✨ Miscellaneous Notices
Superintendent’s Office,
Auckland, 15th Sept., 1862.
THE following correspondence is published for general information.
DANIEL POLLEN,
Deputy of the Superintendent.
Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 16th August, 1862.
Sir,—I have the honor to forward for your Honor’s information the enclosed copy of a letter addressed by Mr. S. Percy Smith, Surveyor attached to the Native Land Purchase Department, to the Chief Commissioner, reporting the discovery of a Quartz Reef at Coromandel.
I have, &c.,
(Signed) G. ELIOTT ELIOTT,
For the Colonial Secretary.
His Honor the Superintendent,
Auckland.
Auckland, August 13th, 1862.
Sir,—I have the honor to inform you that, during the perambulation of the external boundaries of Paul’s land, Coromandel, on the 9th of July, I discovered a quartz reef of considerable extent situated about half-a-mile up the Hakaroa Stream, a branch of the Whanga-rahi, on Ring’s Creek, and distant from Ring’s mill about two miles.
I estimate the reef to be about 220 yards wide and 200 feet thick. These dimensions I was enabled to arrive at by the fact of the stream running diagonally through the reef and exposing to view the solid quartz rock.
A small speck of gold was picked up by one of my men just below the reef, in the bed of the stream; but I was unable to make a more thorough examination from the nature of the work upon which I was engaged, and also from the want of the necessary implements.
I have, &c.,
(Signed) S. PERCY SMITH.
The Chief Commissioner
for the Purchase of Native Lands,
Auckland.
PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.
By DANIEL POLLEN, Esq., Deputy of the Superintendent of the Province of Auckland.
WHEREAS a majority of the persons occupying property liable to be rated under the provisions of the “Local Improvement Act, 1858,” having a frontage to the road leading from the Cathedral Library to Hay’s Creek, Oraki Bay, and passing between lots 4 and 8, 5 and 9, 6 and 11, 7 and 12 of section No. 4, and between lots 1 & 3 of section No. 14, in the suburbs of Auckland, and occupying at least one-half of the frontage to the said road, have represented to me that they are willing to be specially rated for the purpose of improving the said road.
Now therefore, I, the said Deputy of the Superintendent, for the purpose of raising one moiety of the estimated cost of the said improvements, do hereby, by virtue of the power and authority by the said Act given, order and direct that an equitable rate, at the rate of five shillings for every chain of frontage to the said road, be levied upon all real property having a frontage to the said road, except upon such land as is by the said Act excepted. And I do hereby appoint that the said rate shall be paid and payable to Robert Baille Lusk, at the Provincial Treasury, on Wednesday the 22nd day of October next; and I do hereby further give notice that in the schedule hereunder written, is set forth a list of the names of the persons liable for the payment of such rate, and the amount payable by each such person.
SCHEDULE.
| Names of Persons | Frontage | Amount of Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Links | £ s. d. | |
| Bishop New Zealand & Co. | ... | 3 18 9 |
| Trustees of Cathedral Land Fund | 1573 | 3 18 9 |
| R. G. Wood | 860 | 2 3 0 |
| D. McKellar | 100 | 0 5 0 |
| H. F. Andrews | 100 | 0 5 0 |
| W. Fouler | 100 | 0 5 0 |
| W. Gray | 100 | 0 5 0 |
| W. Gray | 60 | 0 3 0 |
| J. S. Baylis | 286 | 0 14 2 |
| R. Patterson | 165 | 0 8 3 |
| J. McEwan | 242 | 0 12 1 |
| W. F. Lodge | 236 | 0 11 4¾ |
| T. Phillipson | 167 | 0 8 3¾ |
| J. Webster | 234 | 0 11 8¼ |
| W. H. Fleming | 133 | 0 4 2 |
| A. Street | 67 | 0 3 3 |
| Captain Ashby | 150 | 0 7 6 |
| T. Jackson | 175 | 0 8 9 |
| F. Hill | 1997 | 4 19 10¼ |
| E. Hill | 76 | 0 3 9¾ |
| V. Harness | 76 | 0 3 9¾ |
| G. Burgess | 134 | 0 6 8½ |
| P. S. Smith | 77 | 0 3 9½ |
| J. B. McIntyre | 60 | 0 3 0 |
| Mrs. A. Shepherd | 1496 | 3 14 9½ |
| W. L. Buller | 263 | 0 13 2 |
| D. Hay | 955 | 2 7 9 |
| D. Bruce | 272 | 0 13 7½ |
Given under my hand at Auckland, in the said Province, the sixteenth day of September, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.
DANIEL POLLEN,
Deputy of the Superintendent.
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Auckland Provincial Gazette 1862, No 17
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🗺️ Publication of Correspondence Regarding Quartz Reef Discovery
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey15 September 1862
Correspondence, Quartz Reef, Coromandel, Land Survey
- S. Percy Smith, Surveyor reporting quartz reef discovery
- Daniel Pollen, Deputy of the Superintendent
- G. Elliott Elliott, For the Colonial Secretary
🏘️ Notification of Special Rate for Road Improvements
🏘️ Provincial & Local Government16 September 1862
Local Improvement Act, Special Rate, Road Improvements, Auckland
27 names identified
- Bishop New Zealand & Co., Liable for road improvement rate
- Trustees of Cathedral Land Fund, Liable for road improvement rate
- R. G. Wood, Liable for road improvement rate
- D. McKellar, Liable for road improvement rate
- H. F. Andrews, Liable for road improvement rate
- W. Fouler, Liable for road improvement rate
- W. Gray, Liable for road improvement rate
- J. S. Baylis, Liable for road improvement rate
- R. Patterson, Liable for road improvement rate
- J. McEwan, Liable for road improvement rate
- W. F. Lodge, Liable for road improvement rate
- T. Phillipson, Liable for road improvement rate
- J. Webster, Liable for road improvement rate
- W. H. Fleming, Liable for road improvement rate
- A. Street, Liable for road improvement rate
- Captain Ashby, Liable for road improvement rate
- T. Jackson, Liable for road improvement rate
- F. Hill, Liable for road improvement rate
- E. Hill, Liable for road improvement rate
- V. Harness, Liable for road improvement rate
- G. Burgess, Liable for road improvement rate
- P. S. Smith, Liable for road improvement rate
- J. B. McIntyre, Liable for road improvement rate
- Mrs. A. Shepherd, Liable for road improvement rate
- W. L. Buller, Liable for road improvement rate
- D. Hay, Liable for road improvement rate
- D. Bruce, Liable for road improvement rate
- Daniel Pollen, Deputy of the Superintendent