.
IV. When application is made for a permit to prospect or to work a mine, whe- ther by Chinese, or by Chinese and foreigners combined, the petition must be prepared strictly in accordance with the requirements set forth in the sub-sections of this article and may be presented directly to this Board, or forwarded through the Viceroy or Governor of the province concerned, and after investigations have been made as to whether local circumstances present any obstacles to the granting of a concession, and whether everything has been done in conformity with the regulations, the Board will then come to a decision on the application.
It is required:-
(a.) That the petition shall state clearly the full name of each petitioner, the province and district to which he belongs, and whether the petitioners intend to work the mine themselves, or whether any other persons are associated with them in the undertaking. The mines should be operated by the company to whom permits are issued, and should not be disposed of to others.
(b.) If foreigners are shareholders in the undertaking for which a permit is required, the petition must state clearly the nationality of the foreigners and the exact number of shares they hold.
(c.) The petition must definitely state the situation and boundaries of the mine, give the measurements of the boundaries and the area of the mine in square li and mow, and a map of the locality must accompany the petition so as to facilitate the investigation.
(d.) The petition must also state plainly the kinds of ores which the ipettioners intend to work.
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