Gold Dredging Act 1899 (SA)

ANNO SEXAGESIMO SECUNDO El' SEXAGESIMO

TERTIO

A. D. 1899.

No. 720.

An Act to provide for the Issue of Leases for Dredging

for Gold in the Northern Territory.

[ Asseded to, Sejtentber zoth, 1899.1

E it Enactcd by the Governor, with the advice and consent of

B the Parliament of South Australia, as follows:

1, This Act may be cited as '( The Gold Dredging Act, 1899," Short title.

and shall apply only to the Northern Territory.

2, In this Act, unless some other meaning is clearly intended- Xnterpretntion.

S	lands certified by a Warden to be too poor for profitable working
in alluvial or 1wfing claims, for the purpose of dredging for gold.

" Lease " means a lease granted under this Act:

Minister" means the Minister of the Crown for the time

being controlling the Northern Territory:

CL Worked-out lands " means lands which have been worked for

alluvial gold and which have been reported upon by a Wtrden of Goldfields as no longer capable of being pro- fitably worked for alluvial gold under the laws in force relating to gold mining:

'' Prescribed " means prescribed by regulation under this Act.

3, The Ninistcr may grant leases of any lands certified by a Dredgingleasee.

Warden of Goldfields to be worked-out lands, or of any other

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N.T. GoldMining 4, Every lease shall be for a term of twenty-one years, and shall

Act, 1873, sec. 49 11e	reserve a rental of Six Pence per acre, payable yearly in advance,
to term.	and a royalty of Six Pence in the Pound sterling of the net annual

Yining ~ c t, 1893, profits derived by the lessee from the leased lands after allowing, in

sec. sub-sec.

to rent 'snd royalty. addition to working expenses, five per centum on the capital repre- sented by machinery working during the year on the leased lands, and may include an area of not exceeding five thousand acres.

Covenvnta and	5,	Every lease shall contain the following covenants by the lessee:
oonditions.
Mining Act, 1893,	I. That he will pay the rent and royalty reserved by the lease

sec. 52. as and when the same shall become due:

Ib., sub-sec. 11. 11. That he will not, without thc permission in writing of thc

Government Resident, use the leased lands for any other purpose than that of dredging for gold:

Ib., sub-sec. 111. 111. That hc will, during the term of the lease, after the first

twelve months, keep continuously employed in dredging for gold upon the leased lands not less than one man for every five acres of such lands, or in the alternative will keep so continuously employed, fully manned, machinery

of a value of not less than Three Thousand Pounds

for every two thousand acres of land in the lease; and

that he will, whenever required by the Government

Resident, furnish him with satisfactory evidence that such number of men have been and are so employed:

Ib., sub-sec, rv.	IV. That he will, annually, on such dates as shall be fixed in the
g, lease, furnish statements of all expenses incurred in

dredging for gold and of all proceeds derived from such

dredging.

And also shall contain--

Ib., sub-sec. v. ( a ) Such reservatior~s and such other covenants and conditions as

may be prescribed:

Ib., see end of W -

tion.	( h ) A proviso that the lease shall bc liable to forfeiture on breach or non-compliance with any covenant or condition in the lease.
Applications for
loases.	6. Applications for leases shall be made to the Minister or to

the Government Resident, and shall be acconlpanied by the first

year's rent, and shall be considered in order of priority. In the event of simultaneous applications the order of priority shall be

decided by lot.

Regulations. 7. The Government Resident may make regulations for all or

any of the following matters, namely :-

I. For prescribing forms:

11. For prescribing the reservations, covenants, and conditions to

be inserted in leases:

111. For prescribing the procedure for the forfeiture of leases:

W. For

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rv. For carrying out and giving force and effect to the various

objects and purposes of this Act.

Such regulations shall be subject to the approval of the Governor and shall, after approval, be published in the Government Gasetto and have the force of law, and copies of such regulations shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament within fourteen days after the publication thereof if Parliament be then in Session, and, if not, then within fourteen days after the commencement of the next Session thereof: Provided that if either the Legislative Council or House of Assembly shall dissent from any regulation or regulations so made such regulation or regulations shall thereupon cease to be valid.

8. The Minister may, at any time before breach thereof, suspend, Remission of covenants.

or wholly or partially remit, all or any of the covenants and condi-

tions contained in any lease, in any case where he i s satisfied that Mining A C ~, 1893,

by reason of special circumstances it would be impossible to comply

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with, or would inflict great hardship upon the lessee to enforce, such

covenants or conditions.

A 'eturn of all such remissions, with the reasons therefor, shall be annually laid before Parliament within one month after the

opening of Parliament for the dispatch of business.

I n the name and on behalf of Her Majesty, I hereby assent to

this Bill.

TENNYSON, Governol;

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Adelaide : By authority, C. E. B ~ r s ~ o w, Government Printer, North Terrace.