Mineral Leases Act 1874 (SA)

ANNO TRICESIMO SEPTIMO ET TRICESIMO OCTAVO

No, 14.

An A c t to authorize the Granting of Leases for Mineral Purposes to certain Lessees whose Applications for Renewal have not been made within the time reqtcired by Law in that behaZA and far other purposes.

[Assented to, 6th November, 1874.1

HEREAS the lessees of the Crown mentioned in the Schedule Preamble.

W hereto have applied for renewals of the leases mentioned in	the said Schedule and set opposite te their rcspcctive names, but
such applications wcre not made within the time in that behalf limited by the Act and Regulations imder which such leases were issued; but it is expedient, ncverthclcl;~, that renewed leases should be granted to such lessees in the same manner as if their applica- tions for renewal had been duly madc-l3e it therefore Enacted, by the Governor of the , Province of South Australia, by and with
thc advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of
Assembly of the said Province, in this present Parliament asselnbled,
as follows:

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1. The lessees of the Crown mentioned in the First Schedule plidationof applica-

hereto, and their assigns, shall respectively be entitled to a renewal	tlons for renewal ef
of the leases of the sections. respectively set opposite to their res-
pective names in the First Schedulc hereto, upon the terms, and subject to the payment of the fines and rents, and to the observance and performance of the covenants and conditions affixed and per- taining thereto by law, in such and the like manncr as if the appli- cations heretofore made for such renewals had severally been made
at the time and in manner prescribed by the Act and Regulations
under which such leases were issued; and all conditions precedent

to

37O & 338" VICTORIi!E, No. 14.

Mzneral Leases A c t. 1 8 7 4.

to the acquisition of such renewed leases may be done and effected before the expiration of the several terms of such leases in such and the same manner as if such applications respectively had been duly made.

Fenaltjea for nona-

2. If the rent payable under any lease granted for mining purposes (not being gold mining purposes) be not paid on or before the day whereon the same is made payable by such lease, a penalty of Ten Pounds per centurn shall be added to such rent; and if such rent continues unpaid for the space of one calendar month, a penalty of Twenty Pounds per centum shall be added; and if the said rent and penalty be not paid within one month after such first month, the same may be recoverable by the Commissioner of Crown Lands by action in any Court of competent jurisdiction, and the lease on which such rent and penalty continues unpaid shall be absolutely forfeited: Provided nevertheless, that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to waive such forfeiture upon payment of the rent and penalty, or upon such other terms as may be deemed expedient: Provided also, that nothing herein contained shall affect any lease of lands in the Northern Territory granted or here- after to be granted for mining purposes.

payment of rent.

Forfeiture of certain

3, Notwithstanding anything contained in " The Mineral Leases

Act, 1867," all the leases mentioned in the Second Schedule hereto,

leasea whioh in rents are in of

m a r. and in respect of which rent shall be in arrear and unpaid on the thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, shall, on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, become absolutely determined and foi- feited to the Crown.

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

to this Bill.

A. MUSGRAVE, Governor,

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Mineral Leases Act.-1874.

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THE FIRST SCHEDULE.

No. of Lease. Name of Leeaee. Yumber of Section.

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52 Walter Watson Hughes. 1 5 2 ~, Hundred and County-

not named.

5 3 Walter Watson Hughes and Edward 1 5 3 ~, Hundred and County

Kirk Horn. not named.

1006 The Yorke Peninsula Mining Corn- 471,situated south-westerly of

pany, Limited.	Kadina, in the Hundred of
W allaroo,

THE SECOND SCHEDULE.

No. of No. of

Name of Lesses. Name of Lessee.

Lease. Lease.

6 8	Hamilton and Conyngham	235	McEllister and Gleeson
69	Hamilton and Conyngham	236	McEllister and Gleeson
70	Frost, Alford, and others	237	Gleeson, Whitington, and others
100	Hamilton and Conyngham	238	Glceson, Whitington, and other8
I01	Hamilton and Conyngham	239	Gleeson, Whitington, and others
102	Hamilton and Conyngham	240	Gleeson, Whitington, and others
103	Hamilton and Conyngham	241	Frost, Gleeson, and othera
104	Hamilton and Conyngham	943	Frost, Gleeson, and others
105	Hamilton and Conyngham	244	Frost, Gleeson, and others
106	Hamilton and Conyngham	245	Frost, Gleeson, and others
196	Burit, Alford, Frost, and others	246	F r o ~ t, Gleeson, and others
198	Frost, Gleeson, and others	247	Frost, Gkeson, and others
216	Burtt, Alford, and others	248	Frost, Gleeson, and others
217	Burtt, Alford, and others	249	Frost, Gleeson, and others
215	Burtt, Alford, and others	254	R. A. Fiveash
219	Frost, Gleeson, and others	B64	R. A. Fiveash
220	Burtt, Alford, and others	293	Nott, Blundstone, and others
221	Burtt, Alford, and others	,924	Jas. Tapley
222	Burtt, Alford, and others	326	D. McLeod

223	Burtt, Alford, and others	342	J. F. Ragless
224	Burtt, Alford, and others	400	Potosi Mining Company
225	Burtt, Alford, and others	40 1	Potosi Mining Company
226	Burtt, Alford, and others	402	Potosi Mining Company
227	Frost, Gleeson, and ,others	403	Potosi Mining Company
228	McEllister and Gleeson	404	Potosi Mining Company

229	H. C. Gleeson	41	8	The Electrum Mining Company
230	Frost, Gleeson, and others	440	The Mount Lyndhurst Mining

23 1 H. C. Gleeson Company

232 H. C. Gleeson 441 The Mount Lyndhwst Mining

233	McEllister and Gleeson	Company
234	McEllister and Qleeson

Adelaide : By authority, W. C. Cox, Wemment Printer, North-terrace.