✨ Gold Mining Lease Application
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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 applicants 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 fifth day of August, 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, we hereby make application for a Lease, whereof the particulars are as follow, to be granted to EDWARD STEPHEN COCK, and WILLIAM EDWARD ARSCOTT.
| 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fifteen acres. | Fifteen | Auriferous and quartz reef land, situated on the Hape Creek, Queen’s County, Province of Auckland. Bounded on the West by the lease application of Messrs. Cameron and Campbell and the Claim known as the “T.B.”; on the other sides by unoccupied land. | Not. | Not. |
Dated the 21st day of July, 1869.
EDWARD STEPHEN COCK.
WILLIAM EDWARD ARSCOTT.
Documents, &c., to be left at Mr. Frederick Cock’s, Pembroke Hotel, Pollen-street, Shortland.
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Auckland Provincial Gazette 1869, No 56
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Public Notification for Gold Mining Lease
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🌾 Primary Industries & Resources5 August 1869
Gold Mining, Lease Application, Public Notification, Crown Lands, Auckland
- Edward Stephen Cock, Applicant for gold mining lease
- William Edward Arscott, Applicant for gold mining lease
- Cameron, Adjacent lease applicant
- Campbell, Adjacent lease applicant
- John Williamson, Superintendent of the Province of Auckland