✨ 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 Warden, 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 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 The Hauraki Gulf Investment Gold Mining Company (Registered).
| Estimated Area. | Number of Years. | Description of Land. | If held under Miners’ Right. Name (if any) of Claim. | Special Description of Easements (if any) required. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| About 16½ acres. | 15 | Auriferous quartz land. That piece or parcel of land situate at Tapu, bounded by a line commencing at a point behind the Royal Oak Hotel, running along the base of the hill behind the Township, and thence by a line N.E., up the hill about 200 yards, thence by a line N.W. about 400 yards, and back to the starting point. | Taken up under the Leasing Regulations. | ... |
Dated the 29th day of July, 1869.
D. J. O’Keeffe.
All documents may be left at the Exchange Sale Rooms, Pollen-street, Shortland.
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Auckland Provincial Gazette 1869, No 58
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🗺️ Public Notification for Gold Mining Lease
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey10 August 1869
Gold Mining, Lease, Application, Hauraki Gulf Investment Gold Mining Company, Tapu
- D. J. O’Keeffe, Applicant for Gold Mining Lease
- John Williamson, Esquire, Superintendent of the Province of Auckland