Auckland Provincial Gazette – 1869 – No. 42

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✨ Gold Mining Lease Notification



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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 Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of June, 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 follow, to be granted to THE MOUNT ALEXANDER QUARTZ 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.
6 acres, Quartz Reef. Fifteen years. All that parcel of auriferous land situate on the Karakas Hill in the Thames Gold Field, Province of Auckland. Bounded on the West by the “Lord Nelson” and “Collingwood” Claims, and on the South by the “Captain Cook.” Held under Miners’ Rights. Right of water and roads.

Dated the fifteenth day of June, 1869.

T. BLACKALL SHAPTER,
Legal Manager.

All documents to be served at the Office of Messrs. Davy and Shapter, Solicitors, Pollen-street, Shortland, addressed to the legal Manager of the Company.



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🌾 Public Notification for Gold Mining Lease (continued from previous page)

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
29 June 1869
Gold mining, lease application, Crown lands, Auckland Province
  • T. Blackall Shapter, Legal Manager for lease application

  • J. Williamson, Superintendent of the Province of Auckland