✨ 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 twenty-fourth 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 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 DUDLEY ROBERT EYRE, and ERNEST ARTHUR CHAPMAN, of Shortland, 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 acres. | Fifteen years. | All that parcel of auriferous and quartz containing Land situate on the Karaka Creek, in the Thames Gold Field, District of Hauraki, Queen’s County, and being part of Lots, Kauaeranga, Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, the Gold Fields, and part of the Karaka Block Leasehold Regulations. Bounded towards the North and West by ground applied for as the “Proof Positive Extension” Gold Mining Company; on the South by the sea-beach at the mouth of the Karaka Creek; and on the East by Mary street, Shortland. | Held under Miners’ Rights. |
Dated the 19th day of July, 1869.
DUDLEY R. EYRE
E. A. CHAPMAN.
Mem.— The place appointed by Dudley Robert Eyre and Ernest Arthur Chapman, at which all documents required to be served, may be left, is the Office of Hanson Turton, Pollen-street, Shortland, Solicitor.
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Auckland Provincial Gazette 1869, No 60
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🗺️ Public Notification of Gold Mining Lease Application
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey24 August 1869
Gold Mining, Lease, Crown Lands, Auckland, Objections
- Dudley Robert Eyre, Applicant for Gold Mining Lease
- Ernest Arthur Chapman, Applicant for Gold Mining Lease
- JOHN WILLIAMSON, Superintendent of the Province of Auckland