What was the Total Value of this Output?
£76,347,265.
What was the Total Value of Minerals other than Gold won from Queensland Mines to the end of 1913?
£31,419,755. Grand total, all minerals, £107,767,020.
Miner’s Right.
On payment of 5s. a year any man can obtain a miner’s right authorising him to mine for minerals on any Crown lands.
Rewards for Discovery of New Goldfields.
On certain conditions, rewards, not exceeding £500 in one instance, and not exceeding £1,000 in another, are given by the Government for the discovery of new goldfields.
Prospecting.
Prospectors for tin in the North—chiefly about Herberton—do fairly well.