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until the approval of the Warden has been obtained." Subsection (2) —That after the word " discretion " in the fourth line the following words be inserted : " but subject to approval as aforesaid." Section 273 : Subsection (I)— That the words "or following thirty days' notice of completion of the survey, as the case may be," in the fourth and fifth lines be deleted, and the following words inserted at the end of the subsection : " and upon. the expiration of the term of the lease the lessee shall be entitled to receive a new lease for a further term of twenty-one years subject in all respects to the same conditions and provisions as the original lease, including the right of renewal, save that the rent shall be determined at the first and at each subsequent renewal in manner provided in section one hundred and eighty-two hereof. The provisions of sections one hundred and eighty-three, one hundred and eighty-four, one hundred and eighty-five, one hundred and eighty-six, one hundred and eighty-seven, one hundred and eighty-eight, and one hundred and eighty-nine hereof shall extend and apply to a renewal of a lease under this Part of this Act." Subsections (2) and (3) — That these be deleted. Subsection (4) —That the words " fixed by the Board, but shall not be less than sixpence per acre," be deleted, and the words "an amount equal to four per centum of the capital value of the land as determined by the Board " substituted. Sections 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281 : That these sections be deleted and the following inserted : — " The holders of miners' rights shall have the right to prospect over the whole area held under lease, except such part as is actually used as a garden, orchard, vineyard, nursery, plantation, or ornamental pleasure ground, or is the site of, or situated within one hundred feet of the site of, any dwellinghouse ; and for that purpose may, so long as they are legitimately engaged in prospecting, enter and camp thereon and use mining timber and firewood growing thereon. " The provisions of subsections one, two, three, and five of section one hundred and ninety of this Act shall extend and apply to leases under this Part of this Act. " The Warden shall have the right to grant any mining privilege or easement in respect of the land comprised in a lease under this Part of the Act, subject to compensation, for improvements as provided in the Mining Act, 1908, modified as hereinafter provided ; and for the purposes of such grant the land shall not be resumed from such lease, but the following provisions shall apply : — " The Warden shall notify the Commissioner of the area over which the mining privilege has been so granted, and the rent payable under the lease shall be proportionately abated on an acreage basis to the extent of such area, provided that such abatement of rent shall in no case exceed the rent payable on account of the same area under the mining privilege ; but the lessee shall retain the right to the surface soil, subject to the rights of the holder of such mining privilege, to whom free right of ingress, egress, and regress shall be permitted. " The holder of a lease shall not, during the currency of a license for a mining privilege, effect any improvements whatsoever upon, the land held under such mining privilege without the written consent of the Warden first had and obtained. "In the matter of compensation for improvements the following provisions shall apply : — " The licensee of the mining privilege shall notify the Warden, as to any areas which he may from time to time desire to actually utilize for mining purposes, including the making of roads or tramways, sites for buildings or machinery, or for the deposit of tailings ; and compensation for improvements, assessed in manner provided in the Mining Act, 1908, on account of the area from time to time so notified to the Warden, shall be payable to the lessee by the holder of the mining privilege. " The holder of a lease over an area in respect of which a license for a mining privilege is granted by the Warden shall have no claim to compen-