Alexander Macdonald Mining Agreement Ratification Act of 1930 (21 Geo v No. 47) (Qld)

la270 l\IlNIN'G. Alexander' lIlacdonald, Etc., Ratification Act. 21 GEO. V. No. 47, 21 K G o. eo 4 . 7. V. An Act to Approve, Ratify, and Confirm an Agree- THE ment made between the Honourable Ernest ALEXANDER MACDONALD Albert Atherton, the Secretary for Mines of the j\cIINING AGREEMENT © State of Queensland, and Alexander lVIacdonald RATIFICA- T10N ACT OF of Chillagoe in the State of Queensland, 1930. relating to Prospecting for certain Minerals and the Matter of Leases, Claims, and Mining Tenements in respect of certain Lands, and for other purposes. . [ASSENTED TO 30TH DECEMBER, 1930.] -BE it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty~ - by and with the advice and consent of the l.iegis- lative Assemblyof Queenslandin Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follmvs:- Short m.le. 1. This Act may be cited as "The Alexander .1lfacdonald Mining Agreement Ratification Act of 1930." Ratification 2. The Agreement made on the thirtieth day of o A f greement. October, one thousand nine hundred and thirty, between the Honourable Ernest Albert Atherton, the Secretary for Mines of the State of Queensland, for and on behalf of and authorised bv the Government of the said State. and Alexander Macdonald, mining engineer, of Chillagoe, in the State of Queensland, a copy whereof is set forth in Schedule. the Schedule to this Act, is hereby approved, ratified, and confirmed; and all matters and things to be done or performed under and pursuant to the said Agreement after the passing of this Act are approved and authorised and shall be valid and effectual for all purposes whatsoever: Provided that- (a) Such portions of the area (the subject of the said Agreement as described ID the Schedule thereto) as the Secretary for Mines deems necessary may be made available by him for Miners' Homestead Leases or other appro- priate tenure for residence or business or kindred purposes, or set apart for township purposes, in the same manner as if it were Crown land; . /

MINING. 13271 1930. Alexander Macdonald, Etc., Ratification Act. (b) The said Alexander Macdonald shall perform and observe all and every the provisions of *" The JYlines Regulation Acts, 1910 to 1916," or any future amendment or modification thereof, in and about all works and operations of the said Alexander Macdonald under or in pursuance of this Agreement; and such works and operations shall be subject to the pro- visions of the said Acts in the same manner and to the same extent as if such works and operations of the said Alexander Macdonald were mines and mining within the meaning of the said Acts. SCHEDULE. THIS AGREEMENT made the thirtieth day of October One thousand llille hundred and thirty BETWEEN THE HONOURABLE ERNE8T ALBERT ATHERTON the Secretary for Mines of the State of Queensland for and on behalf of and authorised by the Government of the said State (hereinafter called "the Minister" which expression where the context admits or requires shall be deemed to extend to and include the said .THE HONOURABLE ERNEST ALBERT ATHERTON and his successors in office) of the one part and ALEXANDER MACDONALD of Chillagoe in the State of Queensland Mining Engineer (hereinafter called "the Applicant" which expr€ssion where the context admits or requires shall be deemed to extend to and include the said ALEXANDER MACDONALl> and his executors administrators and permitted assigns) of the other part: WHEREBY IT IS AGREED as follows- 1. The Minister shall without unnecessary delay endeavour to obtain the validation of this Agreement by an Act of the I~ egislature of the said State conferring on the Applicant the rights powers and privileg'es hereinafter set forth upon the terms. and conditions hereinafter appearing. 2. So long as this Agreement remains in force but subject always and without prejudice to all rights powers privileges and property of all and every person and corporation under or in respect of any Crown grant Certificate of Title Lease Claim or Mining Tenement now existing in respect of any part of the land hereinafter mentioned the Applicant shall have the sole and exclusive right to prospect and mine for minerals (save and except Coal and Petroleum) upon and to apply for and take up and hold mineral leases claims and mining tenements in respect of the lands the subject of this Agreement. 3. The lands the subject of this Agreement (hereinafter referred to as "the said land") shall be an area of approximately Seven thousand (7,000) acres described in the Schedule hereto. * 1 Geo. V. No. 24; 3 Geo. V. No. 5; 7 Geo. V. No. 12, supra, page 8077.

13272 MINING. Alexander Macdonald, Eic., Ratification Act. 21 GEO. V. No. 47, 4. Subject as hereinafter provided so long as this Agreement remains in force no leases claims or mining tenements for essen- tially mining operations in respect of any part of the said land save and except such as any person or corporation may now or hereafter be entitled to have granted to him or it by reason of such person or corporation being now the holder of any lease claim or tenement in respect of any part of the said land shall be gTanted or issued by or on behalf of the Crown to any person or corporation other than the Applicant or the Applicant's nominee but nothing herein contained shall prevent or hinder the granting or issuing by or on behalf of the Crown to any person of any Miner's Homestead Lease or Leases or any appropriate tenure or tenures title or titles for residence business or kindred purposes of over or in respect of any part or parts of the said land in the same manner and to the same extent as if such part or parts of the said land had not been included in this Agreement nor in the like manner and to the like extent the setting aside by or on behalf of the Crown of any part or parts of the said land for township purposes. 5. The right to prospect for or mine for Coal and Petroleum upon the said land is expressly excluded from this Agreement and nothing herein contained shall prevent or hinder the granting or issuing by or on behalf of the CrovYn to any person or cor- poration of licenses permits leases and instruments to prospect for or mine Coal and/or Petroleum in upon or in respect of the said land or any part or parts thereof in the same manner and to the same extent as if this Agreement had not been executed. 6. The Applicant shall- (a) Within a period of nine months from the date of the ratification in manner hereinafter provided of this Agreement commence developmental work on the said lands; Cb) During the term of this Agreement commencing upon the ratification in manner hereinafter provided hereof carry on continuously bona fide developmental work on the said lands and expend upon such bona fide developmental work not less than the following sums of money that is to say-within twenty-four calendar months from the date of the ratification in manner hereinafter provided of this Agreement Ten thousand pounds (£10,000) and during each of the threc following periods of twelve calendar months Four thousand pounds (£4,000) ; (c) At the expiration of each period of twelve calendar months the first of which periods shall be calculated from the date of the ratification in manner hereinafter provided of this Agreement give to the Minister such particulars and evidence of the amounts expended by the Applicant as aforesaid as the Minister shall require. 7. If and so far as *" The ~ Mi' nes Regu.lation Acts 1910 to 1916" or any future amendments 01' modifications thereof shall not * 1 Geo. V. No. 24, 3 (leo. V. No. 5; 7 Geo. V. No. 12, supra, page 8077.

MINING. 13273 1930. Alexander .1tJacdonald, Etc., Ratification Act. extend to or apply to the works or operations of the Applicant under or in pursuance of this Agreement the Applicant shall perform and observe all and every the provisions of the said Acts or any future amendment or modification thereof in and about all works and operations of the Applicant under or in pursuance of this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent as if such ~ works and operations of the Applicant were mines and mining within thf) meaning of the said Acts. 8. If and when and so often as the Warden at Chillagoe is satisfied that minerals are found in payable quantities in the said land or any part or partl'; thereof and so certifies to the Minister and the Applicant the Applicant shall immediately apply for take up and acquire such part or parts of the said land as shall be defined in the \Val'den 'I'; certificate as Mineral Leases under thc provisions of the mining laws of the State then in force and such leases shall be granted npon and subject in all respects to the provisions of the said mining la,vs including the provisions relating to payment of rent and performance of labour conditions. 9. '1'he Applicant sha11 not assign transfer mortgage or charge his interest in this Agreement or the benefit or advantages thereof without the previous consent of the Governor of the said State in Council. 10. This Agreement shall remain in force for a period of fi ve years from the date of the ratification in manner hereinafteJ: provided thereof. 11. If at any time the Applicant shall make default in 1he performance or observance of any agreement stipulation condition or provision herein contained and on the part of the Applicant to be performed or observed or if the Applicant shall be adjudi- cated bankrupt 01' file a petition in bankruptcy or enter into any agreement or arrangcment for the benefit of his creditors or ;.;hall have a receiving Order made against him or shall commit any act of bankruptcy or if any assignee of the Applicant being a Company shall be wound up or if an effective resolution is passed for its winding up (not being in any case a winding up for the purpose of reconstrnction or amalgamation) the Minister may immediately thereupon cancel and determine this Agreement. Notice of such cancellation shall be sent to the Applicant at his last known address in Queensland by post and shall be deemed to have been received by the ~ \ pplicant at the time when the same would in the ordinary course have been received by the Applicant and the fact that any such notice shall not have been received by the Applicant shall not invalidate or a.ffect such cancellation. 12. Nothing herein ('ulltained shall be deemed to impose any personal liability on the said THE HONOURABLE ERNEST ALBERT AnIERTON. 13. This Agreement shall be of no force or effect unless and until the same shall be ratified by an Act of the IJegislature of the said State. IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have executed these presents on the day and year first above written.

13274 MINING. ~ - - - - . - - -. ~ -~ - -~ - - Commonwealth Mines Syndicate, Etc., Act. 21 GEO. V. No. 4H, SCHEDULE. CHILLAGOE GOLD AND MINERAL FIEI,D. Pal'ishes of Arbotlin and Blackdown, County of Bolwar'ra. Commencing at the easternmost corner of forfeited Mineral Lease No. 324, and bounded thence by lines true south one hundred and twenty-four and a-half chains, true west three hundred and sixty chains, true north one hundred and ninety-four and a-half chains, true east three hundred and sixty chains, true south seventy chains to the point of commencement, containing 7,000 acres i-exclusive of freeholds, reserves, and existing holdings or tenements under the Mining Acts. SIGNED by the said THE HONOURABLE') I ERNEST AI,BERT ATIIER'l'ON the Secretary for Mine.s of the SaidJE. A. ATHERTON. State in the presence of- A. A. S'l'AINES. SIG~ED by the said ALEXAKDER} . M.\cDONAW in the presence of- ALEXANDER MACDONALD. WM. W. ALDER. 21 K G o. eo 4 . 8. V. An Act to Approve, Ratify, and Confirm an Agree- THE COMMON- WEALTH JlIINES PRE- LIMINARY SYNDICATE LIMITED ment made between the Honourable Ernest Albert Atherton, the Secretary for Mines of the State of Queensland, and The Commonwealth Mines Preliminary Syndicate Limited, a AGREEMENT RATIFICA- Company incorporated and registered in TION ACT OF 1930. England, relating to Prospecting for Gold and certain other Minerals, and the Matter of Leases, Claims, and Mining Tenements in respect of certain Lands, and for other purposes. [ASSENTED TO 30TH DEOEMBER, 1930.] B- - ID it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legis- lative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows;- Short title. 1. This Act may be cited as "The Commonwealth Mines Preliminary Syndicate Limited Agreement Ratification Act of 1930."