✨ Gold Mining Lease Notification
1854
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 Warden, at Shortland, within the time prescribed by the aforesaid Regulations.
Copy of the application made, and plans annexed, may be seen at the Warden’s Office, Shortland.
Given under my hand, at Auckland, this ninth day of October, 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 EDWARD LUCAS, on behalf of the Shareholders in the “ALLADIN’S LAMP” Claim, Hape Creek.
| Estimated Area. | Number of Years. | Description of Land. | If held under Miners’ Rights. Name (if any) of Claim. | Special Description of Easements (if any) required. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (7) Seven acres, or thereabouts | (15). Fifteen years | Quartz and alluvial. Bounded on the North-west by the “Canterbury Gold Mining Company’s” lease, on the North-east by the “Black Eagle” claim, and on the East by the Hape Creek. | Held under Miners’ Rights. “Alladin’s Lamp” claim, and ground adjoining. | The Tunnel Right, as now held by the “Alladin’s Lamp” claim, and 150 feet for stacking quartz. Also right of water on the ground. |
Dated the first day of October, 1869.
EDWARD LUCAS.
All documents required to be served to be left at the Offices of Mr. John Gwynneth, Owen-street, Grahamstown.
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Auckland Provincial Gazette 1869, No 79
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Public Notification for Gold Mining Lease
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🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey9 October 1869
Gold Mining, Lease, Crown Lands, Auckland, Objections
- Edward Lucas, Applicant for gold mining lease
- John Williamson, Superintendent of the Province of Auckland