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Section 8: The following parts of the SANDO, KAMARA, FAIAMA and NIMI YEMA
Status not yet checkedThe Alluvial Diamond Citation, Sierra Leone
Chiefdoms of the Kono District, with effect from the 23rd day of October,
1956-
(a) ALL THAT PARCEL OF LAND in the SANDO Chiefdom in the Kono
Leone the boundary whereof commencing at a point which is a true
bearing of 307° and a distance of 57,000 feet approximately from the
centre of Koidu Town and a true bearing of 333° and a distance of
53,500 feet approximately from the centre of Yengema town and which
is situated on the northern boundary .of the Sierra Leone Selection Trust
Diamond Mining Area and thence on a true bearing of 180° for a distance
of 3,500 feet approximately along the boundary of the Sierra Leone
Selection Trust Diamond Mining Lease Area to a point ·on the. Bafi
river which is the Sando Chiefdom boundary and thence along the
boundary of the Sando and Nimi Koro chiefdoms which is the Bafi river
in a South-westerly direction for a distance of 28,000 feet approximately
to a point which is on the northern boundary of the Sierra Leone Selection
Trust Diamond Mining Lease Area and thence on a true bearing of
270° for a distance of 15,000 feet approximately along the northern
boundary of the Sierra Leone Selection Trust Diamond Mining Area and
thence on a true bearing of 360° for a distance of 3,800 feet approximately
and thence on a true bearing of 270° for a distance of 37,400 feet a pproximately and thence on a true bearing of 180° for a distance of 13,000 feet
approximately along the western boundary of the Sierra Leone Selection
Trust Diamond Mining Lease Area to a point which is the Sando boundary
and thence in a westerly direction for a distance of 3·0 miles approximately along the boundary of Sando and Nimi Yema chiefdoms and
thence in a north north-easterly directionfor a distance of 10·0 miles
approximately along the boundary of the Sando and Nieni chiefdoms
to a point in theBagbo River and thence in a north-easterly direction for a
distance of 16·0 miles approximately along the boundary of the Sando
and Nieni chiefdoms and thence in the south-easterly direction for a
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distance of 21·0 miles approximately along the boundary of the Sando
and Neya chiefdoms and thence in a southerly direction for a distance of
12·0 miles approximately along the boundary of the Sando and Lei
chiefdoms and thence in a south-westerly direction for a distance of
1·5 miles approximately along the boundary of the Sando and Faiama
chiefdoms and thence in a north-westerly direction for a distance of
7·0 miles approximately along the boundary of the Sando and Gbense
chiefdoms which is the Kundi River to a point which is the confluence
of the Kundi and Bafi rivers and thence in a south-westerly direction for
a distance of 6·0 miles approximately along the Bafi river which is the
boundary between the Sando and Gbense chiefdoms to a point which is
the confluence of the Bafi and Baya Rivers and thence in a westerly
direction for a distance of 33,500 feet approximately along the boundary
of the Sando and Kamara chiefdoms which is the Bafi river to a point
in the northern boundary of the Sierra Leone Selection Trust Diamond
Mining Lease Area and thence along the northern boundary of the Sierra
Leone Selection Trust Diamond Mining Lease Area on a true bearing of
270° for a distance of 10,700 feet to a point which is the point of commencement.
(b) ALL THAT PARCEL OF LAND in the KAMARA Chiefdom in the Kono
bearing of 345° and a distance of 24,750 feet approximately from the
centre of Koidu Town and on a true bearing of 23° and a distance of
41,000 feet approximately from the centre of Yengema Town and which
is situated on the northern boundary of the Sierra Leone Selection Trust
Diamond Mining Lease Area and thence on a true bearing of 152° for a
distance of 4,970 feet approximately along the northern boundary of the
Sierra Leone Selection Trust Diamond Mining Lease Area and thence
on a true bearing of 270° for a distance of 7,000 feet approximately and
thence on a north-westerly direction following the line 1,320 feet approximately to the east of the centre line of the Moinde River for a distance of
15,300 feet approximately and thence on a true bearing of 270° for a
distance of 20,300 feet approximately along the northern boundary of
the Sierra Leone Selection Trust Diamond Mining Lease area to a point
which is on the Kamara Chiefdom boundary which is the Bafi river and
thence on an easterly direction for a distance of 33,500 feet approximately along the boundary of Kamara and Sando chiefdoms which is
the Bafi River to a point which is the confluence of the Bafi and Baya
rivers and thence on a south-easterly direction for a distance of 5·0 miles
approximately along the boundary of the Kamara and Gbense chiefdoms
to a point which is situated on the northern boundary of the Sierra Leone
Selection Trust Diamond Mining Lease Area and thence on a true bearing
of 270° for a distance of 7,146 feet approximately along the northern
boundary of the Sierra Leone Selection Trust Diamond Mining Lease
Area to a point which is the point of commencement. ·
(c) ALL THAT PARCEL OF LAND in the FAIAMA Chiefdom in the Kono
bearing of 101° and a distance of 36,500 feet approximately from the
centre of Koidu Town and which is situated on the eastern boundary of
the S.L.S.T. Diamond Mining Lease Area and thence on a true bearing of
360° for a distance of 15,500 feet approximately along the eastern
boundary of the S.L.S.T. Diamond Mining Lease Area to a point which is
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on the Faiama Chiefdom boundary and thence on a north-easterly
direction for a distance of 6·0 miles approximately along the boundary
between the Faiama and Gbense chiefdoms and thence on a north-easterly
direction for a distance of 1·5 miles approximately along the boundary
between the Faiama and Sando chiefdoms and thence on a Southeasterly direction for a distance of 4·5 miles approximately along the
boundary of the Faiama and Lei chiefdoms and thence on a southerly
direction for a distance of 9·0 miles approximately along the boundary
between the Faiama and Soa chiefdoms and thence on a south-westerly
direction for a distance of 7·0 miles approximately along the boundary
between the Faiama and Gbane chiefdoms and thence on a northwesterly direction for a distance of 2·5 miles approximately along the
boundary between Faiama and Gbane chiefdoms and thence on a
northerly direction for a distance of 3·5 miles approximately along the
boundary between the Faiama and Tankoro chiefdoms to a point which
is situated in the south-westerly boundary of the S.L.S.T. Diamond
Mining Lease Area and thence on a true bearing of 45° for a distance of
13,121 feet approximately to a point which is the point of commencement.
(d) ALL THAT PARCEL OF LAND in the NIMI YEMA Chiefdom in the
Kono District of the South-eastern Province of the Protectorate of Sierra
bearing of 315° and a distance of 22,000 feet approximately from the
centre of the Town of Jaiama and which is on the southern boundary of
S.L.S.T. Mining Lease and thence along the southern boundary of Sierra
Leone Selection Trust Diamond Mining Lease Area on a true bearing of .
90° for a distance of 17,800 feet approximately and thence on a true
bearing of 360° for a distance of 33,300 feet approximately and thence
on a true bearing of 90° for a distance of 7,500 feet approximately and
thence on a true bearing of 180° for a distance of 10,660feet approximately
and thence on a true bearing of 90° for a distance of 12,600 feet approximately to a point which is the boundary of Nimi Yema Chiefdom and
thence in a south south-easterly direction for a distance of 11·0 miles
approximately along the boundary of Nimi Yema and Nimi Koro chiefdoms and thence in a south-westerly direction for a distance of 7·0 miles
approximately along the boundary of Nimi Yema and Gorama Kono
chiefdoms and thence in a north-westerly direction for a distance of
9·0 miles approximately along the boundary of the Nimi Yema and
Gorama Mende chiefdoms and thence in a northerly direction for a
distance of 9·0 miles approximately along the boundary of Nimi Yema
and Kunike chiefdoms and thence in an easterly direction for a distance
of 3·0 miles approximately along the boundary of Nimi Yema and Sando
chiefdoms to a point on the western boundary of the Sierra Leone
Selection Trust Diamond Mining Lease Area and thence along the
western boundary of the Sierra Leone Selection Trust Diamond Mining
Lease Area on a true bearing of 180° for a distance of 36,500 feet t-o a
point which is the point of commencement.
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