Wellington Gossip.
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(FHOM A eOKKBBPONDiBICT).
/ttiQ New Minos Bill.
• =#: ■" 'WeMiINGTOST, This day.:
The New Mines. Bill, as reported by Committee, provides that if it is proved lhat £1500 has been expended in prospeeling during the previous year, a certificate of protection will be granted for one year on the payment of £5. A renewal may be granted if £500 has been expended during protection. If £6000 has been spent, protection will be for 2 years. Clauses Have been added, granting protection to prospectors on Crown Lands outside mining districts. Some discussion is likely to take place in the House.
The North Island Railways show a grpit' JBprovemeht on the last quarter. optupaiSm with the corresponding quarter; net receipts are £2953, and the increase in passengers 19,141.
All the North lines show 1.89 per cent, improvement in their net revenue on 1878.
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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3402, 17 November 1879, Page 2
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143Wellington Gossip. Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3402, 17 November 1879, Page 2
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