Gold Mining Lease Application




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 twenty-seventh day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.

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, I hereby make application for a Lease, whereof the particulars are as follows, to be granted to The Columbian Quartz 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.
About one acre. Fifteen Years. A piece of Ground lying S.E. from the S.W. angle of the Thames Crushing Coy.’s Machine, to a point 528 feet from the same, on the opposite side of the Waiotahi Creek, in front of the surveyed section, bounded on the N.E. by the Golden Gate Coy.’s Claim, and on the S.W. by the sea coast. Not held under Miners’ Rights. No Easements required.

Dated the twenty-first day of April, 1869.

James Smart,
Legal Manager.

Documents may be left at the Office of Messrs. Beveridge and Ritchie, Grey-street, Shortland.



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Auckland Provincial Gazette 1869, No 23





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🗺️ Public Notification for Gold Mining Lease

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
27 April 1869
Gold Mining, Lease Application, Public Notification, Crown Lands, Auckland Province
  • John Williamson, Superintendent of the Province of Auckland

🗺️ Application for Gold Mining Lease (continued from previous page)

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
21 April 1869
Gold Mining, Lease Application, Columbian Quartz Mining Company, Waiotahi Creek, Thames Crushing Coy.
  • James Smart, Legal Manager