"1ba5bd7a-f6e6-4992-a2c5-6d68f6828e0c"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "REMISSION OF TAX OF $105 ON MINERAL CLAIMS."@en . "http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=1198198"@en . "Sessional Papers of the Province of British Columbia"@en . "British Columbia. Legislative Assembly"@en . "2014-08-15"@en . "[1891]"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/bcsessional/items/1.0062965/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " 54 Vict. Remission of Tax of $105 on Mineral Claims. 317\nRETURN\nUnder section 47 of the \" Revenue Act,\" relating to the remission of the tax of $105\nimposed by section 1 of the \" Mineral Act Amendment Act, 1890.\"\nBy Command.\nJNO. ROBSON,\nProvincial Secretary.\nProvincial Secretary's Office,\n26th January, 1891.\nCopy of a Report of a Committee of the Houourable the Executive Council, approved by His\nHonour the Liexttenant-Governor on the 16th day of May, 1890.\nOn a memorandum from the Honourable the Minister of Mines, referring to the agreement\narrived at between the Dominion Government and this Province respecting the administration\nof the minerals (excepting coal) within the railway belt *, and to section 1 of the \" Mineral Act\nAmendment Act, 1890,\" whereunder a tax of one hundred and five dollars is imposed upon\npersons locating claims within the railway belt, payable at the time the claim is recorded.\nThe Minister observes that the said tax was imposed for the purpose of meeting the payment to the Dominion Government for the grant to the Province of the surface rights to the\nclaims located by the person paying such tax under the terms of the said agreement between\nthe Dominion Government and the Province, and whereby it was, among other things, provided\nthat any lands, as therein mentioned, sought to be acquired by the Provincial Government\nshould be set apart from alienation by the Dominion Government upon the Provincial Government depositing in the Department of the Interior a written application therefor, with such\ndescription thereof as to enable them to be identified, and thereupon the consideration money\nshould immediately be paid.\nThe Minister also makes reference to the fact that the value of a mineral claim when first\nlocated is invariably a matter of pure speculation, and that it is only by prospecting that the\nminer finds out whether his claim is worth holding, or whether it is valueless ; that the prospector is usually a man who devotes his own labour to proving the mine, and has not the\nmeans to employ other labour or methods in the enterprise, and that on an average more than\n90 per cent, of claims recorded are, upon being tested, abandoned.\nThe Minister, therefore, considers that to meet the prospector, who is not likely to have\nany resources but his own labour, at the outset with a demand for $105 in respect of a claim\nmost likely to be abandoned upon being tested, would be to not only cause great hardship and\nto inflict great injustice to individuals, but would occasion great public inconvenience by\nimpeding prospecting and the development of the mining resources of the Province.\nThe Minister, therefore, considers that it would be conducive to the public good that the\nsaid tax of $105 should be remitted, and recommends the remission of the same accordingly ;\nand also advises that instructions be sent to the several Gold Commissioners and Mining\nRecorders having jurisdiction within the railway belt, to accept and make records of mineral\nclaims without the said fee of $105 being first paid.\nCertified.\n(Signed) Jno. Robson,\n Clerk, Executive Council.\n* Sessional Papers, 1890, p. 461. 318 Remission of tax of $105 on Mineral Claims. 1891\nCopy of a Report of the Honourable the Executive Council, approved by His Honour the\nLieutenant-Governor on the 3rd of June, 1890.\nThe Committee of Council having had under consideration the within report of the\nHonourable the Minister of Mines with reference to the securing of a modification of the\narrangement concluded between the Dominion and Provincial Governments in relation to the\nadministration of the mineral lands within the railway belt, recommend that the report be\napproved, and that a copy thereof, and of the Order in Council of the 16th May instant, be\ntransmitted to the Honourable the Secretary of State for Canada with a request that the terms\nof the said agreement be amended in such a way that the payment of the consideration money\nmay be deferred until the time of the application for the Crown grant under the B. C. \"Mineral\nAct.\"\nCertified.\n(Signed) Jno. Robson,\nClerk, Executive Council\nWith reference to the arrangement concluded by the Dominion and Provincial Governments in relation to the administration of the mineral lands within the railway belt in British\nColumbia, the undersigned, with a view to securing a modification of the said arrangement,\nbegs leave to point out that by the terms of the settlement it was stipulated that the consideration money for any lands sought to be acquired by the Provincial Government should be paid\nat the time of the application therefor ; that the Provincial Government in carrying out the\nagreement sought the necessary legislation at the recent session of the Legislature when it was\nenacted as follows :\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n\" 1. If any claim located or applied for under section 75 of the ' Mineral Act' is situated\nwithin that portion of the Province through which the Canadian Pacific Railway runs, and\nwhich has been granted to the Dominion Government, and hereinafter referred to as the railway\nbelt, the claimant must, at the time hereinafter specified and before the issue of the Crown\ngrant, deposit the sum of one hundred and five dollars, which sum will be applied by the\nProvincial Government in obtaining a grant of the freehold from the Dominion Government,\nbut will not entitle the claim-holder to such freehold, unless he completes his title thereto whilst\nhe is the lawful holder of the claim :\n\" (a.) Where the application is made after the passage of this Act, the said deposit shall\nbe made at the time the claim is recorded, and in such case the payment of the said\nsum shall be regarded as the expenditure required, by the 85th section of this Act, to be\nmade upon the claim itself within the first six months from the recording of the said\nclaim :\n\" (b.) Where the application has been made before the passage of this Act, the said deposit\nshall be made within ten months from the passage of this Act :\n\" (c.) Where the applicant desires to acquire the claim under the provisions of section 88\nof this Act, the sum of one hundred and five dollars shall, when paid, be allowed to him\nin the accounting for the purchase money.\"\nThat subsequent to the passage of the said Act, it was ascertained that the effect of a strict\nadherence to the arrangement with reference to the immediate payment of the consideration\nmoneys would (as explained in a certain Order in Council dated 16th May instant) cause great\npublic inconvenience by impeding prospecting and the development of the mining resources of\nthe Province ; nay, more, would completely prevent the attainment of the objects the two\nGovernments had in view when the settlement was agreed to.\nUnder the above circumstances it was that the memorandum upon which the Order in\nCouncil of 16th May, instant, was based, was drawn up, and the undersigned now recommends\nthat a copy of said Order in Council, and of this Minute (if approved), be transmitted to the\nHonourable the Secretary of State for Canada, with a request that the terms of the agreement\nentered into between the two Governments be modified, so that the payment of the consideration money may be deferred until the time of the application for the Crown grant under the\n\" Mineral Act.\"\n(Signed) Jno. Robson,\nMinister of Mines. 54 Vict. Remission of Tax of $105 on Mineral Claims. 319\nCertified copy of a Report of a Committee of the Honourable the Privy Council, approved by\nHis Excellency the Governor-General in Council on the 18th July, 1890.\nThe Committee of the Privy Council have had under consideration a despatch dated 7th\nJune, 1890, from the Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia, transmitting a report of a\nCommittee of the Executive Council for the. Province of British Columbia, dated the 3rd of\nJune, 1890, with reference to the securing of a modification, as therein set forth, of the\narrangement concluded between the Dominion and the Provincial Governments in relation to\nthe administration of the mineral lands within the railway belt, and requesting that the terms\nof the Order in Council of the Executive Council of British Columbia of the 16th of May,\n1890, in relation to the same be so amended that the payment of consideration money may be\ndeferred until the time of the application for the Crown grant under the British Columbia\n\" Mineral Act.\"\nThe Minister of the Interior, to whom the despatch and enclosure were referred, reports\nthat he sees no objection to this request being complied with, provided the Government of\nBritish Columbia will undertake to notify the Department of the Interior whenever they grant\na permit to any person to prospect for minerals within the railway belt of the land covered by\nsuch permit.\nThe Committee submit the same for Your Excellency's approval, and they advise that the\nSecretary of State be authorized to transmit a copy hereof, if approved, to the Lieutenant-\nGovernor of British Columbia for the information of his Government.\n(Signed) John J. McGee,\nTo the Honourable Clerk Privy Council,\nthe Secretary of State.\nVICTORIA, B.C.:\nPrinted by Richard Wolfenden, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty."@en . "Legislative proceedings"@en . "J110.L5 S7"@en . "1891_09_317_319"@en . "10.14288/1.0062965"@en . "English"@en . "Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library"@en . "Victoria, BC : Government Printer"@en . "Images provided for research and reference use only. For permission to publish, copy or otherwise distribute these images please contact the Legislative Library of British Columbia"@en . "Original Format: Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. Library. Sessional Papers of the Province of British Columbia"@en . "RETURN Under section 47 of the \"Revenue Act,\" relating to the remission of the tax of $105 imposed by section 1 of the \"Mineral Act Amendment Act, 1890."@en . "Text"@en . ""@en .