Nigeria and its tin fieldsCalvert, Albert Frederick
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Nigeria and its tin fields
Calvert, Albert Frederick
Tin mines and mining -- Nigeria
30. Any person who shall place or deposit, or be accessory to the placing
or depositing of, any metal, ore, or mineral in any spot or place for the
purpose of misleading any person as to the nature, quality, or quantity
of the mineral naturally occurring at such spot or place, or who shall
mingle or cause to be mingled with any sample of metal, mineral, or ore,
any valuable metal or any substance whatsoever which will increase the
value or in any way change the nature of the said metal, mineral, or ore,
with intention to defraud any person, shall be guilty of felony, and
shall be liable, on conviction, to a penalty not exceeding £500 or to
imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years.
[Sidenote: Accurate accounts and plans to be kept.]
31. There shall be kept at the principal office within the Protectorate
of the lessee of a mining lease or his attorney (1) accurate and regular
accounts containing full entries of all minerals raised or got under such
lease, together with all such particulars as may be necessary to form
an estimate of the quantity and value of such minerals; and (2) correct
plans and sections of all mines worked under the rights conferred by
his said lease, and of all the workings thereof, and of all veins or
lodes which shall have been discovered therein, upon which the extent,
position, and actual condition of the works shall at least once in every
half year be accurately delineated. The scale of plans and sections shall
be, for underground plans 1 in 500 and for surface plans 1 in 5000.
[Sidenote: Government officers prohibited from acquiring rights.]
32. No officer, whether civil or military, shall, while in the service of
the Government of the Protectorate, acquire or hold any right or interest
under any prospecting right, licence to prospect, or mining lease, and
any licence or lease purporting to confer any such right or interest on
any such officer shall be null and void.
[Sidenote: Right of entry to inspect.]
33. The Government Inspector of Mines may at any time enter and inspect
any land over which an exclusive licence to prospect or a mining lease
has been granted, for the purpose of ascertaining the condition thereof,
and may inspect and take copies of or extracts from any books or papers,
plans, &c., dealing with the operations of the licensee or lessee, and
required by this Proclamation to be kept.
[Sidenote: Power to make rules and regulations.]
34. The Governor shall have power to make rules and regulations for
carrying this proclamation into effect and in particular for all or any
of the following matters:—
(_a_) The manner in which applications for prospecting rights,
exclusive licences to prospect, and mining leases shall be
made, the forms to be used, and the fees payable in respect
thereof;
(_b_) The information to be supplied by the applicants;
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