Section 18

that the lessee will duly pay the rent and any royalty that may become due to the Government at such time and place in such manner as may be specified in the lease, and to such persons as may from time to time be authorised to receive the same;

that the lessee will clear, demarcate and maintain on the ground the boundaries of the mining lease and will plot such boundaries on a map on a scale of 1:12,500 and deliver such map and field notes on which it is based to the Director;

the mining operations shall be commenced upon the land within a period of six months from the date of issue of the lease;

that thereafter the lessee shall not at any time during the term of the lease fail for a period of more than six consecutive months substantially and efficiently to carry on mining operations on the land;

that if at any time there shall be discovered on any portion of the land which is in process of being worked for alluvial deposits any mineral in the form of lodes, beds, pockets, stock-works or similar formations and the lessee be required in writing by the Minister to work the same, he shall commence to do so in a proper and workmanlike manner within twelve months from the date of receipt of such requisition and in default of so doing he shall be bound to surrender to the State, if so required, such portion of the land as the Minister may direct:

Provided that he shall receive reasonable compensation in respect of such loss or damage, if any, as may have been sustained by him in consequence of such surrender, but so that such compensation shall not include any sum on account of the value of any mineral deposit which he has so failed to work as aforesaid, and such compensation shall be

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assessed in the manner provided by the Land Acquisition Ordinance [Cap.