✨ Gold Mining Lease Application
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PUBLIC NOTIFICATION
By John Williamson, Esquire, Superintendent of the Province of Auckland.
IN conformity to the 20th 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 tenth 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, I hereby make application for a Lease, whereof the particulars are as follow, to be granted to Daniel Tookey and others, of Tookey’s Flat, Miners.
| 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sixteen acres. | Fifteen. | All that parcel of auriferous quartz containing land in the Thames Goldfield in the District of Hauraki, in the Province of Auckland, New Zealand, situate on the Karaka Creek, bounded towards the North by the “St. Catherine” Lease, towards the South by unoccupied ground, towards the East by unoccupied ground, and towards the West by the Karaka Creek. | Held under Miner’s Right to water running through the ground. |
Dated the 28th day of July, 1869.
For Tookey and party:
Daniel Tookey.
Memorandum: The place appointed by Mr. Tookey where all documents required to be served may be left, is the Office of Mr. Hanson Turton, Pollen-street, Shortland, Solicitor.
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Auckland Provincial Gazette 1869, No 58
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🗺️ Public Notification of Gold Mining Lease Application
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey10 August 1869
Gold Mining, Lease, Crown Lands, Auriferous Quartz, Karaka Creek, Thames Goldfield, Hauraki
- Daniel Tookey, Applicant for gold mining lease
- John Williamson, Superintendent of the Province of Auckland