✨ Gold Fields Proclamation
Auckland Provincial Government Gazette.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
VOL. XVI.] SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1867. [No. 38.]
PROCLAMATION.
By John Williamson, Esquire,
Superintendent of the Province of Auckland, in the Colony of New Zealand.
WHEREAS by the third section of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled the "Gold Fields Act, 1866," it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor from time to time, by Proclamation, to constitute and appoint any portion of the Colony to be a Gold Field under the provisions of the said Act; and whereas, under the provisions of the said Act, the said power so conferred upon the Governor has been duly delegated to me, John Williamson, as Superintendent of the Province of Auckland; and whereas over the block of land hereinafter described, the Governor has by agreement obtained power to authorize gold mining thereon: Now therefore, I, John Williamson, Superintendent of the Province of Auckland, in pursuance of the said power, authority, and delegation, do hereby constitute and appoint all that block of land in the Province of Auckland, hereinafter described, to be a Gold Field under the provisions of the said Act; that is to say,—
All that block of land commencing on the sea coast at the mouth of the river Kaueranga, thence by that river to the junction of the Kararamata stream; thence by that stream to its source on the ridge of the hills; thence along the said ridge to the sources of the Hepe, Karaka, Waiotahi, Moanataiari and Kuranui streams, turning thence down the Kuranui stream to the sea coast; thence by the sea coast to the mouth of the Moanataiari stream; thence inland to the base of the hills; thence crossing the Waiotahi stream, and by the base of the hills to the Parareka spur; thence ascending the said spur to Waiowhakariki; thence descending a spur to the Karaka stream; thence by that stream to the sea coast; thence by the sea coast to the point of commencement.
Given under my hand at Wellington, this seventh day of August, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.
J. Williamson,
Superintendent.
Printed under the authority of the Provincial Government of the Province of Auckland by W. C. Wilson, Wyndham Street, Auckland, Printer for the time being to the Provincial Government.
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Auckland Provincial Gazette 1867, No 38
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🌾 Proclamation of Gold Field under the Gold Fields Act, 1866
🌾 Primary Industries & Resources7 August 1867
Gold mining, Proclamation, Gold Fields Act, Land boundaries, Kaueranga River, Kararamata Stream, Kuranui Stream, Moanataiari Stream, Waiotahi Stream, Karaka Stream
- John Williamson, Superintendent of the Province of Auckland