New Mining Bills.

Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4252, 17 August 1882, Page 3

New Mining Bills.

[By Telegraph.] (prom oub own correspondent.)

Wellington, Last night.

Mr Holleßton has brought in two mining bills ; one bill refers to reserves in mining districts—the other, resumption of land for mining purposes. The first provides that it shall not apply to any reserves made for the use, support, or education ot aboriginal natives except with the sanction of the Governor in Council. The Governor in Council may by proclamation declare that the laws relating lo goldfields v»ithin the colony shall have operation within public reserves, and miners'rights and business licenses may be exercised over such lands. The Governor in Council may make bye* laws for regulating mining on mining reserves. The scale of fees to be charged in respect of the occupation for mining or other purposes of public reserves, or any portion of the said lands, shall be the j same as those fixed by " The Goldmining Districts Act, 1873," and "The Mines Act, 1877," and regulations made thereunder. All moneys arising therefrom shall be paid into the public account, and shall be paid out therefrom in the manner and proportion as the Warden of the district wherein such moneys respectively arise shall determine in each case, and his decision shall be final. The second bill, for the resumption of land for the purpose of mining for gold or silver provides all lands which since the 29fch day of September, 1873, have been alienated or j agreed to be alienated from the Crown whether by way of absolute sale or lease i or for any lesser interest shall be liable to be resumed for mining purposes (except lands alienated expressly for mining purposes) by Her Majesty on paying full compensation to the licensee, lessee, or owner of the fee simple thereof for the value other than auriferous or argentiferous of the lands and improvements so resumed upon the terms and conditions hereinafter provided. Any persons may apply to the Minister for the resumption under the provisions of this act of any land alienated from the Crown and shall send with every such application the sum of fifty pbufids." No application shall be entertained for any. land used as a garden, orchard, vineyard, nursery, plantation, or ornamental pleasure'grounds, or for for'aaylari'd.^f less extent in area than a quarter o* aja acre within any city, town, or borougafor for any land which is the aifce or is within one hundred feet of the site of any bouse, manufactory, hospital, asylum, church, or public building, or any cemetery, dam, reservoir, or water works, unless the consent in writing of the person in whom the legal estate in such land is vested accompanies such application. Wardens take evidence and report to Ministers. Compensation to be inserted under provisions of the Public Workg Act.