BRITISH REGULATIONS for the Enforcement of the Indian Police Regulation Act (Act V of 1861) in the Uganda Protectorate.-June 1, 1898.

[Approved by the Secretary of State, March 16, 1898.]

WHEREAS under the provisions of "The Africa Orders in Council, 1889* and 1893,"+ Her Majesty's Commissioner and Consul-General for the Uganda Protectorate (hereinafter referred to as "the Protectorate ") has power to make Queen's Regulations for peace, order, and good government;

And whereas it is expedient that the Indian Police Regulation Act (Act V of 1861), as subsequently modified from time to time, shall be applied to the Protectorate:

It is hereby notified that Her Majesty's Commissioner and Consul-General has, in pursuance of the powers aforesaid, made the following Regulations:

The Indian Police Regulation Act (Act V of 1861), as subsequently modified from time to time, shall be applicable to the Protectorate, and shall come into operation therein on and after the 1st June, 1898.

Approved:

SALISBURY, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.

Foreign Office, March 16, 1898.

MINING ORDINANCE for British Central Africa.—1898.

[Approved by the Secretary of State, December 31, 1898.]

In accordance with the provisions of Article 15 of "The Africa Order in Council, 1889,"* I hereby direct that the Proclamation No. 7, 1894, made by the Governor of Zululand, with such modifications and adaptations as appear in the copy appended to this Order, shall have effect and be administered in the British Central Africa Protectorate, and may be cited as "The British Central Africa Mining Ordinance, 1898."

Foreign Office, December 31, 1898.

SALISBURY.

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BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA

1. THIS Ordinance may be cited To Brosi Cema tina Mining Ordinance, 1895."

2. In this Ordinance the flowing terms shall note the reger tive meanings hereby assigned to mem., shes the mono DETE requires, that is to say:

The term "the Protectorate

Protectorate.

The term "the Commissioner

sioner and Consul-General for the Froses. The pan ir

the time being acting as Commissioner and Cost-Gener

The term "the Government means the idees

the Protectorate severally and eclecLTET.

The term lands" includes i ob i ne Propecite except

(a.) Lands dedicated to or set apart fie my pubar purpose (b) Lands held under cert ines of can VEL T recognize the right of the holder to mines and metais :

(e.) Lands declared by the Commissioer by side a de "Gazette" to be exempted from the operation of the Denmare The term "public field" oring sente

claimed area thrown open by will stay for Lyng mi mining.

The term "claim" means that portite of a pale fes or vici any person has obtained a licence to age me, ad vim bas been lawfully taken up and occupied under and by vinue of the provisions of this Ordinance.

The term prospecting area" means a rectangular four-moed area, no side of which shall exceed 600 yards in lengt

The term "prospectors' claims” or “ ciggers' claime

extent of land 150 feet by 150 feet in alaria, and 150 feet by 400 feet in quartz-reef diggings.

The term "Collector" includes any cer der whatever designation exercising the powers of a Collector as at the passing of this Ordinance or similar powers.

The term "European" means a person of European birth or parentage.

The term "the Gazette'" means the British Central Africa Gazette."

The term "mining purposes" means the purpose of searching for, n ining, and removing gold, silver, precious stones, ores, metals, coal, and all other minerals, and of carrying out such works.

The term "person" shall include any body of persons, corporate or unincorporate.

The term "native" has the same meaning as in the Orders in Council for the time being applying to the Protectorate.

3. Nothing in this Ordinance shall abridge or control the rights and powers of Her Majesty in respect of gold, silver, precious stones, ores, metals, coal, and other minerals whatsoever, otherwise than in this Ordinance is expressly provided.

4. The provisions of this Ordinance shall extend and apply to all lands situate within the Protectorate, according to the definition of "lands" in section 2 of this Ordinance.

5. The Commissioner may appoint an officer, with the title of Commissioner of Mines, and all other officers that may be necessary, to carry into effect the provisions of this Ordinance, and to assign to each such officer such duties, and to pay him from out of the general revenue of the Protectorate such remuneration by way of salary or otherwise, as the Commissioner may think proper.

6. The Commissioner of Mines, or the Collector of any district, or any other officer appointed for that purpose, may issue a prospector's licence to any person, authorizing him to prospect and search for gold, silver, precious stones, ores, metals, coal, and all other minerals, or any or all thereof, on any lands within the Protectorate. Such licence may be granted on personal application, or, in case of renewal, on personal or written application, upon payment, in advance, of a sum of 5s. for each month for which the same is to be in force, and no one shall be allowed to prospect or search for gold, silver, precious stones, ores, metals, coal, or any other minerals on such lands without obtaining such licence: Provided, however, that such licence shall be subject to any regulations for the time being in force under this Ordinance, and provided such licence shall not authorize the sale or other disposal of any gold, silver, precious stones, ores, metals, coal, or any other minerais so discovered; and every holder of a prospecting licence shall have the right of grazing for six horses or mules, or for sixteen oxen, and of taking wood and water for his domestic use, free of charge if on Crown lands, and if on any other lands, on payment to the owner or occupier of the land where such licence is exercised of 1s. per diem: Provided, however, that the prospector shall only exercise the rights conferred on him by this section on the land at the place or places indicated by the

owner.

7. If any question shall arise between the owner or occupier and the prospector as to their respective rights, or as to the suitability of land indicated by the owner, they shall be determined by the Commissioner of Mines.

8. Any person applying for a prospecting licence for the purpose

of prospecting the land of any owner shall, at the time, enter into a bond with two sureties to be approved by the Commissioner of Mines or Collector, in the sum of 251. for himself and of 12. 10s. for each of the two sureties for the due and proper repair of any surface damage done by him on the land of any owner, and for the due payment of the sum accruing to any owner from the prospector on account of the daily payments such prospector is required to make under section 6 of this Ordinance for the grazing, wood, and water rights referred to therein.

9. Such bonds shall be as near as may be in the form of Schedule (B) hereto.

10. Any person being the holder of a prospecting licence may beacon off for himself a prospecting area, which area he may hold (subject, however, to all such regulations as may from time to time be in force) until the expiration of the period for which the licence was granted or may have been renewed: Provided, however, that no prospecting area shall be beaconed off on any public field within a distance of SSO yards, though prospecting operations may be carried on within such distance, from any known portion of any discovered reef, or of the site of the discovery of any alluvial gold, diamonds, or precious stones. No person shall at any time occupy more than one prospecting area, either by himself or his servants.

11. It shall be the duty of any person about to turn to marketable or profitable account any discovery or find which he may have made of gold, silver, or precious stones whilst prospecting under such licence, to at once make a solemn declaration of the finding of the same, and to lodge such declaration with the Collector of the district in which any such find shall have been made; and any person who shall fail to do so shall be liable, upon conviction thereof, before any Collector, to forfeit his licence and to pay a fine not exceeding 50%, and, in default of payment, to be imprisoned, with or without hard labour, for any period not exceeding six months.

12. Any person who shall make such declaration whilst prospecting or otherwise, well knowing that the gold, silver, or precious stones declared to have been found were, by himself or by some other person, placed or deposited in or on the spot, or in the soil or stuff dug out or removed from the spot in which such declarant was prospecting, or in which the discovery of such gold, silver, or precious stones is declared as aforesaid to have been made, and were not naturally situated in or on the spot, or in the soil or stuff in which they were declared to have been found or discovered, or well knowing that the said precious stones or minerals were not found or discovered in or on the place where they were declared to have been found or discovered, shall, upon conviction, be liable to such punishment as is by law provided for the crime of perjury.

The term "person" shall include any body of persons, corporate or unincorporate.

The term "native" has the same meaning as in the Orders in Council for the time being applying to the Protectorate.

3. Nothing in this Ordinance shall abridge or control the rights and powers of Her Majesty in respect of gold, silver, precious stones, ores, metals, coal, and other minerals whatsoever, otherwise than in this Ordinance is expressly provided.

4. The provisions of this Ordinance shall extend and apply to all lands situate within the Protectorate, according to the definition of "lands" in section 2 of this Ordinance.

5. The Commissioner may appoint an officer, with the title of Commissioner of Mines, and all other officers that may be necessary, to carry into effect the provisions of this Ordinance, and to assign to each such officer such duties, and to pay him from out of the general revenue of the Protectorate such remuneration by way of salary or otherwise, as the Commissioner may think proper.

6. The Commissioner of Mines, or the Collector of any district, or any other officer appointed for that purpose, may issue a pros pector's licence to any person, authorizing him to prospect and search for gold, silver, precious stones, ores, metals, coal, and all other minerals, or any or all thereof, on any lands within the Protectorate. Such licence may be granted on personal application, or, in case of renewal, on personal or written application, upon payment, in advance, of a sum of 5s. for each month for which the same is to be in force, and no one shall be allowed to prospect or search for gold, silver, precious stones, ores, metals, coal, or any other minerals on such lands without obtaining such licence: Provided, however, that such licence shall be subject to any regulations for the time being in force under this Ordinance, and provided such licence shall not authorize the sale or other disposal of any gold, silver, precious stones, ores, metals, coal, or any other minerals so discovered; and every holder of a prospecting licence shall have the right of grazing for six horses or mules, or for sixteen oxen, and of taking wood and water for his domestic use, free of charge if on Crown lands, and if on any other lands, on payment to the owner or occupier of the land where such licence is exercised of ls. per diem: Provided, however, that the prospector shall only exercise the rights conferred on him by this section on the land at the place or places indicated by the

owner.

7. If any question shall arise between the owner or occupier and the prospector as to their respective rights, or as to the suitability of land indicated by the owner, they shall be determined by the Commisioner of Mines.

ny person applying for a prospecting licence for the purpose