The magistrate or warden is to report to the Minister, stating, inter edict, the reasonable costs incurred in the inquiry by the owner or occupier, and what proportion thereof the applicant ought to pay. Upon receipt of the report the Minister is to determine whether the land should or should not be re sumed in whole or in part, and the area to be resumed is to be taken on behalf of Her Majesty in manner pre scribed by the Public Works Act, 1894, provided that no land is to be resumed which is actually used as a garden, orchard, vineyard, or ornamental pleasure ground; nor which, being within any city, town, or borough, is of less area than a quarter of an acre; nor which is the site of or situate within 100 ft of the site of any building, cemetery, or waterworks ; or which cannot lawfully be resumed under the Public Works Act without the consent of the owner and occupier—unless in each case the consent in writing of the owner and occupier of the land accom panies the application for resumption. Ail claims for compensation in respect to the laud resumed are to be assessed and settled in manner and to the extent pro vided by the Mining Act, 1891. If the land resumed is within a mining district it is to bo available for mining purposes under the Act of 1891 on and after a day to be named by the Governor by notice in the 'Gazette.' If not within a mining district, the above provisions are to apply subject to the modification that the 'Gazette' notice shall bo published simultaneously with the proclamation constituting the mining district. The certificates of service of mine managers and engineers issued under the Act of 1891 are proposed in the Bill to be of two grades—to wit, first class and second class. On application in writing to the board of examiners at any time befoie July 1, 1897, and on payment of a fee of £l, a first class certificate as mine manager may be granted by the board, without examination, to any per son of good repute who has for any continuous period of twelve months prior to the passing of the Mining Act, 1886, acted satisfactorily as manager of a mine in the colony where not less than twelve men were employed. 