✨ Gold Mining Lease Notification
1269
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 Auckland, this twenty-seventh 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 of Gold Fields in the Province of Auckland, we hereby make application for a Lease whereof the particulars are as follow, to be granted to THOMAS CORBETT, on behalf of the Shareholders of the "RED REEF GOLD MINING COMPANY," Fiery Creek, Tararu.
| 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fifteen acres, more or less. | Fifteen years. | Auriferous land. Bounded on the one side by the "Cosmopolitan" lease, on the opposite side by the "Star of California" lease, and on another side by the "Star of Tenekew" claim. | All held under Miners’ Rights. "Star of Canterbury." | A right of road from the junction of Tararu creek, over the "Mississippi Company’s" ground and the "Tapu" claim and "Young Republic" claim, and across the "Star of California Company’s" ground to a machine site on the Tararu Creek. |
Dated the 14th day of September, 1869.
THOMAS CORBETT,
For Self and Party.
The Office of the Company is at Thomas Corbett’s, corner of Abram and Owen-streets, Grahamstown.
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Auckland Provincial Gazette 1869, No 75
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Public Notification for Gold Mining Lease
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🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey27 September 1869
Gold Mining, Lease, Crown Lands, Auckland, Objections
- Thomas Corbett, Applicant for Gold Mining Lease
- John Williamson, Superintendent of the Province of Auckland