Part 11

Chapter 111,334 wordsPublic domain

(_d_) It shall be provided with a reliable lightning conductor, which shall have its lower end attached to a metal plate at least four square feet in area which shall be buried at least three feet in the ground, and the point at which the conductor enters the ground, and the ground in which it is buried, shall be as far as possible kept damp;

(_e_) It shall have no windows;

(_f_) The door shall be provided with a stout lock and be kept fastened when not in use;

(_g_) The ground within a radius of sixty yards shall be kept clear of bushes and grass.

[Sidenote: Monthly reports to Government.]

22. On or before the 8th of each month, or as soon after as circumstances will permit, every manager or person in charge of mining operations shall lodge with the Government Inspector of Mines a written statement setting forth:—

(1) The name and designation of the property;

(2) The name of the owners of the mine;

(3) The nature of the mine;

(4) The output of mineral in the preceding month;

(5) A statement of working costs;

(6) The number of employees and labourers in the preceding month, and the total amount of wages paid to the labourers and the total amount of salaries of Europeans that are a charge on the mine, including those on leave;

(7) The particulars of any deaths or accidents that may have occurred during the preceding month; and

(8) Any further particulars that may be required by the Government Inspector of Mines for the purpose of compiling statistics.

[Sidenote: Royalty.]

23.—(1) There shall be payable to the Government by all lessees of mining leases a royalty of £5 per centum upon the value of all metal won.

[Sidenote: Form of collection.]

(2) If such metal or any ore containing metal be exported from the Protectorate, such royalty shall be collected in the form of an export duty payable upon exportation at any customs station in the Protectorate.

[Sidenote: Value, how computed.]

(3) The value of such metal shall be deemed to be the actual market price of the metal in the London market on the 1st day of January, April, July, or October next preceding the exportation.

[Sidenote: Tin ore.]

(4) The value of tin ore shall be deemed to be at the rate of 70 per centum of the value of metallic tin computed as aforesaid.

[Sidenote: Penalties.]

24. Any person wilfully committing a breach of these regulations or refusing to obey an order lawfully given under any of the provisions thereof shall in addition to any liability to forfeiture provided by the Proclamation be liable to a penalty not exceeding £50, or in default to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months.

APPENDIX

FORM I.

THE MINERALS PROCLAMATION, 1910 (NORTHERN NIGERIA).

PROSPECTING RIGHT ____, NO. ____.

Licence, subject to the provisions of the said Proclamation and of the rules and regulations made thereunder, is hereby granted for twelve months from the date hereof to E. F. [_here insert name, address, and description of licensee]_ to prospect for minerals [_or as the case may be_] in such parts of the Protectorate as may not from time to time be closed to prospectors by Government Notice in the Gazette.

This ____ day of ____ 19____

(Signed)

GOVERNOR.

FORM II.

THE MINERALS PROCLAMATION, 1910 (NORTHERN NIGERIA), EXCLUSIVE LICENCE TO PROSPECT. NO. ____.

The exclusive right, subject to the provisions of the said Proclamation, and of the rules and regulations made thereunder, for one year from the ____ day of ____ is hereby granted to A. B. [_here insert name, address, and description of licensee_] to prospect for minerals [_or as the case may be_] within the following limits [_here insert boundaries of area_] as the same are delineated on the map attached hereto and coloured.

This ____ day of ____ 19____

(Signed)

_Governor._

FORM III.

THE MINERALS PROCLAMATION, 1910 (NORTHERN NIGERIA), MINING LEASE.

[_Insert nature of lease._ See s. 17.]

This lease is granted to ____ of ____ for mining purposes upon or under [_here describe area with boundaries_] as the same is delineated on the map attached hereto for the period of ____ years from the date hereof according to the true intent and meaning of the said Proclamation and subject to the provisions of the said Proclamation or of any Proclamation amending, altering, or repealing the same, and to all such rules and regulations as may from time to time be made under such Proclamation or Proclamations.

Dated this ____ day of ____ 19 ____

(Signed)

_Governor._

FORM IV.

THE MINERALS PROCLAMATION, 1910 (NORTHERN NIGERIA), ASSIGNMENT OF MINING LEASE.

Whereas under the provisions of the above-mentioned Proclamation a lease for mining purposes upon or under [_here describe area with boundaries, &c., as in original lease_] was on the ____day of ____ 19____, granted to ____ of ____ for a term of ____ years from the date thereof, and duly registered in Vol. ____ page ____ of the register of instruments affecting land. Now these presents witness that in consideration of the sum of ____ the said ____ [_lessee_] doth hereby assign to ____of ____ all his right title and interest in and under the said lease as from the ____ day of ____ for the remainder of the term thereof.

In witness, &c.