✨ Gold Mining Lease Application
PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.
By John Williamson, Esquire, Superintendent of
the Province of Auckland.
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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 Warden’s Office, Shortland.
Given under my hand at Wellington, this first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.
J. WILLIAMSON,
Superintendent.
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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 James Brand Hannah.
| 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seven (7) acres. | Fifteen Years | Auriferous quartz land. Bounded on the S.S. East by the New Zealand Company; East by North-east by Longfellows; East by South, by unoccupied ground; East by “Pride of Erin” N.N. West, by the “General Chute”; North North-east, by the “General Chute”, and S.S. West, by D. J. O’Keeffe’s mining lease. | Not held at present by Miners’ Rights. “British Crown.” |
Dated the 23rd day of June, 1869.
JAMES BRAND HANNAH.
Memo: All Documents may be left at McGinley & Co’s Office, Grahamstown.
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Auckland Provincial Gazette 1869, No 43
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Public Notification of Gold Mining Lease Application
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🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey1 July 1869
Gold Mining Lease, Tararu, Auckland Province, Objections
- James Brand Hannah, Applicant for Gold Mining Lease
- John Williamson, Superintendent of the Province of Auckland