Auckland Provincial Gazette – 1867 – No. 40

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✨ Gold Fields Regulations

Auckland Provincial Government Gazette.

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.

VOL. XVI.] TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1867. [No. 40.]

A PROCLAMATION.

By His Honor John Williamson, Esquire, Superintendent of the Province of Auckland, in the Colony of New Zealand.

WHEREAS, by delegation from His Excellency the Governor, under “The Gold Fields Act, 1866,” the power has been given to me as Superintendent, to make and prescribe Rules and Regulations for the management of Gold Fields situate within the Province of Auckland, and from time to time to alter and revoke such Rules and Regulations.

And WHEREAS it has been found expedient to make certain Alterations and Amendments in the Gold Fields Regulations at present in force in the said Province,

Now THEREFORE, I, John Williamson, Superintendent of the Province of Auckland, in pursuance of the powers so vested in me by the provisions of the said Act, do hereby proclaim and declare, that the Rules and Regulations aftermentioned, shall, on and after the first day of September next, be the Rules and Regulations of the Gold Fields in the Province of Auckland.

Given under my hand and the Public Seal of the Province, at Wellington, this twenty-second day of August, in the year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.

J. Williamson,
Superintendent.

GOLD FIELDS REGULATIONS.

INTERPRETATION.

WHEREVER the term Warden, is used in these Regulations it shall be understood to mean Warden, or Resident Magistrate, or any other officer entrusted with the superintendence of the Gold Field, or any portion of it, and holding a commission or appointment duly empowering him to have charge thereof.

The word “miner,” “person,” and “claim” shall be read as both singular and plural.

The word “miner” as used in these Regulations, shall mean the holder of a “miner’s right,” and no other.

The word “claim,” shall be taken to apply to any authorized holding, but generally to claims held under “Miner’s Rights.”

Wherever the word “Act,” is used in these Regulations it shall be taken to signify “The Gold Fields Act 1866.”

Miners’ Rights shall be issued by the Warden, on payment of a fee of one Pound. Such Miner’s Right to be carried on the person, and not transferable.
Every holder of a Miner’s Right must exhibit the same on demand of any officer duly authorized, or any person holding a Miner’s Right.
The extent of ground that may be taken and held by any person, whether for sinking, surface digging, river working, or cradling, or for sluicing on ground or plank, or for mining on quartz reefs, shall be for each man employed, as follows:—

VUW Te Waharoa — Auckland Provincial Gazette 1867, No 40

After Parliament moved to Wellington in 1865, the Auckland Provincial Council sat in General Assembly House (depicted).

It was nicknamed the 'Shedifice' as it was large and drafty, with a leaking roof. First premier Henry Sewell described it as 'a great wooden barnshaped affair, which might serve for a Hospital, a Jail, or a Barrack'.

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🗺️ Proclamation of Gold Fields Regulations

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated22 August 1867
KeywordsProclamation, Gold Fields, Regulations, Auckland Province
👩‍💼 Officials

John Williamson, Superintendent of the Province of Auckland

🗺️ Interpretation of Gold Fields Regulations

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
KeywordsGold Fields, Regulations, Interpretation, Auckland Province

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