Various Subsidies.

To encourage prospecting on new ground the Department pays subsidies to parties of not fewer than two men at the rate of 30/- a week for a married man and 15/- for a single man. The total amounts payable are reducible by 10 per cent.

For sinking shafts, tunnelling or driving, the subsidies are on a footage basis, according to the nature of the ground and the labour involved.

Any person engaged in prospecting or pioneer mining may be granted a subsidy not exceeding 5/- for every £ 1 expended by such person on that work during the preceding twelve months. The maximum subsidy for one person in a year is £500.

Drills and other equipment are lent by the Department on a reasonable rental monthly.

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Samples from genuine prospectors are assayed free of charge on condition that they are representative of the whole body of material from which they are taken.