Nigeria and its tin fieldsCalvert, Albert Frederick
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Nigeria and its tin fields
Calvert, Albert Frederick
Tin mines and mining -- Nigeria
Any person may appeal from the decision of the Government Inspector of
Mines to the Governor, after first notifying the Government Inspector
of Mines of his intention to do so, and stating the grounds of his
dissatisfaction. The Government Inspector of Mines shall at once report
the matter to the Governor, who may either decide the matter himself, in
which case his decision shall be final, or refer it to a court, which,
upon such reference, shall decide the matter in dispute as though it came
before it in the ordinary course of law.
[Sidenote: Interference with railways, public lands, &c., forbidden.]
28. No person entitled or claiming to be entitled to any rights under a
prospecting right or an exclusive licence to prospect or under a mining
lease shall, in the exercise of any such rights, without the consent in
writing of the Governor, disturb or interfere with any railway, tramway,
public road or building, burial ground or land appropriated by law to
any public purpose, and any person guilty of any such disturbance or
interference shall be liable on conviction before a court to a penalty
not exceeding £100, and in addition may be ordered by the court to pay
the costs of making good any damage caused by him.
[Sidenote: Forfeiture for breach of regulations, &c.]
29. If there shall be a breach on the part of the lessee of a mining
lease of any condition or provision of this Proclamation or of any
regulation made thereunder, or of any of the terms of his lease, and
if the lessee shall not make good such breach within three months from
receiving notice in writing from the Governor so to do, or if the lessee
shall wholly discontinue operations under the lease during a continuous
period of six months without the consent in writing of the Governor, then
the lease may be determined by the Governor without prejudice to any
claim against the lessee which shall already have accrued. The decision
of the Governor determining the lease shall be sufficiently notified
to the lessee by its publication in the Gazette, and shall operate to
vest in the Government all the plant, buildings, and other property of
the lessee in connection with the land leased without any payment or
compensation to the lessee in respect thereof.
[Sidenote: Fraudulent deposit of metal, and fraudulent sampling.]
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