✨ Proclamation and Gold Discovery
Auckland Provincial Government Gazette,
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
VOL. XVII.] MONDAY, MAY 18, 1868. **[No. 27.]
PROCLAMATION.
By His Honor 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 District of Coromandel, in the Province of Auckland, as 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 north at Cape Colville, thence by the East Coast to Te Harakeke, thence by the watershed range between Kennedy Bay and Whangapoua, to Te Tapuane range, thence by the watershed range between the East Coast and Hauraki Gulf, to the source of the river Waiau, thence by the watershed range between the Waiau and Manaia rivers to Maungakawa, thence by a public road to Te Poka, on the shore of Coromandel Harbour, thence by the sea coast to the point of commencement.
Given under my hand, at Auckland, in the Province of Auckland, this sixteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.
J. Williamson,
Superintendent.
GOLD DISCOVERY AT KENNEDY BAY.
Superintendent’s Office,
Auckland, 16th May, 1868.
The following Report, this day received by the Superintendent from James Mackay Esq., Jun., Civil Commissioner, is published for general information.
Robert J. Creighton,
Provincial Secretary.
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Auckland Provincial Gazette 1868, No 27
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🗺️ Proclamation of Gold Field in Coromandel
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey16 May 1868
Gold Field, Proclamation, Coromandel, Mining, Land Boundaries
- John Williamson, Superintendent of the Province of Auckland
🗺️ Gold Discovery at Kennedy Bay
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey16 May 1868
Gold Discovery, Kennedy Bay, Report, Civil Commissioner
- Robert J. Creighton, Provincial Secretary
- James Mackay, Civil Commissioner