✨ 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 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 Auckland, this thirteenth day of September, 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 “MARINERS’ REEF GOLD MINING COMPANY (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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| About three acres. | Fifteen | Auriferous quartz land, situated on the Thames Goldfield, in the district of Hauraki, in the Province of Auckland, in the Colony of New Zealand, adjoining the “Sailor Prince,” “The Beach,” “The Hidden Treasure” claims. | Mariners’ reef. Held under Miners’ rights. | Right of roads and water. |
Dated the 9th day of September, 1869.
W. B. HOWELL.
On behalf of the “Mariners’ Reef Gold Mining Company (Registered).”
All documents to be left at the Office of the Company, Owen-street, Grahamstown.
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Auckland Provincial Gazette 1869, No 73
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Public Notification of Gold Mining Lease Application
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🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey13 September 1869
Gold Mining, Lease Application, Crown Lands, Auckland Province
- W. B. Howell, Representative of Mariners’ Reef Gold Mining Company
- John Williamson, Superintendent of the Province of Auckland