these Regulations in relation to the mine or mining area, shall be guilty of an offence against these Regulations. 35. If in any respect (which is not provided against by any express provision of these Regulations, or by any special rule) the Inspector finds any mine or any part thereof, or any fence, fencing, casing, mining, guide, means of signalling, signal, cover, chain, flange, horn, brake, indicator, steam-gauge, watergauge, safety-valve, or other appliance or thing provided in any mine, or any matter, thing, or practice, in or connected with any such mine, or mining area, or with the control, management, or direction thereof, by the manager to be dangerous or defective, so as, in his opinion, to threaten or tend to the bodily injury of any person, he may give notice in writing thereof to the owner, agent, or manager of the mine, and shall state in the notice the particulars in which he may consider the mine, or any part thereof, or any matter, thing, or practice, to be dangerous, and require the same to be remedied forthwith, and it shall be the duty of the owner, agent, or manager to carry out such orders, but such notice shall not absolve such owner, agent, or manager from liability to prosecution for contravening any of these Regulations. 36. No person shall be precluded by any agreement from doing, or be liable under any contract to any penalty or forfeiture for doing, such acts as may be necessary in order to comply with the provisions of these Regulations. 37. The powers of the Commissioner of Mines or other officer appointed as Inspector, shall extend over the whole of the mining area of the digging or mine to which he may be appointed, in so far only as the general safety of life and limb is concerned. 38. Any person found guilty of contravening any of these Regulations shall be liable on conviction thereof to pay a penalty not exceeding 501. SCHEDULE (A). Prospecting Licence for Crown Lands. PROSPECTING licence is hereby granted to to prospect and search for gold, silver, precious stones, ores, metals, coal, and other minerals on any Crown lands within the Protectorate, save such portion of such lands as may be exempted under the provisions of "The British Central Africa Mining Ordinance, 1898," during the period from 18, for which licence he has paid in advance the sum of months. 18 to 1. for Commissioner of Mines. [Or Collector, or other officer, as the case may be.] [Date, &c.] SCHEDULE (B). Prospecting Licence for Private Lands. Prospecting licence is hereby granted to to prospect and search for gold, silver, precious stones, ores, metals, coal, and other minerals on during the period from 18 tɔ 18 for which licence he has paid in advance the sum of 1. for Commissioner of Mines [or Collector], for acknowledges himself to be indebted to our Sovereign Lady the Queen in the sum of 251., and severally acknowledge themselves to be indebted to our said Sovereign Lady the Queen, in the sum of 12. 10s., to be levied upon their and each of their goods and lands, upon condition that the said shall make due and proper repair of any surface damage done by him on any land upon which he shall have obtained a licence to prospect, and for the due payment of the sum accruing to any owner from the said on account of the daily payments the said is required to make under section 6 of "The British Central Africa Mining Ordinance, 1898," for the grazing, wood, and water rights referred to therein. [Place.] [Date.] To the Commissioner of Mines. Sir, 18 I hereby apply for a lease for the purpose of mining for of the lands hereinafter described in accordance with "The British Central Africa Mining Ordinance, 1898," and the Regulations made under that Ordinance, and I agree, upon the approval of this application, to execute a lease upon the basis therein stated, if the Government shall think fit to grant the same. Name and address of applicant: Extent of land applied for: Precise locality: Term for which lease is required: Signature of applicant: day of The above application, and any objection thereto, will be heard at the office of the Collector at on the 18 Any person desiring to object to the issue of a lease upon the above application must, on or before the in writing at the office of the Collector at SCHEDULE (E). Public Notification. In conformity with the Regulations made under "The British Central Africa Mining Ordinance, 1898," for the granting of mining and mineral leases, it is hereby notified that application has been made by for the issue of a lease for the purpose of mining for of the following lands, viz., and that objections to the granting of such lease, stating the grounds of objestion, must be made in writing and lodged with the Collector at on or before the day of Copy of the application made and plans annexed may be seen at the office of the Collector. of land, which I have this day marked out, and that any person desiring to object to the issue of such lease must, on or before the day of ; 18, enter his objection at the office of the Collector at and I further give notice that the said land is exempted from occupation for any purpose whatsoever until the application of the aforesaid has been finally dealt with. Dated the (Signed) day of This is to certify that no valid objections were upheld at such hearing why a lease of acres, granted by the Commissioner. roods, (Signed) SCHEDULE (H). Notice. Under the Regulations framed under Section 61 of "The British Central To Mr. Take notice that unless you attend personally or by attorney at my office at within thirty days from the service of this notice, and execute ; issued in your favour under the Mining Regulations, the said lease No. (Signed) Office of Commissioner of Mines, Commissioner of Mines. 47 i Rubber August 24, } ica Orders in oner and Consultectorate, by the ver to make Queen's vernment; Regulations should be ale of rubber: sty's Commissioner and he powers aforesaid, made Sale of Rubber. t be cut through the centre, and rexported in half balls. ts root rubber, or who extracts who sells, purchases, or is found in ber or rubber extracted from boiled offence. adulterates rubber by mixture with k, wood, or other foreign substance, or r, or who sells, purchases, deals in, or is any rubber so adulterated, shall be guilty ate or Judicial Officer, if satisfied that there and for suspecting that rubber so collected, lterated as aforesaid is in any premises or district, may grant a warrant to search such ce, and if any such rubber is so found, the ng the warrant may seize it and any person ssession thereof, and take it and him before a r Judicial Officer to be dealt with according to law. person who commits any breach of these Regula, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment which may two calendar months, or to 'a fine which may extend or to both, and any rubber in respect of which the committed shall be liable to forfeiture: Provided Published in the " British Central Africa Gazette" of the 24th August, 156 |