'File 22/16 I (A 41) GWADUR, Oil, Proposed Cession and Ownership' [‎73r] (152/322)

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27. A register of applications for prospecting licenses shall be kept in
English in the Collector's Office, specifying—
(1) Serial number,
(2) Name of applicant,
(3) Residence of applicant,
(4) Date and number of certificate of approval granted to applicant,
(5) Date of application,
(6) If application received incomplete, the date of completion,
(7) Situation and boundaries of the land,
(8) Estimated area,
(9) Date of license, if granted ; (or date of order of refusal),
(10) Period for which granted, with note as to renewal or extension,
(11) Fee and royalty payable under rule 30 (iz) and (m),
(12) Amount of deposit, and
(13) Particulars of disposal or refund of deposit.
28. 1 he register shall be open to inspection by any holder of a valid certi
ficate of approval or his duly authorised representative, on payment of such fee
as the Local Government may prescribe.
29. A return of licenses granted or refused shall be submitted by the
Collector at such Intervals and to such authority as the Local Government
may direct.
30. Every prospecting license shall contain such conditions as may in any
particular case seem necessary, and shall in all cases contain the following
conditions:—
(/) The term for which the license shail be granted shall be one year
or such shorter term as the applicant may desire. The license
may be renewed by the Collector for a further term not exceeding
two years, whenever he is satisfied that a longer period than one
year is required in order to enable the licensee to complete his
search of the land:
Provided that, when the licensee has, before the terminaticn of the
period of the license, applied for the grant of a mining lease,
the Collector may further extend the period of the license until
a mining lease is granted or for such time as he may deem
fit.
(it) The licensee shall pay a fee not exceeding one rupee and not less
than one anna per acre of the land covered by the license.
When a license is renewed under the last foregoing condition, a
fresh fee shall be payable, subject to the same maximum and
minimum charge, for each year or part of a year for which the
license is renewed. But no fee shall be payable for an exten
sion of the term of license under the proviso to that condition.
{tit) The licensee shall pay royalty at a rate not exceeding 15 per cent of
the value on all precious stones won and carried away, and a
royalty at the rates specified in Schedule A in Part IV of these
rules on all other minerals won and carried away over and above
such quantity as is allowed in Schedule B to be taken free for
purposes of experiment.
{tv) The licensee shall make and pay such reasonable satisfaction and
compensation, as may be assessed by lawful authority in accord
ance with the law in force on the subject applying to the lands
over which the license has been granted, for all damage, injury or
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