✨ 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 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-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, I hereby make application for a Lease, whereof the particulars are as follow, to be granted to John Whelan and Edward Quinn.
| 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| About 5 acres. | 15 | Auriferous quartz land. That piece or parcel of land situated on the Karaka Block, and bounded towards the West by the Creek; towards S. and E. by “Struck it Again” on the North-east by “Earl of Erin,” and leased ground. | Held under Miners’ Rights. “Sprig of Shillelagh.” |
Dated the 3rd day of August, 1869.
John Whelan.
All documents may be left at the Exchange Sale Rooms, Pollen-street, Shortland.
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Auckland Provincial Gazette 1869, No 63
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🗺️ Public Notification for Gold Mining Lease
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey25 August 1869
Gold Mining Lease, Crown Lands, Application, Objections
- John Whelan, Applicant for Gold Mining Lease
- Edward Quinn, Applicant for Gold Mining Lease
- John Williamson, Esquire, Superintendent of the Province of Auckland