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acres ALLUVIAL TIN AREA Baro BARO-KANO LINE Bauchi Province BAUCHI TIN FIELDS Benue River Bisichi black tin Burutu C. G. Lush calabashes capital Champion Gold Reefs cubic yard Delimi River deposits Director Dubbo E.C. This company EBUTE METTA estimate exclusive licence feet Fields of Northern Forcados Governor granted gravel ground sluicing Hausa holder Huddart Inspector of Mines JEBBA Kano Kurdum labour Lagos lessee licence to prospect Lokoja LOKOJA MARKET Lower Niger Lucky Chance Mines metal mineral mining companies mining lease months Naraguta Naraguta Nigeria natives Niger Company Niger River Nigerian tin Northern Nigeria Onitsha PAGANS payable Polchi Proclamation prospecting right Protectorate PROVINCE OF BAUCHI railway Reefs of West Ribon rich Rigachiko road S. R. Bastard Sir Walter Egerton sluicing Southern square miles stream Tin and Power Tin Mines tin oxide tin-bearing tinstone tion tons of tin TOPAZ VALLEY transport wash West Africa
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Page 156 - ... conviction to a fine not exceeding £50 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and imprisonment.
Page 166 - ... is made out is entitled to, shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable on conviction to be kept in penal servitude for any term not exceeding seven years, or to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour.
Page 166 - That every person who shall mingle or cause to be mingled with any sample of gold or silver bearing ore, any valuable metal or substance whatever, that will increase or in any way change the value of said ore, with the intent to deceive, cheat, or defraud any person or persons, shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not less than...
Page 10 - ... rapids, and, loosening the gravel under water with a short hoe-like implement, scoop it into large calabashes about 18 inches to 24 inches in diameter. As soon as sufficient gravel is collected (about 30 Ibs.), it is washed, and the resulting rough concentrate placed in a smaller calabash, 6 inches to 8 inches in diameter, and thoroughly cleansed, nearly all the fine tinstone being lost. The resulting
Page 174 - Board or any such person authorized as aforesaid, in the exercise of any power conferred by this section, shall be guilty of an offence and be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars.
Page 8 - Commencing with what is termed the Niger Delta we have a land of swamps and impenetrable forests, intersected by a vast network of streams and creeks, and inhabited by numerous pagan tribes, addicted to every species of vile custom, including even cannibalism and human sacrifice.
Page 166 - ... ore, any valuable metal or substance whatsoever that will increase the value or in any way change the nature of the said ore, with...
Page 9 - The washers, usually working in gangs of three or four, wade into the river, tributary, creeks or gullies, generally at or near some shallow rapids, and loosen the gravel under water with a short hoe-like implement and scoop it into large calabashes about 18...
Page 161 - Commission or of any member thereof shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding...
Page 161 - ... is bound to accept such tender and to give a receipt for such amount ; and (subject to the provisions of the law for the time being in force regulating the registration of documents) the subsequent mortgagee shall, on obtaining such receipt, acquire, in respect of the property, all the rights and powers of the mortgagee, as such, to whom he has made such tender.