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TEMPORARY MINING REGULATIONS IN CHINA

(c.) Gold, Platinum, Silver, Mercury, and Zinc 10% ad valorem.

(d.) Diamonds, Quartz-crystal and all kinds of precious stones 20% ad valorem. XXXV.-Export duty according to the tariff of the Imperial Maritime Customs must be paid on all ores sent out of the country, and when this has been paid no additional tax shall be levied at any inland barrier. All sums collected by the Customs in respect of the export of ores must be kept as a separate fund until orders are issued for its appropriation.

XXXVI.—Mining companies must keep a careful record of all ores taken from the mines showing the exact quantities of each kind worked, and the quantities of each exported, as well as the grades of quality, and a report containing all this inform- ation must be sent to this Board every quarter. The Board may depute an examiner to visit the mine and verify the information, or may compare the returns with those furnished by the Customs, and if false returns are made a penalty will be imposed.

XXXVII. When a prospecting permit is granted, the person to whom it is issued must furnish the Board with an approved bond as security in the amount of Tls. 5,000; and when a permit to work a mine is granted, an approved bond in the amount of Tls. 10,000 must be given as a guarantee that the holder of the permit will observe all the conditions of the permit, and conform to all the regulations of this Board. In default the bond money will be forfeited.

XXXVIII. --If a Chinese holder of a concession shall have been able to provide a sum exceeding Tls. 500,000, and the Board is satisfied upon investigation that he is successfully working the mine, a special request will be made for an Edict conferring extraordinary rewards as an encouragement.

NOTE. The foregoing regulations, being a revised edition of those approved in the twenty-eight year of Kuanghsu (1902), are hereby declared to be the temporary regulations for the conduct of mining operations until a code of mining laws shall have been compiled and published containing such amendments to these regulations as may be found necessary.

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Original from UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN