HC Deb 24 February 1932 vol 262 c376
27. Colonel WEDGWOOD

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether steps will be taken in connection with the gold discovery in the Northern Kavirondo reserve to retain for the native community the proceeds from rents, licences, and royalties?

Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTER

Rents in respect of surface rights of native communities, and compensation for disturbance of such rights on grants of licences permitting exploitation of minerals, are already protected by law, but fees by way of licences and paid as royalties accrue to the Grown, in whom property in minerals other than common minerals is vested.

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