✨ 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 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 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 nineteenth 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, we hereby make application for a Lease, whereof the particulars are as follow, to be granted to WILLIAM CLARK and FRANCIS CLARK, for the "WOODCROFT CASTLE GOLD MINING COMPANY."
| Estimated Area. | Number of Years. | Description of Land. | If held under Miners’ Right. Name (if any) of Claim. | Special Description of Easements (if any) required. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ten (10) acres, (more or less.) | Fifteen (15) years. | Auriferous quartz, peg and peg with the "Argus" and "Gerald’s" leases, and the swamp, Puriri. | Under Leasing Regulations. | None. |
Dated the 14th day of October, 1869.
WILLIAM CLARK,
FRANCIS CLARK.
All documents to be left at the Pembroke Hotel, Pollen-street, Shortland.
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Auckland Provincial Gazette 1869, No 80
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Public Notification of Gold Mining Lease Application
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🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey19 October 1869
Gold mining lease, Auckland Province, Woodcroft Castle Gold Mining Company, Public Notification
- William Clark, Applicant for gold mining lease
- Francis Clark, Applicant for gold mining lease
- John Williamson, Esquire, Superintendent of the Province of Auckland