An Act to apply, out of the General Revenue, the sum of BE of the Year ending the Thirtieth day of June, [Assented to, November 1st, 1899.] E it Enacted by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Parliament of South Australia, as follows: 1. Out of the General Revenue of South Australia there shall be issued and applied, from time to time, for the service of the year ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred, any sums of money not exceeding in the whole the sum of Four Hundred Thousand Pounds. Issue and application of £400,000. Estimates. 2. No payments for any establishment or service shall be made Payments not to out of the said sum in excess of the rates voted for similar exceed last year's establishments or services on the Estimates for the year ended the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, except so far as such rates are affected by the "Civil Exception. Service Act, 1874," or by departmental regulations. In the name and on behalf of Her Majesty, I hereby assent to this Bill. TENNYSON, Governor. Adelaide By authority, C. E. BRISTOW, Government Printer, North Terrace. An Act to amend the Northern Territory Land Laws. [Assented to, November 22nd, 1899.] BE E it Enacted by the Governor of the Province of South Australia, with the advice and consent of the Parliament of South Australia, as follows: PART I. PART I. 1. This Act may be cited for all purposes as "The Northern Short title and Territory Land Act, 1899," and, except so far as inconsistent incorporation. therewith, shall be incorporated and read as one with "The Northern Territory Crown Lands Act, 1890," hereinafter called PART v.-Occupation by Outgoing Lessee and Possession by Division. Incoming Lessee: PART VI. Term, rent, and area. Act, 1873, sec. 49 as The Gold Dredging Act.-1899. 4. Every lease shall be for a term of twenty-one years, and shall reserve a rental of Six Pence per acre, payable yearly in advance, and a royalty of Six Pence in the Pound sterling of the net annual profits derived by the lessee from the leased lands after allowing, in Sec. 51, sub-sec. 4 as addition to working expenses, five per centum on the capital represented by machinery working during the year on the leased lands, and may include an area of not exceeding five thousand acres. Mining Act, 1893, to rent and royalty. Covenants and conditions. Mining Act, 1893, sec. 52. Ib., sub-sec. II. Ib., sub-sec. III. Ib., sub-sec. IV. Ib., sub-sec. v. Ib., see end of section. Applications for leases. Regulations. 5. Every lease shall contain the following covenants by the lessee: 1. That he will pay the rent and royalty reserved by the lease as and when the same shall become due: 11. That he will not, without the permission in writing of the III. That he will, during the term of the lease, after the first And also shall contain- (a) Such reservations and such other covenants and conditions as may be prescribed: (b) A proviso that the lease shall be liable to forfeiture on breach or non-compliance with any covenant or condition in the lease. 6. Applications for leases shall be made to the Minister or to the Government Resident, and shall be accompanied by the first year's rent, and shall be considered in order of priority. In the event of simultaneous applications the order of priority shall be decided by lot. 7. The Government Resident may make regulations for all or any of the following matters, namely: 1. For prescribing forms: II. For prescribing the reservations, covenants, and conditions to be inserted in leases: III. For prescribing the procedure for the forfeiture of leases: IV. For |