heretofore or hereafter granted under the said The General Mining Act, or any Act in Amendment thereof, shall authorize the licensee or lessee to explore for, bore for, or mine oil or natural gas within the area in which such exclusive rights are given, as herein authorized and provided. (62 V. c. 9, s. 6.) 4. The license provided for in section 2 shall be granted for a period not exceeding five years from the date of issue of the same, and shall specify and define the area or areas to which such license shall apply and extend, and during the continuance of such license so long as the licensee shall comply with all the requirements and conditions specified therein, or attached thereto by law, the licensee shall have, within the area so licensed, the exclusive right to search and prospect for, mine, and development oil and natural gas. (62 V. c. 9, s. 7.)

5. The licensee shall, bona fide, within two years from the date of the license, expend in boring for oil and natural gas not less than twenty thousand dollars, and not less than twenty thousand dollars each and every year after said first two years, and not less than one hundred thousand dollars in the whole within five years from the date of such license. (62 V. c. 9, s. 8.)

6. The licensee shall furnish the Surveyor-General, from time to time, as and when required so to do, with evidence to his satisfaction that such expenditure has been so made within the times above required and provided, and upon any failure or default on the part of the licensee to make such expenditure within the times above provided, or to furnish such evidence that such expenditure has been so made, the Surveyor-General, after notice to the licensee of not less than three months, may declare such license forfeited, and the order of the Surveyor-General declaring such license forfeited, published in the Royal Gazette, shall forfeit such license, and be evidence in all Courts that such license is forfeited. (62 V. c. 9, s. 9.)

7. When any well of oil or natural gas is bored or opened up, and oil or natural gas is found, such well shall be operated and continue to be operated to its full capacity so long as and whenever it can, in the opinion of the Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council, be operated at a profit of not less than six per centum per annum on the cost of operating the same and disposing of the products thereof. (62 V. c. 9, s. 11.)

8. (1) The licensee may, at any time during the continuance of term of the license, apply to the Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council for a lease as herein provided, and in case the licensee shall have discovered and opened up at least one well of oil or natural gas capable of being operated at such profit as aforesaid, and then being so operated at such profit as aforesaid the Lieutenant Governor-in-Council shall execute to the licensee a mining lease of an area not to exceed ten thousand square miles, to be selected by the licensee from the area covered by the license to search, and to be by the licensee designated to the Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council in the petition for lease by metes and bounds. Such lease shall be for a term not exceeding ninety-nine years, with a right of renewal for a further period of ninety-nine years, and contain a proviso or provisos for the forfeiture of the same, if and so soon as the lessee fail to bona fide continue to operate each well of oil or natural gas at any time discovered within said leased area whensoever and so long as the same can, in the opinion of the Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council, be operated at a profit of not less than six per cent. per annum, and shall also contain a, proviso for forfeiture in case the royalty to the Crown be not punctually paid, or in case all the conditions of the lease and all the undertakings therein by the lessee, and all the requirements of this Chapter and of the laws of this Province, be not by the lessee faithfully observed and kept. (62 V. c. 9, s. 12.)

(2) Notwithstanding anything in sub-section one of this section, the Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council may from time to time, permit the licensee to select portion or portions of the ten thousand square miles mentioned therein, and grant to the licensee lease or leases for such portion or portions so selected until the whole area of ten thousand square miles shall be so selected, and leases issued therefor. (3 Edw. VII, c. 39, s. 2.)

(9) It shall be provided in such lease, and also in such license to search, that a royalty shall be paid to the Crown, the amount and terms of payment whereof shall be specified in such lease and license respectively, and said amount shall not be less than five per cent. of the output of oil and natural gas delivered at the well's mouth, or five per cent. of the commercial value thereof, at the option of the Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council, and such lease, and also such license to search shall be subject to such provisos and conditions as the Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council may see fit to require and place therein, or as may be specified and required by this Chapter, to protect and save harmless the owners of land in which searches or borings are made, or wells operated, and, except as in this Chapter otherwise provided, such protection shall be as near as possible, and, as the Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council may deem feasible and expedient. of like character to that provided in other cases by the said The General Mining Act, and Acts in amendment thereof. (62 V. c. 9, s. 13.)

10. The lessee, during each and every year of the said demised term, shall be bound bona fide and to the satisfaction of the Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council to continue to explore for oil and natural gas throughout the area in said leased demised, and to expend in boring for the same each year of said demised term a sum not less than twenty thousand dollars annually; provided always, however, that if at any time the lessee shall make it appear to the satisfaction of the Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council that there is no reasonable prospect of discovering oil or natural gas by so boring, then and in such case the LieutenantGovernor-in-Council may, on such terms as to the lessee releasing to the Crown any portion of said area held under said lease, and the rights of the lessee therein, or otherwise, as to the Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council may seem right in the premises, relieve the lessee from the necessity of thereafter so expending in boring as aforesaid, the whole or such portion of said annual sum of twenty thousand dollars, as may seem to the Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council just and reasonable. The lessee may at any time abandon and release to the Crown any part of said demised area, and shall not thereafter be bound to prospect or develop such portion of the area so released. (62 V. c. 9, s. 14.)

11. If, in boring for oil or natural gas, any other mine or mineral or valuable substance or deposit is discovered, the same shall belong to the Crown, and the lessee shall be bound immediately to notify the Surveyor-General of each and every such discovery, and the lessee shall have no right or title therein or thereto, or any claim for compensation or otherwise by virtue of such discovery. (62 V. c. 9, s. 15.)

12. And whereas, portions of the Province furnishing indications that they contain deposits of oil and natural gas, also furnish indications of the existence of valuable deposits of salt of a very superior character and of great value, and it is desirable that wherever borings be made an examination be had and a record furnished of the percentage of salt found in the water in such borings at the different depths, therein, the lessee or licensee shall, when boring for oil or natural gas, be required at his own expense, from time to time, to make such examination of the character of the water found in such boring as shall supply full information as to the strength of any salt solution or deposit found in such boring, and shall furnish the Surveyor-General, free of charge, with such record from time to time as required. (62 V. c. 9, s. 17.)

13. Neither the granting of such license to search nor the execution of such lease, shall prevent the Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council, or any licensee or lessee of the Crown, or any persons having title or authority, from prospecting within said leased or licensed areas for mines, minerals or valuable deposits or from mining the same other than and except oil and natural gas. Provided, however, such prospecting and mining shall be carried on in such manner as shall not unnecessarily interfere with, obstruct or injure the work, wells or operations of the lessee or licensee under this Chapter. (62 V. c. 9, s. 17.)

14. The licensee or the lessee to whom a license or lease shall have been executed under the provisions of section 8 of this Chapter may, at any time during the continuance of any such license or lease, petition the LieutenantGovernor-in-Council for authority to construct and maintain lines of pipe and tanks for conveying of oil from any well or wells to any place or places within the Province, and such petition shall be accompanied by plans and surveys of the lands through which such pipe line is to pass, together with a map or plan thereof, showing accurately its courses and direction, and the lands intended to be passed over and taken therefor, so far as then ascertained, and shall also be accompanied by a general description of said lands and the names of the owners and occupiers thereof, so far as the same can be ascertained, and everything necessary for the right understanding of such maps or plans. (62 V. c. 9, s. 18; 3 Edw. VII, c. 39, s. 3.)

15. The Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council may thereupon by order in council, grant permission to the said licensce or the said lessee to construct and operate such lines of pipe and tanks subject to the provisions following that is to say: For the value of lands taken or used for the purposes of such lines of pipe or tanks, and for all damages to lands injuriously affected by the construction or operation of the same compensation shall be made to the owners and occupiers of and to all persons interested in lands so taken or injuriously affected, and the amount of such compensation shall be ascertained and determined and paid in like manner, as near as may be, as is provided in the case of railways under the provisions of The New Brunswick Railway Act, Chapter 91 of these Consolidated Statutes and all the provisions of the said Chapter, with reference to acquiring lands for the right of way or purposes of a railway, and as to the plans and surveys to be furnished, and the nature and character of the same, and where they shall be filed, and the persons who shall have access to the same, and as to the character and extent of the lands to be taken and the mode of determining the compensation to be paid therefor, in case a dispute between the company and the owners, or persons interested in said lands, and as to how and when the same shall be paid, shall apply and extend to the licensee or the said lessee, and the construction of such pipe line or lines in like manner as if the said pipe line or lines were a railway which the said licensee or the said lessee was authorized to construct under the provisions of the said The New Brunswick Railway Act, and amending Acts, over the same lands as those over which the said pipe line is proposed to be constructed except that the lands which may be taken for the said pipe lines, without the consent of the owners of the said land, other than those necessary for pumping stations and storage stations, shall not exceed ten yards in width; and every such pipe line shall be so constructed as not to obstruct any public road or highway, or the public travel or traffic over such road and highway. (62 V. c. 9, s. 19; 3 Edw. VII, c. 39, s. 4.)

16. The licensee or the lessee may also, at any time and from time to time during the continuance of any such license or lease, and, in case there shall have been then opened up and in actual operation at least one well or oil, or natural

gas, operated at a profit of not less than six per cent. per annum, as aforesaid, apply to the Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council, by petition, for leave to construct a tramway, or railway, from any well or storage depot of the lessee, to any point of shipment or line of railway within the Province, and such petition shall be accompanied by plans and surveys the lands through which said tramway or railway is to pass, together with a map or plan thereof, showing accurately its courses and direction, and the lands intended to be passed over and taken therefor, so far as then ascertained, and shall also be accompanied by a general description of the said lands and the names of the owners and occupiers thereof, and everything so far as can be ascertained for the right understanding of such map or plan. (62 V. c. 9, s. 20; 3 Edw. VII, c. 39, s. 5.)

17. The Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council, if satisfied that the construction of such tramway or railway will be in the public interest, and is reasonably required for the successful conduct of the business of the licensee or the lessee in developing his undertaking of boring for and disposing of oil and natural gas, may by order in council, authorize the construction of such tramway or railway, and thereupon the licensee or the lessee shall and may construct such lines of tramway or railway subject to all the conditions and restrictions, and with all the powers and privileges required and provided by the said The New Brunswick Railway Act, and Acts in amendment thereof, in like manner and to the same extent as if said licensee or the lessee had been authorized by special Act to construct such tramway or line of railway for the purpose of enabling the company to transport their products and supplies, and in aid of their said business of boring for and developing of oil and natural gas, and for no other purpose, and subject to the conditions and requirements of the said The New Brunswick Railway Act. (62 V. c. 9, s. 21; 3 Edw. VII, c. 39, s. 6.)

18. All the provisions of the said The General Mining Act, and Acts in amendment thereof, providing for or restricting the right of a lessee or licensee under said Act to enter upon any lands or property and providing for the protection of the owners of and other persons interested in all lands so entered upon or taken and for their compensation, and the manner of determining such compensation, and as to whom and how the same shall be paid, and providing for the protection of any public or private interest, shall apply and extend to the lessee or licensee holding a license to search under section 2, or a lease under section 8 of this Chapter. (62 V. c. 9, s. 22.)

19. Such license to search, and such lease or leases shall each be executed on the part of the Crown by the Surveyor-General under his hand and seal, and on the part of the licensee or lessee under his hand and seal, and shall be filed and kept on file in the office of the Surveyor-General. A duplicate thereof, or a copy thereof, certified by the Surveyor-General may be executed and delivered to the licensee or lessee at the cost and request of the latter, and shall in all courts have the like effect and force as the original so on file in the office of the Surveyor-General. (62 V. c. 9, s. 23; 3 Edw. VII, c. 39, s. 7.)

HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

44. The Act respecting Companies for Supplying Steam, Heat, Electricity, or Natural Gas for Heat, Light or Power is amended by adding thereto the following section :—

5. Where a natural gas company or natural gas transmitting company produces or transmits gas for export, the price or charge at which the same shall be supplied to municiplities, incorporated companies and persons shall be subject to regulation by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, (62 V. (2), chap. 8, Sec. 4.)

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