✨ Gold Mining Lease Notices
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 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 Gwynneth, on behalf of the
"Great Unknown Gold Mining Company" (to be registered.)
| 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 and a half acres. | Fifteen. | Quartz reefing, situate at the Upper Karaka. Bounded on the north-west by a Creek, name unknown; on the east by a line commencing at the S.W. corner peg of Wilkinson’s Claim, and running in a southerly direction 9 chains or thereabouts; thence by a line in a westerly direction for a distance of 18 chains or thereabouts; thence by a line bearing northerly for a distance of 9 chains or thereabouts to the S.E. corner peg of McGregor’s claim. | Not held under Miner’s Right. | Rights of Road. |
Dated the fourth day of July 1869.
John Gwynneth, C.E.
All documents required to be served, may be left at the Office of John Gwynneth, Owen-street, Grahamstown.
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Auckland Provincial Gazette 1869, No 63
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Public Notification for Gold Mining Lease
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🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey25 August 1869
Gold Mining Lease, Crown Lands, Application, Objections
- John Gwynneth (C.E.), Applicant for Gold Mining Lease
- John Williamson, Esquire, Superintendent of the Province of Auckland