REPORT ON REWARDS FOR THE DISCOVERY OF NEW GOLDFIELDS.

Kumara Times, Issue 2805, 17 September 1885, Page 2

REPORT ON REWARDS FOR THE DISCOVERY OF NEW GOLDFIELDS.

[Under Order of Reference dated 14th July, 1885.] The Groldfields and Mines Committee, after careful consideration of the matter, desire me to report to the House attached regulations, which they recommend for adoption by the Government. Vincent Pyke, Chairman. Ist September, 1885. 1. Upon the Council of auy county, or, where the Counties Act is not in force, upon any Road Board adopting the following regulations, the Government shall subsidise by pound for pound the amounts paid by way of reward under the same. 2. For the discovery of a new goldfield, three miles from any workings, there shall be paid, at the expiration of six months from date of discovery, a reward of £IOO per 100 miners, up to £SOO for 500 or more miners so employed. 3. For the recovery of a lead in proximity to the place "where a lead has been lost, and has not been worked for a period of six months, a reward equal to one-half of the above rates. And for the discovery of a new lead one mile from any lost lead, a reward equal to two-thirds of the above rates. 4. "Workings" shall be construed to mean an area of ground upon -which alluvial or quartz mining operations arc being carried on. 5. Distance shall be computed from any given point, measured in a direct line, from where gold-mining is being carried on, to the site of the discovery. <5 Every appliaatioa made by a County Council, or Road Board, within a mining district or gold-mining district, shall be accompanied by a certificate from the Warden of the district in which the discovery has been made ; or, if the discovery be outside any mining district or gold-mining district, then the certificate shall be signed by the Chairman of the Land Board of the land district in which the discovery has been made. Such certificate shall state the amounts paid by the local body, and that, s'ich payment has been made in accordanco with these regulations. 7, Iu the eyent oi any gwsQU dwWYW;

in<* a payable goldfield beyond the jurisdiction of any County Council or Road Board, the Government shall recognize the application, and deal therewith in the same manner as if it had been made by a County Council or Road Board. 8 For the discovery of a payable diamond field, lode of silver, or lode of tin, for every 100 miners profitably employed thereon at the expiration of six months from date of discovery, there shall be paid a reward of £IOO up to LoW for 500 or more miners so employed.