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PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.
By JOHN WILLIAMSON, Esquire, Superintendent of the Province of Auckland.
IN conformity to the 29th Section of "The Gold Fields Act, 1866," and to the Regulations made under that Act, for the granting of Leases for Gold Mining purposes, it is hereby notified that it is intended to grant a Lease for Gold Mining purposes, of Crown lands, to the applicant specified in the annexed Schedule, unless valid objections can be shown against granting such Lease.
Objections to granting such Lease, stating the grounds of objection, must be made in writing, and lodged with the Wardens, at Shortland, within the time prescribed by the aforesaid Regulations.
Copy of the application made, and plans annexed, may be seen at the Wardens’ Office, Shortland.
Given under my hand, at Auckland, this thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.
J. WILLIAMSON,
Superintendent.
SCHEDULE.
APPLICATION FOR LEASE.
IN pursuance of the Regulations for granting Leases for Gold Mining purposes, on Gold Fields in the Province of Auckland, application is hereby made for a Lease, whereof the particulars are as follows, to be granted to the Fear-naught Gold Mining Company, Registered:—
| Estimated Area. | Number of Years | Description of Land. | If held under Miner’s Right. Name (if any), of Claim. | Special description of Easements (if any) required. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sixty square feet. | Fifteen. | Situated on the Wai-tohi Creek, and surrounded by the Duke of Edinburgh Claim. Upon this land is erected a Quartz Crushing Machine of five stampers. | No. of Miners’ Right is 14,237. Claim of the Fear-naught Gold Mining Company, Registered. | Site for Machinery. |
Dated the eleventh day of December, 1868. And the common seal of the Company was hereto affixed in the presence of
(Signed) { WARWICK WESTON }
{ JAMES HEDLEY } Directors.
THE FEAR-NAUGHT GOLD MINING COMPANY, REGISTERED.
N.B.—The applicants appoint the Office of Messrs. Macdonald and Whitaker, of Grey-street, Shortland, Solicitors, at which all documents in any way connected with this application, required to be served, may be left.
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Auckland Provincial Gazette 1869, No 1
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Public Notification of Gold Mining Lease
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🌾 Primary Industries & Resources31 December 1868
Gold Mining, Lease, Fear-naught Gold Mining Company, Wai-tohi Creek, Auckland
- Warwick Weston, Director of Fear-naught Gold Mining Company
- James Hedley, Director of Fear-naught Gold Mining Company
- John Williamson, Superintendent of the Province of Auckland