6357-1907-Regulations-re-Prospecting-and-Mining-in-the-Colony-of-Hongkong-and-its-dependencies-other-than-the-New-Territories — Page 2

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, APRIL 5, 1907.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

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FORM OF PROSPECTING LICENCE.

Prospecting Licence.

Permission is hereby granted by the Governor-in-Council to

to prospect for*

of

The metals

or minerals which the

within the area shewn on the plan deposited in the Office of the Director of Public licence

Works in this Colony for a period of Six months from the

day of

covers must be inserted.

(renewable for one like period) subject to the

190

conditions hereto annexed.

Hongkong, the

day of

190

Fee $500.

Clerk of Councils.

Conditions of Licence.

1. The Licence is limited to unoccupied Crown Lands within the area to which it refers.

2. The Licence shall continue in force for Six months from its date and shall be renewable for one like period of Six months at the option of the Licensee, who shall give 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 Hundred 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 the metals and minerals specified in his Licence for an area not exceeding Two and a half Square Miles under such conditions as are provided for in these Rules, or to a Mining Lease for the like metals and minerals for an area not exceeding Half a Square Mile for such a terni of years, at such rent and subject to such covenants and conditions as the Governor may determine.

5. The Licensee to have no right to carry away minerals or metals except specimens, of which a list, giving natures and weights, shall be sent to the Director of Public Works.

6. The grant of a Licence shall not in any way interfere with the right of the Government to sell, lease or otherwise dispose of or grant licences in respect of any part of the area covered by it for industrial, agricultural, quarrying or any purpose other than mining any of the metals or minerals specified in such licence, and on such sale, lease or disposal the Licensee's right to prospect within the part of the area sold, leased or otherwise disposed of shall cease.

7. The grant of a Licence shall not in any way interfere with the right of the Government to construct water-works, roads, or other public works of whatsoever nature within the area covered by the Licence.